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I had a thought tonight.  As I stood in the mostly darkened kitchen, I reached into the cabinet to get a cup for water.  I realized I knew by feel which cup I had picked up and that I’d rather get one vs another.  From there, I got to thinking about the skill of knowing […]

If you have begun considering different scenarios that you may want to prepare for, it has probably occurred to you that some may begin while you are away from home.  For most of us, our first priority is going to be getting back to that refuge of safety.  It’s possible, especially if home is in […]

As preppers, we often focus the vast majority of our attention on the big things- the so-called “bullets, beans, and band-aids.”  I want to give a little thought and mention to the more minor things that make daily life easier, but may slip off your mental radar. To come up with this list, I went […]

As the summer heat hits its zenith and your tomatoes and cucumbers are staggering to the finish line, you are probably thinking that gardening season is about over.  You’ll hope to get another picking of beans and some pumpkins yet, but they will be the last hurrah, right? Not so fast. Fall is a great […]

Honey has long been a valued foodstuff.  Unlike sugar cane and other sources of sweetness, the work is just about all done for you.  You don’t have to plant, weed, or harvest anything.  You let the bees do what God programmed them to do and you get a share.  Being the good little preppers that […]

In the first several installments in this series, I addressed our definition of training, what it may entail, and how you may go about training your own children. At this time, I want to talk about some of the things we feel are integral to our children’s education and training. What skills should we be […]

How We Chose Our Guard Dog I have been researching dogs for defense for a while now.  The reason I began looking was to protect our livestock, especially poultry, which disappear at an annoyingly regular rate. I began with “livestock guardian dogs” which typically are Great Pyrenees and Anatolian Shepherds in our area, with the […]

Summer can be a hard time for rabbits.  They have those lovely fur coats… and it’s 100 degrees.  Almost without fail, when I pass the rabbit hutch, all the rabbits are stretched out to their full extent, feet pointing in opposite directions, in the middle of their cages.  They lie there in a heat-induced stupor […]

The words “road less traveled” (paraphrased from Robert Frost’s poem) may conjure up a bucolic image of a crooked dirt road leading off into the wooded countryside on a pleasant sunny day.  And that would be a nice mind-picture to dwell on. I could wax philosophical and pull out phrases like “stopping to smell the […]

Things are getting difficult all around these days.  For many people, money is already tight and the prices of everything seem to be steadily climbing. Finding a Few Extra Dollars It can seem that there isn’t extra money to put towards preparing, but I would challenge you to really think about your spending habits.  Can […]