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...
Category - Survival & Disaster Preparation
Information on survival and disaster preparation (prepping), to help you plan for when the SHTF.
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...
Solar Cooking 101: Harnessing the Sun for Health, Wealth, and a Clean Environment
By Carolanne Wright Guest Writer for Wake Up World Cooking with the sun is not only eco-friendly, it also contributes to better tasting, more nutritious food. Preparing food in this way...
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...
5 Things You May Not Have Thought of When Planning for an Emergency
29th December 2012 By Gaye Levy Guest writer for Wake Up World One of the very first things I did when I adopted what I like to call the “Prepping Lifestyle” is...
The No Mess No Fuss Method of Making DIY Laundry Detergent
By Gaye Levy Guest writer for Wake Up World It seems as though the big news going around the prepping and DIY community is how to make your own laundry detergent. As a matter...
44 Really Cool Uses of Paracord for Survival
4th November 2012 By Gaye Levy Guest writer for Wake Up World My love affair with paracord continues. Not only is it strong and useful for a myriad of tasks, it...