The other day I had to go to the dentist for a filling. This always makes me think of the first experience with a dentist that I can remember. It was in South Africa in […]
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You are getting ready to make a few loafs of bread from your freshly ground wheat and you grab your yeast and see it is a few years old what do you do? You don’t
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The simple items you carry in your seventy-two hour kit, bug out bag or get home bag (whatever you want to call it) can make a big difference. Take a simple thing like, do you
Yesterday one of our readers sent in pictures of a solar system he built using two 180-watt solar panels. This should produce a maximum of a 108 amp hours of power on a good sunny
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Today I am posting an article by C.E. Harris on the subject of Pace. Howard PACE is the preferred method used by professional emergency planners. The MEMONIC stands for Primary, Alternate, Contingency, and Emergency. For
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Garbanzo beans can be purchased dried or canned. If you are purchasing dried garbanzos, look for whole beans with less than 10% moisture content. Canned beans are a convenient way to purchase garbanzos, but with
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A year or so ago one of my sons and I made a rocket stove out of a five gallon kerosene can and a some approximately three inch diameter steel pipe. With a cutting torch
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Here is an article from C.E. Harris on alcohol stoves. [/caption] Howard Another viable option is the military surplus Trangia burner which is made in Sweden and also used by several NATO militaries. I have
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My wife collects FoodSavers. Not really, she only has three of them and she uses them all the time. She vacuums seals all kinds of foods and spices in mason jars. This is the second
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[/caption] Recently I have received some questions from some beginning preppers on what is an oxygen absorber and how you use it. They are variations of a small bag filled with iron powder and a salt
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