Tag: winter

We are forced to make more repairs and improvements on our gravity-fed spring water thanks to freezing temperatures.

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.

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!

More winter weather is headed our way as the blizzard that struck the Midwest travels east, promising snow and plunging temperatures.

The sun breaks through and that's just the beginning of the good news. Plus, thoughts on ATVs, OpSec, and mutant viruses.

Disasters never seem to happen when the weather is nice. We have to climb the mountain to repair our water system on a cold, wet, foggy day.

Our wood stove is cranking out the heat, keeping the cold at bay. The pile of red-hot coals generate the most heat while the logs that are burning brightly will soon be coals themselves.

Wind chills drop to the negative teens and we work on keeping the house warm and preventing our pipes from freezing.

As much of the North East was blanketed with snow, we weather our first winter storm in our new prepper property.

The combination of cold, snowy weather and rising cases of COVID-19 could make for a cold, lonely winter with no holiday visits.