By Gaye Levy Guest writer for Wake Up World I have always claimed – and not altogether jokingly – that you could build a house with Elmer’s glue and Duct Tape...
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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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Creating a Healing Garden – 9 Healing Herbs You Can Grow Yourself
By Gaye Levy Guest writer for Wake Up World Herbs have been used for centuries to soothe and to heal. According to Wikipedia: Herbs have long been used as the basis of...
How to Prepare Your Home and Your Family for a Wildfire
17th June 2012 By Gaye Levy Guest writer for Wake Up World Last month the news of wildfires in Michigan, New Mexico and elsewhere sent a wake up call to those who live in fire...
Busting the Myth: There are No Happy Cows
2nd June 2012 By Gaye Levy Guest writer for Wake Up World Over the course of the past few months, I have spent a good deal of time reflecting on my mostly healthy diet, my...
The Miracle of Cloves and Clove Oil
By Gaye Levy Guest writer for Wake Up World Here’s the deal. It’s the weekend (or, like me, you are on vacation in the middle of the ocean) and your tooth...
Antibiotics in the Animals We Eat
15th May 2012 By Bonnie M. Marshall and Stuart B. Levy the-scientist.com Low-dose antibiotics in animal feed fuel drug-resistance in human infectious diseases. For as many decades as antibiotic...
What are Antioxidants and Why Should the Prepper Care?
12th May 2012 By Gaye Levy Guest writer for Wake Up World Buddha (c. 563 BC to 483 BC) is credited with saying: “To keep the body in good health is a duty, otherwise we shall...
When It All Gets Too Much – Eight Tips for Coping During Stressful Times
By Gaye Levy Guest writer for Wake Up World Has it ever happened to you? You put your hands to your head, press hard, and think “it is all too much!” I...
Back to the Basics: Water for Survival
14th April 2012 By Gaye Levy Guest writer for Wake Up World When I first started Backdoor Survival, my focus was on gathering the basics: food, water shelter and fire. Of course...
Food Storage Part III: Food Grade Buckets, Lids and Gamma Seals
30th March 2012 By Gaye Levy Guest writer for Wake Up World. Are your ready for our next lesson in long term food storage? The topic today is buckets, lids and gamma seals. Say what...
Food Storage Part II: Unraveling the Mystique of Mylar Bags
17th March 2012 By Gaye Levy Guest writer for Wake Up World. Part 1 can be read here Today I would like to help unravel the mystique of the Mylar bag. As with the ubiquitous oxygen absorber...
Food Storage Part 1 – A Primer on Oxygen Absorbers
11th March 2012 By Gaye Levy Guest writer for Wake Up World Oxygen absorbers. You have heard about them and if you have done even the most basic research into long term food storage, you know that...