Trying New Foods for Food Storage

by suburban | Oct 12, 2011 | Food, Preparedness

Well, I went to the gro­cery store tonight.  When I got there I noticed there was a lot of stuff on sale.  Pack­age of six ramen noo­dles for $2.00, Vien­na Sausage, two cans for a dol­lar, SPAM, two 6 oz cans for three dol­lars, 10 cans of Camp­bel­l’s... Read more

Who Will Help me Eat My Bread?

by ST | Oct 4, 2011 | Barter, Food, General, Guest Posts, Money, Preparedness, Self Reliance, Survivalism

There is an old children’s sto­ry about some­one who asks “Who will help me make my bread?” No one helps. No one helps plant the wheat, har­vest the wheat, mill the wheat, make the dough, or bake it. But at the end when it is asked who will help eat the bread... Read more

September is National Preparedness Month

by Prepperjim | Sep 14, 2011 | Cooking, Energy, Fire, first aid, Food, Gardening, Guns & Weapons, Health, Light, Personal, Water

Our gov­ern­ment has des­ig­nat­ed Sep­tem­ber as “Nation­al Pre­pared­ness Month”. This con­trasts with the FBI’s pro­fil­ing prep­pers as poten­tial ter­ror­ists. I imag­ine the mes­sage is “be pre­pared”, but don’t be too pre­pared. We still want you depen­dent... Read more

Prepping on Twenty Five Dollars a Week, Increasing Your Budget Slightly, Increases Preps Exponentially

by suburban | Sep 12, 2011 | Food, Preparedness

I am going to try to be real­is­tic here.  There are posts all over the Web on prep­pers sites about start­ing your prep­ping for $5.00 a week.  But what does $5.00 real­ly buy these days.  In my case $5.00 can buy: — 3 — 4 cans of soup, — 3 — 4 cans of... Read more

Repacking Some Core Preps for Portability, Ease of Use, Care Packaging, and Rotation

by suburban | Sep 8, 2011 | Bug In, Bug Out, Food, Personal, Preparedness, Self Reliance, suburban survival, Urban Survival

We talk an awful lot about how to rotate your canned, jarred, and oth­er preps for fresh­ness.  We also talk a lot about stor­age, how to store, what to store, etc.  Yes­ter­day, I under­took a small job of repack­ing some of my “basic” preps.  What are... Read more

Pet Prepping

by Prepperjim | Aug 10, 2011 | Bug Out, Food, Personal

Awhile ago, I blogged that I was real­ly hav­ing a dif­fi­cult time prep­ping for my pets (one dog and two cats). This can be a major issue, espe­cial­ly if you have to go and quick­ly. This has made me think heav­i­ly about how I would ensure the sur­vival of my pets... Read more