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Emily Mendel

DIY Toothpaste Dots for Your Emergency Kits

March 26, 2023 By Emily Mendel 13 Comments

DIY Toothpaste Dots for Your Emergency Kits

Learn how to make toothpaste dots with this easy step-by-step guide. This quick hack helps your hygiene in emergency situations.

Filed Under: EDC/Bug Out/72 hour kit, Preparedness Tagged With: camping, dental hygiene, hiking

How to Wash Clothes without Electricity?

March 26, 2023 By Emily Mendel Leave a Comment

"Have you thought of how you will keep your clothes, and extended to your family, clean during a time of power loss in your community?" // Mom with a PREP

Have you thought of how you will keep your clothes, and your family, clean during a time of power loss in your community? You can wash clothes without worrying about electricity. I spent a small portion of my childhood following my Mom to the laundromat each week to wash our clothes. A washing machine was […]

Filed Under: Homemaking, Preparedness Tagged With: hand wash clothes, off grid

15+ DIY Nesting Box Ideas

March 22, 2023 By Emily Mendel Leave a Comment

15+ Chicken Nesting Box Hacks

These 19 DIY chicken nesting box ideas are easy to build in one day at home! Learn how to make easy and cheap nesting boxes for chickens.

Filed Under: Chickens & More Tagged With: nesting box

How to Properly Store Bacon for a Long Time?

March 20, 2023 By Emily Mendel 2 Comments

bacon for long-term storage

Learn how to store bacon for a long time with these best 6 ways of food storage. Easy ways of preserving bacon for long-time storage!

Filed Under: Food Storage Tagged With: bacon, bacon for food storage

Best 20+ Survival Books for Kids

March 15, 2023 By Emily Mendel 14 Comments

20+ Survival Books for Kids from 8-15 - something to spark their adventurous spirits and educate at the same time! >> Momwithaprep.com/20-awesome-survival-books-for-kids

Top 27 wilderness survival books for kids of all ages! Read these reviews and find the best survival book for your children this year!

Filed Under: Creating Self-Reliant Kids Tagged With: survival books for kids

How Much Food Do You Need? Food Storage Calculator

March 5, 2023 By Emily Mendel 1 Comment

How much food will we need?! And how am I supposed to cook all that?! An intro into food storage calculators at MomwithaPREP.com

How much food supply my family need ? Try these methods to calculate your food storage in case of any emergencies!

Filed Under: Food Storage Tagged With: Build a Better Pantry, cooking from scratch, food storage calculator

Different Types of Oil Lamp

February 27, 2023 By Emily Mendel Leave a Comment

Oil Lamp

Oil lamps have been used for centuries in various circumstances. They have often held a cultural or ritual significance. However, they were also practical instruments of lighting an area before the widespread adoption of gas-lit, and eventually electrically-lit, homes. Their popularity was not a coincidence when other means of maintaining a light in the dark […]

Filed Under: Preparedness

7 Common Mistakes to Avoid in Square Foot Gardening

February 15, 2023 By Emily Mendel 4 Comments

Square Foot Gardening - our favorite method of managing a garden in a small suburban landscape. But we did make a few mistakes along the way. Learn from our mistakes before you tackle your garden!

Avoid these 7 most common foot gardening mistakes and follow this simple step-by-step guide! Learn how to square foot gardening like a pro!

Filed Under: Gardening Tagged With: gardening mistakes, mel bartholomew, square foot gardening

How to Make an Emergency Survival Kit for Kids at School?

February 14, 2023 By Emily Mendel 30 Comments

Kids Emergency Survival Packs for Kids at School | {Mom with a Prep}

One of our biggest concerns with having our kids at school, as folks focused on preparedness living, is that we won’t be there in a time of crisis to help them out. So it’s especially important to prepare our children the best that we can, above and beyond what the school is able to do […]

Filed Under: EDC/Bug Out/72 hour kit, Prepping for Kids Tagged With: active shooter, emergency preparedness, emergency survival kit, school, school children, school lock downs, severe weather, weather preparedness

Teach Your Kids 10 Tool Safety Tips

February 7, 2023 By Emily Mendel 2 Comments

The Self-Reliant Kid: Teach Tool Safety Early...and let them use tools their whole life. Not only does it teach them valuable skills, it makes awesome bondable moments for you and them | Mom with a PREP

Teach Tool Safety Early. Not only does it teach them valuable skills, but it also makes awesome bondable moments for you! @ Mom with a PREP…And continue on to see the project we made this day – DIY Pumpkin Patch! Do you remember working on house or car projects with your father growing up? Were […]

Filed Under: Creating Self-Reliant Kids Tagged With: fall decoration, pumpkin decoration, tool safety for kids

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