Preparing Our Strategy

Strategy isn’t just for the end of the world. What is the best strategy that we should take today in our preparedness? That’s what we discuss in this blog topic.

Bugging Out, Preparing Our Strategy

What is EDC and How Does it Fit Into Your Bug-Out Plan?

Last week, we experienced the polar vortex.  Temperatures dropped incredibly low, even for Central Illinois.  The way it worked out, my husband and I had to exchange cars.  I put more miles on my husband’s car then he usually does in a couple of days.  As a result I needed […]

Bugging Out, Preparing Our Strategy

Six Questions to Answer BEFORE You Need to Bug Out

As I’ve written about in another post, I had the unfortunate opportunity to bug out three times, and I’ve learned a lot of lessons doing it.  Before Christmas, I promised you all that I would do a series that included Bug-Out-Bags.  As I got to brainstorming I realized that there’s […]

Bugging In, Preparing Our Homestead, Preparing Our Strategy

Homesteading in the Burbs – Dream Big, No Matter How Small Your Property

I just finished being interviewed by a reporter for Vice.  The subject was on food storage, preparedness, and homesteading.  One of the questions that the reporter asked me was something along the lines of do I consider myself a prepper, a homesteader, or a mixture of the two.  My answer was […]