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Spring 2014 Book Festival: Simply Canning + Interview with Sharon Peterson

Spring 2014 Book Festival: Simply Canning + Interview with Sharon Peterson

Today I share the next author interview and giveaway in the current Backdoor Survival Spring 2014 Book Festival.  Sharon Peterson, the author of Simply Canning: Survival Guide to Safe Home…

Spring 2014 Book Festival: Through Many Fires + Interview with Kyle Pratt

Spring 2014 Book Festival: Through Many Fires + Interview with Kyle Pratt

Today I share the next author interview and giveaway in the current Backdoor Survival Spring 2014 Book Festival.  Kyle Pratt, the author of Through Many Fires: Strengthen What Remains, is…

Baking Bread with The New Artisan Bread in Five

Baking Bread with The New Artisan Bread in Five

Early in 2009, I became enamored with making my own artisan breads. At the time, I would frequently walk to the local store and pick up a nice loaf of…

Off-Grid Cooking with the Amazing HERC Tea Light Oven

Off-Grid Cooking with the Amazing HERC Tea Light Oven

One of the challenges during a power outage is cooking meals.  While there are many options, most require cooking outdoors using stove-type methods such as a rocket stove, BBQ grill,…

Backdoor Survival Book Festival 5

Backdoor Survival Book Festival 5

Are you ready to start reading again?  Today I am thrilled to announce the latest Backdoor Survival Book Festival.  If I am counting correctly, this is Book Festival number five…

BDS Book Festival – Prepper Pete Prepares + Interview with Kermit Jones

BDS Book Festival – Prepper Pete Prepares + Interview with Kermit Jones

After awhile, one prepping book starts to look like another.  It does not really matter whether it is fiction or non-fiction, they all tend to have a common theme.  Now…

The Ultimate Compact Survival Kit

The Ultimate Compact Survival Kit

The Winter Blast Giveaway has been a lot of fun and a lot of great products have been reviewed and offered as reader giveaways.  That said, one of the most fun…

BDS Book Festival – The Pocket Guide to Wild Mushrooms

BDS Book Festival – The Pocket Guide to Wild Mushrooms

The Backdoor Survival Book Festival 4.0 continues, this time with The Pocket Guide to Wild Mushrooms: Helpful Tips for Mushrooming in the Field by Pelle Holmberg and  Hans Marklund.  As…

BDS Book Festival – Rivers + Interview with Michael Farris Smith

BDS Book Festival – Rivers + Interview with Michael Farris Smith

When the time came to decide which book to include in the next installment of the current Backdoor Survival Book Festival, I went to my stack of books and picked…

Clean, Drinkable Water – LifeStraw Family Review

Clean, Drinkable Water – LifeStraw Family Review

One of the first things newbie preppers do is get themselves set up with water.  In my own case, I purchased a 55 gallon water barrel and lots of bottled…

BDS Book Festival – Living On The Edge + Interview with F.J. Bohan

BDS Book Festival – Living On The Edge + Interview with F.J. Bohan

Every once in awhile, a book will come along that fills me with inspiration and allows me to dream about things that perhaps I may never be able to experience…

BDS Book Festival – The Amazing 2000-Hour Flashlight by Ron Brown

BDS Book Festival – The Amazing 2000-Hour Flashlight by Ron Brown

Next up the in the current Backdoor Survival Book Festival is a Q & A with Ron Brown, the author of The Amazing 2000-Hour Flashlight.   As always, there is also…

BDS Book Festival – Escaping Home and The Survivalist Series

BDS Book Festival – Escaping Home and The Survivalist Series

Today’s entry in the current Backdoor Survival Book Festival is Escaping Home by A. American.  By now you know that A. American is the author of the hugely popular books, Going…

BDS Book Festival – After the Blackout + Interview with Paul Anthony

BDS Book Festival – After the Blackout + Interview with Paul Anthony

Today I share the next author interview and giveaway in the current Backdoor Survival Book Festival.  Paul Anthony, the author of After the Blackout, is joining us for an interview and…

Getting the Most Out of Your Berkey Water Filter

Getting the Most Out of Your Berkey Water Filter

Water is a survival basic and a recurring theme on every website dedicated to family preparedness.   Where to find, store, purify and filter water are questions that are asked and…

BDS Book Festival: Going Home, Surviving Home + Interview with A. American

BDS Book Festival: Going Home, Surviving Home + Interview with A. American

Today I share the next author interview and book giveaway in the latest Backdoor Survival Book Festival.  A. American, the author of Going Home and Surviving Home, is joining us…