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OK – you may think I’ve gone completely bonkers with this one!  I made my own deodorant.  After great success with home made laundry detergent and home made liquid hand soap I decided to go step further and try my hand at deodorant.  WHY you might ask… Well there are actually several reasons. Most over-the-counter deodorants contain aluminium chlorohydrate, parabens, propylene glycol,…

For those of you who have been prepping for awhile these may sound somewhat familiar!  Stage One: Something or someone has scared-your-eyes-open to the fact that the world is not what it used to be and trouble of various kinds are brewing.  You freak out, go to the grocery store to buy a case of…

I used to think that the world was going to heck in a handbasket. Earthquakes, civil uprising, disasters of all kinds from all over the globe. It’s sometimes no wonder that there always seems to be a self proclaimed prophet predicting the end of times. Many preppers point out how these disasters seem to be…

After a few days of mentioning emergencies or disasters, you are probably now thinking of or have even bought some water and non perishable food to keep tucked away in your kit. If you’re a step beyond that then you have already gotten a crank powered flashlight or radio, or combo unit. Now, is there…

A big part of being prepared is knowing what to be prepared for. Let’s face it, there’s little use preparing for a tornado when you live in earthquake territory. Knowing the risks local to your area is the number one step to being ready to “weather the storm”, bad pun intended. Of course, job loss,…

So, as you have seen so far, getting yourself and your family ready to be self reliant for the first 3 days after an emergency really isn’t that difficult, but it does take some thought. For today’s tip, I would suggest planning an escape route from our neighborhood. Keep in mind that several factors could…

One handy invention I have found to be extremely helpful for emergency situations is the crank powered flashlight/radio combination. These can be found for under $20.00 at your local hardware store and eliminate the worry about dead or leaking batteries. They usually come with LED bulbs that last a lifetime and use little power. The…

Welcome to Canada’s Emergency Preparedness Week. This week the federal government in collaboration with the provincial governments promote emergency preparedness. This program will not be the survivalist/self reliant type of thing many of us work towards, but it’s a great starting point for beginners. The government itself advocates being self sufficient for 3 days after…

We have probably all heard about the recent destruction by tornadoes in the US, but how many of us consider this danger at home? One may think that worrying about tornadoes here in Canada is absurd, but let’s check some data on the issue. Accuweather.com shows tornado activity from BC in the west all the…

I like the layered approach to prepping – some people call this the one-is-none/two-is-one/three-is-two principle.  If you’ve never heard the saying before it means that having a backup to the backup is a good way to go because sometimes your first and most obvious choice gets broken, doesn’t work out, runs out of gas or…