The Prepper Broadcasting Network - WOMEN'S WEDNESDAY: Women of Prepping Roundtable with Jordan

Episode Date: March 4, 2026

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Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, it is another Saturday night of a family affair. Yes, I am on almost an hour early. And you have to think that, ma'am, there might be a NATO coming. All right, as you heard in the background, the reason why we are going on early is because of the severe weather. A tornado actually hit Jonesboro, Arkansas. There's been sail formation in Monticello, Arkansas, which is actually in a direct slide line towards us. So I would like to actually have the show without being blown out in the middle of it. So tonight is the show I've been looking forward to for a while now,

and it is the Women of Preping Roundtable. You've got that right, the Women of Preping. I have with me just a few of the ladies who could make it. I have Miss Gray, Volcano, Kellogg, as well as Miss Jen. Did I leave anybody else out? No. Yourself? There's some myself, yes. Ms. Melinda Lee couldn't make it,

and neither could Miss Krista. But we all understand. So Ms. Melinda Lee actually sent me some of the questions, answers to the question I'm going to ask. But each of you, ladies, it's so great to have you. Thank you so much. We'll start with Ms. Kellogg. Is there anything you'd like to tell everybody

before we get into it a little bit about yourself, maybe? Who you are. Maybe they should know that you are the woman behind the man on his show. Yeah. My son, Ryan, is the one that does the next generation with my wonderful grandson, Colin. And we've, other than Ryan being involved in prepping for quite a few years now, that's really been my exposure to it. And one thing that I realized is I have naturally done it,

but not to the extent that he has just trying to be a single mom for five years and then remarrying and having twins and basically four kids in the house, you know, counting the husband. So it has honed my skills on planning and trying to be prepared for things that are coming down the road. No, and that's awesome. Miss Volcano. Okay. It just came off mute. Not much to really to say about myself until we sort of get into the questions. I've been hanging around proper broadcasting for a while, so I'm sort of one of the background people that suggest things on chat every now and then.

Well, we've had you on before for a group chat. Yeah, I had me on once when we did the food chat. chat. And then Miss Jen? I'm just the one with lots of kids. If anyone's been in chat, she's a mom of AIDS. God

bless. And then of course, last but not least, Miss Gray. I'm the silent one of the I'm the silent partner of Emma Gray, who's always the one that's in the chat room. Right? He's

the chaty one at the two of y'all, right? but you're the brains. Yes, that is correct, right. No, you may visit, are you? This is, we want men to come into the chat room and learn something, but this is going to be a women talking. So the reason why I brought this show together is because we as women have always been a big part, if not the head part, not taking anything away from you men, of our families.

We are mothers, we are daughters, we are sisters and grandmothers and aunts. And we, some of us have children, some of us don't, you know, but we've gone through a lifestyle. Even in ancient times, women have played some of the most pivotal roles to a tribe or a community. So why should that stop in modern times? You know, even in the 60s, women were the main part of the household. They took care of everything. And in today's times, I myself work all day, come home, take care of the kids, not saying that my husband doesn't, but y'all know what I mean. And I try to tend to the garden and tend to the chickens.

And we don't sell, we tend to sell ourselves short for as much as that we actually do. So I bring these ladies here because I want you to see that all of us, even though we are very different and from very different walks of life, we all have our simulations. of being preppers and being preppers doesn't limit us to to just one thing so with our first question uh miss uh miss megris miss miss miss grace sorry hon well i ask you is what got you into prepping and what was that moment that actually made it real for you um prep prep prepping has been a part of my life since i was a child um i grew up with grandparents that went on both sides of the family that were, had gone through the Depression era and also during the wartime. So being prepared was just a part of my life growing up.

I was usually in the garden with one of my grandparents and usually on the back end of the canter with my grandmothers when the harvest came in from the garden. So prepping has been a big part of my life since I was a child. My grandmother, my maternal grandmother, was also a boarding house cook. So I learned a lot of my cooking and food preparation from she and my mother. And a lot of it was homemade meals. Fast forward a little bit to my married life, and me, Gray, and I went through Y2K. In that process, we were purchasing a house during that time, and we were getting ready to move,

and shortly thereafter, 9-11 happened. So that prepping mindset came to the forefront again, and we started doing a little bit more light prepping at that point. Fast forward a few more years and our daughter was born. And we noticed as she's been growing up, a lot more things had started to happen, things with like natural disasters, man-made disasters. We've now had this global uptick in disease. And at that time, Me Gray decides to read the book, One Second, and after. And that's when our full prepping started to begin. I noticed that he was starting to

uptick things that were coming into the house, doing a lot of research behind preparedness and really what we needed to have within our home and within our surroundings. So that's kind of where we are right now and where I am. at the moment. No, I think that's great. Jen, what got you started? Or where did it take foot for you, take root for you? I was trying to think. We've always been, like, in the fall, you start preparing for winter and blizzard. Because sometimes we can't leave the farm because there's so much snow.

