Going Underground with Your Garden? Now she's really gone crazy!

Note from Preparedness Pro: The article below is provided to us by Dennis Chalkus of  DCSurvivalKits.com He addresses the wide use of social media amidst a disaster. I personally believe that social media can easily be a reliable protocol that you can set up with your family members to use and it's one of the only ways I know to make sure that teenage family members are kept abreast of a disaster and the necessary action plans that need to be executed.

As is often the case, I received an e-mail question from a reader which required more than just a simple yes or no answer. Now that I'm receiving 500+ of e-mails a day, I'm trying to be smart in managing my time better, as such I thought it best to begin a new procedure when responding to reader's e-mails. I'm frequently asked questions which require detailed answers and yet, when I get the questions posed to me via e-mail, none of our other readers benefit from the information and I'm spending an awful lot of time just answering one person's question.

I love combining flavors that seem out of the ordinary only to discover that they've been a perfect match all along. This is one of those kinds of recipes and I always have the ingredients on hand in my pantry.  Ironically, this particular pie recipe originated at a time in which sugar was rationed during World War II. Yup, sugar was rationed, but maple syrup was not and though it was costly if purchased at the grocer's it was still widely available in unpopulated areas in which people could harvest their own maple syrup.

  What does Independence Day have to do with literally, The Best Clothes Drying Rack? Well, I’ll tell ya.   Independence Day is my husband’s absolute favorite holiday all year.