Tag: Diary

Apparently we are not the only folks who think this is a good area for prepping. Far from the cities and off the beaten track, it is attracting other preppers

After evaluating a number of power augers, we decided to go with a powerful option to dig our 25 fence post holes.

Sometimes the best laid plans of mice and men go awry. We learned that our topography isn't quite as neat and square as the graph paper we plotted our garden on.

We made our first big shopping trip to the city in two months and it drove home the difference between living in big cities, small cities and rural areas.

After a spate of cold days with temps dropping into the teens, we see the first signs of spring and we test our gravity-flow water system.

Stuff never breaks when its convenient. That's why a good prepper can improvise and McGyver his way back into business when something fails on the homstead.

Have you ever tried digging a hole in sandals? It doesn't work very well, which is why you need a pair of work boots. You should be stockpiling good, sturdy workboots.

While half the country is snowed in with record amounts of snowfall, someone is buying up all the ammo and driving prices up.

We can stop socialism in its tracks by not sharing our money, our ideas, and our labor with them. Make little or no money, and they can’t tax you. Don’t work for the man, and the system will collapse.

Garden seeds sold out last year due to COVID-19 and there are hints that it may happen again, especially with heirlooms seeds. Plan your garden now!