Another Post on EMP Attack

by suburban | Jul 28, 2010 | Electro Magnetic Pulse, Food, Gardening, Self Reliance, suburban survival, Urban Survival

I will prob­a­bly write about EMP attacks more than oth­er types of attacks.  The rea­son is that I think that this is one of the most viable attacks from a for­eign pow­er that we could see in the future.  I also think that it is one of the most dan­ger­ous... Read more

Going to Buy Some #10 Cans of Food for Storage and Use.

by suburban | Jul 27, 2010 | Cooking, Food, Preparedness, Self Reliance, suburban survival, Urban Survival

I have been research­ing food for stor­age.  How­ev­er, I have been research­ing food for stor­age that I will actu­al­ly use, because I do not want to waste any mon­ey on buy­ing food that will just sit in the can or con­tain­er and get no use at all.  It... Read more

What is a Safe Distance for Your Bug Out Location?

by suburban | Jul 26, 2010 | Bug Out, Bug Out Location, suburban survival, Urban Survival

Ken over at ModernSurvivalBlog.com and I have trad­ed a cou­ple of emails late­ly…  I think his posts are well thought out and well researched.  Today he had a post that I thought was per­fect for you urban and sub­ur­ban dwellers like myself.  The post... Read more

What You (and I) Need To Know About Knives

by suburban | Jul 26, 2010 | Gear, Knives, Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

There are many types of knives out there.  I have many.  Prob­a­bly too many knives, but each one has a pur­pose, so when I go camp­ing or hik­ing I choose the right one to go with.  I usu­al­ly car­ry one or two knives pret­ty con­sis­tent­ly.... Read more

Goals for the Weekend.

by suburban | Jul 23, 2010 | But Out Bag, Cooking, Food, General, Heirloom Seeds, Personal, Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

This is more a per­son­al post than any­thing else… I have had a long week.  Trav­eled on busi­ness, and along with trav­el­ing for busi­ness came busi­ness din­ners, enter­tain­ing, etc.  I am real­ly tired, and could have slept until Sat­ur­day morn­ing... Read more

The Heirloom Experiment: Part Two, I Received My Seed Order

by suburban | Jul 21, 2010 | Food, Heirloom Seeds, Plants, Self Reliance, suburban survival, Urban Survival

This week I received my heir­loom seed order from my Ebay order.  Here is what was includ­ed in the pack­age. A sealed mylar bag with the date the seeds were pack­aged and sealed. Instruc­tions on how to store the seeds (pre­ferred method the refrig­er­a­tor or... Read more