September. Even the name of the month conjures pictures of cool temperatures and vivid colors of leaves on trees. It also reminds me of back to school and, for some reason, it also always feels like it’s time to dig into preparedness. Well if you’re like me, I have […]
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5 Food Storage Myths Debunked
There are classical myths such as those associated Hercules or Achilles or Persues. There are modern-day myths such as, according to Web MD that there is supposedly no actual correlation between giving children sugar and hyperactivity. Makes me wonder what their definition of “hyperactivity” is. You? But then there is […]
The Most Important Piece to Preparedness NOW
What do you think is the most important part of preparedness right now? Do you think it’s your stockpile? Maybe what’s most important is survival skills. Or is your ability to garden and cook from scratch what’s most important? Or what other things are important? There could be great arguments […]
How To Help Your Husband Get On Board With Prepping – Part 2
Last week, be began to delve into the topic of how do you help your husband get on board with prepping? It’s not an easy subject when a husband and wife aren’t on the same page about any topic. But when a wife feels very vehement about taking care of […]
How to Help Your Husband Get On Board With Prepping – Part 1
If you’re on my e-mail list, you got an e-mail from me last week asking what the goal of your preparedness is. I heard a lot of different answers containing both triumphs and struggles. And in some of those answers, I felt heavy hearts. One, in particular, touched me because […]
75 More Prepper Tasks That You Can do in 15 Minutes or Less
Simple, Helpful, Effective Prepper Tasks Sometimes we know we need to accomplish preparedness tasks, but we don’t know where to start. Today’s blog post is simply about helping give you ideas to start moving your preparedness journey forward again in case you’re stuck. All of them should be able to […]
100 Prepping Tasks You Can Do in 15 Minutes or Less
We are all busy people. Despite all of our time-saving gadgets, our days fill to overflowing so quickly. We all want to keep up with our prepping tasks, but there are aspects to preparedness that just take time, and there’s no way around them. If you are going to […]
Hate Watering Your Garden? Here’s a Simple Answer!
In many parts of the United States, we are experiencing soaring temperatures and drought conditions this summer. It has provided the perfect opportunity to test out some garden water conservation ideas that have been lurking in the back of my mind during previous years of abundant water. One of the […]
Do You Use These 10 Perennial Natural Mosquito Repellents in Your Yard?
I get a great deal of joy from being outside. One of my most fond memories of my late high school years was sitting outside on the porch swing, with my mother, rocking together and talking for hours, two to three evenings a week. Our time outside wasn’t often interrupted […]
Get 1/3 More Out of THIS YEAR’S Garden with this ONE Technique
This is an article on gardening from my friend Kim Deel. She’s been gardening for more than 30 years and has a lot of wisdom to impart. I’m putting this article out in June, so you can start to consider what you want to plan in your “Bonus Garden” as […]
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