Working Hard, Gear Update, a Book Give Away, and the Future

by suburban | Jul 29, 2012 | Personal, Preparedness, Prepping

First, thanks to every­one for con­tin­u­ing to read and sign­ing up for the list to get noti­fied of new posts.  To that end , you have no doubt noticed a lack of new posts, with the excep­tion of a few of my guest authors.  I thank them as well for their... Read more

Filling a Hole In My Preps, Fruits, Vegetables, and the New Dehydrator

by suburban | Jun 18, 2012 | DIY, Food, General, Preparedness, Prepping

I always knew I had a dam­ag­ing hole in my food prepa­ra­tions. I have quite a few pro­teins. In fact I con­sis­tent­ly rotate my pro­teins because I use them in every day life. I also need to boost some of the pro­tein preps, as an aside. How­ev­er, what are/were... Read more

Review of the Timber Wolf “Blazin” Bowie Knife

by suburban | May 21, 2012 | Knives

Last fall I wrote a post about three bud­get knives you might want in your pack because they were inex­pen­sive.  Last week­end, I had the chance to bring one of them camp­ing as we ope­nend up the camp­site for the sea­son.  Pri­or to going I gave the... Read more

Thoughts on a Storage Unit as a Fallback Shelter or Bug Out Location

by suburban | May 17, 2012 | Bug Out, Bug Out Location, Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

This is a response to @Alex516 who asked the fol­low­ing ques­tion, which made me think a lit­tle deep­er on the sub­ject, and I thought it would make a good post: @Alex516 asked: “I’d be curi­ous about your thoughts for using a stor­age unit as a lay­over. I’m... Read more

Examining the Requirement for Multiple Short Term Bug Out Locations

by suburban | Apr 15, 2012 | Bug Out, Bug Out Location, Preparedness

Recent­ly. I have been look­ing for a BOL prop­er­ty again. I have had sev­er­al con­ver­sa­tions with oth­er prep­pers about going in on prop­er­ty togeth­er, alone, etc. Then I exam­ine my geog­ra­phy and demo­graph­ic, and it hit me… I live in a high­ly... Read more