By Gaye Levy Contributing Writer for Wake Up World There is something simply enchanting about the herb rosemary. Perhaps it is the the aromatic woodsy fragrance and the simple beauty of...
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Gaye Levy lives and teaches the principles of a sustainable, self-reliant and stylish lifestyle through her website at BackdoorSurvival.com, an online preparedness and ‘survival’ blog that provides lifestyle tools, tips and thoughts to guide you through the back door of life in the 21st century. With an emphasis on prepping for the worse while working toward the best, she writes about and shares practical, thoughtful and inspirational tools for survival in uncertain times.
Connect with Gaye at BackdoorSurvival.com and Facebook.com/theSurvivalWoman
20 Tips for Creating a Pet Preparedness Plan
By Gaye Levy Contributing Writer for Wake Up World Anyone who has been reading my posts for a while knows that my little four legged friend, Tucker The Dog, is an important part of my family...
15 Alternative Uses For Honey
By Gaye Levy Contributing Writer for Wake Up World When you think of honey, my guess is that you think happy things. Honey bees, sunshine and smiles – these are all things that come to mind...
Survival Basics: 15 Ways to Conserve Water
2nd September 2013 By Gaye Levy Contributing Writer for Wake Up World It is my belief that preparedness is a lifestyle and to that end, we need to be proactive and embrace good...
The Miracle of Lavender Oil: 25 Amazing Uses for Survival
By Gaye Levy Contributing Writer for Wake Up World When it comes to essential oils, you will find that everyone has their favorites. There are so many to choose from that...
39 Ten-Minute Prepping Tips from “Backdoor Survival” Readers
16th August 2013 By Gaye Levy Contributing Writer for Wake Up World People often ask where my ideas and where my knowledge comes from. When that happens, I chuckle a bit to myself...
Vermiculture: How To Build A Worm Bin the Cheap and Easy Way
By Gaye Levy Contributing Writer for Wake Up World A couple of weeks ago I wrote about using worms to create compost. The official term for this is “Vermicomposting”...
Spices for the Survival Pantry
11th July 2013 By Gaye Levy Contributing Writer for Wake Up World A commonly used idiom, “variety is the spice of life”, is used to mean that life is more...
21 Home Remedies for a Toothache Emergency
By Gaye Levy Contributing Writer for Wake Up World Most of us have made some provision for first aid care in the event of a disaster or other emergency. But how many of us have prepared...
Water: the Most Important Survival Basic
22nd June 2013 By Gaye Levy Contributing Writer for Wake Up World A frequent theme in the preparedness community is the importance of water. Where to find it, how to store it, how to...
7 Last Minute Prepping Items
6th June 2013 By Gaye Levy Contributing Writer for Wake Up World Every single one of us has been in a situation where the weather forecasters and civil authorities have warned of an...
The Miracle of Tea Tree Oil: 80 Amazing Uses for Survival
By Gaye Levy Contributing Writer for Wake Up World Essential oils have been used for healing and medicinal purposes for centuries and most certainly long before we had pills, capsules and...