But a couple of years ago, it got, like, really super bad out here, and we were stuck. and I was glad that I had done enough shopping and making lists and preparing so that we didn't have to worry about it. No, I think that's great. You know, it always even starts with even something little and that can make a big difference. Ms. Kellogg, where did you find? Well, I think you kind of interested in your introduction, but definitely go into what really got it for you and what made it real. well i i too had a fabulous grandmother who had been through the depression and two world wars and um she instilled in me a lot of the just basic preparedness and then um when i became a single

mother, you know, there was no such thing that was going to happen as far as child support. So I was really more focused on having been through a really ugly marriage, trying to make sure that I had a fallback plan in case something happened. And I have generally tried to keep, you know, a month's worth of food in the house. and try and make sure I'm planning ahead. I was in our oldest boy and his wife met in the Navy, and they lived in Norfolk for quite a while. And I happened to be back there during a hurricane.

And I was the one that was saying, do you have this? Do you have this? Are you ready to go? Where's the go back? My, chill, it's okay. But, you know, there was two little babies and a hurricane bearing down on us. I wanted to make sure that they really did have everything that they needed to have to get out of Dodge as quickly as possible. And as I said, Ryan had about eight or nine years ago, he started getting to prepping and making sure that there were things available.

they have to evacuate quickly and things like that. And so my prepping is more of a subtle. It's more or less something that I have just tried to do as I've gone through life, making sure that I have a plan B and C and not just expect everything to be fine just because I think it will be because I know that's not the case. I have to make sure that my family's taking care of first and foremost, and that has really been my focus for years, you know. No, I think that's great. Sam, are you in here now?

I am so sorry about that. It's gotten crazy. Yeah, I'm here. I didn't see that we were alive or anything, so I just thought it was not happening for a little while here. Oh, no, no, I sent out an email. I'm so sorry about that. So I'm asking all the ladies and ask you as well is what, let me score back up here. What got you into prepping and what was that moment that it made it real for you?

I always kind of prepped because of my dad and stuff being a non-veteran and such. We lived out where we just had to have things, be prepared for bad weather and such. but I guess really didn't get serious about it until Matt and I moved into a tent and then a camper and build a house. And we didn't have any indoor plumbing. We didn't have any, we were pretty broke. We just did a few hundred dollars at a time. We had to just find things to do when we didn't have money to continue working on the house or we were waiting on a building inspector, that kind of thing.

No, I think that's great. You know, it's funny how for a lot of us it was more or less understood. from family members, but also the realization. So Melinda Lee couldn't make it to the live show tonight because of work, but she is in the chat room, but she answered the first question is, I've always been interested in gardening because my mother, my grandmother, and my mother and grandmother loved garden. After college, I bought a house and only had time to plant a few tomatoes,

peppers, and cucumbers, and herbs. I secured a full-time position at a local school district in which I had summers off. So with the summers off, I decided to apply for a part-time park ranger position. I was hired and was so lucky to work at a park with a living historical farm in it. That is when I fell in love with the old-time homesteading skills and later met preppers that begin my prep and during. That event made it real for me was in 2007 when the house and market collapsed. So each of us have had our start. And see, this is where I want our listeners to understand is this is,

where I want you to see that everyone began somewhere. We have people who live on East Coast, West Coast, up north, down south. It does not stop us from being able to do our own line. All right. Did I miss anybody? I think I went through all my checks. Well, I'm kind of feeling neglected now. Oh, Moana, I'm so sorry, Wohana.

I don't know why I put a check next to your name. Go ahead and tell us. I'm so sorry. That's okay. So mine's a little different. My dad was in the military. And about just before we were posted to P.E.I. My parents got interested in preservation because I guess the economy back then wasn't that great.

From there, when we moved to P.E.I. Just so happened that every program that was talking about preservation, was said pretty much at the end, go see the Church of Jesus Christ, the Latter-day Saints. So they did, and the people there were missionaries actually going through what was called a food storage mission, where they went and they taught all of the local chapels how to do food storage.

And so from there, we've always been into food storage, and you hear how various families survived on food storage, storage for quite some time because of job loss or something else. So it was always prudent to have or try to do a year's worth of food storage. Now, how I got into prepping, and I'm sure this is going to horrify everyone, is I stumbled across a certain show called Dune's Day Preppers. And so from there, it's like, oh, there is more to this than food storage. There is learning skills and everything else. And from there, I stumbled into Prepper Broadcasting.

Well, I'm glad that you found something good out of that terrible show. I'm sorry. Oh, look, we have another gray in the chat. Bro gray. All right. Sorry, we're just bringing the whole family. All right. So for our listeners, so we know, there probably will not be a commercial break with tonight with as much content and as many people as we have. Also, I'd like to try to beat the storm. So if we have commercials, it may be at the very end. All right.

