Archive for the ‘Food’ Category

The outside oven

Saturday, November 13th, 2010

For those who have come to know me, I enjoy eating (as evidenced by the weight gain in the last few years!) In a previous post, I showed a cobb oven made from mud in the land down under. Now, I am going at an oven on my own property. It ...

Water – can we live without?

Saturday, October 23rd, 2010

This morning I had my irrigation come in for the back pasture. As I am sitting and watching my allotment flowign across the back field (ok, my yard), I started thinking about water storage. You are probably wondering about how water coming out of a 10 inch pipe could ...

Sunday is Cheese Day

Monday, September 6th, 2010

Yesterday at the fortress of survival (or my UrbansurvivalSecrets.com bunker as my neighbors call it), I worked on my cheese making skills. With my wifes questioning eye on me, the watched as I doped the milk, let the cultures do their magic, then coagulate and transform into a pot ...

WTF Dude – where have you been?

Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010

Hey Gang, Summer is almost over and I have been spending time with the young folks in the house teaching them survival skills in the mountains of Arizona. Then after that, we went to visit the land of fruits and nuts (Southern California) for some sadly needed R&R at the ...

Spring is here – Spring Gardening

Saturday, March 27th, 2010

Here at the Compound, spring is in the air. We were late starting the garden for food stores, no biggie. Weather has really been funky, so we rode it out. Typically, we plant in early March or Late Feb. With April coming up on us quickly, ...

Secret source for buying bulk staples

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

Good Evening Fellow Urban Survivalists, Today was a great day for me and I hope it was for you as well.  Have you ever noticed how your outlook changes when a really positive attitude is happening? Barring the Health Care Fiasco that the Liberals are pushing (Special Interest CRAP in my mind) ...

Three Storage Categories

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

Did you know there are three categories for your home storage?  These are: Basic Storage - has long term storage items like grains, water, toiletries Emergency Storage - has your items for your 72 hour kit Expanded Storage - these are items likes spices and herbs, baking soda and similar things with a ...

Getting Whole Wheat into your Diet

Sunday, August 30th, 2009

Looking for a way to make your Urban Survival experience better?  How about playing with your food?  This week - whole wheat.  Easy on the wallet and easy to cook with.  If you are allergic to wheat, do not bother reading this article - but send a link to your ...

Storage Time

Sunday, August 2nd, 2009

Time to run out this week and buy a few things for food storage (as a good urban survival listener who is into emergency planning!)  Here are my recommendations - should run around $10!: 5 lb bag of rice 5 lb bag o beans (your choice) 1 pound of salt. Now,  Another thing to ...

Beans in your Food Storage

Monday, August 25th, 2008

Some of you are thinking that what the heck, why is Chris talking about food an stuff - I wanna know about tools and tricks. Well, an army marches on its stomach. And food make surviving a heck of a lot better, especially if you are trying to ...