When I was growing up, I was raised by two grandmother’s. One a farmer’s wife who grew up thru the depression; farming didn’t make a lot of money but it did make food. The other grandmother escaped Nazi Germany before Read more…
My “prepper syndrome” started a long time ago when I was a little girl. I can remember my mother canning and canning and canning…and she said was for “just in case something happens” . I never asked or understood what Read more…
Hiya! My name is Sandy, and I don’t have a bunker full of foodstuffs or the super-cool armory of doom. What I do have is freckles. *smile* One day, as I was sitting at my desk in my nice Read more…
Yes, you can be a prepper too! You probably already have some of the items you need right in you own home. Look around and see what items you already have that will help you to be more self-reliant. Read more…
Having been born and raised in the Deep South (Montgomery, Al to be exact) and not from an independently wealthy family, it turns out I have been a prepper all of my life without realizing it. I cannot remember a Read more…
Growing up I was raised to have a self-reliant and “Can Do” attitude. But I did not truly understand or comprehend what preparedness was and what it meant to me until the first years of my marriage. In fact there was Read more…
75% of all dr. visits are stress related. According to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, if we do not secure basic needs such as security of body, employment, resources, the family, healthy, property, food, and water our bodies will respond with Read more…
Here the 20 year old son of a passionate prepper shares his thoughts on whether or not the concept of prepping is crazy and what he believes members of society should be on the look-out for. If you ever wondered Read more…
When friends or family start looking at us strange – we just say “It’s a Hobby.” It’s fun to try some of the “old fashioned” ways of preserving food. It gives my husband and I something to do together Read more…
I started prepping about 2 years ago when my husband decided at the age of 68 that he would work 2 more years and then call it quits. I realized I needed to PREPARE for a change in our lifestyle. Read more…