Category: How To Prepare

My dad used to say, “A penny saved is a penny earned.” At the time, I thought my dear old dad was just so old that he heard it from Benjamin Franklin himself! But now that I have a little life...

Knowing how to build a rocket stove is a must in an emergency. Rocket stoves are usually made from reusable materials you can find around your yard or very cheaply at a hardware store, and the...

Putting a solar backup system on my home was one of the best things I ever did to make myself more prepared for emergencies. Large-scale natural disasters seem to strike our country several times...

Fifteen of the fastest and easiest ways to preserve eggplants--for the next time your garden has an eggplant bonanza. Eggplant is one of those plants that seems to do pretty well in my garden without...

When I purchased my home, one of the things I wanted most was a well. I wanted to have my own water supply without being dependent on city water. But what I didn’t realize when I bought the house...

Chipping frozen clumps of chicken poo off the floor of my chicken coop in the middle of winter is not my idea of a good time. I figured this out fast my very first year raising chickens – it is...