My Guerrilla Berkey Water Filter Project in 20 Minutes or Less

by suburban | Jul 13, 2013 | Bug In, Preparedness, Water

As far as I am con­cerned, this project has been well over­due.  Espe­cial­ly in the wakes of both hur­ri­canes Irene and Sandy.  With hur­ri­cane sea­son just bare­ly upon us, and the loss of pow­er, etc. last year, I thought it was time to pre­pare a bit... Read more

New Jersey Preparedness and Alternative Energy Show — April 20th, in Woodbury, NJ

by suburban | Mar 27, 2013 | Gear, Personal, Preparedness, Prepping, suburban survival, Survival Gear, Urban Survival

I just got off the phone with Steve Schanne over at Off Grid Ware­house, a NJ based provider of pre­pared­ness gear and sup­plies.  Steve has been pro­mot­ing a FREE, Yes FREE Alter­na­tive Ener­gy and Pre­pared­ness Expo.  The Expo is being held in... Read more

Homemade Electrolyte Replacements (Homemade Gatorade)

by suburban | Mar 25, 2013 | DIY, Health, Hydraton, Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival, Water

My girl­friend’s dog has been sick the past cou­ple of days.  Dehy­drat­ed, lethar­gic, etc.   This got me think­ing when I was doing sev­er­al search­es online for how to ade­quate­ly keep him hydrat­ed.  By doing sev­er­al Google search­es I... Read more

Hedging Economic Bets, Why I Buy Junk Silver and Silver Rounds

by suburban | Feb 27, 2013 | Economy, Precious Metals, Preparedness

As I can afford to do it, I have been buy­ing sil­ver.  Most­ly sil­ver rounds. I have a small stash of sil­ver rounds pri­mar­i­ly in hopes of hedg­ing my bets against eco­nom­ic down­turn or to hope­ful­ly cap­i­tal­ize on ris­ing prices at some junc­ture,... 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

Review of “Without Rule of Law, Advanced Skills to Help You Survive: Hide, Evade, Scavenge, and Infiltrate”

by suburban | Feb 20, 2013 | Civil Unrest, Preparedness, Prepping, suburban survival, Survival Gear, Survivalism, Urban Survival

This review is prob­a­bly months over­due. I’ve had “With­out Rule of Law: Advanced Skills to Help You Sur­vive” for months. It also took me a cou­ple months to get through because I picked it up just every now and then to read it when I had a spare moment. To be sure... Read more