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This Week On Movie Monday Tales From The Green Valley Episode 5   In this BBC documentary series we get to follow a small group of historians and archeologists as they recreate farm life from the age of the Stuarts. They wear the clothes, eat the food and use the tools, skills and technology of…

Dorothy certainly had plenty to worry about as she began her stroll down the yellow brick road.  Much the same way we live our lives on a day to day basis, there are dangers that can jump out of the woods at us at any time.  Given recent events, no one can now deny that…

This Week On Movie Monday Secrets Of The Castle Episode 3 How many times have we heard that an EMP would send us back to midevil times?  As disturbing as that statement is, how many of us understand exactly what that would mean?  Have you ever wondered what it would take to build a suitable…

Well friends…I am glad to announce that Scarecrow from the Ontario Preppers Network has had his blogging work recognized over at the Be A Survivor website in their First Survival and Disaster Preparedness Blog Carnival – YAY Scarecrow!!! Scarecrow’s awesome post “Emergency Heat for Your Home” was mentioned in The Best of the Rest Section…

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…

Below is a post from Scarecrow of the Ontario Preppers Network (the same post can be found on the OPN here). ———-Guest post needed… With the recent problems with the Chalk River nuclear reactor, the ongoing maintenance of the reactor at Darlington and the Ontario Govt’s commitment to increasing the number of nuclear powered electricity…