Family Preparedness
Guest Post: Things To Keep In The House In Case Of Emergency
Guest Post: Things To Keep In The House In Case Of Emergency
Jayce
3 min read #Storing Systems
31 articles tagged with this topic (Including both blog posts and archived content)
Family Preparedness Links
When to buy: Grocery Sale Cycles
When to buy: Grocery Sale Cycles
Jayce
2 min read 
Equipment Family Preparedness
Introducing Goal 0 solar power products
<a href="/images/uploads/2011/03/Goal0.jpg"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-3623" title="Goal0" src="/images/uploads/2011/03/Goal0.jpg" alt="" width="215" height="50" /></a><br /> Here at UtahPreppers we try to keep an eye on prepping topics, trends and products from all over the country and often the world. Even though we try to keep a global focus we still like finding and supporting local businesses that fit into the prepping niche. We recently met up with a Bluffdale company to take a look at some of their innovative solar products.
Ekim
8 min read 
Links
Saving Money By Storing Food Article
Looking back on my list of things that I've "meant to blog" for a long time, I found a link I needed to share. A friend of mine, and longtime follower of this blog, Erin McNew wrote an article for Yahoo's associated content site about food storage. I will of course take this chance to tease her for cheating on me, and posting to a different site, especially one that won't allow for me to repost the content. However I may tease though, It's a great article written to explain to people how storing food is a sensible way to save money. Something that most "preppers" understand, especially people usually interested in this blog. However oftentimes people who wouldn't normally figure themselves to be preppers, can still at least get back to some of the basics of previous generations.
Jayce
1 min read Announcement
Shelf Reliance Special Event
Our friends over at <a title="Food Storage Shelving" href="http://www.shelfreliance.com" target="_blank">Shelf Reliance</a> (the people that make the amazing roller shelving all the authors here love so much) are having a special event this weekend, that I've been meaning to post for a while now. You see, they've been selling awesome shelving, and a great line of food storage products for a while now, but they have decided to open up another channel for sales. Yes, they are starting up their own "<a href="http://www.shelfreliance.com/parties" target="_blank">Home Parties</a>".
Jayce
2 min read 
Food Gardening
Growing and Harvesting Dry Beans
One of my garden experiments this year was growing dry beans. Most of the "survival seed" packs have a variety of beans in them. I had five different kinds of dry bean seeds in addition to my usual favorite green bean varieties, so had plenty of beans growing in the garden this year. The dry bean varieties I planted were Calypso, Jacob's Gold Cattle Bean, Jacob's Cattle Bean, Black Valentine, and Mayflower. I also planted Blue Lake Bush Beans and Royalty Purple Pod Beans just for eating.<!--more-->
Angela
7 min read 
Equipment Guns
Product First Look - PolyFarm MonoVault
Product First Look - PolyFarm MonoVault
Ekim
4 min read 
Equipment TEOTWAWKI Survival
Bug Out Vehicle Project
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Phil
4 min read 
Food Food Storage
Store zucchini in bread
I have been searching for the best way to store zucchini and have found the answer: in bread. Instead of trying to freeze the zucchini itself, make it into bread first and freeze the loaves.
Wade
2 min read 
How To Water
DIY: Horizontal Storage of 55 gal. Water Barrels
<img class="alignright size-full wp-image-2311" src="/images/uploads/2009/07/water_barrels_final.jpg" alt="water_barrels_final" width="200" height="310" />I stumbled across this DIY project recently for storing 55 gal. water barrels horizontally. The biggest drawback of standard upright water barrels is getting the water out when needed. This generally involves either a siphon or a hand pump. Storing the barrels horizontally and adding a spigot to one of the caps makes using the barrels much more convenient. You'll also be more likely to exchange the water every six months since it will be easier to do.
Royal
7 min read 
Food Storage
Messiest pantry contest: cast your vote
Messiest pantry contest: cast your vote
Wade
2 min read Events Food Storage
Shelf Reliance event at Utah Costco locations
Shelf Reliance event at Utah Costco locations
Ekim
1 min read 
Links
Shelf Reliance Recipe Contest
Do you have a favorite recipe for using your food storage? Maybe a comfort food your family wouldn't want to go without, or something that makes excellent use fo the basics? Well here's a good chance to show your stuff, and have a chance to win some *awesome* prizes. Our friends at <a href="http://www.shelfreliance.com/">Shelf Reliance</a> are having a recipe contest this month.
Jayce
1 min read 
Reviews
Review: Shelf Reliance Cansolidator Pantry
By now I'm sure all of our readers have had time to gawk at the wonderful photos in previous posts showing large shelving units with impressive amounts of canned foods with a nice rotation system built in. These <a href="http://www.shelfreliance.com/">Shelf Reliance</a> products are favorites of the folks around here. A wonderful local company delivering something we all love.<img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-1214" title="img_3016" src="/images/uploads/2009/01/img_3016-300x225.jpg" alt="img_3016" width="300" height="225" /> But let's face it. Not all of us have room for a large shelving unit, or maybe we just cant afford it. Better yet, maybe you're like me and you have one, but you also really need a way to rotate a few cans that are in your kitchen too. And as impressive as the rack is, it just doesn't quite match the decor of the kitchen.
