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Winter in Canada The smells of beef stew in the crock pot and chestnuts roasting in the oven permeate the house. The snow falls slowly in large flakes that swirl then quickly gather and blanket the yard. It’s winter in Canada and like it or not, that means winter prepping.I like to make a winter checklist…

Until now, most of us had only 2 sources of an EMP to worry about. The first, and arguably the least severe is solar related. Geomagnetic activity from solar flares and CMEs have been known to knock out power gids, albeit for a short time. High altitude nuclear detonations seem a little more worrisome for…

In Flanders fields the poppies blowBetween the crosses, row on rowThat mark our place; and in the skyThe larks, still bravely singing, flyScarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days agoWe lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,Loved, and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel…

Paracord Bracelets Paracord bracelets are pretty popular right now and for good reason. Depending on your wrist size, it can give you seven or eight feet of available paracord to use. I wanted one for awhile but I found the cost to buy and ship was a little high. Instead, I bought the stuff and…

For some interesting facts about canned SPAM click here. One of the things I struggled with in the area of food storage was keeping track of everything and making sure I was storing enough.  That gets complicated when you are wanting to store enough food for ONE WHOLE YEAR for a large group of people. I’ve talked…

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…

Be Prepared for a Zombie ApocalypseBy Christine Faraday Nothing fires up the imagination more then the thought of a zombie apocalypse. With Halloween approaching and season 3 of my favourite show The Walking Dead beginning, I do have a case of zombies on the brain. I thought it might be fun to do a look at…

The Canadian Preppers Network would like to welcome it’s newest author, Christine Faraday. Christine believes in a down to earth, practical approach to being prepared. This belief did not come about easily and her approach to prepping has been streamlined over several years and several predicted crisis that did not come to fruition. For that…

Summer is over.  I’d cry if I wasn’t so tired of gardening and canning!  I wrote to a friend earlier this week that I’ve been praying for frost so I can quit with the garden but I was just kidding! I’ve had amazing success with my garden this year and considering the dry weather this…

As I’ve written many times before – I am a firm believer in food storage.  It’s an insurance policy that covers one of life’s most basic necessities – our daily food. There have been many times in the past where we have had more-month-than-money and having food storage made life much easier.  It also allows…