I read a post at Preparedness Pro yesterday about the importance of learning skills. Acquiring useful skills is actually something I've thought about a lot in case you couldn't tell by all the crazy stuff I share with you that I've been doing. I … [Read more]
Chicken House Progress
After many weekends and evenings of construction, the chicken house finally hit livable stage this past Saturday. Happy day for my poor homeless chickens. Of course I had to take pictures, even though it's not quite "finished".Here's the back and … [Read more]
Emergency Essentials Food Storage Analyzer Review
One of my favorite preparedness stores, Emergency Essentials, has a new food storage analyzer on their site and graciously offered a $10 gift card for me to try it out and write up a review. Now don't go thinking I'm so special, you have the same … [Read more]
Kids 72 Hour Emergency Kits
Children are a special consideration when planning emergency/evacuation type kits. They obviously cannot carry as much as an adult, yet require enough of their own stuff to make it impossible for the adults to carry the supplies for the entire … [Read more]
Rotating the Adult 72 Hour/Emergency Kits
Remember the 72 hour emergency kits? Well, if you've put one together for yourself or your loved ones, it's a good idea to get into them and rotate the supplies every so often. I actually like to do this every spring and fall (I use the LDS General … [Read more]
Hot Peppers Part 2: The Saga Continues . . .
Our poor chickens need a house. They had a house that we borrowed from a neighbor, but it was really too small and had no nest boxes and no good access to the interior except through the chicken door which is a bit small and nasty for adults, and … [Read more]
Pickled Hot Peppers and my Attempt at Plumbing
Pickled Hot Peppers. Sorry, it doesn't even sound appetizing to me, but sweet husband likes them on his sandwiches and we had an abundance of hot peppers in the garden this year, so as I'm contemplating what I'm going to do with them, he suggests … [Read more]
Preparedness Enrichment Night
A few months ago I was asked if I would do an Enrichment night for the ladies at church about preparedness. Of course I said yes. Now, for those who don't know, the LDS church has a program for the ladies called Relief Society, and part of that is … [Read more]
Homemade Powdered Laundry Detergent
I'm trying out some homemade laundry soap. Laundry soap is one of the items I was afraid I'd run out of on the 2 week no shopping experiment, so I thought it would be nice to be able to stock ingredients and make me some laundry soap whenever I … [Read more]
Dehydrating Peppers
I put up a post on the Utah Preppers site on Dehydrating Peppers. Check it out--pretty easy and totally useful, especially if you like peppers or planted way too many of them ;-)I promise I'll be back for some regular posting after the harvest … [Read more]
