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Making Your Own Natural Insect Repellant

Last week we wrote about natural ways to repel insects in order to keep your food stores safe – and to keep disease-carrying critters off of you and your pets, but you can also make your own insect repellent products from natural ingredients, which saves you money, is less toxic, and in certain situations can be an important survival skill.
Essential Oils
Essential oils are oils extracted from plants by distillation or cold press. Oregano, rosemary, citrus, lavender and eucalyptus are […]

March 28, 2014 By Wise Blog Team News disaster preparedness, emergency kit, emergency planning, emergency supply 0 Comments

How much food should I store for an emergency?

This is a question customers ask all the time and in light of the disasters of 2013, we’ve changed how we answer. As we mentioned last week, you’ll want to carefully determine your calorie needs as you make your emergency plan. The first step is to consider what kind of emergencies are most likely to happen in your area and what other kind of emergencies you want to prepare for. Current Red Cross guidelines advise people to store at […]

February 5, 2014 By Wise Blog Team Disaster Preparedness, Emergency Preparedness, Food Storage, Meal Planning disaster preparedness, emergency food, emergency kit, emergency planning, emergency preparation, emergency supply 0 Comments

Storing and Using Root Vegetables

The days of fresh summer fruits and vegetables are behind us yet again and it’s time to make friends with the root vegetable. Summer produce is tasty and decadent in a way that only fragile, temperamental things can be. Root vegetables, however, are dependable. They can last us through the winter with very little nurturing and with some creativity, you can go from slogging through another squash casserole to looking forward to it.
Storage
Storing root vegetables is easy. If you’re […]

October 3, 2013 By Wise Blog Team News disaster preparedness, emergency food, emergency meals, emergency planning, emergency preparation, emergency supply, flood preparation, food preparation, food preservation 0 Comments

Saving the Honeybee

Preppers talk a lot about gardening because the ultimate preparation is being self-sufficient, or mostly self-sufficient, in a way that lasts for generations. However, we’re never truly self-sufficient because we are always dependent on Earth’s systems. For example, we need it to rain, we need sunshine and we need worms to break down organic matter so soil builds up nutrients. We even need things that are hard to appreciate like spiders, vultures, snakes and sharks. And…bees.
By now you probably […]

September 4, 2013 By Wise Blog Team News, Urban Farming disaster preparedness, e, emergency food, emergency planning, emergency preparation, emergency supply, food preparation 0 Comments

Emergency Planning for Pets

If you live with furry friends it’s important to plan for their well being and safety in an emergency, too. Few of us will forget the images of pets struggling for survival in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The lesson was learned hard and fast, and animal welfare in an emergency took a quantum leap forward via legislation, public awareness, emergency services and owner preparedness.
Take some time to prepare for emergency scenarios befitting your geography. Every pet owner should […]

February 22, 2012 By Wise Blog Team Emergency Preparedness emergency supply, emergeny kit, evacuation preparation 0 Comments

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Making Your Own Natural Insect Repellant

How much food should I store for an emergency?

Storing and Using Root Vegetables

Saving the Honeybee

Emergency Planning for Pets