What are your options for emergency cooking? For any stove you have available for off grid cooking, you’ll need some kind of fuel. It’s best if the fuel is something you can get more of or stock a lot of. I recently had the opportunity to test out a ZoomVersa Stove from EcoZoom stoves. One […]
The Survival Cache
Guest Post by Tom Huntington from Coast Products–thanks Tom! Coast Products is sponsoring a giveaway next week–watch for it! :) Preparing a Survival Cache Most people that have been paying any attention to the news lately would likely agree that things have been precarious to say the least. From natural disasters like tornadoes, earthquakes and […]
Headlamps are a Glorious Thing
Have you ever had to fix a car at night? What about reading a map in the dark? Or setting up a tent in the dark when you got to camp a little later than you thought you would? Or going out to check on the chickens or feed the horse after dark? Or just […]
Shoes
What kind of shoes do you wear? Classy? Comfortable? Worn out? Crazy cute but highly uncomfortable? If your car broke down and you had to hike 5 miles, could you do it in the shoes you have on? What about the shoes you wear to work? To church? If not, it would be a good […]
The Mom Tool: Leatherman Squirt P4 Review
In my front pocket every day (well, except when I’m wearing a dress) is a handy dandy little tool. It looks like this: It’s a Leatherman Squirt P4–a little “fits in your pocket or hooks to your keychain” style leatherman (only 2 1/4 inches long total) with the whole gamut of useful tools like pliers, […]
Getting Preparedness Gear on the Cheap
You all know I’m cheap. I do not like spending money and rarely buy anything new. In the wake of the free canning jar episode, I thought I’d let you all in on some other methods of finding canning supplies without paying an arm and a leg, then I thought, heck, I’ve gotten gear outside […]
Country Living Grain Mill Review and Sale
I am so excited to let you all know that I am now a dealer for Country Living Grain Mills! If you have not heard of this particular grain grinder, you are gonna hear all about them by the end of this post! What? You already know about them and have just been waiting for […]
Outdoor Gear and a Giveaway
GIVEAWAY CLOSED. Read on anyway . . . :) Well, the silly groundhog said this morning there would be 6 more weeks of winter. We’re actually in a little warm spell here, but I know other places in the country and around the world are still in the deep of winter, so today I’m sharing […]
Firearms Post
I was not going to delve into firearms for a while on this board, but was asked to guest post about it at Total Survivalist Libertarian Rantfest. Be forewarned, if you go to the post there, it is not a G rated blog–probably more of a PG13, but they have interesting discussions and one recently […]
72 Hour Emergency Kit Updates
I got together with a couple of friends last week and we hashed over our emergency kits. So now I’ve added a couple of things: mini scriptures, sunblock, purell (hand sanitizer), and some cash. I put all my liquid/lotions/soaps in snack size baggies to protect against leakage. I also updated my medications. Before, I had […]