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

Gardening

Gardening: Getting Ready for the Season

<img class="alignright size-full wp-image-927" title="pottingsoil" src="/images/uploads/2009/01/pottingsoil.jpg" alt="pottingsoil" width="200" height="314" />All the authors on this site are avid gardeners and like any gathering of gardeners, we all have different approaches, best practices and preferences. This planting season will be the first one that we've had this site running so you can expect a lot of posts from us on our gardens! Each of us will be writing posts showing you how we grow our gardens and we'll hopefully have some great guest author posts as well.

Phil January 14, 2009

6 min read

#Gardening #Saving Seeds #Starting Plants

TEOTWAWKI Survival

Backing up your computer and preserving your files

The fantastic <a href="http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/">Food Storage Made Easy</a> blog has a great post out on how to set up a regular backup process for your computer. They recommend using my favorite backup company, Mozy - a Utah based company that was started by a friend of mine and was acquired about a year ago. <a href="http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2009/01/12/mozys-biggest-fan/">Check out their post here.</a> If you don't yet have a backup plan setup, I highly recommend reading their post and following their advice!

Phil January 13, 2009

5 min read

#Electronic Preps #preps

Personal Preparedness

Vision Prep - storing eyeglasses

<img class="alignright size-full wp-image-903" title="nerdyguy02" src="/images/uploads/2009/01/nerdyguy02.jpg" alt="nerdyguy02" width="154" height="154" />If you're like me and can't quite make out that big E on the eye chart from 5 feet away without vision correction or even if you're not quite that bad, this post is for you. Probably everyone that wears vision correction has thought about having a backup, but what about 5 backups? One backup is great for if you break or lose your glasses/contacts, that's a great prep to have. But what if we're in a TEOTWAWKI situation and you can't get new glasses at all for a very long time? It costs a lot to get replacement glasses and it's a huge investment - usually - now enter <a href="http://www.zennioptical.com/cart/home.php">Zenni Optical</a>.

Phil January 13, 2009

2 min read

#glasses #preps #vision +1 more

Food Storage How To

Dry-pack Christmas

Wade January 12, 2009

5 min read

#Canning #dry pack #Food Storage +2 more

Events

Inauguration Day = Utah Preppers First Meetup!

We've been discussing this for a while and even took a poll here on the site - Tuesday night was considered to be the best night to get together so with that in mind we're going to do it - on Inauguration Day!

Phil January 12, 2009

1 min read

#meetup

Gardening How To

Prepping for Prepping

Prepping - it's an endless activity that has few rewards, and those rewards often are not close in payout to the amount of time and effort that went into them. The interim rewards in prepping include not having to run to the store constantly to keep your food stocked. When you're a Prepper your grocery store is in your own house, going to an actual store is akin to going to a warehouse to get resupplied. The other reward is great personal satisfaction and comfort in knowing that you are ready for anything - well, almost ready - there's ALWAYS something else that can be done. The big payoff rarely comes for a Prepper - and that is when things get bad enough that you're able to make it through it solely because you were prepped. This lifestyle, with it's small rewards and rare big payoff, can be tiring - even overwhelming at times.

Phil January 12, 2009

8 min read

#Gardening #Leatherwork #Pandemic +3 more

Site

New Author: Wade

Wade January 10, 2009

3 min read

#Networks #Preppers

Reviews

Vendor Review: CountyComm.com

I admit it, I am a gadget freak, I particularly love gadgets that cater to the survivalist in me. My <a href="http://www.utahpreppers.com/2008/12/sample-edc-everyday-carrymini-bobbug-out-bag/">EDC/Mini-BOB post</a> from a short time ago, clearly illustrates this point. The bag itself as well as a number of the nifty gadgets adorning or inside it it were purchased from <a href="http://www.countycomm.com">CountyComm</a>, our Vendor in the spotlight for this post.

Ekim January 9, 2009

2 min read

#Links #Reviews #Vendor

TEOTWAWKI Survival

Preparing for the flu

<a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&start=1&oi=define&ei=2kxmSfu2OZi2Mcj1jcEE&sig2=lWzQdBeVwKATK2lgA2ZzNA&q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Influenza&usg=AFQjCNESZgASdQ-Lf9icZI6gWHrdRcG3Bg">Influenza</a>, more often called the flu is a well known companion to Winter and colder weather. Typically, the flu is a minor annoyance to most people but it kills a surprising number of people in this country each year, typically the very young or vary old.

Ekim January 8, 2009

1 min read

#Healthy #influenza #Links +1 more

Food Storage

January Utah Food Co-Op

Another reminder that the Utah Food Co-Op orders are due this Friday (the 9th). As I <a href="http://www.utahpreppers.com/2008/12/crossroads-co-op-december-deadline/">mentioned last month</a>, this is a great way to get high quality food, at a very good price.

Jayce January 8, 2009

2 min read

#Food #Reviews #Sales +2 more