In good times there are tons of reasons to garden. It saves money, gets you closer to your food supply, teaches you valuable skills and gives you some independence. In bad times there is only one real reason to garden—to grow food so you can ... Read More
4 Simple but Clever Ways to Keep Cooking Oil Fresh Longer
How do you feel about eating boiled food for every meal? If you're not storing oil, that's what you may end up eating every day, meal after meal. Quite a nightmare! Oil is tricky to store long-term, however, and I've noticed that some food storage ... Read More
Life Happens: How to Prep Again When You’ve Lost Everything
I remember the night so clearly. It was the end of an emotionally exhausting day. My husband and I were lying in bed, holding hands, feeling like it was the only thing we had to hold on to. He sighed and said, “The life that I am living doesn’t seem ... Read More
5 Steps to Creating a Culture of Self-Reliance in Your Family
We have all known people who save everything. My grandmother is one of them. If there are four green beans left in the pot, she puts them in the freezer. I remember one specific visit with her, 27 years ago, where she asked me to get her a bowl of ... Read More
Dehydrated Dinners: 21 Tips for getting started
Donna writes, "I was wanting to add a bit of MRE type packaged food for emergencies and travel etc. However, when I've looked into some of the popular brands and looked at the ingredients, we couldn't possibly purchase them. It seems they all have ... Read More
Sea Salt – An Indispensable Commodity for Uncertain Times
When we think about setting aside emergency supplies, most of us would agree that preserved food and purified water are the essentials and everything else is secondary to these. Some might even choose to incorporate things like a manual grain mill, a ... Read More
Can a Whole Foods Mom make peace with food storage?
From the archives! Sometimes I could throttle my friend Diana. She is also married to a Paranoid Dad, who is actually further off the paranoia scale than my husband. She talks about stocking up on food and taking preparedness seriously, but has ... Read More
INSTANT SURVIVAL TIP: Don’t Forget the Fats!
By John A. Heatherly, Author of The Survival Template photo by spentrails Many, when storing food for times of need in the future, stock up on wheat, flour, rice, corn, sugar, etc ..., and they do it for good reason. All of these, when stored ... Read More
3 Tips for Getting Started With Food Storage (video)
Marjory Wildcraft is one of my favorite gardening gurus. You can learn more about her at Grow Your Own Groceries. Last month I had a chance to meet up with her, and we recorded this video. ... Read More
Oblivion, the 51st State
Every once in a while I'm asked what my friends and family think of our focus on preparedness. My response is that I usually don't talk about it with anybody. At first I did, wanting to be helpful, but after a while, I grew tired of feeling ... Read More
