As any woodsman will tell you, a warm fire at your campsite is both comforting and practical. It not only serves to warm you, your fellow campers and any food or beverage you decide to cook, it can also deter wildlife from venturing too close. When you want to light a campfire, you’ll need one […]
How to Make Toothpaste Dots for Your Emergency Kits
Here’s one more of those “We tried it for you” posts. Toothpaste dots. You’ve seen them all over Pinterest, especially related to camping. But do they really work? A quick answer for those of you who don’t like to read long blog posts with all the information. “Yes and no”. For everyone else, here’s why: […]
I Tried It for You: Lifestraw Personal Water Filter Review
Can you see yourself lugging the 2-3 gallons of water per day that you’ll need for survival, cooking and safe cleaning? No, me either. Though the every federal emergency preparedness plan calls for a minimum of 1 gallon of water per person per day, that doesn’t take into account what you need for extra. That’s […]
Preparedness Quick Tip #18: 15+ Uses for a Trash Bag in an Emergency Situation
Trash bags are essential tools for your emergency kits and to have stocked in your home. The list below has the black trash bag in mind, but many of the uses would work equally well with white trash bags, especially if you are using the better quality brands. How to Use Trash Bags for an […]
How to Build a Backyard Fire Pit
Having a fire pit in your backyard is an awesome way to have a backup for cooking when the power goes out, and it creates a great space to gather round and spend time with your family away from technology and just talk. How about that? NOTE: This post was written as we went – […]
Aquamira Water Bottle Filter Review
Having clean, safe, affordable drinking water is one of the cornerstone of survival in an emergency situation. Sure, you need to get yourself out of harm’s way, treat any immergent first aid issue, but for prolonged survival – water is your number one concern. You have about three days before the body begins to shut […]
How a Pencil Sharpener can Save Your Life
This seems a pretty tall order for a mere back to school supply piece of plastic, but the humble pencil sharpener really can save your life in an emergency situation. I’m sure you’ve all seen the million ways you can use a Tic Tac box to create mini survival kits. But that’s not a great […]
I Tried It for You: A Review of the Credit Card-sized Survival Tool in Everyday Life
One of the very first ‘survival’ tools that I bought my family Everyone has one for their wallet. It’s one of this kitchy things that you think aren’t worth the money, but it’s a really great, small first move you can make that is cheap to boot! What is it? It’s an 11 function survival […]
How to Make Your Own Deodorant (and why you’d even want to)
Not long ago, I began reading up on how aluminum in antiperspirants could be contributing to an increase in Alzheimer’s, as well as being an estrogen mimicker and clogging pores (see more info HERE @ Kitchen Stewardship). Considering I’m youngish, I kind of just ignored most of that, until I began seeing symptoms in several family […]
Teach Your Child to Play with Fire aka 10 Fun Ways to Start a Fire with Kids
I know I heard plenty of shocked gasps coming from Readerville. Let my child play with fire? Are you crazy, woman? Don’t you know fire is dangerous? (you can see more of what crazy things we learn here!) So let’s start out with the warnings. Rules for Letting Your Children Play with Fire Club: Don’t […]