Corn. I don’t know about where you live, but there is a lot of corn around here, any time of year. If you’re in the middle of the United States and not in a city, there’s probably a lot of corn… 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
“One Month” food buckets are everywhere. They are in big-box stores, wholesale clubs, on the internet… Are they good? Are they bad? Somewhere in between? Is “One Month” the truth? “One Month” – Truth or lie? It’s not that the… Continue Reading
Food rotation. Yeah, we know, it’s boring. We also know that it’s a critically important part of your prepping, and that failure to keep food rotation current can leave you in the hurt locker if the Stuff Hits The Fan… 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
Prepping is insurance. You pay now — in money, time, and effort. You hope you won’t need most of what you paid for. How about a prep you put most of the work in up front, but it continues to… Continue Reading
Grid Down Food Tips & Tricks We need to drink, and we need to eat. There’s just no getting around those two facts. It doesn’t matter if the grid is up or down, we need nourishment to survive and thrive…… Continue Reading
Canned food is one of the quickest, easiest and least expensive preps that we can do. We go to the store, buy cans that will last for years, and BOOM, we have an instant prep. Right? Yes, but… there’s a… Continue Reading
Rolled oats are one of the greatest prep foods ever, and they are an important part of our food storage program. Easy to prepare, filling, healthy, gluten free… what’s not to love? Rolled Oats: A Prepper’s Secret Weapon As a… Continue Reading
Home food production is one of the most versatile preps. It serves every situation from ‘money’s tight’ to ‘there’s no food that can be bought’. It also is a stealth prep and one that offers benefits even if there’s no… Continue Reading
Take a look at most prepper storage foods and you notice a few things. Lots of chili and soups. Pasta and rice everywhere you look. Nothing fresh and very little green. Oh wait, what’s that? A handful of fresh, green… Continue Reading
Many preppers on a tight budget may be tempted to keep a stock of instant Ramen noodles on hand for use as a quick food in emergencies. A staple food of many broke young adults through their college and early… Continue Reading
Keystone Meats makes canned ground beef, ready to heat and serve, and the cans have a five-year best-by date. On the surface, this seems like a great item for preppers to add to their pantry. The question is, of course,… Continue Reading
As I sit tucked in a nice warm house considering the ice storm that’s likely to start any minute now, power outages are on my mind. We recently did a post on the most important issue of how to heat… Continue Reading
Salmonella is all over the news this Thanksgiving (2018) as an outbreak of the food poisoning hits the turkey market and people get sick from the disease. Unfortunate, right? But what does this have to do with prepping? I’ll get… Continue Reading