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JUNE “Get it Done” Challenge: Cook that food!

Summer is a busy time of year, but it’s also a great time to practice preparedness skills since we are often naturally doing things like camping, cooking outdoors, etc. This month’s challenge is going to help you really hash out your powerless cooking plans and start practicing! Remember: It doesn’t do you any good to […]

Food Storage Made Easy Birthday Bash

6 years ago, we were two young moms who started a blog to help us organize our thoughts on building our food storage and being prepared for … something. We didn’t know what, but we knew we needed to do it. We posted a few things but didn’t want to share it with anyone until […]

Canning Classes, DVD Review, Garden Planning

I often start to get the canning bug when peaches and apples start to show up in the neighborhood fruit stands. However, it doesn’t hurt to think about canning in the SPRING when you can plan your gardens to best take advantage of growing your own foods that you want to harvest and use for […]

3 PIZZA DOUGH RECIPES

Pizza is a FAVORITE around here. Whether it be take-out, gourmet, or homemade we are always up for pizza. Today we wanted to share with you 3 different ways to make homemade pizza dough. Depending on your time frame and preferences one of these will for sure be a hit! The fastest way to make […]

What’s Your Threat: A Personal Job Loss Situation

Join us with 23 other Preparedness Bloggers as we discuss what “threats” we are all preparing for. Our topic is a personal job loss situation.

Memorial Day Weekend Sales on Food Storage and Preparedness Items

Memorial Day is a meaningful holiday where we can remember our loved ones and honor those who have fallen while serving their country. It’s also a time of getting together with family and enjoying each other’s company and having yummy food. Several companies have put together some great sales over Memorial Day weekend and we […]

How to Build a Wood Garden Box

Full tutorial complete with pictures and detailed instructions and parts list to help you learn how to build a wood garden box.

HUGE SALE on Harvest 72″ #10 Can Shelf

Have you been wanting to get one of the awesome Harvest Shelves from Thrive Life? Now is the time! HUGE sale on the 72″ #10 can shelf this month.

PREPAREDNESS SPRING CLEANING ZONES

Do you have a standard spring cleaning list? You may want to add some of these preparedness tasks to your list this year.

MAY “Get It Done” Challenge: Make that binder

This month’s “Get It Done” challenge is something that we feel really strongly about. In our Emergency Preparedness Plan we discuss having a 72 hour kit that you can grab and go in an emergency with 3 days of food and water as well as supplies. One of the key parts of that kit is […]