Tara Dodrill

Hello Pack. I appreciate all of you who reached out to make sure me and mine were doing alright since there hadn’t been a column for a while. Although I did have a health issue that had me nearly sidelined for a few weeks, all is well. We are only going to do these columns … Read more

Hello Pack.Sorry this column was a bit late, I was not feeling well most of last week. I hope you had a productive week of prepping. The weather was nice here all weekend, so we got a lot done outside, but this week looks like we might be dealing with some more winter-like or at … Read more

Hello Pack. We are really enjoying this lovely spring-like weather here on our survival retreat. Rain will come soon, as will more cold patches and likely a bit of snow. But, for now, we are thrilled to be back outside and working our land again. All of the snow and ice melted and then we … Read more

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