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16 Brick Rocket Stove
16 Brick Rocket Stove Camping or in a crisis scenario a rocket stove is a life saver. They heat quickly and burn hot making cooking just about anything less time consuming and easier than a camp fire could. This particular build isn’t one for those on the move due to weight complications. But if your bugging …
Essential Oils For Cold and Flu
Essential Oils For Cold and Flu It is that time of year. Colds and flu are lurking everywhere just waiting to jump into our nasal and chest cavities. It almost seems as though these viruses actually hunt for weakened immune systems to attack. Unless you plan to remain almost entirely in quarantine for the season there …
Prepping Your Home for Winter
Some posts may contain affiliate links. Prepping Your Home for Winter People too often assume that prepping is only preparing for a major event that leads to TEOWAWKI. Preparing is a life style of self-reliance and as much self-sufficiency as we can reasonably obtain. Part of that process is preventive maintenance. Making sure your home remains …
Killing Mold Without Chemicals
Killing Mold Without Chemicals Mold is extremely destructive and damaging to any home. It can literally destroy the structure if the problem is allowed to grow. Not only can it cause a tremendous amount of damage to the building but it can actually cause you to become deathly ill if you try to live in a moldy …
Buried Containers Make Poor Bunkers
Buried Containers Make Poor Bunkers When I first heard talk of people using containers as buried bunkers, my concerns were not about the whole thing caving in! My thoughts were more about ventilation and the possibility of being buried without a way out. In order for it to be secure you would have to have …
Growing Veggies in an Unheated Greenhouse
Some posts may contain affiliate links. Growing in an Unheated Greenhouse Now that the open air gardening season is finishing up. It’s time to begin the greenhouse season. What you decide to grow will in part be determined by the type of greenhouse you have. One should always grow what you eat of course. It …
MIY Bacon
Some posts may contain affiliate links MIY Bacon To some of us, myself included, no bacon is a SHTF event! 😛 Seriously this thinly sliced commonly known as a breakfast meat has become the duct tape of choice by cooks just about every where. It has its own unique processing method. Its first cured then smoked. As …
DIY Alternator Wind Generator
Some posts may contain affiliate links. DIY Alternator Wind Generator Once again we are show casing homesteader creativity and ingenuity! When you are off the grid becoming adaptable is imperative. Recycling becomes a way of thinking and a way of living. In this instance this homesteader converted an old truck alternator into a wind powered …
The Unparalleled Benefits of Turmeric
The Unparalleled Benefits of Turmeric From Wikipedia re: turmeric: When not used fresh, the rhizomes are boiled for about 30–45 minutes and then dried in hot ovens, after which they are ground into a deep orange-yellow powder commonly used as a spice in Indian cuisine and curries for dyeing and to impart color to mustard condiments. One active ingredient …
Uses for Recycled Wood Ash
Uses for Recycled Wood Ash Since the beginning of time nature has done its own recycling of wood ash. When a tree in the forest is hit by lightening it creates fire. After the fire the ashes resettle into the earth making the soil rich and fertile again. Gardeners reproduce that natural process by emptying …
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