If you have any loved ones who are elderly, or handicapped because of physical or mental problems you have some hard decisions to make.  Do you bug in or bug out?  Do you leave someone to their fate?  These are …

The other day I received the following question. 

We have some canned Bega processed cheddar cheese and some Red Feather pure creamery butter.  They were bought in 2000.  They taste fine and look fine.  How much longer could they last?  …

How many of use remember how to cook all the different grains we have stored.  Of course, if you use the grains all the time it’s easy.  But if you only use them once in awhile it’s hard to remember …

Two years ago this month I posted a blog on emergency radios; a lot of this information is a repeat of what I discussed then.  As I mentioned in yesterday’s blog you need a radio that is NOAA equipped.  After …

Watching the tornado in Oklahoma reminds me of when I lived in the Midwest (Michigan and Illinois).  Every summer we would worry about the thunderstorms and the tornadoes that went with them.  While our home was never hit, I spend …

Buying herbs in the grocery stores are very expensive and you don’t get a very large amount.  So now is the time to start planning what you want to grow and dry.  Are you planning on using herbs for cooking, …

Here is a guest post by Lee Flynn

Although it is impossible to predict what the future holds, there are certainly things that can be done to be as nearly prepared as possible. Emergency preparedness might require some investment (both …

I have often felt after talking with people that water purification is a major weakness that many of us share.  In my family, we have the capability to treat large amounts of water.  We have several good quality gravity filters …

I get to see and play with many preparedness products and most of them will serve their intended purpose.  So its pretty rare when I get excited over a product, especially one as simple as a face mask.  The other …

I spent part of today talking to a retire Professor from the California University system.  His expertise is in plants, particularly tomato plants.  The subject we discussed was the long-term storage of plant seeds.  Based on his many years of …