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…
I can’t remember when petroleum jelly and Vaseline became a staple in my life. As a young girl, I know there was always a jar in the bathroom cupboard but…
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…
Many folks, whether Preppers or not, dream of having their own special patch of land where they can settle in, raise a family, grow a garden, and simply take joy…
Three years ago, I wrote about our deteriorating economy. As I recall, the words were “current lousy economy”. The good news is that so far, a global economic meltdown has…
When it comes to being prepared, is seems that there are about a thousand things to take into consideration. Well, maybe not a thousand but at least a hundred or…
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…
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…
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…
Acquiring survival and prepping gear can be both a blessing and a curse. The blessing part is easy to figure out; if there is an emergency, you will have what…
A while back I shared this list of 46 pioneer skills for the modern, 21st century homesteader. Here are three no one has mentioned: old fashioned photography and manual typing on a typewriter. And what about operating a slide rule? Can you think of some others?
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…
There has been a lot of interest lately in bug-out clothing. The primary concern has to do with the basics: what do I need to have in my bug-out-bag for…
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…
There was a time when I was a newbie prepper and to be honest, that time was not that long ago. The memory of getting started is still fresh in…
One of the benefits of maintaining the Backdoor Survival website is that I am often asked to review various products of interest to the preparedness community. I have personally tested and used…