Happy Canada Day!!!

So here it is…the time has come that power will be off for a week or more, the water supply is questionable at best and the grocery stores are either closed or empty.  You have a good supply of food on hand to feed you and your loved ones.  Now, how do you cook without…

Every so often I hop in the car and head out to a place I call “Down Home”.  Down Home is a good three to three and a half hours away, depending on traffic, so I always make sure I have as many communications possibilities with me when I go.  I took this trip just…

Hurricane Sandy Report:  I am very grateful that this storm passed through our area with as little damage as it did this week.  Here at the farm we were without power for 12 hours and half of those were at night so it was just a minor inconvenience rather than a major problem – no lugging…

Here is an excellent post from Another Prepper about getting the whole family involved in preparedness. —– Being Prepared: Getting the Kids Involved When it comes to being prepared, it is a natural thing that adults do a lot of the heavy-lifting–after all, it is our responsibility to make sure that our loved ones are…