Guest post by Tom Sciacca of Camping Survival. Have you ever noticed how, whenever a big storm is predicted, people start rushing to stores to clean them out of ever food item and supply they have on the shelves? In Read More

Guest post by Laurel. I wanted to share with you a learning situation my family and I had the weekend of Thanksgiving. We have been working on our disaster preparedness over the last few years, but this situation helped to Read More

For full version of notes and interview, listen to Episode 2 here. What if you find yourself in the midst of a chaotic, violent event, such as the Boston Marathon terrorist attack? What can you do? Unless you are trained Read More

This giveaway has ended, and winners have been notified by email. They are: Lara R., Julie R., inSANEmom, Jessica, and Debi. Tess Pennington was one of my first readers and regular commenters on my blog. I remember reading her comments Read More

Guest post by Magi who blogs at Half Acre Heaven. Survival Moms tend to be a bunch you’d want on your side when you’ve broken down in the desert or locked yourself out of the car, again. I can’t even Read More

In the first chapter of my book, I talk about identifying why you are preparing. From the book Here are a few possible disasters to consider. Which ones are most likely to affect you? ƒƒNatural disasters—Mother Nature at her worst: Read More

Some of the very first foods I bought for my food storage pantry weren’t exactly health foods. I loaded up my shelves with cans of ravioli, Vienna sausages, and boxes of Cheerios, from GMO crops, I’m sure. My kids tastes Read More

By John A. Heatherly, Author of The Survival Template and The Cave and The Sea Spring is here in Florida and I am amazed at the amount of sorrel growing along the highways.  There is far more sorrel than a single survivor could Read More

The winner of the Survival Mom of the Month (April) is Jamie, aka Prepared Housewives.  Jamie included so much great information in her submission form that we wanted to make sure it was passed along to you. Jamie wins a Read More

I’m sorry our March Survival Mom of the Month had to wait so long for her coronation! However, her words of wisdom are worth the wait. The winner of the Survival Mom of the Month (March) is Debbie W.  Debbie Read More