Answering Questions….How Much will This Cost and How can I pay for It?

I decided to begin with this questions because if there is no money there is no food storage. With all of us on much more limited budget right now we must be creative in our approach to stocking our General Stores. Following are a few ideas: 1. For homework I asked you to get a notebook and record every penny you spend this week. I think you will be surprised what you spend. I know it is a holiday week so...

Your General Store …Lesson One: Food Storage 101

Join me Tuesday night for READY OR NOT 9:00pm Eastern and 6:00pm Pacific. I have been watching your comments on Glenn Beck’s website and I will be answering your questions. Please call in with more questions and please pass the word to your friends Do you wish you had a General Store in your home stocked like the one in the picture? You can and together we will make it happen. It’s time to begin...

Our General Store…Fruit and Mouse Traps..Tonight’s Show, Earthquake in Haiti

The colder weather is about to hit and that means an increase in home invasions by the rodents and insects trying to get out of the wet and cold. It’s a good time to stock up on mouse traps in your General Store. We have already stored insect sprays so you should be prepared with that but if you missed that week it may be time to go back to breakfast for dinner to free up money and stock up on all...

Food Prices set to Skyrocket?…Famine in the Future?…Tips #23-26

Food security is defined by the United Nations as having enough food on to feed a country’s population. The United Nations estimates the need for food will more than double over the next 50 years. Their scientists believe the only way to avoid wide spread famine is to re-invest in agriculture and in agricultural practices. Many of you who have been following Totally Ready for a while know the opposite...

Our General Store…Vinegar, Latex GLoves and Veggies

We have been focusing for awhile now on preparing to live without power. WE have had natural disasters to stay on top of and the usual posts, such as Tips of the Week and Money Saving Tips have been absent. I felt it was important to focus on threats to the poser grid as it is expensive to prepare for outages. Dutch ovens, water purifiers and generators all take a big chunk out of the budget so I felt giving...