Today we are joined by Barbara Salsbury, author of “Preparedness Principles.” I reviewed her book earlier today, and if you’d like to read that review, click here. Barbara, thank you for being here with us today. Now, you are considered a preparedness guru. How did you come to acquire the knowledge you have? I’m sure I was born with a deep interest in being prepared. It has to be part of my DNA. A lot of experiences and trials in our lives also proved that it does not necessarily have to be THE BIG ONE in order to require the … Continue reading →

You say food storage, I feel helpless. We’ve done a lot to forward our storage. My husband has buckets of grains stored in our shed, and I’ve been working on collecting various odds and ends and I even have put them into some sort of menu and I made a chart with all their expiration dates. That sounds pretty good, but I know I have so much further to go. Fuel, light, extra shoes—whenever I start to think about all that remains to be done, I want to cry. But now I have a guide to step me through it. … Continue reading →