If you have been preparing for any length of time, you have heard it. “If things ever get really bad, I’m coming to your house!” Usually it is said with a laugh. Sometimes with a little wink. Occasionally with enough Read more…
Have you ever noticed that some people seem to spend more time preparing for the end of the world than they do preparing for Tuesday? I have. In fact, somewhere along the way, parts of the preparedness community started acting Read more…
In nearly twenty years of teaching preparedness, I’ve never begun an article quite like this one. But then again, I’ve never written an article quite like this one. I’ve written well over a thousand articles on preparedness. I’ve taught classes, spoken Read more…
Water storage should be simple. Find a safe container. Fill it with safe water. Store it properly. Use it when needed. And yet, somewhere between the kitchen faucet and the basement shelf, emergency water acquired more rules than a homeowners Read more…
There is a sentence that has quietly sabotaged more preparedness plans than procrastination, misplaced batteries, and instruction manuals printed in six-point type combined. “I’ll figure it out.” It sounds confident. Capable, even. It suggests that when the moment arrives, we Read more…
Every spring, gardeners begin dreaming about the harvest. We imagine juicy tomatoes, crisp cucumbers, sweet peppers, baskets of green beans, and enough zucchini to make the neighbors turn off the porch light and pretend they aren’t home. We picture jars Read more…
Last week, I wrote about some of the most unusual flours you’ve probably never heard of—everything from zucchini flour to bean flour, pumpkin seed flour, plantain seed flour, and even flour made from weeds. Of all the flours I mentioned, Read more…
Most people think flour comes from wheat. Some adventurous bakers might mention corn flour, rice flour, almond flour, coconut flour, or even oat flour. But after that, the list tends to get pretty short. The truth is that people have Read more…
Why Flavor Is a Preparedness Asset Survivor Steve was feeling pretty good about his preparedness plan. He had enough rice, beans, wheat, oats, pasta, and other staples to feed a small nation. His pantry was organized, labeled, inventoried, and probably Read more…
Why Your Most Valuable Prep Might Be Your Neighbor I recently came across a social media post that asked a simple question: “How many of your neighbors do you know by name?” The answers were eye-opening. Some people knew everyone Read more…