Author: denob

Sorry for the lag in posting, I am currently packing my entire home to move to the country house… Things will get back to normal soon.  In the meantime, enjoy this repost from APN.     I just experienced one of those things that leaves you in total awe of how some people think. Now…

The tail end of a storm hit Nova Scotia last night leaving 50,000 homes in the province without power this morning.  The storm was more wide spread than expected leaving homes powerless from one end of the province to the other. This was a great wake-up call. One of my husband’s co-workers was terribly unprepared.  His truck…

As a handicapped prepper I am on the lookout for ways to adapt prepping to my situation – take gardening for example.  Part of a self reliant life style, gardening is both practical and fulfilling.    Where large scale gardening is out of the question for some, gardening in a container can be very doable … if the…

Just this weekend, a neighbor had lost her power for the weekend for reasons I won’t go into.  Although this was a temporary situation, she still needed help getting her genset out of the truck and hooked up.  After lots of fumbling around in the dark garage, the plug was found and the genset was…

If you’ve been watching the news this week, you’ll have seen stories about tornados, fires and floods. Devastating events, to be sure, but they are relatively short in duration and the effects are transient in their nature. They have devastating effects on the areas in which they occur, possibly fatal to some people. Yet in…

For some time now, I have been listening to several preparedness podcast on various networks.  The one thing I have noticed is the lack of Canadian content.  Not surprising, as these are American based networks, even though they broadcast to a worldwide audience over the internet.  For this reason, I have decided to put out…

The first step to prepping is to have a plan.  Part of that plan is to have local and out of area contacts that you can get in touch with.  These out of area people serve many purposes and every member of your family should have their numbers and spare change for pay phones to…

In my time as a salesman in an army surplus store, I had opportunity to see and evaluate hundreds of different knives.  There are so many types, that choices for your preps can get quite confusing.  Here are some pros & cons that I have learned over the years. The cheap “Rambo” knife –these have…

Personally, I think camping is one of the best ways to learn what you may be in for after a disaster.  Now I don’t mean renting a fully equipped trailer with all the bells & whistles.  I mean down and dirty no service camping in a tent with no power, and a nice long walk…

If you’re anything like me, you have had your spring chore list ready to go since sometime in March.  You know the list…those yearly chores that need to get done such as raking up winter’s debris, turning the garden soil, etc.  Add to that the other projects you may have elected to do like build…