So question two is, do you find there are more or any particular challenges with being a female prepper? Volcano, we'll just start with you first so you don't feel left out. Well, it sort of depends how you come out of. As I said, for us, I started on the food storage side. That's always sort of female-oriented. And since I've always done that, I'm also in my family now. I earn money. I do my budget, so I have no problems getting stuff for food storage.

It's getting stuff for toys like that Harvest Wright freeze dryer, which I've been eyeing for years, that still has to happen. But particular challenges, I think it's easy to get slotted into the homemaking side and not as much into, say, the wilderness survival, which I admit I'm horrible at, and various other sources. so I think it's easy to get siloed if you're not careful. Wow, no, I agree. Let me pull up. See, I'm making sure I'm checking at each night. Kellogg, what did you find? Oh, what on, well, same question to you.

If you need me to repeat it, let me pull it back. Did you find that there are more or any particular challenges in being a female prepper? Well, you know, along what to Volcanoes. I was saying because my husband and I have always taken the boys backpacking and we've gone hunting forever we've already instilled in the boys' basic survival skills but I find it very odd when I'm talking to people

and they just turn four shades of reds, read when I say I've been fishing or hunting or I know what's going on. And we backpacked into the Uintas there in Utah all the time. We had all four of the boys backpacking by the time they were four and teaching them basic survival skills. And I think that's where Ryan gets a lot of that from, his brothers in the Marines. So he went through survival school. And the oldest boy, like I said, all four of them were backpacking by the time they were four.

So we were trying to teach them different things about basic survival, what you do and hunting skills and camping and things like that. But when I talked to men and or women, very few of them, they kind of blanche when I say, oh, well, I've been hunting. and all this. It's like, you know, get over it. I had, you know, I've been laid off so many times it isn't even funny just because of the economy. And one winter, we had to rely on the meat that we brought in. And we were fortunate to get too deer that year.

So, yeah, I don't really care. I'm more concerned about taking care of what needs to happen and being prepared down the road knowing that. that were taken care of. But it was something that I've tried to teach the boys, you know, animal signs and all sorts of things. We've always done that kind of stuff. No, I think that's great.

I think it's just people's point of view and perspective, especially if they're from the city, and I've lived in large cities, but they just kind of look at you, you're insane and that's not the case so right yeah and see unfortunately well down here in the south it's not uncommon to see women prepping but they usually squirm when they find out i butcher animals so it's it's it's i get exactly what you're saying or the city folk yeah the city folk tend to to be squeamish at the thought of getting physically or dirty in any way oh yeah it's it's like

oh my god i can't do that oh i know you know it's a lot and you see you you show that you are very much a strong, independent woman who look, look at what you've produced, two very independent and two very strong young men. Or I say young men, too strong grown men. Yeah.

Well, and the thing is that it's kind of funny. Our oldest boy, after they had their first one, his wife is on maternity leave, and then she had to show up for roll call, and she had been promoted while she was on maternity leave. And so he was frantically sewing her crows on her sleeves. And she came out, she goes, Mom, he knows how to sew.

I said, all three of them know how to sew. They know how to cook, and they know how to do laundry. And just kind of, what? Yeah. I wasn't going to turn them loose on the world without having basic skills. I think that's great. Jen, you are a mother of many children, as you said. What do you find that there are more, any particular challenges for being a female prepper?

I know children are a big one, but what, what for you have you found the biggest challenge? For the most part, just feeling like I'm alone. The prepper groups around me are 100% men. and trying to get into one of those is impossible. So I went to Google and just started Googling for like places outside of my local area to try and find anybody who wasn't a man, which is how I found in the end. Well, we're great to have you.

There are a lot of women here, and you'd be surprised that how many listeners who are not in the chat room are actually women. Right. There's a lot of us out there. We're just in the closet, kind of, or just feel like we're alone. Right. No, and you're not alone.

I promise you. It took me a long time to find that, though. Well, we're glad to have you and we're glad to have you into the group because it's wonderful when you finally break that barrier and then you're able to find other people just like you. It's been great. I've been in a much better mood since I found it last year. I'm glad we can help it.

Sam, what challenges have you found or anything in particular being a female prepper? I see what you said about butchering and stuff. Like, you know, it comes from men and women. Women are always like, oh, I can't do that to my pet. And then sometimes even, like, really tough, like, dudes that are tactical or they're think they are. They come up. I've tried to show them, like, how to butcher, and they're like, you know, they see me put my hand up in a chicken carcass that after we've done the whole process, and they're like, what, really? You could just stick your head up there. It's like, what? You never

cooked a chicken? Like, I don't, it's funny, like, purely, or they look at you like you're this barbarian that, well, like, man, women, look at you like, you're some type of barbarian because You're just like, what, it's food, you know? Yeah, I raised the animal was born on my arm. Raise it up. And, yes, you eat it. And it's just like, if you can't do that, then you probably shouldn't eat meat. I mean, or if you can't handle somebody else doing it, don't eat meat.

