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Confessions of a Bread Machine Convert

June 27, 2012 aptprepper Beginner prepping, Breadmaking, Self-Sufficiency, Sustainable living

This post is by Bernie Carr, apartmentprepper.com We eat a lot of bread at the Apartment Prepper household so one of the first “self sufficiency” skills I tried out was

Balcony Garden Struggles

June 11, 2012 aptprepper Balcony Garden, Beginner prepping, gardening in small spaces

This post is by Bernie Carr, apartmentprepper.com It’s not even summer yet and the balcony garden is showing signs of difficulty. The above photo shows the cilantro after a day

Does the Topsy Turvy Tomato Planter Work?

May 22, 2012 aptprepper Balcony Garden, Beginner prepping, Emergency Preparedness, gardening in small spaces

Planting season is in full swing in many areas so I thought I’d cover one of the more frequently asked questions I get about balcony gardens. The question is whether

Quick Emergency Prep Project: Build a Texting Tree

May 9, 2012 aptprepper Beginner prepping, Emergency Communications, Emergency Preparedness, Family Preparedness

This post is by Bernie Carr, apartmentprepper.com A few weeks ago, we posted a guest post on having a meeting place in times of emergency, which covered having multiple backup

Ten Fast Track Tips for the Single Apartment Prepper

February 24, 2012 aptprepper Apartment Living, Apartment Prepper, Apartment Prepping, Apartment Security, Beginner prepping, Emergency Preparedness, Uncategorized

While most of our articles discuss family preparedness, we’d like to offer tips for apartment dwellers who live by themselves and would like to get started in preparedness. Once you decide to prepare, don’t hesitate or feel intimidated, just do it.

What You Can Find at a Gun Show (Besides Guns)

February 9, 2012 aptprepper Beginner prepping, Emergency Preparedness

This post is by Bernie Carr, apartmentprepper.com Before we moved to Texas a few years ago, I had never been to a Gun Show. Now we go a couple of

The Fine Line between Redundancy and Clutter

November 2, 2011 aptprepper Apartment Living, Avoiding Waste, Beginner prepping, Emergency Preparedness

“Two is one and one is none” is a survival maxim that we picked up early on when we started finding out about preparedness. The saying applies to keeping a

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

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

When Reading Gets in the Way of Doing

August 26, 2011 aptprepper Beginner prepping, Emergency Preparedness, Organization

Years ago when I first got interested in frugality, a friend introduced me to the Tightwad Gazette books. They are great resources for anyone learning how to pinch pennies. I