It may seem odd that on a preparedness blog we are talking about the Winter Weather Treat of Snow Cream. To be sure, preparedness is our main goal, but making good use of time and resources also applies to living with what life hands you and making the best out of a...
Prepping for Winter – The Shelter on Your Back By Mike Douglas – The Maine Primitive Skills School Each season brings unique beauty, great bounty and a special set of challenges. Between the time of the maple sap and ice out in Spring, to the insect hatches and...
A Product for Preparedness: WonderMix Heavy Duty Mixer Review By Vickilynn Haycraft, http://www.RealFoodLiving.com When considering products to purchase for their journey of preparation, many choose non-electrical products that can be used off-grid. Others may add...
How vulnerable are you to cyber threats? Love it or hate it, the vast majority of us are constantly connected to the Internet using some type of handheld device or computer to communicate with others and conduct business. Improved battery, chip and wireless...
Floods While Britain does not suffer from some of the most horrendous weather events experienced elsewhere in the world, we do have our fair share of floods, and they are getting worse! Flooding in the UK usually comes from 1 or more of 3 sources: Exceptional rainfall...
Preparedness Medicine, Part I: Local Volunteers In the preparedness domain, no subject has any more importance than caring for and optimizing the human body. Aside from a warm and safe place to stay, nothing will be more important than the recovery and maintenance of...
"One of the things I’d like to do is to show people how to start "positive" epidemics of their own. The virtue of an epidemic, after all, is that just a little input is enough to get it started, and it can spread very, very quickly." ~ Malcolm Gladwell, The Tipping...
This is the perfect time of year to share information on Composting For the Home Gardener Let me begin by saying that, I do not generally recommend composting because of the equipment, time, space, and effort required, and because few people have the time, knowledge,...
The Sacred Giant Bear and the Mosquitoes An Apache tribe had the last of the great giant bears living near their summer camp. The giant bear lived in the cliffs near their village. The Apaches all had a high level of respect for this sacred giant bear. They would...