That's why I feel like saying. No, I understand. It is a challenge in its own. Miss Gray, what do you find, do you find that there are more any particular challenges yourself being a female prepper? I have similar challenges to what Mrs. Kellogg had as far as I live in a very liberal soccer mom community. So, yeah, having a bit more conservative mindset and outlook on life is not always something that people gravitate to in my community. So trying to get past that mindset and find other women and other men in the community that are also preppers has been a bit difficult. So it's the whole non-preper cluelessness.

You know, why are you doing this? And when people find out that, yeah, I do hunt and fish and I do forage for food, and I teach myself all of these other skills, and they look at you strangely, and not a lot of questions are asked. It makes it difficult to find other people in the community that are like-minded and want to share ideas with one another. No, absolutely. And I actually directed the same. I've directed all these questions I'm asking you ladies to Melinda Lee since she couldn't make it. And she said, yes, there are more challenges to being a female prepper.

And especially a single female prepper. I have met men who discount a woman's ability to prep and learn prepping in survival skills. And the early 2000, Central Ohio did not have any prepping or homesteading groups. And there was no businesses that taught the skills I wanted to learn. It was difficult time to be in a prepper or homesteader. You know, I have to agree with all of you ladies. It's like you said, I maybe know three female preppers here locally. I take that back four.

But it's still a majority of the males I do know are very open about it. Most of the females are quite quiet about it because they don't want to draw attention to them both being female because females tend to be targets and that they prep. So it's in its own, it is a challenge just being a woman and being a prepper. All right, let me see. I was looking at the chat real quick. It seems to be rolling. So my third question is what would you say to those lady preppers out there who aren't certain?

Or what would you say to those female preppers who are interested in prepping but don't know where to start? Jen, I'm going to actually throw you on the first one since you kind of answered that a little bit in when you, in your last question. Thanks. Google is, I wrote down the answer to a couple of these. So I just went to Google and Googled ways to prep or something like that. And I found page after page after page of lists and I printed, I probably printed 50 lists to use. So then I just, whatever I could buy at the store for whatever week, I would just check off. so I knew I had it.

And then I just keep, you know, I kept going. I kept going. And eventually, like I said before, on Google, you find your group that you are looking for and you can fit into. So we're out there. You just have to keep looking. Right. We're not unfindable. All right.

Ms. Volcano, would you have any suggestions or advice? Well, when you said this question, you said, what would you say to those lady preppers out there who aren't certain? I'm actually going to take this a slightly different way. I'll include the men as well in this, in that, to me, trepping makes sense. Take a look at where we are now. these questions came out before everyone started self-isolating and things like that.

And think about, for those of you who are not preppers, how you would feel if you already had stuff at home, if you already had thought of this and had a plan. So to me, prepping in some ways is a way of life. and it just makes sense because you are responsible for you it is up to you to take care of yourself and how whatever manner it is should the government come in

and help you're still going to be better off with you taking care of yourself but should the government come in and help they're going to be too late anyway in the time of a crisis if you can plan ahead and figure out

what it is that you want to do and react in that crisis, you'll be far better off than being blind and panicked. If you've thought about it ahead of time, you're less likely to panic in the first place. So if we're starting, here's a good place to start. We have shows pretty much every day of the week, except for Sunday right now. Listen to the shows.

they'll give you ideas. The hosts have references for all sorts of things. Start there, find an interest, work on your interest, then find another interest and continue on. Prepper Broadcasting isn't the only place. There are several other places that have information. But start and listen, figure out what fits into your talents and interests, and continue.

And now I will get off my soapbox. No, it's a fine soapbox. Just fine, I promise. All right. Ms. Gray, I'm so sorry, honey. I'm so used to seeing him in the chat room. Of course, he's such a celebrity. Right. What would you say to those lady preppers out there who aren't certain or are interested but don't know where to start? I say, first of all, welcome to the sisterhood. Right. Yeah, really. Welcome.

finally, you know, I'm glad you finally have the mindset that that preparedness is important. First and foremost, for me, it's starting out small, finding a topic that you are really drawn to or that you'd really like to give more attention to as far as being prepared, and then integrate that into your everyday life. So for me, a lot of it is just I love being in the garden. I've always loved being in the garden. I think I just have this intrinsicness to the earth, and I love getting my hands dirty. So planting and harvesting food is very important to me.

So gardening is my start point. and if somebody can start with just having a small garden and they're getting some crop off of that, there's a first step. Maybe the next step is going to be, okay, what do I do with that food that I've now gotten? What are some ways that I can start researching and looking into and getting into groups that might be doing canning and preserving foods? And how can I do that by myself or how can I do that? do that with my family. And one of the big things that I try and tell people or advice that I would

give people is every day, ask yourself, what is one thing that you've done today to prepare yourself and your family? Every day, I ask myself that. So really, it's starting out small with just one particular area that you really are interested in and just researching it and ask asking a lot of questions. No, absolutely. As your husband said in chat, gardening is the prepping gateway drug. Very, very true on many levels.

