I grew up on a farm in the middle of now where Iowa, my Mom made a trip to the big Warehouse Supper market once ever 3 – 4 months were we would proceed to stock up on supplies. It was just a way of life. My husband grew up learning Read more…
Since I was a young woman in the late 70’s I have been intrigued with “Self Sufficiency”. There were Mother Earth News magazines, a few books on the market and 1 uninteresting book on food storage, I was able to use for resources. During this period and the following recession Read more…
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We moved to our home on 20 acres about 20 years ago. We moved simply because we wanted out of the city, but as I walked around our property on that first day, something spoke to my heart and I “felt” that someday this place would be a refuge. 15 Read more…
Okay, so here’s the truth…up until three years ago…no, not so far back….okay, eighteen months ago…it never occurred to me that there was ever any other way to procure a loaf of bread other than to hop in the car, drive seven miles to the nearest grocery store, and hit Read more…
Unbeknownst To Me, I’ve Been Prepping All My Life! I am a 46 year old married mother of three wonderful children, living in central Virginia. Looking back at my life, I believe that I was always a prepper, and just didn’t know it! From my childhood days in my family Read more…
“Hey, let’s watch this!” I said to my husband as I flicked through the channels and landed on the National Geographic Channel’s “Doomsday Preppers”. “No, that’s not something I want to watch”, he replied with a look of disgust on his face. My sixteen year-old daughter voiced her agreement. “Why Read more…
Listen. This is a world of change. Tomorrow will be different than today, and none of us know how it will be different. We do not know what we need to prepare for, or what tomorrow brings for us, but there is a guiding force with you that can lead Read more…
Thought I might write in length about something that privately has concerned me …concerned not in an alarming or frantic way but more as in a ‘be prepared’ type of way…..yes I’m talking about “Prepping” and working on living a more self-sufficient way of life. My recent Facebook “Page Likes” Read more…
I’m A Couponing Prepper & Proud Of It! I began couponing heavily about a year ago. My fiancé was skeptical of the level of savings I was attaining until he went shopping with me and saw that I had saved over half off my bill (and I didn’t have many Read more…