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 can recall relatives that lived through the depression…and the things 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 we started putting our food storage under our house. We 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 was always summer vacations and camping trips…with and without electricity. 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 the kitchen are annoying everyone and must get punched and 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 that everyone is looking for some way to get out 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 up my home food store tremendously. I’ve just always done Read more…
This is my story of how I became a Prepper. Let me give you a little history here. I’ve always been a country girl and I grew up being the only girl in a family of all boy cousins. I can remember learning to skin squirrels and rabbits by tying Read more…
I really don’t remember when it began, I was a kid. Born and Raised in the U.S. Air Force, everything we did had to fit the Military income and Lifestyle. I was Born in Massachusetts, but never lived there, and My sister was born in Hawaii. I went to school Read more…
We started prepping in 1967 when our children were small and so was the pay packet. Our start was a vegetable garden that grew in size as our children grew, and fruit trees, bushes and plants to provide fresh fruit every month of the year – we live in a Read more…
When I was young my parents were in the military. I remember the movers coming and would roll their eyes!! They had to wrap every single jar my Mom had canned. When we came home my Great Grandma and my Grandma’s always had a HUGE garden. We all thought it Read more…