Preparedness
Preparing for an unknown future: food storage, emergency supplies, prepping resources, and much more.
Preserving Your July Harvest
July is high summer and fresh produce abounds! A fabulous way to save money on fruits and vegetables is to take advantage of what's in season. Even...
The Pantry Principle: Making it Work For You
The Pantry Principle is a phrase I first discovered in The Complete Tightwad Gazette by Amy Dacyczyn. According to Amy, the basic principle is to...
Preserving Your June Harvest
Are you enjoying fresh produce from your garden, farmers' market, or even roadside stands? June in the Northern Hemisphere means the beginning of...
Preserving Your May Harvest
Are you counting the days until your May harvest? For those of you enjoying fresh veggies either from the garden, the farmers market, or inexpensive...
How to Bring all the Preparedness Tips Together
Getting started with preparedness can seem overwhelming. Even if you've come up with a general plan of what to do and how to do it, the trees can...
How to Make a Bug Out Bag (& Why You Need One)
A bug out bag, commonly referred to as its acronym BOB, is often what people think of first when discussing survival. The idea behind the BOB is to...
How to Get Started With Emergency Preparedness
Whether the events of the previous two years or the last two months have spurred your preparedness journey, getting started may feel overwhelming....
Why Preparedness Matters & Why You Should Start Today
Until recently, chances were if the words prepper or preparedness came up in conversation or the media, it was to mock or paint a less than...
The Best Preparedness Resources
Preparedness information is abundant across the internet. In this article, I share some of what I consider to be the best preparedness resources....
Let’s Celebrate! February is National Canned Food Month
It seems there is a celebration for just about everything! While many people may think of February is only for Presidents, hearts, and chocolate, we...
19 Cold Weather Tips – Stay Warm in Any Situation
It seems only a few weeks ago I was complaining that we'd never get snow. That has changed. We got snow. And we got cold weather! And we're not the...
Easy No-Cook Meals & Food Storage Items
In Wyoming, we're on the cusp between fall and winter, having had a few light snows and wintry storms. Living rurally, in an area known for strong...
2021 Black Friday to Cyber Monday Specials
These are some of my favorite 2021 Black Friday to Cyber Monday deals available across the world wide web. Check back for updates as I learn about...
10 Simple Ways to Purify Water
Safe drinking water is essential for survival. We've all heard you can go three days without water. While this may be true, after a full day without...
How to Make Preparedness Backup Plans – And Why You Need Them
Recently we talked about get-home bags, commonly referred to as GHB. In the past, we've discussed everyday carry bags (EDC) and touched on bug-out...
Get Home Bag: Why You Need One and How to Make It
Do you need a get home bag? If you ever leave your home, chances are good you should add a get home bag to your preparedness plans. This bag...
The Top 5 Things You Can Do Today to Start Prepping
There was a time, not that long ago, when preppers were looked at as tinfoil hat wearers. They were often the punchline of jokes and considered...
Prepper Gift Guide: Gift Ideas for Preppers
It's that time again! Time to pick out the perfect gift for everyone on your list. And I'm here to help with my Prepper Gift Guide, full of all...
Preparedness and Homesteading Resources
In today's world, with information at our fingertips and a twenty-four-hour news cycle, we can learn almost anything on a whim. But what if we...
5 Ways to Prepare for a Recession
Great, something else to think about? As if the last several weeks haven't been enough of a whirlwind, we now need to prepare for a recession? Yes,...
Introduction to Food Storage: Heat and Eat Bin
Three days is the minimum recommended amount of food the federal government recommends you to have on hand at all times. You probably already have...