When most people think of preparedness, they imagine stockpiling food, learning survival skills, or setting up off-grid power systems. But in 2025, one of the biggest threats Canadians face isn’t necessarily a grid-down scenario — it’s economic instability. Inflation, soaring housing costs, rising food prices, and supply chain disruptions have forced many families to rethink…
When the WHO declared the global pandemic, I knew right away that things were going to get ugly. As of March 13th 2020, I have decided that my family needs to go into a bug in situation. This was always the plan, the proverbial trigger has been pulled! Here is a daily update on what…
Ten off-grid tools for clean clothes without electricity. Laundry rarely receives much attention in emergency planning. Most households assume they can tolerate dirty clothing until the power returns. That might work during a two-day outage, but it quickly becomes a sanitation problem during a prolonged emergency. Work clothing absorbs sweat and grime. Towels remain damp….
Wartime Farm Back by popular demand is the entire series of BBCs Wartime Farm. BBC’s “Wartime Farm” features the efforts of historian Ruth Goodman and archaeologists Alex Langlands and Peter Ginn, who run Manor Farm as it may have been run during World War II. The program focuses on all aspects of domestic and farming…
What a pressure canner can preserve—and the safety rules that cannot be improvised Pressure canner uses go far beyond putting up a few jars of garden vegetables. A proper pressure canner can turn meat, poultry, fish, beans, soups and low-acid vegetables into shelf-stable food that does not depend on freezer space or electricity. That versatility…
The hardest prep may not be feeding your own household. It may be dealing with the unprepared family and friends who ignored every warning and still expect refuge when the shelves go bare. Most preppers have imagined shortages, blackouts, storms, fuel interruptions, broken supply chains, public disorder, and long emergencies. They have thought about food…
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