If I walked up to you on the street and handed you a prepaid $500 Mastercard credit card and said it’s yours to use, but you have to use it to stock a food storage pantry, what would you buy? After you picked your jaw up off the floor because […]
Author: Karen Morris
12 Books To Take Our Preparedness to the Next Level for 2021
If I said, “Preparedness books,” what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Foraging, survival, fire starting, bugging out? All of those things are important to preparedness, but they only scratch the surface. There are so many other important preparedness topics that should be learned and discussed. Today, we’re going […]
The Ultimate Convenience Breakfast Food – Homemade Oatmeal Packets
I love granola for breakfast. As a matter of fact, it’s one of the recipes I gave you in the blog post “Seven Simple Food Storage Breakfasts.” When it comes time to make breakfast it’s already ready and at my fingertips. Not that it’s a problem, but the downside to […]
Start Prepping Here – 11 Things (Under $20) a New Prepper Should Buy
If we stand back and just look at what’s going on around us, sometimes things can feel so overwhelming. The national debt is skyrocketing. Cancel Culture is ruining the lives of everyday people like you and me – let alone successful businesses. We watch the hypocrisy of tech companies de-platforming […]
Serious DIY Series! – Toothpaste – The Secret to Oral Hygiene
When we talk about preparedness, there are many different levels. For example, when we talk about Bugging out, I see your EDC, your vehicle kit, and your bug out bag as different levels of the same thing. But bugging out isn’t the only place which that principle comes into play. […]
A Dream Come True or a Nightmare in the Flesh? – Ready to Overcome?
Have you ever been so excited to get started on something to only have it blow up in your face? You’re looking forward to a trip, and you get sick, so you can’t go. You open a Christmas gift from your husband and it doesn’t work or doesn’t fit quite […]
Serious DIY Series – Salt Scrubs and Their Incredible Health Benefits
I’ve mentioned how in another “life” I used to sell Young Living Essential Oils. One of the ways that I would introduce people to these oils was to teach them how to make things themselves using essential oils. One of the items I’d teach people how to make was a […]
Dreams Really Do Come True – A Tour of Our New Farm
In your heart of hearts, what’s your dream? You know, that dream that you haven’t told anyone – except maybe your husband or your best friend. That dream that you’ve held close for a long time and hardly dared to whisper it for fear it wouldn’t come true. Well, dreams […]
7 Simple Food Storage Breakfast Ideas
If you’ve read my book – A Year Without the Grocery Store or gone through my Companion Workbook, you know that I highly suggest deciding on 7 food storage breakfasts, 7 food storage lunches, and 7 food storage dinners to help plan your short-term food storage menu. Sometimes it’s hard […]
5 Vegetables to Grow Indoors During Winter
Especially in northern climates, the winter months can not only mean a dearth of as much outdoor activity as we’d like. Maybe I’m the only one that the cold keeps bottled up, but I’m guessing I’m not alone. This time of year with its cold temperatures and short times of […]