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Keep Your Cool with Warm Weather Cooking Methods
As the mercury in the thermometer starts to climb, you may be looking for different ways to keep your home a bit cooler without an exponential increase in your electric bill. That battle starts in the kitchen. The one thing that adds the most ambient heat is cooking. Your choiceRead the Rest…
Moving for Preppers
The prepping community is always full of well-meaning advice about “where” a prepper should move to increase the chances of survival during an SHTF scenario, but the information on “how” to move is hard to find. I’m in the process of getting ready for a big move – across theRead the Rest…
Review: The Prepper’s Cookbook
Store what you eat and eat what you store. How many times have you heard that prepper’s advice? It’s repeated all the time because it is excellent, practical advice. Sometimes it’s easier said than done, however. While many of us store dehydrated foods, for example, do we know how toRead the Rest…
Use Your Noodle: The Importance of Whole Foods in the Prepper’s Pantry
Have you ever talked to a prepper who has highly processed, nutritionally-bereft foods stacked to the rafters? Oftentimes the logic behind the purchase of massive quantities of these inexpensive items is, “Well, it’s better than going hungry!” Actually, that’s not necessarily the case. If it comes to the point whereRead the Rest…
Podcast: Financial Preparedness
I was graciously invited to do a podcast for Prepper Podcast Radio Network. I talked about financial preparedness, emergency funds, and the banking system…I’d love to hear your feedback! ~ Daisy Music by my talented friend, John M. Barker
Personal Austerity: 12 Ways to Radically Cut Your Expenses
How often do you hear people talk about how they would live their dreams if they only had a bit more money? People always dream about moving to a remote area or about staying home with the kids or about relocating to the bug out location, but often feel thatRead the Rest…
Raw Honey: Liquid Gold in Your Pantry
That buzzing noise means something. Now, the only reason for making a buzzing noise that I know of is because you are… a bee! And the only reason for being a bee is to make honey. And the only reason for making honey is so I can eat it. ~Read the Rest…
Take a Break: 20 Ways to Keep Your Prepper Mojo
Preparing for the worst can be exhausting. While generally speaking, preparedness activities and awareness provide peace of mind for me, there are days that I just don’t want to see another mylar bag or read the next scary headline trumpeting our imminent collapse. Both mentally and physically, the activities thatRead the Rest…
The Persuasive Prepper: Convincing Loved Ones to Prepare
If you are a prepper, chances are that you have friends and family who consider you anywhere on the “nuts” scale from a bit eccentric to downright certifiable. This viewpoint, of course, makes it very difficult for you to talk with these loved ones and bring them over to theRead the Rest…
25 Things That the SHTF Doesn’t Care About
SHTF doesn’t generally drop by at the best of times. In fact, SHTF thrives and grows exponentially under more adverse circumstances. So, suck it up, put on your boots, and power through it – SHTF doesn’t care and neither can you! SHTF doesn’t care about inclement weather – snow, hail,Read the Rest…