So tonight I was literally locked IN my hotel room. I couldn’t get out for anything!! The steel door handle wouldn’t turn far enough for me to unlock the door. After attempting to open the door for several minutes and ruining a good pair of shoes in a desperate attempt Read more…
Question: “Kellene, how do I know which manual grain mill to buy? I’m so confused?!” Answer: There are THREE key considerations to choosing a grain mill that you’ll be operating manually. I’ll provide you with these three highlights and let you choose for yourself from there, but I’ll also Read more…
In part 1 of this series about strengthening the bonds of your family and friends and your community through fun activities, I shared one game with you along with laying out a case for being mindful of such preparations. Today I’m going to share two other activities with you that Read more…
Today’s article isn’t about the all-natural cure for battling the Ebola virus. Nor is it about the 12 essential food items you can make from powdered milk. It’s quite a bit off the beaten path of the traditional “prepper journey”. However, it is still very much about being self-sufficient and Read more…
Is raising quail a realistic livestock project for you? So, you want to live more self-sufficiently but your city ordinances won’t allow chickens or big gardens? You live in an apartment which limits your “self-sufficiency square footage,” or is limited to your balcony. These conditions are deal killers. They Read more…
Preparedness is not about being a hermit, or a Rambo-like survivalist. And there might not be much time left for you to get one of your most critical assets in place–Your Community. There’s a component of preparedness that I fear most preppers omit, either because they don’t understand the Read more…
Awesome Projects for Preppers—by Guest Contributor Matt Stevens While there are a lot of people whose prepping starts and stops with stockpiling supplies, there are many others who make it a lifestyle. These people ultimately end up much better prepared, because they look beyond just having food and water and Read more…
Meatball Soup Recipe — One thing I love about my good friend Shawna is that she has a lot of good recipes that are easy, delicious and can easily be adapted to be made from your preparedness food pantry. She has shared quite a few with me over the Read more…
One of the fundamentals for being prepared for all that life throws at us is having what we really need, when we really need it–and having a back-up. I accomplish a lifestyle of Panic Free Preparedness by living by the Rule of Three. The Rule of 3, is the Read more…
Another St. Louis Police shooting of a black man just 5 miles away from the Ferguson, MO shooting that’s the cause of so much unrest this week. (WARNING: You can watch it on mute and see what happens just fine, but if you watch it with sound there is plenty Read more…