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Preparing Ourselves, Spiritually

How My Christianity Affects My Prepping In Positive Ways

I believe in preparedness.  I know.  It’s shocking coming from a preparedness author who runs a preparedness blog.  But I think that sometimes Christians fall into onto of two categories.  One group believes that being prepared is lacking faith.  The other group understands that preparedness flows out of their Christianity.  […]

Home Security, Preparing Our House Systems

Safety and Home Security During Uncertain Times

The election is getting closer and the vitriol is getting more and more heated.  I don’t know about you, but I’m guessing that there are plenty of us – me included – that are getting a little nervous about the after-effects of this election no matter who wins.   If Trump […]

Garden, Preparing Our Homestead

Fruits and Vegetables to Plant in October that Will Grow Over the Winter

Have you noticed recently that food prices have been getting higher and higher?  Sometimes it feels like we are at the mercy and whims of people with much more power than we have.  Power to create shortages, to raise prices, to cause inflation.  So what can we do about that?  […]

From Karen

While the World is Going Crazy. . . A Message From My Heart

I know a lot of the posts lately, have been geared more toward gardening.  While gardening is what I’m learning a LOT about right now, it’s also been good because I’ve had several guest posts about it.  I wanted to let you all know what is going on in my […]

Garden, Preparing Our Homestead

Getting to the Root is No Problem – Growing Root Vegetables

I don’t know what it’s like where you are, but we have been having very autumnal temperatures this last week.  I know it’s only a couple of weeks to a month (at best) until I’m pulling our tomato and pepper plants out.  Have you started planning or planting your fall […]

Homechool / School, Keeping Kids Occupied, Preparing Our Families

Homeschooling Is Preparedness! And Cheap Audiobooks (some under $1)

Wow, what a year and a summer it’s been!  Are you apprehensive about sending your children back to school wearing masks?  Have you considered homeschooling, but you’re – if you’re very honest – kinda scared?  Is there even an apprehension that you may even screw something up so badly that […]

College, Preparing Our Families

College, Survival Preparedness, and Covid – What to Have, Know, and Do

This year our college Freshmen (or Sophomores, Juniors, or even Seniors) are likely to have a radically different college experience than they would have had last year.  Preparing your older teen or young 20-something to get ready for college can be an emotional experience for the parents.  This year, we’ve […]

Food Storage, Preparing Our Food and Water

How I Put Together My Short-Term Food Storage

One of the hallmarks of preparedness is food storage.  Most people find gathering long-term food storage fairly straight-forward, but short-term food storage can be a bit more confusing, so I wanted to take some time to break down how I do a short-term food storage menu.  I want to give […]

Pandemic, Preparing for "Disasters"

What You Should Be Doing Right Now to Prepare for the Second Wave

The big “C” word has morphed from “cancer” to “Covid.”  Everyone’s arguing about it and asking questions like, is it as bad as the media is saying?  Is it helpful to wear a mask?  Wearing a mask – is it dangerous?  Is this virus really dangerous, but being politicized to […]

Preparing for "Disasters", Riots

10 Tips to Help People During the Minneapolis Riots

Some of you may know my story. For those of you who don’t, to put it succinctly, a great part of our preparedness journey as a family started because of the Ferguson Riots.  We lived them.  But now violence is erupting again in Minneapolis and many other cities across the […]