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In a hopes to help the frugal survivalist and prepper out there here are 10 items we find very useful for under 15 dollars. I personally have purchased several of these items and hope to pick up the rest. We have seen a few of these posts recently on other sites but we like our selections a little better. Here are our top 10 in almost no particular order. German Army Military… Read more

This food storage calculator will help you to determine how much food you need to store for a given number of people. Generally people store a smaller amount of food for children under the age of 7. I personally do not see the point as the long term goal so many times exceed 7 years of practice anyway. That being said this calculator assumes its users have (or will have) adult appetites.… Read more

During this installment of ask-a-prepper we speak with Survivor Jack, a two time "Doomsday Prepper" guest and pick his brain a little. Any reason why you began prepping? A specific event? 15 Days after the 2010 Haiti Earthquake, while watching the rescue of “Miracle Girl” Darlene Etienne, I had a VISION.  I invented a new rescue tool, realized my wife & I were totally unprepared for a Major Event and I saw… Read more

What types of Long Term Food Should You Store? One goal is creating a “food under disaster” plan is deciding what it is we want to store. This can be tough to figure out even with input from family members. So we created a generic food cache inventory list for our users. The image attached  below is a blank sample  of what a generic food cache list might mimic.  Feel free to use… Read more

Food Cache Inventory List We have decided to create a food inventory list for or users to print out to aid them in cataloging a years worth of food. The sheets all use a goal of a 1 year supply. The inventory pack of printable forms can be downloaded and printed out below. Please check out our other long term food storage write ups as well. When looking at your food storage… Read more

Storing Food: How much is enough? So how big of a food cache do you need? That falls back to one of the original questions asked to all interested in long term food storage. What exactly are you preparing for? This answer directly relates to the quantity of food and and supplies in your cache and covers all supplies needed. If you fall prey to a miserable snowstorm that prevents you from… Read more

In a new installment of ask-a-prepper have an opportunity to talk with Laurie, a blogger at CommonSenseHome.com to learn a little more about her and why she takes the time needed to live a more self sufficient lifestyle. How long have you been prepping for?  I was raised poor on a small dairy farm, and we always raised most of our own food and did what we could for ourselves.  Since moving… Read more

We have a new store added to our webpage. Right now it only has a handful of items (mainly MRE's) but expect it to grow and quickly. Hopefully by the end of the month  we will have it populated with a few hundred items as well as several categories to choose from.  You can view it  here: Enter our shop. Read more