The Olympics are in full swing featuring athletes performing faster, higher, and stronger than ever before. I can’t ski down a mountain at 80 miles per hour or do a triple axel, but if preppers had Olympic games, I might be in medal contention in some of these events. Speed fire starting. Choose your favorite […]
Food Storage and Survival Radio Episode 40: Staying Warm and Alive in Freezing Temperatures
Episode 40: Staying Warm and Alive in Freezing Temperatures Listen here! Holy Polar Vortex, Batman! It’s cold outside! Today we’re talking easy ways to stay warm and alive in your home and your vehicle when the weather is freezing. Mentioned in the show: Cold Camping Hot Rocks 11 Trunk Essentials for Winter Driving Hand Warmers […]
The I Grew Thanksgiving Challenge
I got a call from my baby sister the other day asking what my plans were for Thanksgiving this year. If any of you know us, you know we don’t usually have plans for next week, much less for some holiday almost eleven months away. But we do now. Seems my brother hatched a crazy […]
How to Repair a Frayed Shirt Collar
My husband is arguably even cheaper more frugal than I am. Plus he gets attached to his clothes. Take this favorite shirt, for example. He brought this to me a couple of weeks ago. “Can you fix this? It’s a perfectly good shirt,” he tells me. Except for the collar, honey. The collar is falling […]
A Cookbook for Your Garden and Wild Game plus a Giveaway!
I recently had the opportunity to test out Recipes and Tips for Sustainable Living by Stacy Harris from Game and Garden. This book is part recipe book and part how-to guide on living back to basics and sustainably from the land. If you’re interested in cooking food that you have produced yourself, this is a […]
Saving Onion Seeds
Saving onion seeds might seem a little mysterious. I’ve grown onions for years and never had them “go to seed” like my lettuce or spinach plants do. That’s because like carrots, onions are biennial. They won’t seed the first year, but need to be overwintered and will grow a seed head the second year. Overwintering […]
Food Storage and Survival Radio Episode 23: Sustainable Living with Stacy Harris
Episode 23: Sustainable Living with Stacy Harris Listen here! Part 1 of a 2 part interview with Stacy Harris of Gameandgarden.com. Stacy and I discuss living a sustainable lifestyle, eating wild game and garden produce, her new book Recipes and Tips for Sustainable Living, and her DVD. Mentioned in the show: Recipes and Tips for […]
Extracting Honey from Our Bee Hives
After three years of trying bees, we are finally extracting honey from the hives this fall! It’s not too hard (read: I had sweet husband do most of it), and quite fascinating. And since I didn’t know exactly how I would be presenting this to you while it was happening, I took some video and […]
Assembling a Car Emergency Kit with Printable Checklist
An emergency can strike any time. If you are away from home, you will only have what is with you to take care of yourself and your loved ones, and wouldn’t it be nice if those supplies included a well stocked car emergency kit? Depending on your lifestyle, a car emergency kit could be more […]
Food Storage and Survival Radio Episode 17: Vehicle Preparedness
Episode 17: Vehicle Preparedness Listen here! What do we need to be prepared while we’re in our vehicles? In this episode we discuss a few skills you’ll want to have plus what to stock in your vehicle emergency kit! Mentioned in the show: Vehicle Emergency Kit A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the […]