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Complete archive of our preparedness articles and community contributions from 2008-2017.

Equipment How To

Saved by Preps - Flat Tire

<img class="alignright" src="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcThZWZoz2GsD8ftz0ptLklG7kNBoeWwKY74FQcbe70VpsEXX1iYLBN_6uK6Hg" alt="" width="170" height="150" />Yesterday I was driving in my truck to pick up my son from school. I heard a strange noise outside the truck and rolled down the window to investigate. I could hear a hissing that rhythmically got quiet as I drove - then I realized, my left rear tire was punctured and deflating FAST! I pulled over to the shoulder as far as I could and got out to investigate. Sure enough, there was what looked like a nail hole right through my nice new tire.

Phil September 16, 2011

2 min read

#Cars #preps #Vehicle Survival

Books Gardening

Review: The Forgotten Skills of Self-Sufficiency Used by the Mormon Pioneers

<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1599555107/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&tag=prepper-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=1599555107"><img src="http://ws.assoc-amazon.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=1599555107&MarketPlace=US&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&tag=prepper-20&ServiceVersion=20070822" alt="" align="right" border="0" /></a><img style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=&l=as2&o=1&a=1599555107&camp=217145&creative=399373" alt="" width="1" height="1" align="right" border="0" />Walking along the book aisle in Costco the other day, I came to a rather sudden stop as a specific books caught my eye. With a name like <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1599555107/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=prepper-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=1599555107">The Forgotten Skills of Self-Sufficiency Used by the Mormon Pioneers</a><img style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=&l=as2&o=1&a=1599555107&camp=217145&creative=399373" alt="" width="1" height="1" border="0" />, can you blame me? This was obviously a book stocked for a local audience, so I hope our non-Utah readers can find a copy. Author <a title="Caleb Warnock's blog" href="http://calebwarnock.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Caleb Warnock</a> is a local (Alpine, Utah) writer, year-round gardener, and teacher of "Forgotten Skills" classes. It also helped when I noticed one of the people listed in the special thanks section is a friend of mine, and <a title="Eric James Stone" href="http://www.ericjamesstone.com/" target="_blank">local sci-fi author</a> (how's that for a tight-knit Utah Valley).

Jayce September 12, 2011

5 min read

#Books #Canning #Food Storage +4 more

Announcement

Community Preparedness Fairs

Jayce August 16, 2011

1 min read

#Community #Education #Event +2 more

Equipment Guns

Getting the Blues - Dealing with Corrosion

Gun ownership is a long-term investment which requires proper maintenance and cleaning in order to keep your guns working at their peak performance. A primary concern with long term storage of any gun — especially those stored in humid climates — is corrosion. Preventing corrosion is a multi-step process, starting with proper care of your firearm in the field, and followed with proper storage. However, even if you take all the necessary precautions and care possible with your firearm, and even in the best of situations, if you use it corrosion or wearing will probably happen. How you deal with the results of such wear is the purpose of this article.

Jayce August 4, 2011

7 min read

#Firearms #gear #Guns +1 more

Food Food Storage

Curing meat

Curing meat is an age old process. It has been used to preserve, intensify flavors, and make unpalatable cuts of meat acceptable for consumption. Most of us don't worry about the preservation aspect so much anymore, but if you've ever made a marinade then you've dabbled in curing (perhaps with out even knowing it). In this post I'm going to go over some of the ingredients needed to cure meat and introduce a couple of salt mixtures that can be very useful in curing your meats. I'll also go over some things that could be kept in your food storage.<br /> <br /> First of all there are a couple of items that are needed to cure meat. You don't have to use each of these items when you cure, but they all play an important part in the curing process.

Neybar June 29, 2011

5 min read

#BBQ #Cooking #curing +2 more

Family Preparedness Food

Variety in Your Food Storage is a Good Thing

Way back in 1998 sweet husband and I were just getting serious about our food storage. That’s shortly before we had any kids. We had the opportunity to do some canning at the LDS dry pack cannery and so we sat down to figure out what to can.

