(For our regular readers, I’m sorry you’ve heard so little from me of late. Work got extra tricky while we were dealing with the pandemic disruptions, and I just didn’t have the mental energy. I hope you’ve all been getting… Continue Reading
Salty here, we are back and able to update things now! Sorry about the delay in posting over the last couple of months, we had a bunch of technical difficulties (our host was hacked causing much drama) then there was… Continue Reading
Food Storage Basics Putting together a food pantry isn’t difficult, but doing it right involves a bit of planning. You do not need to order a pallet’s worth of specially packaged, and expensive, survival foods. Instead, you can amass a… Continue Reading
Proximity Negates Skill This is a security and defense concept that is intuitive for some people but needs to be explained to others. The simplest way to think about it is this — the closer an attacker is to you,… Continue Reading
Water, Water, Water In my prior writings, I described the categorization I use for my preps. You can use a different categorization, but mine works for me, so I’ll tend to discuss my new and improved prepping plan by that… Continue Reading
Dehydrating food you make yourself is a great way to prep on a budget. I like my fruits and veggies. A lot. I like them out of season, when the grocery offerings are not good but are expensive. I would… Continue Reading
Making Hardtack Biscuits Hardtack has been a staple long-term storage food for over 1,000 years. Known by many names, and made in untold numbers of combinations of grains and flours, the purpose of Hardtack (or sea biscuits) is to provide… Continue Reading
Food production is an important part of prepping. As I write this in May 2020, COVID has motivated a lot of people to plant a garden. But when’s the best time to put it in? Advice on when to plant… Continue Reading
Survival Seed Kits are a popular prepper item. Theory of use is straightforward: You buy one kit of heirloom seeds and store it, either room temp or frozen, until needed. Then you whip it out, plant the seeds, and you’re… Continue Reading
Food During my recent move, I was drawing down some stocked items. One of the things we decided to consume and restock post move, was a bunch of Spam that I had acquired from 2011 to 2014. My wife, who… Continue Reading
Garden Planning As you sit around contemplating your belly button during the nationwide shutdown, maybe make use of some that time to figure out what you can grow this year in your garden beds. Online seed sources sold out?… Continue Reading
As coronavirus numbers continue to climb, people are scrambling to stock up on food. Seriously, last week Salty saw some cans of freeze-dried stuff we bought at $12 selling for three times that. Profiteering much? He was just browsing from… Continue Reading
I can’t say this was an accidental discovery, but let’s call it an accidental test of an idea… I got some Hello Fresh meal boxes for a while last year when i was working more hours. They came with huge… Continue Reading
Survival seeds sold in packages for preppers… we’ve all seen them advertised, but how many of us have ever tried to use them? This year, we’ve decided to give a package of seeds we bought 7 years ago a try.… Continue Reading
Food Solutions For Preppers With Allergies By Ali Ball Food allergies are an everyday condition in the USA, with one 2019 study conducted by the Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, finding that 10.8% of all Americans have a food allergy. That means one in… Continue Reading