by Prepperjim | May 18, 2011 | Food, Personal
In the survivalist and prepper community, this is a mantra often repeated. Like any mantra or simplified rule of thumb, it serves its purpose up to the point. While having simple rules to follow is often a good thing, the devil is in the details. For me,... Read more
by ST | May 10, 2011 | Food, Gardening, Guest Posts, Self Reliance, Urban Survival
Every survival/prepping website and book has some section on growing your own food during a SHTF event. There are ads for seed companies showing a person pushing a shopping cart down isles of empty supermarket shelves and the caption reads... Read more
by ST | May 3, 2011 | Barter, Economy, Food, Guest Posts, Self Reliance, suburban survival, Urban Survival
Barter – To trade by exchange of commodities rather than by the use of money. (Source: Dictionary.com. Source location: Random House, inc.) Much has been written about the use of barter in a post SHTF/TEOTWAWKI. event. Even in “merely” a post-financial... Read more
by suburban | Apr 25, 2011 | Contests, Food
Welcome Ineed2Prepare.com to the SuburbanSurvivalBlog.com Family. To welcome them, we are running a contest to give away an 84 meal Grab & Go bucket of gourmet meals. What you will get from Ineed2Store.com if you win is below, but first, here... Read more
by ST | Apr 19, 2011 | Economy, Food, Guest Posts
Briefly, I want to think Suburban for the opportunity to post on his blog. Onward… I’ve been thinking about “shortages”. What it really means to have a “shortage”. As I walk down the isles of my local supermarkets I still see full shelves of a wide variety... Read more
by suburban | Apr 18, 2011 | Food, General, Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival
Ideally, you replace one can of something with two cans of that same something when you use it and you are rotating your preps. Lately, I have been a bit lazy thinking I have had enough, but I really do not, and if you read Friday’s post, clearly my... Read more
