Having a hen go broody is a sustainability blessing, but it is possible to have too much of a good thing. I was trying to induce my hen that usually goes broody to get into the mothering mood but I…
Too Much of a Good Thing: Breaking a Broody Hen
Author: Mic Roland
Gear Test: Poop in a bucket for two weeks
For many preppers out there, how to “go” sustainably after SHTF, is potentially a big problem. Bugging in is a popular strategy but many homes depend on municipal sewer and water. Where do you “go” when your toilets stop working?…
How To Dehydrate Eggs for long-term storage
What do you do when springtime has your chickens laying more eggs than you can (or should) eat? We give some away, but I’m also saving my surplus for next winter when the hens stop laying. I am making powdered eggs. If you have a dehydrator, you can too!
Long-term Food: Growing and Storing as a solution
Our approach to long-term food storage is two-pronged. The more active prong is improved sustainability — growing new food each year. Stored food eventually runs out. The only sustainable long-term food solution is to make new food.
Three Sisters Soup: Eat What You Grow
If you grow a garden to be less dependent upon industrial food, or as a survival skill, a useful exercise is to try making a meal out of only what you grew in your garden. We have become so accustomed…
Can You Run Your Refrigerator From Batteries?
One of the big concerns during a power outage is that all the food in your fridge will spoil. To prevent that, preppers buy generators. Fridges used so much power that driving them from batteries was not practical…until now. We…
Bug Out to the Woods for 40 Years: Lessons from the Lykov Family
When a man named Karp Lykov decided that the S had Hit The Fan, he took his family and bugged out to the woods. They stayed out there, undetected, for over 40 years! Their experience has relevant lessons for preppers…
Rice Weevils: Is something ELSE eating your stored food?
Amassing an emergency supply of rice is easy. Keeping it safe from pests can be a challenge. Rice weevils could compromise your stash of rice and move into other stored grains. Here are some tips on prevention and remediation. This…
Lessons Learned from the Tropical Storm Isaias Outages
Tropical storm Isaias barreled up the Hudson River valley on August 3rd and took out power for over 1.4 million utility customers. Below are the experiences and lessons from two households that deployed their preps to cope. One household, mine,…
Simpler Whole Wheat Sourdough: Routine & Recipe
A friend at church wanted to bake sourdough bread. The many articles and YouTube videos he watched intimidated him. So many variables. This “how-to” is to show that fresh homemade sourdough does not need to be all that complicated. I…