Pigeon? For Dinner?

by suburban | Oct 7, 2010 | Cooking, Hunting, suburban survival, Urban Survival

Okay, I was in the car for about four hours today… I had some time to think… My mind start­ed to wan­der, and the gears were spin­ning.  I asked myself, if the S#!t has hit the fan while I was in Philadel­phia, and I knew no one.  If food sup­plies are low... Read more

The Design of a Bug Out Weekend Gear Test

by suburban | Oct 5, 2010 | Bug Out, Bug Out Location, But Out Bag, suburban survival, Urban Survival

I joined, not too long ago, a pre­pared­ness meet­up group in North­ern NJ. There seem to be only a few of us that are reg­u­lars and show up once a month to the meet­ing.  There are var­i­ous oth­er mem­bers of the group that may make it depend­ing on their... Read more

Plans to Build a Garden Box and Fall Gardens

by suburban | Oct 4, 2010 | Food, Gardening, suburban survival, Urban Survival

I have plans.  I always have plans.  But one of my plans this fall is to build a raised gar­den box the size of a table I have on the deck of my apart­ment.  It is wor­thy invest­ment, assum­ing I am going to stay in this spot for the next cou­ple of... Read more

DIY — Making Makeshift Shoes Out of Tires Post SHTF

by suburban | Sep 30, 2010 | Clothing, DIY, suburban survival, Urban Survival

NOTE:  I found this post here, and thought it inter­est­ing enough as a DIY project you can file in the back of your head or put on your USB dri­ve to car­ry around with you: This seems sort of odd…but in a post dis­as­ter world that may not get back to... Read more

Survival Gear Bargains on Craigslist

by suburban | Sep 29, 2010 | Gear, Improvised Gear, Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

There is no doubt that buy­ing gear can get expen­sive.  I per­son­al­ly have pur­chased and wast­ed a ton of mon­ey on gear that I have pur­chased and have replaced because after buy­ing it learn­ing that it may not have been the best solu­tion.  I have... Read more

Storing Your Bug Out Gear in the City

by suburban | Sep 27, 2010 | Bug Out, But Out Bag, Gear, Improvised Gear, Preparedness, Survival Gear, Urban Survival

When I worked in NYC (post 9/11), I was always won­der­ing how I was going to store any type of gear to get me across two rivers into NJ to my apart­ment, so I could bug in or bug out if the SHTF and the bridges and tun­nels were shut down.  I decid­ed on, but... Read more