The Harried Homemaker Preps

I DVRed the one hour special "Livin' For the Apocalypse" on TLC after reading about it on Survival Blog. Just as Rawles predic...

I just love the Publisher's Clearinghouse Prize Patrol. I never get those sweepstakes entries in the mail, and if I did, I probably woul...

This recipe couldn't be easier, and yet it is one of my family's favorite ways to eat vine-ripe tomatoes. My mom came up with this c...

In between accidents and trips to the hospital, I've been busy reading and making plans for our homestead. Can you guess what we're ...

It's the world's klutziest woman checking back in. :) I got a new accessory today - an arm sling.Turns out I separated my right sho...

I haven't posted in a while and you might be wondering if a stack of 5 gallon buckets of wheat fell on me or if I got stuck in my bunker...

Hubby Dear and I recently celebrated 13 years of wedded bliss. My in-laws provided us with babysitting so the Hubs and I enjoyed a kid-free ...

For 1 case of non-fat, non-instant dry milk (including shipping): March 2011: $78.92 June 2011: $95.05 August 2011: $107.17 That is...

First, allow me a little SHTF gardening pontification: Many preparedness-minded people have a pack of "survival seeds" socked awa...

July in Review: The Garden - July has been a tough month. Like much of the nation, we've been under the grip of a heatwave that just won...

Do you remember how expensive produce was last winter? ? Even in a normal year, I regularly have to pay between $2-3 per red bell pepper in ...

This is a recipe my mother-in-law makes frequently during the summer for family get-togethers. It's sweet, creamy, and has a nice zip fr...

I apologize for the formatting issues you may see on this and other recent posts. I'm having issues with Blogger working, period, much l...

Hubby Dear was on-call from 5 pm Friday until 7 am Monday. That meant that every person that showed up at our hospital with ailments large o...

Last month I bought 6 dozen Tattler reusable canning lids. I finally had a chance to put them to the test last week. The typical canning lid...

We've harvested over 15 pounds of green beans from our garden so far. Assuming the garden survives the next week (the highs are projec...

It's prime gardening season. The cucumbers are coming by the bucket-load, we're finally getting some tomatoes, and it's hot enou...

Like much of the nation, it has been darn hot around here the past few days. Day after day of 100 degree+ temperatures must have caused me t...

I just love babies! They're so tiny and sweet. Sure, they take up a lot of time. You've got to feed them and clean up after them a...

Before I got married to Hubby Dear, I went through my Mom's recipe collection and copied all her best recipes into a little cookbook of ...

Back when I was a child bride, Hubby Dear loved to indulge me by buying kitchen equipment that we could not afford. I've never been one ...