Heating Without Power

In the middle of winter, it’s not completely unheard of to lose power, but if you do, how do you keep your family warm? This is the category on the blog in which you can find that information.

How To Start a fire #(1)
Cooking Without Power, Heating Without Power, Preparing Our House Systems

Fire Starting Without Matches- 5 Simple and Easy Ways

When we are cooking without power – especially if we’re cooking over a firepit – we need to be able to start a fire.  But what if we don’t have matches?  Yes, we’ve all seen the bow-drill method.  Yes, we’ve probably watched Survivor and seen people start a fire with […]

15 Places to Find Free or Cheap Firewood
Heating Without Power, Preparing Our House Systems

15 Places To Find Free Firewood

I don’t usually start thinking about firewood until much later in the course of the year. But this year with rumors of rolling brown-outs, with the prices of electricity, natural gas, and propane already going out of the roof, I’m taking proactive steps to make sure we’re well stocked. Keep reading […]