by Victoria Gazeley | Aug 27, 2011 | Emergency Food Taste Tests, Emergency Preparedness, Videos
We’re munching our way through a series of taste tests of a variety of highly rated freeze dried emergency food rations. These are the results from Backpackers Pantry brand Katmandu Curry with Rice. Now, I’m pretty picky when it comes to taste and...
by Victoria Gazeley | Aug 26, 2011 | Emergency Preparedness
I can’t tell you how many people I talk to who say they just can’t wrap their heads around disaster prep and emergency preparedness. It all seems so overwhelming – there’s so much to do… I mean really, where do you even start? Let me...
by Victoria Gazeley | Aug 22, 2011 | Emergency Preparedness, Food Storage, From City to Country, Lessons
There are days that I wonder what I was thinking by trying to do this modern homesteading thing on my own. Like this past week. There I was, having not been sick at all for at least a year, finally feeling human again after more than a week of being unable to walk...
by Victoria Gazeley | Aug 14, 2011 | Emergency Preparedness, Food Preservation, Rural Living Skills
Have you ever had this happen: the power goes out due to a storm or some other calamity while you’re away on vacation, and you come home to a freezer full of spoiled food? If not, count yourself lucky! So imagine what would happen if you had to depend on that...
by Victoria Gazeley | Jul 1, 2011 | Emergency Preparedness, Food Storage
Right now? Without stocking up first? The answer for most of us is, unfortunately, ‘There’s no way’. Most government emergency programs recommend that citizens be prepared to care for themselves and their families for a minimum of three weeks...
by Victoria Gazeley | May 31, 2011 | Emergency Preparedness, Home Business from the Homestead, Rural Home Office
With all the news coverage about natural disasters recently, I got to thinking – what would happen to my home-based business if my home was destroyed in a fire or my family had to be evacuated for some reason? Is my business prepared? Truth is, right now there...
