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Be Prepared for Natural Living: Herbal Medicine Cabinet

June 7th, 2011 · 8 Comments · Natural Health

Pin ItIt’s 8:00…do you know where your herbs are? In a disaster or even just a weird, cutting off supplies sort of emergency, it’s highly likely that someone in your neighborhood or community will need a little medicinal TLC. If the drugstores aren’t stocked and your medicines in your 72-hour survival kit have expired, you’re [...]

Monday Mission: Are You Prepared to Evacuate?

June 6th, 2011 · 23 Comments · Frugality

Pin ItYour mission, if you choose to accept, is to make a 72-hour survival kit. Impact Ratings: ? Level of Commitment: Leap of Faith Why bother? Some disasters (forest fires, tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, chemical spills, and certainly more that my over-active imagination cannot even fathom) simply require evacuation, sometimes at a moment’s notice. Here’s a [...]

Real Food Stockpile: Grains

June 2nd, 2011 · 58 Comments · Frugality

Pin It In The Long Winter, a book in the Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder, the family ends up in dire straits, trapped in a tiny new town with very few food stores, and no trains until spring. There’s a terrible blizzard about every 2-3 days that lasts 3 days, and no one [...]

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Real Food Stockpile: Dairy

June 1st, 2011 · 32 Comments · Frugality

Pin ItHave a cow. Not in the style of Homer Simpson, but more like Old McDonald. Whenever I think about stockpiling an emergency store of dairy, like cheese, yogurt, and milk (which, um, my kids LIVE on!), I look at all the powdered milk options and figure the very best way to have milk on [...]

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The Water Dilemma: How to Store Enough for a Disaster…Without Chemicals

May 27th, 2011 · 33 Comments · Special Situations

Pin It“Can water go bad?” I always thought that was the sort of question destined for Jay Leno to be asking stupid not-so-on-the-ball people on the street. It turns out I wouldn’t want that mic thrust in my face. Newsflash for Katie: Water can go bad! I still don’t really get it, since it doesn’t [...]

Kitchen Tip Tuesday: Being Prepared for Quick Meals

May 24th, 2011 · 17 Comments · Special Situations

Pin ItTippy. Tips usually are short and sweet. Although I’ve never been known for my brevity, I’m going to give it my best shot today. Tammy of Tammy’s Recipes is trusting me with the hostess responsibilities for her weekly blog carnival, Kitchen Tip Tuesday. When I was first blogging and entering her linky, she used [...]

Monday Mission: 10 Baby Steps to Emergency Preparedness

May 23rd, 2011 · 9 Comments · Monday Missions

Pin ItYour mission, if you choose to accept, is to choose one concrete step to take to help your household be ready for an emergency. Impact Ratings: Level of Commitment: Baby Steps I offer ten, because many people are at varying levels of preparedness. But just choose ONE for this week. I’ll remind you in [...]