The Hidden War on American Agriculture

by suburban | Feb 4, 2024 | Farming, Food, Gardening, Homesteading, Preparedness, Prepping, Self Reliance, suburban survival

The Hid­den War on Amer­i­can Agri­cul­ture In the heart of Amer­i­ca’s sprawl­ing fields and on the cusp of urban sprawl, a silent war is being waged that very few peo­ple are mak­ing pub­lic. This bat­tle, large­ly unno­ticed by the aver­age con­sumer, tar­gets the... Read more

Square Foot Farming Part 1

by Cameron | Apr 27, 2015 | DIY, Food, Food Storage, Gardening, Heirloom Seeds, Homesteading, Preparedness

This is the first of three arti­cles geared toward help­ing a sub­ur­ban or even an urban dweller become more food self suf­fi­cient. It doesn’t take a lot of space to grow food but it does take a dif­fer­ent type of think­ing than the tra­di­tion­al gar­den.... Read more

The California drought and what it means for you

by Cameron | Apr 10, 2015 | Food, Food Storage, Gardening, Preparedness, Prepping, Water

Cal­i­for­nia is fac­ing one of the worst droughts the state has ever seen…. it is not the first drought, but based on the water lev­els (and pro­ject­ed water lev­els) the state is in dire need of water and water con­ser­va­tion. Gov­er­nor Brown and the... Read more

The winter that just wont go away

by Cameron | Mar 20, 2015 | Fishing, Food, Food Storage, Gardening, Hunting

As I sit here look­ing at the fore­cast for yet anoth­er win­ter storm, I find myself long­ing for spring and all that comes with it. Its been a long, cold win­ter and, as much as I like the cold and all it brings, Im tired of it and wel­come a change in... Read more

Summer’s Here, Work, Future Plans, and Prepping

by suburban | Jun 25, 2013 | Bug Out Vehicle, Gardening, General, Pandemic

Well, sum­mer is offi­cial­ly upon us.  When it came it came with heat and humid­i­ty.  With that there are sup­posed to be severe thun­der storms all week here in NJ.  I’m get­ting used to the rain, and am going to start call­ing New Jer­sey, “New... Read more

2012 Urban Garden in Review, by an Anonymous Contibutor

by suburban | Feb 22, 2013 | Gardening, Preparedness, Self Reliance

It was a great year! By com­par­i­son to last year and before our urban gar­den did very well. I cred­it a lot of our suc­cess to trial&error over the last sev­er­al years, learn­ing as we go, read­ing and research­ing why this or that hap­pened etc. Before going... Read more