The Basics of Personal, Community & Government Preparedness with Mark Linderman

Join us as we talk about the basics of Pandemic Preparedness, Personal, Community & Government Preparedness with Mark Linderman Sponsored by PREPARE Magazine! – Get your FREE Digital Subscription HERE My Guest today is Mark Linderman. He is the Preparedness Coordinator for a local Health Department which he has served for over 18 years. He is also an …

You could Win this Life-Saving Book: “It’s a Disaster…”

We hope you will enter this giveaway for your chance to win this life-saving book. IT’S A DISASTER! …and what are YOU gonna do about it? (5th Edition)has been used in First Responder Training across the country!  How much better could your family be prepared than to have on hand the very same book that …

Book Review & Giveaway: Prepper’s Complete Guide to Disaster Readiness

The Prepper’s Complete Guide to Disaster Readiness by Author Jim Cobb is the quintessential preparedness primer. It is suitable reading for both the novice and seasoned prepper. Almost every topic is covered in this book yet it still it goes into great detail without distracting from the primary focus of laying a strong foundation. Disaster Readiness is …

Dealing with Garden Pests and Pesticides

Garden Pests and Pesticides – they go hand in hand in some areas.  Dealing with Garden Pests and Pesticides is the second in the series of three shows designed to help you get the most out of your garden this year.  Hopefully you have had the opportunity to listen to the first show: Tips for Prepping …

Tips for Prepping the Garden

“Prepping the Garden” is the first show in a series of three shows I have had the fortune of recording with my guest Scott Peterson.  Prepping the garden is also the first step for having a successful growing season. In our neck of the woods the ‘old timers’ say not to put anything in the ground …

Money Saving Tips for Dehydrating Food

As a long time advocate of dehydrating, I have been remiss and never, ever posted about money saving tips for dehydrating food. I will admit, that money saving, budget stretching, and lengthening the life of food is really the biggest reason we dehydrate at home. I will always say that the more important investment is …

Salt Making; It’s History and Role in War

Making Salt is honestly an activity, or rather I should say, a skill that had never seriously occurred to me before meeting my guest, Jim Bordwine: “The Salt Maker”.  I was as excited to interview him for my own education as I was to interview him for you to hear!   It turns out, that in …

Skills of Native Peoples Help Us Survive

The Skills of Native Peoples can help us survive. But how do we learn these long lost skills?  Skills that were advanced for their time but didn’t rely on electronic technology.  These were and are the skills of survival.  It would do us good to learn them, practice and experience them again. Some folks, such as …

What is a Life Cube? Emergency Unit, Bug Out Home and More…

What is a Life Cube? Emergency Unit, Bug Out Home and More… Have you heard of these before?  Ok, I’ll admit to feeling like a little kid when I watch the videos on their site of how easy these things ‘inflate’…I won’t lie.  They look fun!  But they may remind you of a ‘bouncy house’ …

Learn to Grow a Straw Bale Garden with My Guest, Author Joel Karsten

Learn to Grow a Straw Bale Garden with My Guest, Author Joel Karsten. Listen to the show using the player below: Learn Straw Bale Gardening with My Guest Joel Karlsten I had the honor of interviewing Joel and leaving tremendously encouraged about this method of gardening.  As think and prepare for my elderly years, gardening …