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 [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]