Sprouts! Sprouts: fresh, green, nutritious stuff all year long. Very, very simple to do. Requires very little in the way of materials, can be done in every climate and season, and the seeds last years. Yeah. Prepare to sprout Salty… 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
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
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
Here I am, about to go slice up some zucchini to dehydrate and contemplating what of my summer garden should now be cleaned up. The two are related. If I want zucchini next year too (and I do), I need… Continue Reading
Growing food also means fighting for it. You may or may not have trouble with humans who want to “share”, but you will absolutely have insects trying to burrow into your foods. Salty and I don’t use manufactured pesticides, which… Continue Reading
It’s been wet in northeast Missouri this spring. Very wet. I drive past lakes that are supposed to be cornfields, and listen to the woes of my gardening friends who planted in lowlands. Planted three times this spring, after two… Continue Reading
The preparations to supply yourself with this lovely food source started years ago when you planted the cherry tree. Yesterday the tree was red and laden with nearly perfect fruit. You approach, bucket and ladder in hand….and find a tree… Continue Reading
Perennial food production is a wonderful prep. You can put in the work now and have food show up reliably into the foreseeable future. Fruit trees are a great example. Not only do they provide high quality food come good… Continue Reading
First, No Planting of Gorillas in any sense! They’re very nifty organisms and quite endangered, plus as strong as four of you, so just leave ’em alone, ok? Also, in no way about humans engaging in unconventional warfare. Guerrilla planting… Continue Reading
Fruit trees are a key part of our long term preps, and are major sources of food for us both here at the in-town location and out at “The Place”. Every spring, at about this time, we get ready to… Continue Reading
Home food production is an important prepper ability. It’s also one that takes preparation on the front end, both in having materials and knowing how to use them. The best way to be good at gardening is to keep one… Continue Reading
It happens. The End Of The World As We Know It. Fortunately, TEOTWAWKI happens in the spring. (Really the best time for it; Universe please take note.) The intrepid prepper grabs his Can o Seeds, digs up his yard, and… Continue Reading
If you garden, you’ve probably lost some crop to insects. If you don’t garden but have some seeds among your preps, you *will* lose crop to insects once you plant those seeds. Best be well prepared, you’ll lose most or… Continue Reading