The Advantage of the Suburban Farmers Market

by suburban | Nov 12, 2010 | Cooking, Food, Gardening, Preparedness, Self Reliance, suburban survival, Urban Survival

You might not think there is one.  At first glance you might say, the veg­eta­bles are not organ­ic, they have less fla­vor because they are fac­to­ry farm grown, they have steroids, etc.  But there is one advan­tage of the sub­ur­ban farm­ers... Read more

What Would You Do If Technology Failed?

by suburban | Oct 25, 2010 | Homesteading, Preparedness, Self Reliance, suburban survival, Survivalism, Urban Survival

Recent­ly, I picked up the book “When Tech­nol­o­gy Fails” although I have not start­ed read­ing it yet, I came across this video this morn­ing, and want­ed to share it with you. Before I even start to read When Tech­nol­o­gy Fails, I was start­ing to pon­der, what... Read more

Lessons in Preserving Meats and Poultry

by suburban | Sep 13, 2010 | Cooking, DIY, Food, Personal, Preparedness, Self Reliance

This past labor day week­end, a bud­dy and I went camp­ing.  Not like real camp­ing, how­ev­er, in the woods with no facil­i­ties, and no one around for miles, but to a piece of prop­er­ty his fam­i­ly owns that he will like­ly use as a Bug Out Loca­tion.... Read more

Apartment Prepping for Fall and Winter

by suburban | Sep 1, 2010 | Bug In, Cooking, Energy, Gear, Light, Preparedness, Self Reliance, Shelter, Stoves, suburban survival, Survival Gear, Urban Survival, Weather

Well, the end of August is com­ing, and the weath­er is start­ing to change a bit; evenings are get­ting cool­er, and days are start­ing to get a bit short­er.  This to me is a clear sign of a few things.  One, some of my Bug Out Bag con­tents need to be... Read more

Les Stroud — Living Off the Grid Video

by suburban | Aug 31, 2010 | Bug Out Location, Les Stroud, Self Reliance, suburban survival, Urban Survival

Many of you have no doubt seen this video in the past.  It is the one hour doc­u­men­tary that Les Stroud record­ed about buy­ing a piece of prop­er­ty and liv­ing off the grid poten­tial­ly sim­pli­fy­ing life.  That, how­ev­er is not the rea­son I am... Read more

“What’s the Best Survival Weapon?” Over At FieldandStream.com

by suburban | Aug 27, 2010 | Guns & Weapons, Self Reliance, Survival Gear

So, this is an arti­cle I ran across this week, from Field & Stream Mag­a­zine Online.  They had one of their guys upload the arti­cle about a few sur­vival weapons that he did some inde­pen­dent tests on.  The Hen­ry AR‑7, just hap­pened to be... Read more