28th May 2013 By Gaye Levy Contributing Writer for Wake Up World One of the very first things I did when I first started prepping was to bolster my pantry with basic staples that could be...
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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.
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16 Food Storage Tips for the Space Challenged Prepper
23rd May 2013 By Gaye Levy Contributing Writer for Wake Up World One of the more common prepper challenges is finding room for stored food and water. Lucky you if you have a large home...
26 Five-Minute Prepping Projects
21st May 2013 By Gaye Levy Guest Writer for Wake Up World One of the excuses used for not prepping is that it takes a lot of time. True enough. Anything that you pursue with passion and...
Embracing Phytochemicals for Health and Survival
By Gaye Levy Guest Writer for Wake Up World In a survival situation, all of the gear in the world will be of no use if you do not have a sound mind and body. As far as the mind goes, you...
Growing, Grinding and Cooking Wheat
11th April 2013 By Gaye Levy Guest Writer for Wake Up World When I first started prepping, I was befuddled about wheat. I just simply did not understand why the heck anyone...
City Farming with Backyard Quail – An Alternative to Raising Chickens
By Gaye Levy Guest Writer for Wake Up World Back in September, I shared some information about raising livestock. Although it was a bit tongue in cheek, the serious...
12 Tips to Use It Up, Wear It Out and Make It Do
By Gaye Levy Contributing Writer for Wake Up World Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without! During the Great Depression, frugality was considered a virtue and the phrase...
28 Ways to Use Coffee Filters for Survival
By Gaye Levy Guest Writer for Wake Up World Coffee filters are ubiquitous. They are inexpensive, light weight and readily available. Heck, you can purchase coffee filters at the Dollar...
Crazy Simple Strategies for Building an Emergency Food Supply
13th February 2013 By Gaye Levy Guest Writer for Wake Up World These days, it seems as though everyone has something to say about emergency food and emergency food storage. ...
The 10 Commandments of Survival
7th February 2013 By Gaye Levy Guest Writer for Wake Up World These days, it is easy to go about our business of survival and preparedness without stopping to think about the rules...
DIY Cleaning: Dirt Cheap Soft Soap
By Gaye Levy Guest Writer for Wake Up World For a number of weeks I have been bragging about my homemade, almost free, DIY soft soap. Surprisingly, only a couple of readers had called me...
70 Things That Can and Will Go Wrong in a Disaster
5th January 2013 By Gaye Levy Guest Writer for Wake Up World As hip as it may sound to talk about zombies, the end if the world and a doomsday apocalypse, the reality is that a...