All About the Panic-Free Lifestyle of Self-Sufficient Living

I don’t know how hard it was for Joseph to come up with a plan to store grain for 7 years….did he know anything about it when he started?  How much grain would that be?  Where do you store it Read more…

Okay, you guys have made me feel guilty. I had no intention of writing this but feel since I have read your stories and enjoyed them so much that I should contribute something back.  I hope my prepping journey is helpful Read more…

A few years ago I just got a feeling….a feeling that something is coming.  I talked about it with my husband, who, of course, thought I was crazy….at first.  But he supported my effort and we starting collecting items and Read more…

All of our adult lives we insure ourselves. We pay for car insurance, home insurance, life, health, dental and vision insurance. We spend a lot of money on insurance, usually with very little return compared to what we spend on Read more…

Doing the popular and trendy thing has never been a priority in our lives. But I must say I am thrilled to see so many people preparing their homes and families for hard times. Notice how so many of them Read more…

I have always been of the prepping mindset, but recently with events happening in the world, I feel an urgency to get my house in order. We don’t have a lot of space in our house (with 5 kids) so Read more…

I grew up in the Golden Days. We never had to “want” for anything. Shopping for clothes was seasonal. Food shopping was from local community grocery stores. Freezer and pantry was always stocked with garden goodies from Mema’s garden. There Read more…

Okay, you got me. I’ve been excusing myself from writing a story for the Preparedness Pro contest on the basis of being too busy. I mean, hey, the piles of food storage recipes stacked around my office and upstairs in Read more…

Good Morning Preppers to Be! I am a 63 yr.old grandmother and I have been a ‘prepper’ for years. I always aspired to be self sufficient and I’m still working on getting off the grid. That being said I feel Read more…

Frugal Self Reliance is the Goal Being raised in the 60’s by frugal parents created a somewhat frugal ME. I had no idea that I was a prepper, though.  That label feels a bit weird, even though I have stepped Read more…