Raise Your Hand if You’ve Ever Used Your Fish Mox

by suburban | Mar 11, 2014 | Health, Medical, Personal, Preparedness, Self Reliance

Two weeks ago I trav­eled for work.  Over the week­end, I felt myself start­ing to feel like crap.  By Mon­day I felt like I had strep throat and bron­chi­tis.  hav­ing both of them in the past I basi­cal­ly self diag­nosed.  I was going to dive... 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

Survival Heater for Your Car, My Test

by suburban | Feb 13, 2012 | Fire, Gear, Improvised Gear, Preparedness, Prepping, Self Reliance, Weather

I know. Every­one has done a YouTube les­son on how to build one of these inex­pen­sive emer­gency heaters for your car. Hon­est­ly, I had to try it for myself to be sure that it “worked.” Many peo­ple use emp­ty steel cof­fee cans, some peo­ple impro­vise and use... Read more

Test Cooking with Preps, Breakfast for Dinner, Part One

by suburban | Feb 10, 2012 | Bug In, Food, Preparedness, Prepping, Self Reliance

I like break­fast for din­ner.  I do.  I have James Bond’s fetish for scram­bled eggs.  Give me scram­bled eggs, an omelet, or frit­ta­ta any day of the week and I am a hap­py guy.  So, tonight, we make break­fast for din­ner.  I have... Read more

Look Who’s Coming to Dinner

by ST | Jan 31, 2012 | Civil Unrest, Guest Posts, Levels of Awareness, Preparedness, Psychology, Self Reliance

(Note: This arti­cle is both a stand-alone piece as well as a response to the arti­cle “Who would you bug out with?” that appeared recent­ly on this site.) ”If I am not for myself, who will be for me? And if not now, when?” – Rab­bi Hil­lel (Jew­ish schol­ar &... Read more

Of Leadership, Reliability, Responsibility — and Preparedness

by ST | Dec 20, 2011 | General, Guest Posts, Preparedness, Self Reliance

Real­i­ty check: Some peo­ple are just more pre­pared for events of life than oth­ers. “Events” can be any­thing from a per­son­al emer­gency to an unex­pect­ed home expense to a fam­i­ly emer­gency to a nat­ur­al dis­as­ter to some­thing good like a great job or... Read more