After months of hints, innuendo and promises, “The Prepper’s Guide to Food Storage ” is golden. That’s right, after putting in a couple of all-nighters, I was able to complete…
There is something about fall and winter that sets our disaster preparedness minds in action. Perhaps it is due to our reflection on years past when wind, snow and ice…
10 steps toward having a positive survival mindset and living a preparedness lifestyle. Part 3 of 3 on how to embrace preparedness as a way of life.
Getting Prepared Year 2. This month we add to our supplies and emergency fund, locate our water shut-off valve and practice for a grid-down, power outage.
This month begins year two of the Backdoor Survival Getting Prepared by Month series. We create a plan plus we begin to add bulk foods to our emergency closet.
Over the last few days we have seen one the biggest storms in the history of the US slam into the east coast of our country. And then, a week ago, a huge 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck off the northwest coast of British Columbia. In the case if the former, there are – as of this writing – 62 casualties with more expected. There are still six million homes and businesses without power and the cleanup efforts will cost billions.
On the other hand, we lucked out with Canadian earthquake. Luckily, it was located a bit off shore on a sparsely populated rural island. There was a tsunami warning but the tsunami did not materialize. But can you imagine the devastation if the earthquake had occurred in nearby Vancouver or Seattle?
In North America, we are enjoying the final months of summer. This is a time for family activities, picnics, BBQs with friends and perhaps a weekend camping trip. There is also the usual rash of summer chores: mowing the lawn, washing the car, weeding the garden and the more mundane tasks of laundry and housecleaning.
I don’t know about you, but I would much rather be enjoying the fun in the sun than serious prepping this month. For that reason, this month we are going to do things that are a natural outtake from our summer activities. That said, we are not going to slough off and disregard the tasks at hand as frivolous. For even though they seem rather menial, they are as important and as necessary as the prepping tasks in each of the previous months – and in some ways even more.
Whether there’s a severe storm, hurricane, tornado, drought, or pandemic-related curfew forecasted, being prepared for the unexpected is always important. You never know when a disaster will strike. So, it…
Coffee and tea are both things that should be in your food stockpile. A short to long emergency can be hard enough without being forced to do without something you…
There are a lot of things you could stash away but what are the items that will be most in demand in a TEOTWAWKI situation? The answer to that is…
During these uncertain times, a lot of people are thinking more about what they can do to prepare for civil unrest in their area. Over the years, BDS has put…
The question of why and how to grow black beans is easily answered by looking at what black beans have to offer the human body. If you take one cup…
Do you know how to barter? In preparedness circles, the term barter is used a lot when describing a post SHTF situation when goods and services may no longer be…
Whether or not you currently have a food garden, practical wisdom says you should stash away some heirloom seeds for the long term. If the time ever came when food…
A lot of people are buying campers to live in part of the year, full time, or have on hand in case they need to get out during an emergency….
Today when Matt and I were cleaning up and organizing so we would be in a good place to get started on some long-awaited finish work on the barn and…