Experts are predicting food shortages world wide. So… the question is: Are you ready? Just when we think we’ve weathered the worst of the Corona storm, now we are hearing reports that some sectors of food production are shut down and others are hampered by worker shortages. More and more it appears that food shortages…
I love books. I can’t get enough of books. They inspire me to try new things and guide me as I try to acquire new (or improve old) skills. You can never go wrong giving a book. Here are a few of my favorites, the kind I think every home should have: lot of detail,…
November Deals There are lots of great sales in November. I hope you are taking advantage of them, because this is where you can really save a lot of money while filling your pantry. There’s turkey (of course), spices, flour, sugar, evaporated milk. And…celery. So I’m going to get eight bunches of celery this week.…
Summertime is rummage sale season–the perfect place to find bargains on equipment, tools and supplies to help you become more self-reliant. This article has some good ideas on shopping yard sales for prepping items. I have a slightly different take on some of the things this article lists, but it inspired me to make my…
I recently read an article on Ten Skills Every Survivalist Should Know. It got me to thinking… I know a lot of people are prepping for some end-of-the-world-doomsday kind of event and in that case, these would be skills you’d want to know. But how likely is that? I think the more common skills one…