So, Sam, what advice would you give? Or what would you say to those women who aren't certain? Mostly just to start small. A lot of people think they need to spend a fortune all at once just every time you have an extra $5 or $10 to store or buy something. when you're broke, just practice skills. A lot of those skills will save you money, which you can put towards prep. Also, you know, get outside your comfort zone.

Wow, I do think it's good for women to get started. If they're more comfortable around other women or in groups, that's great. But we also have to learn how to work with men and have kind of a thick skin. I see some, you know, outings where it's just women learning, prepping skills. and that's great. I think anything that gets women started, but don't get stuff just in that kind of mode because in the real world,

you're going to have to work with men and women. And I've... I've always just around men. Like, even right now, like, I have my dad and my husband, and I was always around men growing up and not really in women much. And men are very hard on each other. And women aren't really used to that.

So if you're like in the boys club, so to speak, and you're working on a crew with all guys, it can seem like they're being really hard on you. That's how they talk to each other. And that's how they treat each other. So in some ways you're kind of treating you like one of them. And I think it's kind of hard for women sometimes to realize that. And, but it's a good thing to realize.

And you mostly just start small with the prepping. Don't go at it. I try to do everything at once. I try to do too many things at once all the time, and it doesn't work out. Absolutely. I mean, and I understand what you're getting at. I grew up with one sister and two female cousins,

and then out of the six, the rest were males. I had an older brother. I actually ended up going to boot camp, which was probably the most women I'd ever been around in my entire life. But I grew up, you know, I worked in construction. So I get what you're saying. It's easier for men to, for, cuss at each other for a second, turn around, walk off, and the next thing you know, they're having

a beer and laughing. So yes, I agree. This isn't limited to just women, but I think it's a great start for women who aren't certain, and it's nice to show that we aren't limited in numbers. There's more of us than people realize, and just hoping that will bring more attention to the female purpose and realize it's not just a man's, a man's thing. And it's not a discredit to the men, because I love my husband, but y'all get what I'm saying. So, Ms. Kellogg, what advice would you give? Especially since you've had two boys that you've raised and look how well you did. Well, we actually have three total.

Oh, three. I'm sorry. You only mentioned two. Yeah, you're fine. Yeah. No, but I think the biggest thing is women are really hard on each other. You know, I agree with what you're saying about men will dis each other and then turn around and have a beer. That's just the way they are.

Women tend to be a lot harder on each other. And so getting someone involved in prepping, you almost have to nurture them in a special way so that they don't feel like this is really weird or, you know, doomsday-ish type stuff. And I think a lot of women, it's particularly young women, they have no concept of any basic skills. I mean, the whole concept of homesteading is like, oh, you've got to be kidding me.

And having a garden. And what I think is encouraging is that you're seeing more of these city dwellers creating gardens on their roofs or in their windowsills or things like that. Like everyone is more or less said, start small. Don't do something huge. But, you know, if you have the space, do, you know, raise chickens or ducks or whatever. And my daughter-in-law, she's been into all sorts of animal husbandry. They've had goats for years and ducks and geese and chicken. And she just recently incubated some eggs and gave the chickens to the farmer up the road.

And he's letting her keep the goats on his land because the landlord for their house wouldn't allow it. I'm sure. But, you know, she's, as far as gardening, she's always had a garden, and then she's been doing a lot of this mushroom stuff. Well, you know, growing mushrooms on wood logs and things like that. And I think the, what a lot of young women don't understand is what happened with their parents and their grandparents, they didn't make it through without having some sort of these basic homesteading skills. They had to have them. And so it isn't something that is an unusual or

odd. It's a lost art. And it's simply tapping back into that and starting out small like everybody else has said, you know, just put that little garden on the side of the house or in your window sill or something. Just put your toe in the water and then see where it goes from there and find something that you enjoy doing, you know, in that whole brand scheme of prepering. No, absolutely. Find something that you're passionate about and run with it. I think that's great. I mean, that's amazing. See, all these great tips and advice from these women who have set silently in the chat room and typed their little fingers away. So Melinda Lee also responded.

She said, yes, there are more challenges to being a female prepper. Wait, did I skip one? I skipped it. Oops, wrong one. Sorry, wrong one. She said, to women who are interested in prep in and don't know where to start or if they should start, I say do it. Today, there are plenty of online resources and groups to join and receive guidance.

Check your area for local groups that meet on a regular base. is go to the library for books to get you started. I think it's easier now than when I start it because there's so much more information out there with step-by-step guides. And she's absolutely right. There are so many resources and guides out there. We are here as a group, whether you be man or woman, child, adult, elderly, whatever you want to title yourself, join us.

We have no problems with it. And it is great to have you. All right. Let's move on to the next one. I am. Oh, here we go. So we work so hard to do everything. What skill set do you feel you are the best at or which skill set has room for most room improvement for you? Jen, what skill set do you think you're good at and what skill set do you think you need improvement? Me? Gin? Yes. Yes.

