Tara Dodrill 
Hello Pack. I hope you all have had a great week of prepping. We can now see actual land and not big mounds of snow on 85 percent of our survival homestead! We are once again living on a mud farm – but I welcome the change from snow and ice. Our private farm road … Read more
Hello Pack, I hope you have all stayed warm during this miserable week of winter weather. As I write this column we are officially just 29 days away from spring – oh glorious spring! Staying warm and being grateful that we have a robust wood stove that keeps us that way was quite a blessing … Read more
Hello Pack. I hope none of you are snowed in – or if you are, are enjoying the heck out of being home, and away from the rest of the world for a while. I have completely lost track of how many inches of snow we have gotten this week. Other than plowing the driveway … Read more
Hello Pack. I hope you all have had a productive week of prepping and are keeping warm. There seemed no end to the snow for a week here in southern Ohio. It is supposed to hit 40 for the next few days – turning all of our snow and ice to mud, and giving us … Read more
Hello Pack. I hope everyone has had a good week of winter prepping. We have had a roller coaster weather ride, going from unseasonably warm, a couple of inches of snow – and yet more mud than ever before on our survival retreat. I am so sick of dealing with mud. As much as I … Read more
Hello Pack. I hope you all have stayed warm this week. We have had a constant ebb and flow of a little snow, freezing (Yeah – hard ground to walk upon!) and then mud – lots of mud. During the winter we do not do a lot of outdoor prepping because the wood and hay … Read more
Hello Pack. I hope you all had a productive week of prepping. While working social media to promote our Old School Survival Boot Camp event, I have been astonished to see the vast – really vast, number of new preppers joining online communities for the very first time. The number of folks across America who … Read more
Hello Pack. I saw one of those meme things on social media the other day that has summoned up how this week (and this year so far) is shaping up. It showed 2021 handing 2020 a bottle and saying “Hold me beer …” For those folks who might not be familiar with the phrase or … Read more
Happy New Year Pack! I hope you all have enjoyed putting 2020 to bed and welcomed the new year surrounded by loved ones. All of the holiday rushing around and family gatherings (yes, we ignored Governor DeWine’s order and celebrated Christmas as we normally would … to no ill consequences) are behind us now, allowing … Read more
Many preppers do not know that the prettiest crop they can grow in their garden is also capable of producing up to 200 pounds of food. Jerusalem artichokes are not your mainstream or traditional farm crop, but they should be in every survival garden. Jerusalem artichokes are not really an artichoke at all. These plants, … Read more