Guest post and giveaway by the makers of STA-BIL and Start Your Engines! fuel treatments. Storm and tornado season is in full swing, and each year, the United States gets an average of 5.9 hurricanes, 1,000 tornadoes and 10,000 severe thunderstorms. Storms can be as scary as they are unpredictable and cause immense damage. But, […]
Strawberries and Podcast and Reader Comment Updates
Strawberries: A few years ago I planted some strawberries in a bed behind the house. Behind the house is never a good place to plant something unless you actually spend some time behind your house. I don’t usually go back there. In addition to that, even though it was in the sun, the bed was […]
Official Launch of The Survival Mom Radio Network!
Today is the official launch of the Survival Mom Radio Network! What is this network you ask? Well, a dozen amazing women have teamed up to share their knowledge and passion on a wide variety of topics through podcasts hosted on the Survival Mom Radio Network. And yes, I’m one of them! Be sure to […]
Doomsday Preppers Valentine’s Special Sneak Peek!
It’s the week of love and National Geographic’s Doomsday Preppers is joining in the fun with a show that features a single male prepper looking for his prepper soul mate. Jeff is in his 30’s, reasonably fit, lives in Wisconsin, and is the proud owner of a decommissioned government Atlas missile silo somewhere in the […]
Food Storage and Survival Top 10 of 2012!
As the year winds down, I want to give a special thanks to all my fantastic readers and blog sponsors! Blog traffic is up more than 250% over last year and I can’t tell you all how much I appreciate your visits, comments, and questions! Thank you! Looking back over the year, here are the […]
Doomsday Preppers: Escape From New York Preview!
Have you been keeping up with National Geographic’s Doomsday Preppers show? This week is one you city dwellers especially will want to catch. Escape From New York follows three different preppers in New York City who believe their best chance for survival from (***insert preferred disaster scenario here***) is to get out of the city. […]
Reader Comments Roundup: Save Your Scissors, Tea Balls, Firearms and More!
I’ve had quite a few of you comment over the course of this blog, and many of those comments are incredibly insightful, so I thought I’d start sharing some of the top comments with all of you! In the interest of keeping this post under five pages long, here are some of my favorite comments […]
Doomsday Preppers Season Two Opener Preview
The new season of Doomsday Preppers premieres Tuesday, November 13th at 9 PM EST on National Geographic Channel, and I had a chance to sneak preview the first two episodes. This season, NatGeo is introducing a whole new cast of preppers throughout the US. The show follows a similar format as last year with three […]
Taking a Break
I have to apologize for the lack of posting this last week. I’m afraid I’ve spent too much time on the election, and now that it’s over I’m speechless. I am absolutely dumbfounded that the majority of our nation wants to continue on the path we’re on, enact an unconstitutional health care law we can’t […]
National Preparedness Month Giveaway Wrapup–Mystery Photos Revealed!
We’ve finally closed out all the giveaways from National Preparedness Month! Thanks so much to all of you for entering the giveaways and especially to our fantastic blog sponsors and friends for the prizes! I just opted to save all the announcing of winners for this one giant winner announcement, so here goes: Freeze Dry […]
