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 […]
Sinfully Delicious Pumpkin Roll
I’m going to be right up front here. I have ulterior motives in publishing this recipe and detailed instructions. I have pumpkin roll for my birthday each year, but nobody in the house knows how to make it except me. So every year I end up making my own birthday cake. Well, this year, I […]
Four Questions to Ask to Prioritize Emergency Preparedness Goals
It’s a new year and that means the traditional time of making new goals for yourself. Hopefully you added a few goals to be better prepared this year. I keep an ongoing list of things I want to learn, do, and purchase for preparedness. I call it the “Big List” and keep it in a […]
How to Make Homemade Marshmallows
Homemade marshmallows are super easy and taste so much better than store marshmallows, you’ll want to be making them all the time. Well, at least your husband might want you to be making them all the time. They use very few ingredients, most of which are shelf stable. Okay, I’m ready to get started, how […]
How to Make Butter with a Butter Churn
Want to start making your own butter? For our Thanksgiving meal this year, we made our own butter using my grandma’s butter churn. It’s probably an antique, but you can get something similar here. The process of making butter is pretty simple, and it’s always a bit like magic when that butter pulls together at […]
Twelve Days of Christmas–Preparedness Gear
Christmas is the perfect time to get some preparedness gear under your tree or give some to someone you care about. And today I have the second half of the 12 Days of Christmas gift giving set–Preparedness Gear 12 Days of Christmas! Pick a loved one or unsuspecting neighbor and treat them to a little […]
Twelve Days of Christmas–Food Storage
Let’s be honest, who wouldn’t want to get some food storage or preparedness gear for Christmas? You know it ends up under my tree in some form every year. Well this Christmas I’ve got a gift for you–The Food Storage 12 Days of Christmas! Pick a loved one or unsuspecting neighbor and treat them to […]
How to Build a 30 Day Emergency Food Supply
Ever read one of my articles and wish you could add to it or change it up a little? Well, today’s your lucky day! Overstock.com has started a site called o.info that is a wiki site for finding and sharing information on a wide variety of topics from electronics to pets to emergency preparedness. Wiki […]
How to Implement Self Imposed Reverse Quarantine (SIRQ) to Protect Your Family
Quarantine vs. Reverse Quarantine In a situation involving an outbreak of a communicable disease such as COVID-19 (Coronavirus), Ebola, Enterovirus D68, or even some strains of the flu, quarantine may become necessary in order to restrict the spread of that disease or to protect the health of your family. Quarantines can happen for two primary […]
Canning Homemade Peach Peel and Pit Jelly
What do you do with your peels and pits when you’re canning peaches or using them for jam? Mine used to go straight out to the chickens, but I’ve found a new way to get one more delicious use out of them before passing them off to the birds. Peach Peel and Pit Jelly! To […]