‘Suburban’s” Take on Sharing Your Gear, Supplies, and Food With Others

by suburban | Feb 7, 2011 | Civil Unrest, Food, Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

Over the past cou­ple of weeks a read­er and some­one I cor­re­spond with via email wrote a cou­ple of posts for the blog that have had some good com­ments asso­ci­at­ed with them regard­ing ethics and gear.  You can find them here if you have not read them: The... Read more

Tight Budget? Get Prepared Anyway.

by suburban | Dec 3, 2010 | But Out Bag, Food, Money, Preparedness

Every­one has mon­ey on the brain these days.  I don’t care how much mon­ey you have.  A forum I am some­times active on had one young man in col­lege just sought the advice of the mem­bers on how he can get pre­pared, as well as help his fam­i­ly... Read more

The $10.00 Jerky Maker (from SurvivalMonkey.com)

by suburban | Nov 15, 2010 | DIY, Food

So, while on the SurvivalMonkey.com forum this morn­ing, I came across a post called “The $10.00 Jerky Mak­er.”  I am sure many of you have seen these card­board box jerky maker/driers in the past…  After my first skep­ti­cal look, I  was impressed with... Read more

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

Food Prices at Walmart Are Out of Control

by suburban | Aug 11, 2010 | Economy, Food, Personal

Well, I have to rant for a moment.  I walked into a Wal­mart the oth­er day, and hon­est­ly, I don’t like doing that.  I went through the food sec­tion, think­ing I would pick up a few items, and I was appalled.  What hap­pened to the prices there?... Read more