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

My Thoughts on the Bug Out Vehicle for the Suburban Survivalist

by suburban | Jul 21, 2010 | Bug Out, Bug Out Vehicle, Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

Every­thing I research and pon­der seems to require some lump sum of cash.  Skills are impor­tant, and should be prac­ticed, and some of them require mon­ey to prac­tice them.  One of the things I have been think­ing about recent­ly is a Bug Out Vehi­cle... Read more

The Heirloom Experiment: I Recently Bought Heirloom Seeds To Attempt To Grow A Garden

by suburban | Jul 19, 2010 | Gardening, Heirloom Seeds, Plants, Self Reliance, suburban survival, Urban Survival

I did­n’t go crazy on them or spend $100.00 for a cache of seeds either…  I bought them off of Ebay, which may have been a mis­take, but I did­n’t spend more than $20.00 plus ship­ping on a small cache of seeds.  I first want to exper­i­ment with them, see... Read more