Looking for some cheap or free date ideas for you and your significant other to share a little fun and romance while doing some prepping as well? Because I know as a prepper, being frugal is high on your list of importance, I made sure to keep the prepper dating ideas here low cost or […]
72 Hour Emergency Kit Series Week 4: Cooking
Welcome back! Today’s focus in our 72 hour emergency kits is cooking! Having a cooking method in your kit is not mandatory, but will help if you want to heat or cook food OR are planning to use boiling as a water purification method. If you are packing foods that don’t need cooked like energy […]
February 2015 Monthly Challenge: 3 Gallons of Water
Welcome to February’s Monthly Challenge! How did Making a List go? This month we’re going right to the basics. Your challenge is to get three gallons of water stored per person in your household. I know you were hoping for something more glamorous, but I promise this is important. Having clean water in an emergency […]
Maxpedition Triptych Organizer Giveaway!
Are you looking for a container for your everyday carry gear? Or an add on you could attach to your 72 hour emergency kit? Maybe a container for first aid supplies? Or maybe you just want to be a little bit more organized this year. Well, today I’ve teamed up with some friends to bring […]
72 Hour Kit Series Week 3: Fire and Heat
Welcome back to our 72 hour emergency kit series! This week we’re covering fire and heat. Hypothermia, (not keeping your core body temperature high enough) is the most common outdoor killer. You can die from hypothermia even when it’s not winter. If you are planning to use your emergency kit to evacuate to the woods, […]
DIY Double 2 Liter Bottle Tote
Here’s an easy sewing project I dreamed up when trying to figure out how to be able to carry more water in an emergency. 2 liter soda bottles are so easy and inexpensive to get, wash, and fill for emergencies, but they are difficult to carry if you need to leave and take your water […]
72 Hour Kit Series Week 2: Water for Your Emergency Kit
Welcome back to the 72 hour emergency kit series! This week we’re getting water in our kits. Water for emergency kits is another topic I cover in detail in the first chapter of my book, Food Storage for Self-Sufficiency and Survival, so if you want more than we’re covering here plus options for water storage […]
8 Delicious Ways to Use Freeze Dried Vegetables
When I started buying freeze dried food, I knew I needed to take my own advice and try the food out rather than just set it on a shelf and call it food storage and hope I liked it when I needed to use it. There are freeze dried fruits and meats and even yogurt, […]
72 Hour Kit Series Week 1: Food for Your Emergency Kit
Welcome back to the 72 Hour Kit Series! If you haven’t already caught the introduction, read it now so you’ll know what’s going on. I’ll wait right here until you get back. Remember that you are building a kit for YOU and YOUR family, so your kit will probably look different than mine. In this […]
72 Hour Kit Series: Welcome and Personalize Your Kit
Welcome to the 72 Hour Kit series! It was recently brought to my attention that my coverage of personal emergency kits (commonly called 72 hour kits) has been pretty slack on this site. So I’m repenting, and we’re going to go through building an emergency kit one step at a time together. I’m excited to […]