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Making a family food storage plan for 3 months can feel daunting. Overwhelming. Something you’d rather not even think about. How much do I need? Where do I start? I suggest working on a 3 Month Family Food Storage Plan. 3-Months of foods you KNOW your family will eat. Nothing funky. Nothing you hope …
Are you looking to stock a deep pantry? Do you like the idea of being able to have healthy, money saving food storage with up to a 25 year shelf life? Terrific! This post on How To Order Thrive Freeze Dried Food is for you! Why Order Thrive Freeze Dried Food? There is …
Thrive Monthly Q Program reflects the understanding that often people hesitate in getting their food storage because they simply don’t know where to start, how to use it, and how to budget for it. To remedy this, Thrive Life has created the Monthly Q Program which offers a variety of ways to incorporate their products …
I received a bit of a jolt when entering a local food storage store in search of 5-gallon food grade buckets for several bags of rice and beans I recently purchased for emergency prepardedness. Over SEVEN dollars for a bucket and lid. And we aren’t talking gamma lids, here. Nope. We are talking just the …
Emergency drinking water storage. It’s one of the most important first steps to take in being prepared. If there is a topic I get the most questions about, water storage would rank in the top 10. Let me see if I can answer some of the frequently asked questions and set you on the path …
I love that Red Lobster cheese biscuit that makes you sigh with delight each bite you take. I wanted to make them at home, but I didn’t want to go to the work of making individual biscuits. Instead, I decided to try this recipe for Red Lobster Cheese Biscuit Bread. Baking this copycat bread in …
A boil notice is issued when a municipal water provider detects dangerous pathogens and microorganisms in the water that can make us sick. Other reasons for a boil notice include lead in the water, water main breaks, power outages and flooding. Your need to be able to survive a boil notice often comes in …
Survival lighting options. There are a lot of them. Today I want to share with you my new favorite, the Luci Inflatable Solar Light. It is going to be your new favorite too. How I Discovered the Luci Solar Light I was invited to be part of a group buy for several preparedness items, one …
Find a great sale on frozen vegetables, but there’s no room in the freezer? No worries! Dehydrating frozen vegetables is a simple prep skill to master. Why You Should Dehydrate Frozen Vegetables Unless you have a really big garden, dehydrating frozen vegetables is much cheaper than buying fresh, and you can dehydrate frozen vegetables year …
Understanding the relationship between politics and the economy is an important Prepper skill to develop. It allows you to prepare in advance for the rising cost of produce items we rely on daily. Paying For A Wall Between The U.S. and Mexico Let’s take President Trump’s proposed wall between the U.S. and Mexico. You know, …
Are you concerned about your personal economic situation? Worried about how you’ll survive if things continue to go downhill? Do you work in an industry that is shutting doors at an alarming rate? Inching closer to retirement? You need a financial survival plan. Why A Financial Survival Plan? There are huge issues brewing for those …
“I bought these survival seeds so that I can grow all my own food when the SHTF”. I hear this a lot. Often from people who have never planted a seed in their entire lives. Experienced gardeners must be doing a terrific job of making their work look super easy for so many people to …
It seems as though one’s dedication to prepping is directly proportional to how far out in the boonies one is willing to hide themselves away. You can’t reach the gold star level of prepping until you’ve removed yourself from a city setting and relocated to an area that is a few warm bodies short of …
You are right in the middle of creating a culinary master piece. Your mouth is watering as you reach for the last ingredient your recipe requires. In your hand is a container of baking powder, recovered from way in the back of your cupboard. You find yourself wondering when you used this stuff last. Heck, …
Freeze Dried Meals in a Jar provide nutrition, convenience, and long term storage ability to your food storage plan. Boil a pot of water, dump in the ingredients, and viola!, dinner is served in record time. Even if that dinner was made a YEAR ago! Why I Love Freeze Dried Meals In A Jar What …
Emergency Preparedness. Food Storage. Water. Flash Lights. Batteries. When I first began prepping, I thought about earthquakes and fires and droughts, which are the usual concerns for my state. I prepped more for short term than long term emergencies. Life changed. My family’s preparedness needs changed. I found myself learning a lot of lessons …
Bleach is a common item in a preppers stockpile. While bleach has many important uses in an emergency situation, it has drawbacks: it expires quickly and it takes up a lot of space. According to the Clorox website, the shelf life of regular Clorox Bleach (do not buy scented or splash-less or anything else for …
Remember the good old days when eggs used to go on sale for .25 .50 a carton? In my area we’re lucky if we see .99 a dozen. Eggs have gone up in price, which makes knowing how to freeze eggs an excellent skill to master. When To Use Frozen Eggs Eggs that …
Winter Storms are in full swing all over the country. If you are not quite prepared, here are 11 things to do before a winter storm to keep your family safe. Gas up your cars. Its a good idea to own a quality hand pump gas siphon in case you need to transfer gas to …
The much discussed Mayan end of the world prediction date of 12/21/12 is just a few days. Are you preparing for December 21 any differently than you normally prep? Have you felt an urgency to step up your prepping regime in anticipation for Friday? Or are you just starting to think that perhaps prepper’s aren’t …
One of the biggest excuses I hear as to why people don’t prep for emergencies is ‘I can’t afford it.’ Hogwash. Prepping on a budget isn’t that hard. I’m one of those who believes you can’t afford not to prep. After my medically fragile son with special needs was born, we found ourselves living on …
Getting started prepping is overwhelming! Thinking of all the possible that can go wrong in our lives is not a pleasant thing. Beginning prepping can cause real fear and panic and a sense of “why bother?” As a former teacher, I often think of learning things in a style called “chunking”. I approach prepping the …
