The Pickled Prepper
empty shelves at Walmart

Quarantine Day 76 – Still Shortages

While Walmart was clean and well managed, there were a surprising number of empty shelves 10 or 11 weeks after the first panic buying.
Welcome back sign in store windwo. Photo by LOGAN WEAVER on Unsplash

Quarantine Day 75: Our Accomplishments

We've had more than two months locked in, so did you use y our time well or waste it?
Spam and eggs for breafkast

Quarantine Day 72: Online Orders and Prepper Dinners

We are still on our self-imposed quarantine to protect us from the coronavirus, but we're not letting that stop us from continuing to build our preps.
Salon Reopening Photo by Ewien van Bergeijk - Kwant on Unsplash

Quarantine Day 70: Things are Reopening

Regardless of what the governor or the mayor says the rules are, things are bustling in our home town as business reopen and people hit the streets.
online shopping cart

Quarantine Day 65: We Start Stocking Up Again

As grocery stores and online retailers finally restock some of their canned goods and dry foods, it's a good time to rebuild your long term food storage.
Canned meats on a shelf

Quarantine Day 63: Stocking the Little Extras

I’ve said that one of the biggest lessons the coronavirus pandemic has taught me is that we need to store more junk food and...
Social distancing while waiting to enter Trader Joes

Quarantine Day 60: How Coronavirus is Changing My Behavior

Things are starting to reopen, but now we have to decide if we are going to leave the safe cocoon of our home and venture out into the world again.
sliding glass doors

Quarantine Day 56: A DIY Project Mushrooms

We’re eight weeks into our stay-home period so to console ourselves, and to support a local restaurant, we got take out for only the...
Real estate listings from realtor.com

Day 53 of Quarantine: We Fall Back on TV for Entertainment

Our lives remain quiet, for which we are thankful but also looking forward to reopening. We spend our time with books, TV, YouTube and look for a new home.
Bird flu is driving up the cost of eggs again.

50 Days in Quarantine: More Groceries and Lessons Learned

After more than seven weeks in self-isolation, we pick up groceries and review lessons learned so far.