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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

Un-Neighborly Neighbors

May 7, 2011 aptprepper Apartment Living, Dealing with neighbors, Operational Security

Being in an apartment we’ve seen neighbors come and go, some good, some not so good, but you just learn to deal with it. A couple of new neighbors started

Testing Out Our Gear

March 23, 2011 aptprepper Apartment Living, Bugging Out, Survival Gear

It was the first weekend of spring and the weather was perfect to do something outdoors. So we took the opportunity to try out some of our gear, in case

Clearing out the Balcony Garden

March 4, 2011 aptprepper Apartment Living, gardening in small spaces, Self-Sufficiency

Last spring, I had a thriving balcony garden with tomatoes growing in the Topsy Turvy that I bought online “as Seen on TV.” I had hoped the contraption would last

Offsite Storage

February 22, 2011 aptprepper Apartment Living, Storage, Survival

One huge challenge to preparing in an apartment is the storage issue. What if there is absolutely no room left in the apartment for storage; after you have purged stuff

Are There Advantages for Apartment Preppers?

February 16, 2011 aptprepper Apartment Living, Emergency Preparedness, Survival

Now that I have been preparing for a few months, I am well aware of the disadvantages for us apartment dwellers in the big city: lack of space is a

Book Review: How to Live on Wheat 3rd Edition

February 13, 2011 aptprepper Apartment Living, Book Review, Food Storage, Self-Reliance, Self-Sufficiency, Survival Cookery

I received a reviewer’s copy of How to Live on Wheat, 3rd Edition by John Hill, which was released December 2010. I must admit I had not heard of this

Welcome UK and Canada Readers

February 2, 2011 aptprepper Apartment Living, Emergency Preparedness, Preparedness

Welcome new readers and subscribers! These last couple of days, there has been an influx of visits from the UK Preppers forum https://uk-preppers.co.uk/ When I started this blog, I was