Momma Bear: Carefully Choosing Seeds This Year
It’s that time of year again when we are all starting our seeds and getting those gardens back in shape. Last year was our first year gardening — EVER. We had mixed success, primarily because our...
View ArticleNuts & Bolts by Nick: I’m Eating My Preps!
by Nick Romaniello I’m sure there are plenty of preppers out there that wouldn’t break into their mylar pouches full of grain for anything short of total Armageddon, but the truth is that emergencies...
View ArticleMomma Bear: Bugs For Dinner?
by Leah, Momma Bear - We currently feel like we’re under attack from cicadas! This is the year when the so-called 17-year periodical cicadas emerge in the BILLIONS from northern Georgia to upstate New...
View ArticleNuts & Bolts by Nick: Dual Flush – The Smarter Toilet
by Nick Romaniello We have come a long way from digging a hole in the ground, to get rid of our bodily wastes, and then wiping with a leaf — but anyone who has been through a disaster can tell you it...
View ArticleSarah’s View: What Happens With Your Body When You Die?
by Sarah Adams - Death happens. Death happens to all of us, once you are born you will die. Being prepared means being prepared for all aspects of life, and that includes death. And preparing for death...
View ArticleNuts & Bolts by Nick: The 1st “Prepper” I Knew
by Nick Romaniello I was saddened by the news recently that my aunt, Joann Green, had passed away. I don’t intend to hijack a prepping blog to eulogize a family member, but as I reflect on her life I...
View ArticleMomma Bear: Book Review: Wool
by Leah, Momma Bear - I recently picked up the book Wool, by Hugh Howey. There were a couple reasons I picked up this book: it was a post-apocalypse story set in a missile silo, it was originally...
View ArticleNuts & Bolts by Nick: The 911 Bag
by Nick Romaniello - With bugout bags, get home bags, EDC, etc, preppers tend to organize many go-to kits for various emergency scenarios. The prepper mentality is largely one of self-reliance, but...
View ArticleSarah’s View: The First Steps to Debt-Free
by Sarah Adams - Last year I wrote A Prepper’s Budget, about the budgeting philosophy that has helped us work toward being debt-free. That post, however, talked mostly about our ongoing budgeting...
View ArticleMomma Bear: Government Shutdown
by Leah, Momma Bear - For some Americans, the S**T hit their fan last week — in the form of a partial federal government shut down. As a military family, that means we are watching the news closely....
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