Look Who’s Coming to Dinner

by ST | Jan 31, 2012 | Civil Unrest, Guest Posts, Levels of Awareness, Preparedness, Psychology, Self Reliance

(Note: This arti­cle is both a stand-alone piece as well as a response to the arti­cle “Who would you bug out with?” that appeared recent­ly on this site.) ”If I am not for myself, who will be for me? And if not now, when?” – Rab­bi Hil­lel (Jew­ish schol­ar &... Read more

Of Leadership, Reliability, Responsibility — and Preparedness

by ST | Dec 20, 2011 | General, Guest Posts, Preparedness, Self Reliance

Real­i­ty check: Some peo­ple are just more pre­pared for events of life than oth­ers. “Events” can be any­thing from a per­son­al emer­gency to an unex­pect­ed home expense to a fam­i­ly emer­gency to a nat­ur­al dis­as­ter to some­thing good like a great job or... Read more

2011 Urban Farming in Review

by ST | Dec 13, 2011 | Gardening, Guest Posts, Preparedness, Prepping, Self Reliance, Urban Survival

2011 was a pret­ty good year farm­ing wise at home. For an urban (I do con­sid­er myself urban) back­yard con­tain­er farm we did pret­ty good. And more impor­tant­ly, we learned a lot to apply for next year. Start­ing out we added sev­er­al new con­tain­ers to our... Read more

Coupons for Preparation, by ShaneTheNurse

by suburban | Nov 23, 2011 | Preparedness, Prepping, Self Reliance

My kids will tell you if it is not on sale and we do not have a coupon we do not need it. Hav­ing this men­tal­i­ty will help you to save mon­ey and build your stock­pile of life sus­tain­ing goods. I am sure by now many of us have seen shows on tele­vi­sion with... Read more

Who Will Help me Eat My Bread?

by ST | Oct 4, 2011 | Barter, Food, General, Guest Posts, Money, Preparedness, Self Reliance, Survivalism

There is an old children’s sto­ry about some­one who asks “Who will help me make my bread?” No one helps. No one helps plant the wheat, har­vest the wheat, mill the wheat, make the dough, or bake it. But at the end when it is asked who will help eat the bread... Read more