Jayce
5 min read 
Food Storage
Twas the Night Before Christmas - Storage
Twas the Night Before Christmas - Storage
Jayce
2 min read 
Food Storage
Mylar Bag Wrapup - Issues with Mylar Bags
This will wrap up our series on Mylar Bag Food Storage. You can catch the previous posts here: a <a href="http://www.utahpreppers.com/2008/12/how-to-adventures-in-food-storage-with-mylar-bags/">How-To Pictorial on Storing Food in Mylar Bags</a> and <a href="http://www.utahpreppers.com/2008/12/alternative-storage-techniques-using-mylar-bags/">Alternative Ideas for Mylar Bags</a>.
Phil
5 min read 
Food Storage How To
Alternative Storage Techniques using Mylar Bags
Alternative Storage Techniques using Mylar Bags
Phil
4 min read 
Food Storage
Cesta Básica
For several years I lived in the amazing country of Brasil (yes, that's how to spell it right :) ).
Jayce
6 min read 
Food Storage How To
How To: Adventures in Food Storage with Mylar Bags
There are several options available to us for long term storage of bulk food - 5 gallon buckets, #10 cans and Mylar Bags are some of the most popular. In this post we'll be going over the advantages and disadvantages of Mylar Bags and how to use a Mylar Bag Sealer. Specifically, we're going to show how to turn all of this:
Phil
5 min read 
Food Storage How To
Home Canning - In #10 Cans
I came across this great post today on the <a href="http://safelygatheredin.blogspot.com/">Safely Gathered In</a> blog about <a href="http://safelygatheredin.blogspot.com/2008/12/how-to-can-your-own-food-in-10-cans.html">canning your own food at home in #10 cans</a>. The blog itself is well written and provides a lot of really great info about Food Storage and Emergency Preparedness. They have <a href="http://safelygatheredin.blogspot.com/search/label/Three-month%20supply">weekly posts on Tuesdays</a> that guide you in purchases to build up your 72 hour kits and food storage. If you have a hard time deciding what you need to purchase, or you feel overwhelmed by <a href="http://safelygatheredin.blogspot.com/2008/06/how-toplan-your-three-month-supply.html">everything you need to buy to be prepared</a>, these kind of guides are invaluable!
Phil
2 min read Links Reviews
Family BOB Example: The Lances
A local friend of mine recently posted his notes about creating a set of emergency bags (<a title="Definition of BOB - Bug Out Bag" href="http://www.utahpreppers.com/glossary/#BOB">BOB</a> - <a title="Definition of 72 hour kit" href="http://www.utahpreppers.com/glossary/#72-hour">72 Hour Kit</a>) for his family. It's great to see a friend getting his family so ready, and even better when they can share such excellent information. In his example, I think he does a great job of presenting how he will get his young sons to carry a small part of their own gear, without overtaxing them. I know all younger families like myself worry about how to 'carry enough' for the younger children, and this example shows great thought in dealing with that concern. Check out <a title="72 hour kit" href="http://www.thelances.net/james/2008/11/emergency_preparedness_-_72-ho.html">the Lances BOB setup</a>. Several pictures showing all the included gear, in and out of the bags.
Jayce
3 min read 
Food Storage Reviews
Review: Costco Emergency Supply Kit Deal
In the recent Costco mailer, some friends and I all noticed that a "72-hour" kit that Costco carries had a limited time online discount available. The $60 kit was/is available for a limited time for $40 with shipping (<a href="http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx?Prodid=11314388&search=344593&Mo=0&cm_re=1_en-_-Top_Left_Nav-_-Top_search&lang=en-US&Nr=P_CatalogName:BC&Sp=S&N=5000043&whse=BC&Dx=mode+matchallpartial&Ntk=Text_Search&Dr=P_CatalogName:BC&Ne=4000000&D=344593&Ntt=344593&No=0&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&Nty=1&topnav=&s=1">Costco 72 hour kit sale</a>), so I decided to check it out. One more 72 hour kit could be good for my family, and if it was nice, would make a great gift to give to some family members and friends.
Jayce
8 min read 
Food Storage Reviews
Review: Shelf Reliance Can Organizer
Review: Shelf Reliance Can Organizer
Phil
3 min read 
Food Storage Gardening
Drying Herbs
It's getting to be harvest season, which means plenty of work around my household trying to preserve some of what we've grown. Because of our love for flavorful food, we've tried to expand the variety of Herbs around our household over the last several years. Herbs are an excellent way to expand the flavor of those rice and beans we've all been stuffing into our long term storage. Those wonderful foods that make up such a major part of our plans will become quite monotonous though, if we cant' get some flavor variety in them.
Jayce
4 min read