By Lizzie Bennett You know the story, the weather forecast puts out a hurricane warning and the store shelves are empty within two hours, but hurricane preparedness is much more than stocking up on extra food. Hurricane Matthew is currently battering Haiti with 145mph winds,…
by Lizzie Bennett Not everyone is an experienced prepper. Even though I’ve been on the preparedness trail for about three years I still consider myself a newcomer, and most days I learn something new. This article is for those who like me, feel overwhelmed at…
by Lizzie Bennett Our homes, cars, offices and even dustbins are full of stuff that we barely give a second glance to. Many of those items are multi-purpose and can be used for prepping and/or in situations where our survival is challenged. Being able to…
by Lizzie Bennett Although once popular as a painkiller, most opium is now refined into heroin and sold illicitly for high prices in almost every city on the planet. All of this heroin started life as the gum gleaned from Papaver somniferous, the opium poppy….
by Lizzie Bennett Our garden is not huge, a good size by British standards but small by U.S. standards from what I can gather. If you do have a good-sized plot, regardless of where you are, read on, you may never need to buy firewood…
by Lizzie Bennett Numerous studies have shown that people who work night shifts over an extended period of time die sooner than their day-shift counterparts. What is even more apparent from studies is that night workers have a much higher incidence of illness, especially heart…
by Lizzie Bennett Okay, I am sure you all have a medical kit to be proud of, you’ve got all the bandages, the slings, the ointments and creams, but sometimes, just sometimes, the most mundane items can make life simpler, especially if you need to…
by Lizzie Bennett One day we are all going to have to return to simple, basic principles in order to survive. Looking towards the Third World, and the solutions employed by poorer nations can lead to solutions to the problems we will one day face. A…
by Lizzie Bennett The Cochrane Collaboration is a group of independent scientists and doctors who produce evidence based reports that are provided to healthcare decision makers around the world. They have come to the conclusion that Tamiflu and Relenza, the two drugs stockpiled for use…
By Lizzie Bennett [Editor: Now is a good time to prepare and reduce your reliance on grocery store foods if possible. Find your local farmer and market on these maps and get to know them.] The instability in Ukraine, and the annexation of Crimea has…
by Lizzie Bennett Yesterday I wrote an article that touched on my late grandparents. They lived in Devon, in a chocolate box cottage, thatched roof and stable doors that was built some 700 years before I was born. There was no electricity, no domestic gas or running…
by Lizzie Bennett As preppers we are far more aware of what’s going on around us than the population at large. We are rightly concerned about the future, and food security for the future occupies our minds on almost a daily basis. We know we…
by Lizzie Bennett At this point drought conditions are devastating crops and even causing shortages of drinking water in California. Texas has also recently experienced a crippling drought that killed tens of thousands of cattle who had no access to drinking water. There are things…
by Lizzie Bennett California is suffering drought conditions and the weather forecast indicates that this may continue for some time. It’s the worst drought in 40 years, and farmers are already warning of shrivelled crops and food price rises. With some reservoirs at only 20%…
By Lizzie Bennett Every winter we are bombarded by information about the cold and how to protect ourselves from it and from health issues associated with it. Wrap up warm, keep one room heated to a minimum 18°C, avoid hypothermia by…, eat and drink warm…
by Lizzie Bennett Clostridium difficile has been in the news for a few years and is one of the leading hospital acquired diseases. Unfortunately,it has escaped from hospitals and clinics and is making itself known in the community. C.diff as it is often referred to…
by Lizzie Bennett As far back as 1978 research on cinnamon proved that it had many health giving properties, including those of a natural antibiotic. Why then do we hear nothing about this? At a time when microbiologists across the globe are warning that we…
