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Recently, Tropical Depression Chantal provided an excellent preparedness reminder for residents in my area of Central North Carolina. For most, Chantal did not cause the catastrophic destruction seen in Western North Carolina and Eastern Tennesse last year from Tropical Storm Helene, nor the ravaging… Continue Reading “A PREPAREDNESS REMINDER”
A cyber-attack has been launched on your country. The entire power grid has been taken offline. To practice this scenario, live a full 24 hours without electricity. You must cook your meals without using electricity. There is no using the internet or cell phones,… Continue Reading “TAKE STOCK – EMERGENCY SCENARIO #4”
This is the week to TAKE STOCK of our 72-hour kits. After an emergency, you may need to survive on your own for several days. First responders will be over-whelmed and basic services are often unavailable. In some scenarios, you will need to evacuate… Continue Reading “TAKE STOCK – WEEK 13”
Piggybacking off last week’s review of food storage containers and supplies, this week let’s Take Stock of other paper and plastic products we use. Do an inventory of: Paper towels Napkins Toilet paper Kitchen garbage bags Kleenex Paper plates Paper/plastic cups Plastic cutlery These… Continue Reading “TAKE STOCK – WEEK 5”
Preparing meals, or even just single ingredients, ahead of time is a great way to build your food supply with homemade convenience foods. Once-a-Month or freezer cooking, Make-a-Mix Cooking, making more than one meal’s worth of a dish to store and serve on another… Continue Reading “TAKE STOCK – WEEK 4”
The Holidays are over and, by now, even the leftovers have been consumed. If your kitchen was as heavily used as is traditional in November and December, your baking supplies may be getting low. This week, continue your efforts to review where you are… Continue Reading “TAKE STOCK – WEEK 2”
There are lots of ideas for gifts to give family or friends who are “into” Emergency Preparedness or Self-Reliance. For those that aren’t but you wish would be more prepared, giving a gift of this nature can encourage someone to take more steps to… Continue Reading “SELF-RELIANCE / PREPAREDNESS GIFT IDEAS”
Each August a challenge is issued to do something every day to add to our food storage. It’s called the #everybitcountschallenge because if you do just a Little Bit Every Day, you will have accomplished a whole lot after 31 days. Your daily effort… Continue Reading “PREPAREDNESS ACTIVITY”
I’ve taken advantage of the past couple of cold, wintery weekends to begin my Swedish Death Cleaning project in the guest room. It ceased functioning as a guest room long ago and has become a junk room/storage room. Swedish Death Cleaning is a bit… Continue Reading “Swedish Death Cleaning”
I have been working on one aspect or another of self-reliance and preparedness most of my adult life. The difference in what I’ve been able to accomplish the past couple of years compared to previous times (besides having Oscar here to do the heavy… Continue Reading “Self-Reliance & Technology”
Two Chickens Homestead 