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As parents, we often think of preparedness in concrete terms. I need to purchase – learn – or do things in order to be prepared. Especially when it deals with our children, we need to take a different tack. Kids need to be prepared too. While they do need to […]
I don’t know about your house, but summer is well underway in our house. Summer means that the kids have more free time, and I usually have more free time. One excellent way to spend time with my children is to read them survival-themed books. ***There are links in this […]
Can you believe it’s summer already? We just had snow last month and next Monday is already Memorial Day – the unofficial start of summer. Is it just me or does every year seem to go faster than the year before? Since Summer is upon us, this year, I want […]
If I asked you the question – “What’s one area of life that you excel at?” I bet that most of you could tell me pretty quickly. But if I asked you, “What’s one area of life that you really struggle?” I’m guessing most of you could tell me that […]
Do We Ever “Arrive” in or Finish Prepping? By Cindy Lewis Dake For the first few years of my prepping journey, my experience was been leading me to think that I would never feel like I had done enough to stop worrying, at least at some level. There would always […]
Are you like me? Despite the fact that we’ve left the country to move back to the ‘burbs, that doesn’t mean that I’ve given up my dream of homesteading. If anything, my dreams are both more realistic and bigger than before. What about you? Even if at the moment there’s […]
We’ve all been there. Those first few months that you are working on learning a new hobby, everything seems to go wrong. Everything is SUCH a CHORE to get done. When you finally make a breakthrough in one area, then another problem area seems to crop up (pun SO intended!). […]
In the last post from Kim, she coached us through steps that we can take to make sure that we have seeds for this year’s garden. But Kim’s not done when it comes to great advice on how to (1) not only make sure that you have seeds from your […]
By Kim Deel Whether we’ve been gardening for years or learning how to Guerilla Garden more recently, we’re at a point in the US where many feel the need to grow at least some of their own food. What if you can’t find the specific seeds for plants that you […]
It may only be partway through February, but most of us who have any plans at growing a garden this year are likely already thinking about it. But what if you live in an apartment or you rent a house or you have no yard? So as we’re already getting […]