Are you gin? Last time I talked. I had to ask my husband what he thought because I couldn't decide. So he said like the gardening and canning and preserving is what besides the making lists and grocery shopping and stuff. But the most important thing was the canning and preserving the food so that we know what we have for later. And we know where it came from. So it's not just, you know, we know what's been on it and where it's been and who's handled it and it's safe. No, I understand.

I think that's great. I think we all have an area that we feel like we're great at in areas where we feel like there's always room for improvement. That's how you know you're a good preparer. You're not stopping at one thing. You keep going. Sam, is there something you feel like you're best at or something you feel like you have room and improvement for? It's planning things out and always thinking about the worst case scenario and writing about it as many of you've probably seen in my articles. I've always like, oh, what's going to happen next?

But I try to do too many things at once. Like, that's not good with prepping because you've got to, especially yourself too thin and getting frustrated or just exhausted, kind of like how I am now. And just not getting good at any one thing or doing one good, one thing well. Or even, you just, you might not make a mistake. I need to be better about putting things out and doing one thing or two things in a time instead of like four or five. No, I understand. I think sometimes we all have a little too many pokers in the fire,

and that can really be room for improvement for all of us. Miss Volcano. Do you have any skills you feel your best at and which skills you feel like you need, could use some room for improvement on? Oh, everything could use room for improvement. I mean, come on. Best at, food storage, I would say, is probably one of the ones that I'm pretty decent at. And the main reason for that is, oh, way about when, do me?

state preppers came out. Yes, horror show. But because of that, I stumbled across Costco, which was selling a one-year supply of food storage from a place called Shelf Reliance, which is now called Thrive. They have a, you can set up a monthly order with them, which is what I did years ago, which is the only reason I've got halfway decent food storage now. So one of the things about prepping is it's always a little bit at a time, either with skills or with supplies. I'm okay-ish with gardening. It still needs work.

Doing okayish again with pressure canning because I've pressured canned turkeys. Not so okay with fermenting. I've done bricks for sourdough. at one point I did make a successful apple cider vinegar and then my last couple of attempts ended up with some mold on top you know it it comes and goes so it's a case of always learning always going

but all of these are sort of inside homemaking skills So the outside bushcraft, plus I've got massive hay fever, but all of those I don't have at all. And I realize that. So that's the one difficulty of doing this is in some ways you can't be a jack of all traits because there's always going to be something you miss. So get good at what you're happy at getting good at and then find someone else. to cover your deficiencies because there's always going to be someone better than you at something and just accept it and go on. Right.

Now that's great advice. Ms. Kellogg, is there any skills you feel like you're great at and what skills you feel like you really do need improvement on? Well, I think just because there's a lot of things that have been going on in last couple of years, my multitasking has gotten out of hand so that needs to come back

you know it's like no not I do the same thing I've got too many things going on simultaneously but I think one of the areas that I enjoy is sharing and teaching those skills

to my grandkids and, you know, before that, my kiddos. I mean, I was talking to my husband the other day about how my granddaughter, I was going through her first sewing lesson. And my sister and I grew up with a mother who was an obsessive seamstress. And so we were taught the right way to sew. My poor granddaughter was about ready to pull her hair out by the time I was done with the whole thing.

But I think teaching and trying to share these skills is probably something that I do fairly well. I just haven't, like I said, sometimes I have too many things going. And we've been struggling to get our garden to go because we've just been here. here about a year and we're dealing with somewhat contaminated. It's kind of interesting. So I think that's kind of just doing too much L at once is probably my worst down phone. Okay. I'm sorry, I promise I'm listening to you, Kallog, but my six-year-old decided she was

going to her 10-year-old brother. Oh, jeez. Go for it. Right, right. So he's my very modest child, so he's just appalled. Sorry. Oh, God. Oh, Lord. No, I think, I agree.

I think there are a lot of times that all of us, just like Sam said, and just like you said, we have a tendency to putting too many pokers into the fire, which is where we've got too much going on at once. Ms. Gray, what do you find that your best skill is where you have room for improvement? First and foremost, I guess my best skill is keeping me gray in line. That is, that deserves a lord in its own. That's a full-time job in itself sometimes.

For me, I think like for any of us women, we are the ones that are the multitasked. And you're right. We have so many irons in the fire half the time that it's hard to really hone in on one particular skill that we can do really well because we're trying to do skills all over the place. So I think we become good at a lot of different things, but not so proficient on one particular thing. for me my strength is organization just because of my professional work that I do tends to to migrate into my home life as far as my organization of myself, my home, my family, and maybe it's just my, level of anxiety sometimes. I like to have things organized in my life so that I know going forward, my mind is set with where I am. So definitely organization on all different levels. As far as things to improve, for me, one of the big things that I have found that I would really like to improve on is my understanding of medicines and trauma medicine.

Just an area that MiGre has had an interest in, and I would like to also gain those skills as well. And some of the more traditional masculine skills that women haven't really been a part of, or at least in my life I haven't been a part of, And that's things like small engines. I know how to run my lawnmower, but I don't necessarily know how to repair it if it breaks down. And I'd really like to gain a few of those skills.

