Upon learning that pumpkins are a staple in my garden, the common reaction is "Oh neat! For jack-o-lanterns?" Then...
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Top ten Get Home Bag items you need to have make it home quickly and safely. Of course there are...
Just weeks ago a winter storm hit the South East United States leaving traffic locked in grid lock for days,...
Burning a wood stove is a must for many who live a self-reliant lifestyle in Northern climates. Generating enough heat...
Many skills that are taught as "emergency preparedness" or "survival" skills that were outdoor or backpacking skills...
Last month I covered gathering and eating fiddlehead ferns (click here to see the article), this month I want...
Preparing for a volcanic eruption basically boils down to prepping for evacuation at a movement's notice if you live...
Almost everyone has heard of "fiddlehead ferns," the young fern wild edible, turn gourmet vegetable can be found across much...
Photo Credit: Sasha Wolff of Grand Rapids Migraine headaches can be completely debilitating and those of us that suffer from...
Stock rechargeable batteries! This has long been dispensed as preparedness advice. The reasoning behind this advice is of course to...
Water purification tablets are an ideal one-step back up form of water treatment. They are especially good for Get Home...
There are positives and negatives to all tools of self-defense, if there was the perfect self-defense tool available where all...
Looking for that perfect homemade Christmas present? Try canning some brandied apples, they are a simply divine dessert and an...
Peel freshly laid hardboiled eggs with ease - without baking soda, or poking holes in them. Written and lived...
You've heard of vacuum sealing dehydrated dry goods - but have you heard of vacuum sealing clothes? When I was...
What a "Get Home Bag" is and why everyone should have one. Written by Stephanie Dayle. A Get Home Bag...
Image courtesy of National Geographic Channel 2013 What "American Blackout" says about preppers and society. Written by Stephanie Dayle On...
How to properly store your canner and supplies for the winter. Written and lived by Stephanie Dayle. With...
Canning venison sausage step by step. Written and lived by Stephanie Dayle. Last week I wrote an article on...
How to make breakfast sausage with venison. Written and lived by Stephanie Dayle. Since I was a child I...
By Stephanie Dayle A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of visiting the Sustainable Preparedness Expo in Spokane...
Image Credit: Discovery Communications By Stephanie Dayle It's Back! Late in realizing the hit on their hands the Discovery Channel...
By Stephanie Dayle Living within a day's drive of the pacific northwest coast does have it advantages. Since I was...
By Stephanie Dayle What are YOU going to do about it? A very important question that is not often directly...
All photos by Stephanie Dayle ©2013 A while back I received, an item off my prepping wish list for Christmas, a Volcano Stove. I'd...
All photos by Stephanie Dayle 2013 By Stephanie Dayle It's that time of year when the beets in your garden...
Soap making is a great "self-reliance" skill that enables a person provide something for themselves that they would...
Written and lived by Stephanie Dayle A low pressure drip system is a homesteader's and prepper's dream irrigation system. There are...
Produce All the Food You Need on Just a Quarter Acre! The Backyard Homestead was published in 2009 - I...
Photo by Stephanie Dayle ©2013 The best way to protect your household from the effects of a disaster is to...
Public Domain Image A few years back, I saw this segment of "Good Eats" (a Food Channel show) on jerky....
For beginning gardeners, homesteaders and preppers the question usually isn't what to plant so much, but what type of seed...
If you have read my previous financial article “The Seeds of Financial Preparedness” you already know that most seemingly valid...
Financial Preparedness means, you are as ready, financially, as you are well supplied for any disaster that may head your...
Getting Out of Debt IS prepping. It is, and it's an important part of prepping that people love to ignore....
Lincoln Shell Peas Peas are a great crop to add to any garden and a 'must have' in your survival...
public domain image Since deciding to start prepping and since finding The APN (American Preppers Network), you’ve hit over the head...
All photos by Stephanie Dayle 2013 How to cook on a wood stove. Written and lived by Stephanie Dayle. Wood...
Photo by Andrew Dunn The Manure Question You’ve got a ton of it – what do you do with it? ...
Have you ever wanted to sit down and enjoy a good movie that has a little to do with prepping...
How to Make Citrus Extract and Why All photos by Stephanie Dayle ©2013 Preparedness and Food Storage Flavor extracts...
If you could only prep one kind of soap, what would it be? There are always hundreds of answers...
From scratch of course! Apple pie is widely known as the all-American dessert and for good reason. It tastes great,...
Photo by Stephanie Dayle © 2013 How to trim your chicken's nails, rooster's spurs and general foot care. Written and...
If you own animals, you need to have an emergency plan for them too. Leaving your animals at home with...
All photos by Stephanie Dayle ©2013 Jams and jellies were and still are an excellent way to preserve fruit, and...
Preppers Home Defense, by Jim Cobb Security Strategies to Protect Your Family Prepper's Home Defense (find it online by clicking...
All photos by Stephanie Dayle ©2013 Feeding the Hungry is also Feeding Hope This Christmas season, see if there is...
How to keep your chickens warm and alive during cold winter! Written and Lived by Stephanie Dayle Do you ever...
All photos by Stephanie Dayle ©2013 It's not an EMP. It's not FEAR. In short, it's Self Reliance. What 'makes'...