The Prep for Today Podcast

Anyone that’s looking to keep a keen eye on their personal finances are in for a real treat with this episode. If you are like me you spend a fair amount of time logging into various websites to monitor and track your financial assets and accounts. If you have ever longed for a centralized tool … Continue reading The post PFT009: What is Personal Capital and Why I Love It! first appeared on The Prep For Today Podcast.

Today we’ll expand on the basics of Scrum- a flavor of Agile project management and how it can help us achieve more in less time. Not restricted to our personal preparedness needs- – use individually – Immediate family (household), or extended family (family or community) – Business continuity and disaster preparedness Scrum Theory- founded on … Continue reading The post PFT008: An Agile Approach to Prepping first appeared on The Prep For Today Podcast.

Project Based Prepping Today we’ll go over a couple of the most common project management methodologies and what is probably the most common approach used for prepping. The most common? Shotgun approach- Chaos- first to mind, first to action, think of it-do it, let opportunity fly Good approach, but risky Potentially shortsighted- hasty decisions … Continue reading The post PFT 007: ProjectBasedPrepping first appeared on The Prep For Today Podcast.

Building Your Own Home Seed Bank- In this episode we discuss the value and benefits of having own seed bank and why it’s advantageous to store your own veggie and flower seeds. Points covered include: Why bother saving seeds? Convenience Ensuring availability Opportunity to share/trade Getting started- Where do you get your seeds? Self-harvested Retail … Continue reading The post PFT 006: Home Garden Seed Bank first appeared on The Prep For Today Podcast.

12 Important numbers to keep in your cellphone, car, or little black book In any emergency time will be of the essence, especially when you need to reach one of these people. In this episode we review twelve numbers your will want to be sure to keep handy. 1.) local police non-emergency number 2.) … Continue reading The post PFT 005: 12 Important Phone Numbers to Program in Your Cell Phone first appeared on The Prep For Today Podcast.

PrepForToday Ep4 Today we will review the benefits of and how to create your very own salad green containers. Not only are they quick and easy to assemble, they make a great prep as a food production system and provide a steady supply of fresh greens at a fraction of the cost of those store … Continue reading The post PFT004: Growing Salad Greens in Containers first appeared on The Prep For Today Podcast.

In this episode I review our 2008 power outage, how we managed, and why we chose our current backup solution for our current house. The post PFT 003: Household Power Backup Options first appeared on The Prep For Today Podcast.

5 Things to Look For When Choosing An Emergency Weather Radio It seems like every time we turn around there’s a new stream of weather emergencies unfolding. It doesn’t matter where you live in the world Mother Nature is always working hard to keep it interesting. To help us be more prepared for these often … Continue reading The post PFT 002: Life Saving Emergency Weather Radios first appeared on The Prep For Today Podcast.

Episode 1- Introduction This introductory episode of the PrepForToday podcast provides some objectives for the podcast and a brief introduction of myself. The primary objective for this blog and podcast is to deliver valuable information and resources that can help you better prepare for many of life’s emergencies. Life’s emergencies come in all shapes, … Continue reading The post PFT 001: Introduction first appeared on The Prep For Today Podcast.