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

Dogs as prepper companions

by Cameron | Apr 20, 2015 | Bug In, Bug Out, Food Storage, Gear, General, Natural Disaster, Preparedness

In our mod­ern world, prep­pers need to be con­cerned with guns, ammu­ni­tion, food, gaso­line, med­ical sup­plies… the list goes on and its daunt­ing.  But don’t for­get about the fam­i­ly pets. An often over­looked and very help­ful resource to your preps is a... Read more

The Gray Man Concept, Podcast Episode 2

by suburban | Apr 16, 2015 | Gear, Gray Man, Podcast, Preparedness, suburban survival, Survival Gear, Urban Survival

[pow­er­press] Wel­come to episode two of the Sub­ur­ban Sur­vival Blog Pod­cast.  Today we chat about the Gray Man con­cept, and why it’s impor­tant to the pre­pared­ness mind­set. Also please wel­come Titan Con­ceal­ment as our newest spon­sor.  Titan... Read more

Precision Rifles for the New Gun Owner

by Cameron | Apr 13, 2015 | Gear, Guns & Weapons, Hunting, Personal Security, Preparedness

This is the final install­ment in a series of arti­cles designed to intro­duce a new or novice firearm own­er to the weapons they should have and be com­fort­able using for a SHTF sce­nario.  The oth­er install­ments cov­ered car­bine, shot­gun, hand­gun, and... 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

Getting Started in Ham Radio

by Cameron | Apr 6, 2015 | Communications, Gear, Preparedness, Prepping

Here is a long over­due write-up on ham radio… I have quite a few friends that need help get­ting start­ed and with­out a direc­tion or some back­ground knowl­edge, its daunt­ing.  Keep in mind, this isn’t com­pre­hen­sive, but it’s a good start.  I may... Read more