Welcome to the end of the year! It’s been a great year here at Food Storage and Survival. From the move to our new domain to adding baby brother to the mix to my first video review and the preparedness stocking swap it’s been an eventful year from start to finish! A great big thank […]
Archives for December 2011
Preparedness Quick Tip: Save Those Popcorn Tins!
Did you get gifted a tin of popcorn? Don’t toss the tin when you’re done eating the popcorn! Popcorn tins are fantastic for storing short term food storage items in, especially if you have a rodent problem. Bags of pasta, soup mixes, brown and powdered sugar sacks, etc. can be “mouse proofed” by tossing them […]
Christmas
Just a heads up that posting will be a bit sparse the next week or so. I’m declaring blog holiday and enjoying some time off with the kids. Looking forward to some homemade marshmallows and some sweet Christmas spirit. So here’s wishing you all a wonderful Christmas! Enjoy some time with your family and friends […]
One Year to Go
The end of the world is coming! No, really, it’s just the end of a calendar. The Mayan Long Count calendar ends on December 21st, 2012. That’s one year from today. Some have taken this to mean that there is some type of earth changing event due to happen at that time–an “end of the […]
Hand Warmers
Hand warmers are handy (excuse the pun) little low tech devices that can add a layer of comfort to your preparations or just help out on a day of outdoor recreation in the cold (skiing, snowshoeing, ice fishing, etc.). The original hand warmers are a thin pouch of papery material that feels soft like fabric. […]
Survival Food Storage Over The Water – How The Europeans Do It
Guest post today all the way from the UK. Even though they drive on the opposite side of the road and call soccer “football”, it looks like wanting to be prepared is fairly universal. :) A vast ocean separates the United States and Europe. However, for the most part, we live very similar lives. We […]
Preparedness Quick Tip: Frozen Multi-Purpose Water Storage
We like to use emptied soda and juice jugs for water storage. They are cheap (sometimes free if you clean up after a party!) and we can usually find a place to stash them because they’re much smaller than 55 gallon barrels. One place we put a few of the juice jugs of water for […]
20 Super Emergency Preparedness Stocking Stuffers
As promised, here are some stocking ideas for men and women interested in self reliance and emergency preparedness. This is just a handful of the great items you could fit in a stocking and are listed in no particular order. Please add in the comments any other ideas you have for preparedness stocking stuffers! 1. […]