Preparedness Advice Blog

How Do You Deal with the Elderly and Disabled after TEOTWAWKI?

admin — Sat, 25 May 2013 15:15:35 +0000

If you have any loved ones who are elderly, or handicapped because of physical or mental problems you have some hard decisions to make. Do you bug in or bug out? Do you leave someone to their fate? These are …

Shelf Life of Red Feather Butter and Bega Cheese

admin — Fri, 24 May 2013 16:18:19 +0000

The other day I received the following question.

We have some canned Bega processed cheddar cheese and some Red Feather pure creamery butter. They were bought in 2000. They taste fine and look fine. How much longer could they last? …

Cooking Times for Grains

admin — Thu, 23 May 2013 18:05:52 +0000

How many of use remember how to cook all the different grains we have stored. Of course, if you use the grains all the time it’s easy. But if you only use them once in awhile it’s hard to remember …

Emergency Weather Alert Radios

admin — Wed, 22 May 2013 16:44:55 +0000

Two years ago this month I posted a blog on emergency radios; a lot of this information is a repeat of what I discussed then. As I mentioned in yesterday’s blog you need a radio that is NOAA equipped. After …

How to Protect Yourself from Tornadoes

admin — Tue, 21 May 2013 18:42:20 +0000

Watching the tornado in Oklahoma reminds me of when I lived in the Midwest (Michigan and Illinois). Every summer we would worry about the thunderstorms and the tornadoes that went with them. While our home was never hit, I spend …

Drying Herbs

admin — Mon, 20 May 2013 17:32:49 +0000

Buying herbs in the grocery stores are very expensive and you don’t get a very large amount. So now is the time to start planning what you want to grow and dry. Are you planning on using herbs for cooking, …

Oxygen Absorbers: Getting the Most Out of Your Food Storage

admin — Sun, 19 May 2013 13:09:52 +0000

Here is a guest post by Lee Flynn

Although it is impossible to predict what the future holds, there are certainly things that can be done to be as nearly prepared as possible. Emergency preparedness might require some investment (both …

An Inexpensive Way To Pasteurize Your Water

admin — Sat, 18 May 2013 16:42:20 +0000

I have often felt after talking with people that water purification is a major weakness that many of us share. In my family, we have the capability to treat large amounts of water. We have several good quality gravity filters …

A Good Face Mask by Breath Healthy.

admin — Fri, 17 May 2013 17:21:26 +0000

I get to see and play with many preparedness products and most of them will serve their intended purpose. So its pretty rare when I get excited over a product, especially one as simple as a face mask. The other …

The Storage Life of Seeds

admin — Thu, 16 May 2013 13:57:14 +0000

I spent part of today talking to a retire Professor from the California University system. His expertise is in plants, particularly tomato plants. The subject we discussed was the long-term storage of plant seeds. Based on his many years of …