Know Nothing? Buy a Book…

by suburban | Aug 5, 2010 | Books, Gardening, Homesteading, Preparedness, Self Reliance

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... Read more

Going to Buy Some #10 Cans of Food for Storage and Use.

by suburban | Jul 27, 2010 | Cooking, Food, Preparedness, Self Reliance, suburban survival, Urban Survival

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... 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

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