• Spread the risk

    Published On: April 29, 2026Categories: Prepping

    For months now I have been telling people to slowly stock up their pantry.  2 months ago I got called a conspiracy theorist, and a scaremonger.  Hopefully people are waking up now with what is [...]

  • Now is the time

    Published On: March 27, 2026Categories: Growing Food, Prepping, Saving money on food

    The oil crisis is going to hit us all hard soon. I am not just talking about the price at the pump. Supermarkets put out a warning this week in the UK to say that [...]

  • Top foods to buy now before prices increase

    Published On: March 11, 2026Categories: Prepping, Saving money on food

    I have always followed world news, financial markets, and watched harvests and weather conditions. This has saved me lots of money for years. For example, I slowly stocked up on on olive oil and coffee [...]

  • 2026 pantry preparedness

    Published On: December 16, 2025Categories: Prepping, Uncategorized

    I have been shopping all of the bargains that are around at this time of year. My cupboards and freezer are full. We won't need much until March now. It is not unusual for me [...]

  • Being Prepared

    Published On: October 5, 2025Categories: Prepping

    Be prepared was my Girl Guide motto, and one I have tried to live by ever since. I see lots of posts on social media at the moment about preparation. This may be for winter, [...]

  • Knowing how much food to preserve

    Published On: September 19, 2025Categories: Foraging For Food, Growing Food, Prepping

    My kichen feels like a factory at the moment.  I am exhausted. Garden and foraged food have been preserved to get us through the winter. I am better at planning my preserving now.  Notes have [...]

  • 3 cooking ingredients with 1 kg of tomatoes.

    Published On: September 13, 2025Categories: Prepping, Saving money on food

    I have a glut of big tomatoes at the moment. We are eating lots every day but I don't want to waste any. I have no more jars to make passatta, and no room in [...]

  • Getting ready for Autumn

    Published On: September 5, 2025Categories: Living Simply, Prepping

    The garden is slowing down and the leaves on the trees are starting to go yellow. This has given me a nudge to start getting ready for Autumn and the following winter. I can't believe [...]

  • Water bathing compote

    Published On: August 8, 2025Categories: Foraging For Food, Prepping

    We have a massive bag of foraged apples to process, and we went blackberry picking today. I managed to squeeze one bag of blackberries into the freezer, but had lots left. Water bathing  blackberry and [...]

  • Could you survive with no electricity?

    Published On: August 21, 2024Categories: Prepping, Wellbeing

    I noticed that last week the energy companies warned us that there might be outages caused by solar storms.  I have also read about weapons that could be used in a war situations called EMPs [...]

  • Prepping frugally

    Published On: August 10, 2024Categories: Prepping, Saving money on food

    What is a prepper? A prepper is someone who prepares for the worst case scenarios and future catastrophes.  I am a bit of a prepper. That doesn't mean that I think that there will be [...]