And a big thing operating a chainsaw. You know, my father and my brothers were always out doing things, and chainsaw work was one of those. but I never asked to be a part of that. I never asked my dad, hey, you know, you taught them. How about teaching me how to use this thing? So I really like to learn how to do that. No, I think that's great. You're right.

There's probably so many things out there. I've always joked that I was a jack of all trades and a master of none. and I think that really rings true because I have learned so much of each one, but I feel like I don't necessarily have the time to slow down. So I try to improve it each time I do that one, but then try to improve on it. It is really probably a little too much going on at once. So I can completely relate there.

And Ms. Kellogg, just letting you know your son didn't realize you were going to be on. He said, oh, I want to ask you to tell him. He goes, what? Surprise, surprise. Yeah, actually, it was a pure shock reaction and text, so it's going to be interesting. You are now going to be even more famous in the household. I doubt it. Right.

You poor thing. So Melinda Lee says, I can't claim I'm a master of any skill set, but I am good at gardening and food preservation, can and dehydrate and fermenting food, freezing food, and kombucha brewing, herbal medicine and making tinctures, which, yes. Bread making, juggling a schedule, laugh out loud, caretaking, and some plumbing repair and small house repairs, et cetera. There are so many skills I want to learn and improve, but time is my biggest obstacle.

I can relate with her as well. I'm not great at bread making. I will be honest with y'all. That is not something I've been able to ever get down, but I love to cook. I like to work on vehicles, but my mother swore as a child I would never be a grease monkey so I went into construction as a welder so you see how that worked out for each of us all right we're coming down to the bottom of the hour the storm looks like it's going to hit in about 20 minutes maybe 30 I'm going to actually go ahead if it's okay with you ladies press it to question five and then I would definitely love to have all of you back plus miss Melinda lee for a full chat and where we can answer questions or concerns y'all would like to talk about as well as maybe some that the listeners have.

What do y'all think? Sure, are you going to be okay? Definitely. Yeah, definitely. Oh, yeah. Tuck and roll, definitely covered. You have to drop us to drop us. No, no, no.

Like I said, I have my broom waiting, so if it tries to take off, I'm going. No, I'm just kidding. I'll see if the children make it, because if they kick the wall one more time, it will probably come down. Let's see. All right. So my question five I had, just in case we had time and we do, is what is the dynamic in your household with you being a prepper? And the example gave is maybe your husband isn't a prepper like in my household. Or maybe you both prep, but not in the same area. You know what? Let's Kellogg. Let's get your take on this. What is the dynamic? I know you were single when you started, but what about now being married again? Well, excuse me, I think my prepping, if you will, is not as intense as everybody else's. When I was first divorced, I asked my now husband to teach me how, I found it ironic that you brought that up. I wanted to know how to fix my car.

I wanted to be able to change the oil. and do everything like that. And, you know, the hunting and the fishing and all of that. And I think it's not really one of us being more involved in that. I think it's a mutual interest by both of us and the kind of things that you need to be aware of and the skills that you need to have to take care of. of your family and do well

in a crisis situation. I think it's more of a dual effort. And I point to that taking the kiddos up into the mountains and backpacking. We'd be gone for two or three days at a time.

And that kind of thing. It's more of a mutual desire to know more about these things and obviously it did pan out because two of the three kiddos are very involved in that kind of stuff. So I think that's the dynamic. It's more of a dual thing rather than one or the other. No, that's great.

I mean, he really said it right there. Hold on. I just lost all my screens. Okay, I didn't lose you. Sorry. No, I mean, I can relate with you. I was a single parent, and I prepped. My first husband couldn't change attire to save his soul.

I was the one who changed everything. But, you know, for me, I'm just going to jump in real quick. As for me, for my family dynamic, my husband has not a prepper, and I was. And he's slowly gotten aboard, and it was an issue for me as I'm so used to doing so much that I've had to learn to step back. So my husband can be an active part and not try to take over the whole thing. So I relate on so much. Sam, where, what do you, what's the dynamic in your household? That works a lot on all the, he does a lot of them, except with the machines,

you know, the shade saws and the, and he fixes, like, all the vehicles and the fuel. And he's really been taking care of the gardens and getting that going here lately. I have to spend a lot of time riding, and I do a lot of those household stuff. stuff. But we work outside a lot together, too. It just depends on the time of year it is. And we just kind of talk about things and split the work up the best way we can, really. No. And for those of you who don't know since Sam, I didn't get her in at the very beginning right away, Sam B is a writer for Backdoor Survival. And if you have ever met her and her husband, they were like a well-oiled machine. Just like James said, these two were so well together. I could just watch them for hours.

dumb found it because there's no way my husband and I work that smoothie. Usually there's some sort of derogatory or explicit terms said at some point. So for me and my husband, not them, but it's just, I've never seen two people who've paired and worked as well as they do. And it's really beautiful, actually. Sorry, Sam, I didn't mean to throw you out in the spotlight, but I really love the way you two work. It makes me quite jealous or envious. together a long time. I've actually, I'm 36. We've been, we're going to celebrate 16 years here, like, a couple of months. And so we basically, I think we've been apart, like, 10 days and seven days of that was in college when he went with his parents on a, like, trip to beach.

