Need your help with these old Barn Treasures

A couple of weekends ago we decided to get into the old barn and see what we could see.  This is just a small sampling of the treasures we found…but I think we could use your help – so if you have some answers to our questions, please post a comment! Obviously these are rail …

Curious about cooking with the sun? Read this…

I just love teaching the Solar Cooking class that is on the docket for Saturday. Cooking with the sun is not only economical, but also resourceful!  If you were to be without power – how would you cook? Propane is not great for long storage, wood can be wet and even if you have those …

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Your Preparation Station If you want to stay up to date with new shows, training webinars and what is going on now that we’ve moved to the bug-out location as a permanent home – please consider connecting with us on Facebook by hitting the “LIKE” button on the page:  http://www.Facebook.com/YourPreparationStation I’d like to think I …

Update on Our Preparedness Adventure – Long, cold, lonely winter lessons

[wpgfxm_contentbox width=”80%” bg_color=”#F1F8FB” b_color=”#C1D2D9″ style=”solid” top=”1px” right=”none” bottom=”1px” left=”none” radius=”0px”] Little Darlin’… it’s been a long, cold, lonely winter. Little Darlin’… it feels like years since it’s been here… [/wpgfxm_contentbox] I actually do find myself singing that Beatles song when the sun peaks through now.  But it is mostly to remind me that this season …

Update on Our Preparedness Adventure – A New Chapter

It seems like we’ve been on the journey of Preparedness for a lot longer than it’s been ‘popular’ (Is it actually popular or just a new niche/fad? Hmmm)…but the truth of it all is that this journey is just that – a journey, an adventure –  not a prize to be won or a finished …

System-Reliant Disappointment

I have nothing but the utmost of respect for the FEMA agents who are sincerely attempting to do their very best in the face of disaster.  Let me be quick to clarify that my statements have NO reflection upon individuals who have attempted to work within the systems that are currently in place. The character …

Hurricane Sandy Looting Planned via Twitter

If you get the opportunity to read  this article  and are in the path of the storm named Sandy (I suggest you do so quickly) then be sure to take a look at the hash-tags in the twitter feeds planning to gather and do looting.  #Sandy. There is no mistaking that this is a recent …

Keeping Up with the Joneses

Although we are not the Joneses, we’re the Millers, the old adage mentioned in the subject line came to mind as I was lamenting having not updated you lately about the recent radio shows and our preparedness journey. So, after this brief side-note about that saying, I do promise to truly update you where I …

Bugging Out to Start Bugging In

What term suits your family’s preparedness plan better? Bugging Out (high tailing it out of Dodge to a safe haven) or Bugging In (hunkering down with what you have on hand and making the best of it while fortified where you are). What about bugging out and bugging in? What would that look like? For …

Learn Off-Grid Skills: Outdoor Dutch Oven Cooking Class

Yesterday we had a class that was facilitated by Millers Grain House with a Guest instructor: Carolyn Counts.  This class also reached into the Preparedness arena.  Many of the classes from MGH are designed to serve both the healthy food enthusiast and the preparedness minded.  It is our way of bringing the message of Preparation …