No More Apartment Prepping… Any advice?

by suburban | May 12, 2014 | Personal, Preparedness, Prepping

Well, it seems I usu­al­ly start out a post with, “It’s been a while, but…”  In this case, I can say that it’s been just about two months; it’s been stress­ful, reward­ing, expen­sive, and much more.  Any­way, as the title says, I’m out of the... Read more

Dehydrating Black Beans for Storage

by suburban | Jan 7, 2014 | Food, Food Storage, Preparedness, Prepping

So, I did­n’t even know you could dehy­drate black beans.  I sup­pose in the back of my mind, I knew it, but thought since I was jump­ing back on the band wag­on again, that I would try some exper­i­men­ta­tion as well.  That said, I used four cans of black... Read more

My Food Storage is Changing, an update on Apartment Prepping…

by suburban | Sep 24, 2012 | Bug In, Bug Out, Preparedness, Prepping

As my time prep­ping matures, and liv­ing in an apart­ment, I am also find­ing that my prep­ping is start­ing to morph a bit.  As I prep for food, most specif­i­cal­ly, I find that cans of food are becom­ing cum­ber­some.  Specif­i­cal­ly, soups, tunas,... Read more

Working Hard, Gear Update, a Book Give Away, and the Future

by suburban | Jul 29, 2012 | Personal, Preparedness, Prepping

First, thanks to every­one for con­tin­u­ing to read and sign­ing up for the list to get noti­fied of new posts.  To that end , you have no doubt noticed a lack of new posts, with the excep­tion of a few of my guest authors.  I thank them as well for their... Read more

What’s Missing in Your Food Storage

by suburban | Nov 11, 2011 | Personal, Preparedness, Prepping

A very short post today… So, I took it upon myself to to re-arrange my food stor­age last night, repack some of it, con­sol­i­date some of it, and just make it a bit more orga­nized.  Hon­est­ly, it is still not where I want it.  How­ev­er, I need­ed to make... Read more