Angela June 27, 2011

4 min read

#Food #Food Storage

Food Gardening

Food Production Systems DVD Giveaway Winner Announcement

<a href="/images/uploads/2011/06/backyardfoodproduction.jpg"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-3793" title="DVD we are giving away!" src="/images/uploads/2011/06/backyardfoodproduction.jpg" alt="" width="245" height="226" /></a>We recently posted a review of the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0578046725/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=prepper-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217153&creative=399701&creativeASIN=0578046725">Food Production Systems For a Backyard or Small Farm </a> DVD (see it <a href="http://www.utahpreppers.com/2011/06/food-production-systems-dvd-review-and-giveaway/">here</a>. As part of the review we were proud to offer a free DVD to one of our readers who commented on the review. Friday night I used <a href="http://www.random.org/">Random.org</a> to randomly select a winner from the 40 eligible (Sorry <a href="http://www.utahpreppers.com/author/jayce/">Jayce</a> and <a href="http://www.utahpreppers.com/author/cboyack/">Connor</a>) entries.

Ekim June 20, 2011

1 min read

#Food #Food Storage #Gardening +1 more

Family Preparedness Food

Food Production Systems DVD Review and Giveaway

Ekim June 9, 2011

8 min read

#Education #Food #Gardening +5 more

Alerts Family Preparedness

Parents - Keep your kids AWAY from the rivers!

<a href="/images/uploads/2011/06/IMGP0543.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-3770" title="new nickname of "2shoe"" src="/images/uploads/2011/06/IMGP0543-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a>Last night was a pretty rough night, we <a href="http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=148&sid=15895363">pulled the body of an 8 year old boy out of the American Fork River here in Utah</a>. He was the fourth kid to<a href="http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=15740924&s_cid=rss-148"> die in the local rivers in the last week</a>.

Phil June 9, 2011

5 min read

#Community #Education #Flood +3 more

Announcement Events

Provo Pioneer Crafting Fair

<a href="/images/uploads/2011/06/IMG_6523.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-3762" title="IMG_6523" src="/images/uploads/2011/06/IMG_6523-300x200.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="200" /></a>Looking for a chance to get the family out into our delayed summer? Provo has a great event this weekend at their pioneer village (<a title="Provo Pioneer Village" href="http://goo.gl/maps/35YC" target="_blank">map</a>). It's a great chance to get demonstrations on some old skills such as spinning, blacksmithing and more. Bring the family even if only just to get a feel for the local history, but even better, hang around and talk shop with people experienced in their crafts. This is probably one of the better local opportunities to get together with people that can teach these crafts.

Jayce June 8, 2011

1 min read

#Community #Education #Event +6 more

Equipment Reviews

Goal0 Sherpa Kit

Recently, Mike published an article introducing a local company named <a href="http://www.goal0.com" target="_blank">Goal0</a> (<a title="Introducing Goal 0 solar power products" href="http://www.utahpreppers.com/2011/03/introducing-goal-0-solar-power-products/" target="_blank">article link</a>). They develop solar products to fit a wider variety of needs than your average solar pack, and so we were very intrigued as to their application to a prepper mindset.

Jayce June 3, 2011

7 min read

#electricity #Electronic Preps #gear +4 more

Announcement Employment

Shelf Reliance is Hiring Again

<img class="alignright" src="http://www.shelfreliance.com/skin/frontend/default/shelfreliance/images/logo.gif" alt="Shelf Reliance" width="201" height="77" /> Our friends at <a href="http://www.shelfreliance.com/">Shelf Reliance</a> (makers of the great roller shelving, and the THRIVE food storage line) are hiring again. If you are a PHP developer and a prepper, this is a great opportunity to enjoy your work. Check out the <a title="Shelf Reliance Web Developer Job" href="http://shelfreliancejobs.iapplicants.com/ViewJob-184469.html" target="_blank">job posting here</a>. From what I hear they should have a SysAdmin job opening soon too, so if that's your knack you might want to check into them too.

Jayce June 2, 2011

2 min read

#Employment #jobs #Links

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