Converting Yards to Gardens – Digging In July 29, 2024R.Ann Paris Comment Follow me So, we’re ready to dig up our yards and grow food. Having figured out how and where we want our future [...]
Survival Gardens: Strawberries & Slugs July 31, 2023July 31, 2023R.Ann Paris Comment Follow me With a compact size, particularly in ratio to annual yield per plant, strawberries fit into all lifestyles, from an apartment rail [...]
Preserving the Harvest – Canning and Dehydrating March 12, 2023R.Ann Paris Comment Follow me Tis the season of garden harvests in North America (and garden planning south of the equator). If we’re lucky, it gets [...]
Start Gardening Differently June 8, 2022June 8, 2022R.Ann Paris Comment Follow me Preparedness and self-sufficiency usually turns to food production at some point. Whether we’re old hats or just getting started, there are some [...]
Trail Foods from History – Food Preservation Ideas May 31, 2022May 31, 2022R.Ann Paris Comment Follow me One of the challenges that regularly comes up when we talk about bug-outs is food for our bug out packs, and even [...]
Prepper Hacks – Jumpstart That Survival Garden May 31, 2022May 31, 2022R.Ann Paris Comment Follow me Spring Into Planting (Early & Anywhere) Hopefully we’ve all sited or started making notes of where we want to plant, expand, [...]
Lessons from History – Victory Garden Advice That Applies To Everything May 24, 2022May 24, 2022R.Ann Paris Comment Follow me Looking back at past history, recent and far removed, can help prepare us in all parts of life. In some cases, [...]
Market Garden Strategies for Survival Gardens April 18, 2022April 18, 2022R.Ann Paris Comment Follow me Preppers can reap some big rewards by applying some of the habits of successful market gardeners and small farmers to our home [...]
Square Foot Gardening – Waste of Time for Preppers? May 31, 2021May 31, 2021R.Ann Paris Comment Follow me Square foot gardening can be an excellent way to produce a lot of food in a compact space. Added benefits come [...]
The Pros and Cons of Raised Garden Beds March 8, 2021March 8, 2021R.Ann Paris 1 Follow me Before we get started, I want to say that I’m a huge fan of permanent and raised garden beds. They don’t [...]
Gun Buying Considerations Guide April 21, 2020April 21, 2020R.Ann Paris Comment Follow me First off, I want to acknowledge that there is no one right gun – not for everyone and not for every [...]
Productive & Easy Container Gardening March 25, 2020March 25, 2020R.Ann Paris Comment Follow me Some of us are restricted entirely to small spaces, and some of us have either clay, rock, or sandy soils that [...]
Raised Beds – Pro-Con Fact -check March 6, 2020March 6, 2020R.Ann Paris Comment Follow me Before we get started, I want to say that I’m a huge fan of permanent and raised beds. They don’t need [...]
Skills – Stuff: When Stuff Matters More October 25, 2019October 25, 2019R.Ann Paris Comment Follow me I generally agree with the premise that skills are far more important than stuff, and that knowledge weighs nothing. There are [...]
DIY MRE Alternatives October 6, 2019October 6, 2019R.Ann Paris Comment Follow me MRE’s enjoy unending popularity within prepper folds, although sometimes the issues – weight, waste, size, and expense – lead us to [...]
Prepper Gardens – Vertical Expansion September 25, 2019September 25, 2019R.Ann Paris 1 Follow me There are lots of ways to produce food, herbs, and medicines, whether we have small properties with just a patio or [...]
Practical Prep: Range Tips June 7, 2019June 7, 2019R.Ann Paris Comment Follow me For many preppers, static square ranges are the only opportunity to put rounds through the barrel. They do have some limitations, [...]
Garden Hacks – Repurpose Everyday Items May 16, 2017August 23, 2019R.Ann Paris Comment Follow me When it comes to preparedness – or life in general – there’s a ton to buy. When we can reuse something, [...]
Feeding the Beast During SHTF – Bread Options December 2, 2016June 12, 2021R.Ann Paris Comment Follow me A crisis of any scale is a tough time to either have to learn to do without, or create a lot [...]