When it comes to vegetable gardening, many people are confused as to the actual amount that you need to plant to sufficiently feed a family. If you are planning to primarily rely on the food from your vegetable garden, are you planning to wing it by planting as much as you can or will you […]
The types of clothing that you wear is essentially your first line of shelter. Long before you ever make shelter, what you have on you is what will protect you from the elements. The exact type of clothing and gear you choose will be wildly dependent on your area and personal preference. I would recommend […]
Here are some of the best preparedness books to help you build your prepper library. You may see some familiar ones here, but what I really wanted to do with this list is to get people familiar with different books outside of just ‘SAS Survival Guide’. When it comes to building your prepper library, look […]
This is a question I get asked a lot. How much food should I store? Unfortunately, there’s no good answer to this question. We should be storing as much as our budget and space will allow. So then the question becomes, how can I figure out how much food to store for my household? This […]
Solar can be a great asset for emergency preparedness. It’s great for hiking, camping and especially for at home use. If you’ve been thinking about adding some solar to your emergency preparedness supplies, then this list is for you! Use the power of the sun to keep your devices, batteries and even some lighting charged […]
I’m usually not the type of person to say ‘you must have these items’ so please take these items as suggestions. While I do consider these to be essential, maybe you don’t and that’s totally cool. Use this list as more of a place to bounce ideas off of. These are no particular order. Here […]
Since we bought land at the beginning of 2020, I’ve been a bit obsessed buying seeds. After some trial and error in my desert climate, I finally learned how to make a garden work here and I’ve been on overdrive buying seeds. Apparently, this year, 2021, has been the biggest year for seed purchasing. Companies […]
Outside of feeding ourselves during an emergency or disaster, how do you plan to feed your pets or livestock? We live off grid and are trying to be as self-sufficient as possible for everyday life and certainly during an emergency. We do still buy commercial feed, but doing our best to get fully away from […]
It’s time to end the war on salt. A long time ago, french doctors claimed to see a correlation between salt and hypertension then worries continued to escalate and in the 1970s a scientist, Dahl, backed up those claims again with a small study. In 1977, based on Dahl’s work, the U.S. Senate’s Select Committee […]
During the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve seen some intense shortages. It started with toilet paper then moved onto masks, alcohol, medications then finally, nonperishable foods. Nobody predicted the amount of shortages, thus it took a while to increase supply to fit the demand. In the case of this pandemic, increase demand created shortages. […]