It occurred to me the other day that someone reading this blog might wonder how, with all of my preparedness efforts, I’ve never once mentioned firearms. There are a couple of reasons for this, and I suppose I should lay them out.
First: As someone who reads a ton of survival blogs (at last count, I [...]

As virtually no one likely remembers, on March 22, I decided to try the mineral oil method of preserving eggs. I read about this method, and, frankly, despite my hope, I was pretty skeptical that it would work. Before I tried this, my main method of storing eggs was freezing, and it wasn’t working for [...]

If you haven’t seen them already, there have been a few great lists posted recently at The Survival Mom. One of them is labeled as a list of survival skills for men to know in the case of a depression, but after reading it, I really think that women should know these skills, too – [...]

Yesterday I decided that I would bite the bullet and make Seitan, or what some people like to call “wheat meat” or “gluten meat.” For those who haven’t read about it or eaten it themselves, Seitan is the product of wheat gluten and a liquid, and the resulting food product you get after cooking it [...]

Friday, I took advantage of some free child care and finally completed something I’ve wanted to do for a while: Red Cross CPR and First Aid training. The official title of the class was First Aid and CPR/AED for Infants, Adults, and Children. This course basically crams every training the Red Cross offers in my [...]

This post is a little delayed since my digital camera has been missing and I wanted to include pictures, but better late than never! You may remember that in my earlier post, I talked about my plans to start seeds, and what I had done so far. Here’s a recap of what I did:

I planted [...]

As I mentioned in an earlier post, I’ve decided to start a garden this year. I’m still debating whether I will do a raised bed / square foot garden, or if I will go with a semi self-watering container garden. I might start some seeds in a raised bed garden and also add some containers [...]

Wow, where do I begin. OK – First, overall, I really liked this book, which is basically one man’s slow, seven-year awakening from just another frightened citizen without any skills to one of the most prepared, trained people you’ll ever meet. Plus, it’s a pretty entertaining read.The author, Neil Strauss, has a self-deprecating, humorous style [...]

I recently bought a couple of new books to read, one to add to my preparedness library: Emergency by Neil Strauss, and a book on Square Foot Gardening, to help me with the gardening I’m planning for spring. Also, I recently caught up with the book blog (blook? blovel? whatever…) The Day the Dollar Died [...]

I read an interesting article today at SurvivalBlog, written by one of their many (millions) of contributors, about how there’s no substitute for hands-on training. (Sorry, I tried to link to the article, but only the main blog page would come up.) The subject of the article was about emergency medical training, and he gave [...]