National Geographic has a new show coming out February 7th called Doomsday Preppers. This is a series that shows actual people who are preparing for various end-of-the-world type situations and what they are doing to prepare. Each prepper is given an assessment by a professional preparedness group as to the things they are doing well […]
Archives for January 2012
Preparedness Quick Tip: Keep a Flashlight Handy
Light. When the power goes out, there is nothing quite as comforting or useful as having a source of light. But when the power goes out, do you know where your light is? Keeping a flashlight in a pre-determined spot (or two spots or five or more) can help you get the light on faster […]
Living History to Learn Survival Skills
Acquiring useful skills is something I’ve thought about a lot in case you couldn’t tell by all the crazy stuff I share with you that I’ve been doing. I believe that having a quiver full of skills and things you’ve actually tried is way better than having a library of books about self sufficiency and […]
Preparedness Quick Tip: Customize Hot Drinks With a Tea Ball
What is this? Nope, it’s not a mesh monocle. It’s a tea ball. A tea ball is a mesh ball about the size of a golf ball attached to a chain or other handle. The ball opens and closes so you can put your own concoction of herbs or tea materials into it. These little […]
Reusable Hand Warmers
A couple of years ago I purchased some HotSpot reusable hand warmers from Emergency Essentials. Similar reusable hand warmers are available from other sellers and on Amazon. Have you tried these? Here is what they are, how they work, the pros and cons, and some possible uses of reusable hand warmers. What are reusable hand […]
The Complete Pictorial Guide to Quick Soaking Beans
Sometimes when I want a meal with beans I remember the day before and soak my beans overnight. But sometimes I forget to get the beans soaking and remember in the late morning on the day I want to have the ham and bean soup that my beans need soaked. Thank goodness there’s a method […]
Odds N Ends
Honeyville is Having a Sale Honeyville Food Products is having an unprecedented 20% off sale through next Tuesday 1/17/12. Use coupon code “2012” at checkout to get the discount. In all my history purchasing from Honeyville, I’ve only seen them discount up to 15%, so this is a great time to stock up on food. […]
Survival Skills for Barter
When preparing for an emergency or long term survival situation, it is good to think about items that will be useful for barter. Maybe there is someone who will have all the supplies he or she needs and all the know how to use them so they can be totally self sufficient, but I’m guessing […]
Four Reasons I Won’t be Buying Survival Seeds
I’m pretty sure you’ve heard about Survival Seeds, right? There are various companies that sell seeds for survival packed in cans or mylar bags or PVC tubes or some other long term storage set up. They are named such things as “survival seed vault”, “survival seed bank”, or just “survival seeds”. They are usually a […]
Product Review: Stove in a Can
I recently got to take a nice outing with the family and test out the Stove in a Can. This little stove is made for outdoor or emergency cooking and comes with fuel cells and matches. I’m always interested in ways to cook without power, so appreciated the opportunity to test this stove out. First […]