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The Emergency Cash Stash

October 23, 2011 aptprepper Apartment Living, Family Preparedness, Financial Preparedness

This post is by Bernie Carr, apartmentprepper.com We were going over the budget not too long ago and trying to find yet more ways to cut back on expenses. At

Revisiting the Balcony Garden

October 17, 2011 aptprepper Apartment Living, Beginner prepping, gardening in small spaces

I posted a while back my balcony garden did not fare so well in the intense heat we had the last several months. Now that the fall weather is finally

Can You Rely on Your Neighbors?

October 4, 2011 aptprepper Apartment Living, Preparedness, Preparedness Mindset

I am currently in the middle of reading Lights Out about how some families and their neighborhood cope with the aftermath of an EMP attack. I’ll save the main discussion

Worse than No TV!

September 15, 2011 aptprepper Apartment Living

The past week has been tougher on me than last week, our TV free week. Because this week we had no internet. The broadband install did not occur as planned, leaving

Mainstay Energy Bars Product Review

September 1, 2011 aptprepper Apartment Living, Beginner prepping, Emergency Food Storage, Emergency Preparedness, Product Review, Storage, Survival Gear

By: Clay Good day fellow preppers. Bernie has been so gracious to allow me to post reviews on products and ideas to help fellow apartment preppers. I myself live in

Storage Food Taste Test: Tuna Steaks in a Pouch

July 11, 2011 aptprepper Apartment Living, Food Storage

This post is by Bernie Carr, apartmentprepper.com I found this item that stores fairly well and does not take up a lot of room: tuna steaks in a pouch. It

A Casualty of the Drought

July 9, 2011 aptprepper Apartment Living, Emergency Preparedness, gardening in small spaces

I was full of hope when I started the balcony garden in the early spring. I had started growing herbs, tomatoes, peppers and zucchini, mostly from seed. After last year’s

Danger in Unexpected Places – Wasps!

June 12, 2011 aptprepper Apartment Living, First Aid, First Aid supplies

Early this morning Apt Prepper Son went to throw out the trash. There is a designated trash dumpster a few paces away from our unit. I saw him throw the

Backup Cooking Methods

June 8, 2011 aptprepper Apartment Living, Hurricane season, Power failure, Survival Gear

Part of hurricane preparedness is having backups for cooking methods in the event of an extended power failure. During our last major hurricane, Hurricane Ike, some of my colleagues did

Gardening and Kids

May 18, 2011 aptprepper Apartment Living, gardening in small spaces

My grandmother got me interested in gardening at a very young age. She grew a flower garden in front of their house, along with several fruit trees out in the