by Lizzie Bennett | Feb 18, 2015
If you spend any amount of time around animals you will notice that they are creatures that maximise every opportunity to get a meal or gain the upper hand in most situations. Even domestic pets follow the nature over nurture path when it comes to snatching food from...
by Lizzie Bennett | Feb 15, 2015
Not everyone is an experienced prepper. Even though I’ve been on the preparedness trail for about three years I still consider myself a newcomer, most days I learn something new. This article is for those who like me, feel overwhelmed at times, those who...
by Lizzie Bennett | Feb 10, 2015
More and more people are realising the benefit of having an alternate heat source in their homes. Sadly, as the numbers of people choosing to use wood burning or multi-fuel stoves increase so does the legislation. Making people buy certain stoves or stick to certain...
by Lizzie Bennett | Feb 7, 2015
Two pounds of wildebeest and a bag of rice please! On preparedness websites, we often hear about prepping not just for major, world-shattering events but for smaller more personal situations. Prep wise we, that is Shortie and I, are okay. We will not starve, we will...
by Lizzie Bennett | Jan 19, 2015
Our homes, cars, offices and even dustbins are full of stuff that we barely give a second glance to. Many of those items are multi-purpose and can be used for prepping and/or in situations where our survival is challenged. Being able to adapt and use regular everyday...
by Lizzie Bennett | Nov 20, 2014
Scene from my window December 5th 2012 Every winter we are bombarded by information about the cold and how to protect ourselves from it and from health issues associated with it. Wrap up warm, keep one room heated to a minimum 18*C, avoid hypothermia, eat and drink...
by Lizzie Bennett | Nov 6, 2014
It comes to something when you have to resort to tips people write in the comments section because you have absolutely no inspiration to write an article! I am extremely lucky in that regard, and once again one of my readers has rescued me. Howard lives in Alaska....
by Lizzie Bennett | Oct 15, 2014
We all have one…a junk drawer. The place we shove things that we will want again, but we’re not sure when and items which just don’t have another ‘home’. Remodelling the house means mine is even more full of shit junk than usual. A...
by Lizzie Bennett | Oct 14, 2014
Today I had a huge shock. I went into the garage to start clearing it out ready for a rebuild to find my prep stash destroyed. Gone, done, unusable. I had packaged everything accordingly, food grade buckets with tight-fitting lids. Heavy duty plastic bags inside the...
by Lizzie Bennett | Oct 9, 2014
Last year I wrote a mini book about deficiency diseases. I published it on a well known platform at the grand price of $1.99. it did quite well, I was rather pleased for a first attempt. Well since then I have spent a year trying to get the IRS to issue me with an...
by Lizzie Bennett | Oct 1, 2014
All communicable diseases have a number assigned to them that tell scientists and doctors how fast a disease is spreading. This number is always based on past outbreaks to start with and then, as n outbreak continues numbers are produced for the current outbreak....
by Lizzie Bennett | Sep 22, 2014
The BBC is reporting this morning that nine members of a team trying to raise awareness of Ebola have been murdered in Guinea. Some of the bodies were dumped in a septic tank on school grounds in the village of Nzerekore. From the BBC: The team disappeared after being...