So it was like one night in the whole thing. We just, we're always, we have to work together because we're always around each other. No, I think my husband would probably kill me or go insane if he was stuck around me that much. So, Ms. Gray, what's the dynamic in your household? Sorry. I laugh at that because it is a dynamic, but it's a great dynamic. Me, Gray and I, we are 100% partnership. And even with prepping, we're 100% partnership.

We do a lot of discussion with each other. We do a lot of decision making together as far as preparing for ourselves and our family. You know, obviously he has skills in specific areas where I have skills in other areas and they integrate really well together. And with that, we're able to share those things with other people and with our family. And it's just, I'm very blessed to have the partnership that I do with him. And I've got a few more years on you, though, Sam. We'll be married 23 this year.

God bless you. My husband's lucky that we made it to seven years of marriage. Keep it going. Volcano. What's the dynamic like in your household? Well, for us, since I've always been into food storage and preparing a bit, my husband sort of knew what he was getting into when he married me because when we first met me, he came back to my apartment.

I had some cases of wheat that were acting as an end table. And he goes, oh, I see you have a Y2K contingency plan. And I said, no, this is food storage. Let me show you what's going on. So he knew what he was getting into. But I'm mainly the one that's dealing with it at this point. Gotcha. Well, I mean, he can't, he can't ever deny that he didn't know beforehand.

Yeah. And Ms. Jen, what about you? I know you're new, well, what you would have called a. closet proper, but what's the dynamic like for you? Nate and I will be married 22 years this year, and we work better separate.

We don't work very well together. He does, like, all, he's a mechanic, so he takes care of all of that stuff, all the guns and ammo and keeping the house running and making sure that kind of stuff is all good. And I just do the other side with the food and the gardening and the canning.

And if he gets in my way, he better not get in my way. I get a little upset when he does. So he knows to just stay outside and let me do my stuff. He looked in my closet every once in a while. I was like, oh, yeah, yep, that looks looking good. Yes, it is looking good. Thank you. No, I completely can understand that.

My husband and I can work together. on some things. The garden is not one of them, as y'all have heard my terrible past stories. I'm trying hard just not to let him even go near or look in that direction now, so I'm trying to figure out a way to block it from his point of view. It usually doesn't end well, as you all have heard in the past. So I completely understand there are times where he wants me out there helping him with the mechanics, which I love, but I'm not going to take away his thing. So I'm going to end this off with Melinda Lee's answer to this one, because I actually start, the rain has finally started hitting. I think we're doing this right in time. Awesome.

Says at first my son was like, whatever, Mom, you're extreme. And my brother laughed at me. When the 2007 house and marketing collapsed happened, my brother took notice. He later had a six-month job loss and then he was convinced it was necessary. He began prepping. My son is 23 years old and he has basically left it up to me until recently. With the coronavirus grocery shortages, he now understands why I prep. You know what? I have to agree with her. It's sad that it takes something dramatic for people to take interest and to actually start stepping forward. But if that's what it takes, then do it by all means.

I know we are on the verge of a lot of new listeners. I know I've probably talked to at least six people during the week that are interested in our network, who are new to prep and who had never considered it until this started. So we, as preppers, as PBN, and as even my guest here, we are advocates of this PBN network. We are out there to talk to you, to answer questions. If you're a new listener and you're not sure what to do, jump in the chat room. If you can't make a live chat, that's fine. Reach out to us via email, join the EOC.

Everybody is here as a, and in the word, it's true, as our own family. No, we may not see each other. No, we may not talk, but in the chat. But you know what, that can make the biggest difference on your next steps. I know it helped me get the confidence and to try and at Melinda Lee got me into kombucci. I mean, I love it. It is now a part of my regular lifestyle. Believe it or not, they're actually what got me started on elderberry after being sent some of their attention.

So it's everybody in Volcano. Volcano, I have to give you credit because you really helped me up my storage game. Just in some of the tips and advice you gave. So everybody here, I'm not just a host. I'm also learning from all of my listeners. So ladies, thank you so much and thank you to my listeners. So I am going to wrap this up. I'm going to go ahead and play our outro.

I hope everybody has a great night. I saw some lightning now. So I am going to go ahead and call tonight, close all the windows, and get my children round up and down for bed. So thank you, ladies again. I appreciate you taking the time. If you'll stay put for just a moment, I'll play the outro and we'll go from there. All right. Okay.

Have a great night. Have a great weekend. You too. And we will be back. I don't know what's going on next weekend, but we will be back. All right, folks. Take care. I'm good night.

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