The Prepper's Daily

144 zucchini recipes, because let’s face it, zucchini is probably the most prolific summer vegetable in the garden. Do you have zucchini coming out your ears? Yeah, me too. It seems most families have one or two ways they cook zucchini and that’s about it. My...

  Don’t panic. With a little “belt tightening” and a realistic plan, you will make it through this… Being laid off, underemployed or just watching your paycheck buy less and less at the store has become a reality in most homes. As businesses are downsizing, more...

Alcohol and Breast Cancer – did I really say those two things together in the same sentence? Yes, I did. Let me set the stage for you. It’s 5:00 p.m. and I’m making some chicken for dinner. I haven’t been watching the clock, not exactly, but I’m happy to see...

  Ripe and unripe Kousa Dogwood fruit.  Cornus kousa: A Dog-gone-good Dogwood The Kousa Dogwood is one of those plants that makes you ask: What is it? Kousa dropping fruit in Boone North Carolina. Its large, bumpy, red fruit looks like a raspberry on steroids. Very eye catching and...

I’ll admit the name “chokecherry” doesn’t exactly get your mouth watering.  Anything with “choke” in the name sounds like trouble.  The other common names bitter berry and bird cherry aren’t any more appetizing, but chokecherries are not only edible, they’re delicious.  The berries can be a bit...

  Here you can see the ditch going around the tent. It has been raining hard on and off for the last several days. This resulted in a discussion about sleeping dry while camping in the rain. It’s surprising how little even experienced campers know about...