Droughts and Wildfires
Summer is fast approaching and due to the drought, the grass is dry and ready to burn early this year. Now I know this does not affect everyone, but I am sure that many of […]
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Homemade Fire Starters are Easy to Make.
Today’s post is on homemade fire starters. In the past I have experimented with different ones, but in my opinion this one stands out above the others, for ease of use and manufacture.. It is
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Powdered Eggs Belong in Your Storage
First of all let’s put one thing to rest, these are not the infamous powdered eggs of World War 2 fame. These are a big improvement. Eggs come in three basic forms, whole powder eggs,
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Quick Easy to Make Dill Pickles
For years I have been looking for a recipe that a family member gave me when my son was about 7 years old, he will be 50 in June, so I have been looking for
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Rotating your Food can Prevent Many Food Storage Problems
[/caption] I want to do a follow up on the new food storage problem that we encountered, see Today I Encountered a New Food Storage Problem for prior post. Now that we have had more time to
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Survival Bicycles Can be a Good Idea
[/caption] In today’s society, I see large numbers of bicyclists riding around every weekend when the weather is nice. They are all wearing the tight bright colored outfits that seem to be mandatory for bike
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Ammo Penetration Can be a Problem in Home Defense
Yesterday, we wrote about A Shotgun, The Best Firearm for Defending Your Home. In the post, I mentioned that any firearm that is adequate for self-defense will penetrate the walls of a stick built home.
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A Shotgun, The Best Firearm for Defending Your Home
I have seen a lot of discussion on the subject of ammunition and what caliber is best for you to keep for home defense. Now for the purposes of this discussion I am assuming that
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The Pros and Cons of Cell Phones for Preppers
I am old enough to have lived before cell phones. When I was child we lived in a home with a wall-mounted phone with a hand crank and a party line. Now I am sure
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Solar Wagons can Provide Off Grid Electric Power
Last Saturday we had our preparedness fair and it was quite well attended. One of the things that I found quite interesting was the solar wagon that Aron from Sierra Solar brought to the fair.
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