backyard gardens

Beginning Backyard Vegetable Gardens

April 4, 2018 By ParkerMama

Beginning backyard vegetable gardens are gaining popularity. The benefits of vegetable gardening go way beyond simply saving money. Let's face it, there is nothing like the taste of a homegrown tomato. Here's a guide to getting your backyard garden growing. What Is Your Growing Zone? This is an important one. Your Growing Zone lets you know what you can plant, … [Read more...] about Beginning Backyard Vegetable Gardens

Suburban Homesteading

July 20, 2016 By ParkerMama

While talking with a group of friends, each of whom expressing a wish to buy land to homestead on. I couldn't figure out why my friends felt the need to wait until they had a bigger plot of land to begin their journey to self sufficiency. Why not start homesteading in your own backyard? Right now! Suburban Homesteading. It really is a 'thing'! Let's face it. Not … [Read more...] about Suburban Homesteading

Favorite Garden Seed Sources

December 28, 2012 By ParkerMama

If you are anything like me, you've already spent time dreaming about garden seeds for 2018's bountiful harvest. Yes, my favorite garden seed sources just might have a few drool stains amongst their already well worn pages. I'd love to show your my favorite places to find garden seeds. What Type of Seeds Should You Buy You want to make sure you purchase from companies … [Read more...] about Favorite Garden Seed Sources

Preparedness for a disaster makes a lot of sense. With recent and predicted events like Hurricane Sandy, The Colorado Wildfires, Fiscal Cliffs, and rising food and gas costs just in 2012 there is no denying that things are changing in our world. Whether or not you believe "The End of the World As We Know It" is near there are plenty of everyday things to worry about: loss of a job, health emergency, local weather events to name a few.

I find that I worry less about the big "what if's" out there the more emergency planning my family does to deal with the unexpected. I will share the survival tips and tricks I have learned while on this preparedness journey and hope that you join in with lots of comments. We all have a lot to learn from one another.

Now, lets get started prepping! Pick a post and start reading. At the end of every post the blog randomly selects three more survival posts for you to check out. Set aside 10 minutes a day to build your preppers knowledge base. We can never be done learning or prepping, right?