Teamwork for Suburban and Urban Survival – Part Two
Did you give some thought yesterday to who your friends are and what skills they have? Are they doctors, lawyers, blacksmith, veterinarian, pharmacist, construction workers, etc? How about yourself? What skills do you have? What skills can you teach, barter, or sell if had to? Let’s look at several more primitive skills. Do you have […]
Teamwork for Suburban and Urban Survival – Part One
Is it inevitable; A disaster of catastrophic proportion that changes everyone’s living situation going forward for good? Is living post disaster just an unforeseen reality that many of us have not experienced yet? Look at Haiti just over a year ago. Look at Australia with flooding that has destroyed homes and lives. One thing is […]
Interesting Conversation
I have a friend that is a financial advisor and stock broker in the NYC area. I actually have a few of them, but last evening while we were out to dinner in NYC, he mentioned a couple of his predictions for our economy in the not to distant future. I logged them in my […]
Dave Canterbury’s New Magazine, Self Reliance Illustrated
Well, it has been a long time in coming, but Dave Canterbury of The Pathfinder School, LLC recently released his new magazine Self Reliance Illustrated. Here is what I received via Email yesterday afternoon, and with permission from the Pathfinder School and their team, I am releasing this to you. I find it kind of exciting to […]
Lessons in Preserving Meats and Poultry
This past labor day weekend, a buddy and I went camping. Not like real camping, however, in the woods with no facilities, and no one around for miles, but to a piece of property his family owns that he will likely use as a Bug Out Location. It has a 5th Wheel on it, as […]
The New Free Suburban Survival Blog Classifieds Online!
Well, everyone, in an attempt to make it easier for you to find what you are looking for, The Suburban Survival Blog has launched our own Survival Classifieds section where you can post what it is you are looking to sell, and where those of you (us) are looking to buy can browse and do […]
The Core Concepts of Modern Survivalism, by Jack Spirko
Sitting in LAX airport, or any airport for that matter I enjoy catching up with my podcasts. To me the airports are “hurry up and wait” situations that offer some much needed personal downtime while I wait for the plane. Fortunately, today as well, I have WiFi access on the plane and can write a […]
Know Nothing? Buy a Book…
It’s no secret that most people in the suburbs here in NJ get out of bed at 5:00 / 5:30 a.m., shower, and saunter their way to the train, bus, or car to commute their way to work every day. Most days it can take 30 – 120 minutes depending on the traffic here to […]
Going to Buy Some #10 Cans of Food for Storage and Use.
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 just seems like a waste of money […]
The Heirloom Experiment: Part Two, I Received My Seed Order
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 the freezer). I put mine in the freezer Instruction sheet […]