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Start Prepping Here: The Basics of Food Storage

September 30, 2025 by Karen Morris 5 comments

Oxygen, water, food. Those three things are the things that we use more than anything else. And when it comes to food, you likely spend more money on food and other items at the grocery store than on any other single line item on your budget. If you want to […]

The Coming Diesel Shortage – and What We’re Doing About It

November 1, 2022 by Karen Morris 2 comments

If you’ve been around here for awhile, you know that I am not at all alarmist. I don’t work on fearmongering. I usually just present ways for all of us to prepare more, to live better, do more with less, or to teach you more skills. But something is going […]

Food Storage, Preparing Our Food and Water, TEOTWAWKI

Normal People Preparing for TEOTWAWKI – Food Systems

August 21, 2019 by Karen Morris 9 comments

While we can only live for three days without water, we can live as long as 3 weeks without food. But it would be three miserable weeks, which would ultimately end in death, if we had nothing to eat. So we need to get food systems in place NOW to feed […]

Cooking from Scratch, Preparing Our Food and Water

Gourmet Food Storage – Got Milk? No, I Don’t Mean Powdered Milk.

May 11, 2018 by Karen Morris 1 comment

So let me ask you all a question – Do you know someone who is gluten intolerant? I’m betting you know at least several! How about someone who is allergic to eggs? That would be a hard one to swallow (or not to swallow in this case) in our family! […]

Food Storage, Preparing Our Food and Water

You Mean I Can Eat That in 30 Years if I Buy That Now? (Part 4 of Let’s Talk Turkey. . . .Well Actually, Talk Money. . . .And Long-Term Food Storage)

February 23, 2018 by Karen Morris Comments are Disabled

Long-term food storage is exactly that. It’s stored food that lasts a LONG time. For example, did you know that grain was found in Egyptian tombs? So was mummified beef, but that’s beside the point. Don’t believe me? Check it out here. If you didn’t catch the first three posts […]

Food Storage, Preparing Our Food and Water

How to Feed Your Family on $160 per Person per Year! (Part 3 of Let’s Talk Turkey. . .Well Actually, Let’s Talk Money. . . .And Long-Term Food Storage)

February 22, 2018 by Karen Morris Comments are Disabled

We’ve been talking about food storage a lot as we’ve kicked this blog off, but there’s a huge reason for it. While normal life may be going on around us, it only takes one event, like an ice storm to bring our world to a screeching halt. Having food set […]

Food Storage, Preparing Our Food and Water

Let’s Talk Turkey. . . Well Actually, Let’s Talk Money . . . And Long-Term Food Storage (Part 2)

February 22, 2018 by Karen Morris Comments are Disabled

So I promised yesterday to explain the correlation between my savings category in YNAB and my food storage – and it isn’t that it takes all your savings to stock your stash of food. That would be bad. When we talk about food storage, there are two kinds – short-term […]

Food Storage, Preparing Our Food and Water

Let’s Talk Turkey. . . Well Actually Let’s Talk Money. . . .And Long-Term Food Storage (Part 1)

February 22, 2018 by Karen Morris Comments are Disabled

According to GoBankingRates.com’s survey, the percentage of Americans who have $1000 in savings went up by twelve percent last year! While $1000 isn’t much, hey, it’s a start! Go Dave Ramsey Fans! While other financial gurus have talked about putting money aside, Dave is one of the most prominent who has […]