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12 Items You Should Throw Away ASAP
12 Items You Should Throw Away ASAP If you are doing any kind of spring cleaning (even if it is in the mist of winter storms) or even just decluttering your home. It’s smart to start with disposing of items that have the potential to harm you or your family. It can be hard to …
18 Unique Inexpensive DIY Greenhouses
18Unique Inexpensive DIY Greenhouses If you have ever priced ready made greenhouses or spoken to a contractor about building your own, you know how pricey it can be to obtain one. Especially if you are an avid gardener or are trying to live self sufficiently and provide food for yourself and family this can be …
Countering The Retreat Freeloader
Countering The Retreat Freeloader You know who this is in your life. No need to deny, we all have one. Perhaps not this obvious but he or she is there. They either expect that someone else will take care of them or they are only willing to do enough to get by and hope that …
Prepping When You’re the Only One Following Through (Parts 1-3)
Prepping When You’re the Only One Following Through (Parts 1-3) It’s a fact that our survival expectancy rises when we prepare as a group. It’s also true that most groups are made up of people who we care about as family and friends. Whenever you have a group focus whether its prepping or something else, …
Troubleshooting Common Seed Starting Problems
Troubleshooting Common Seed Starting Problems It’s that time of year! We can’t wait to get out into our gardens and begin prepping for the bountiful harvest to come. To insure that our harvests are bountiful we first begin with starting the seeds. However, there are some common problems starting seeds that can cause disappointment when …
Learn the Art of Herbalism
Learn the Art of Herbalism Herbalism is an ancient art. Practiced by all cultures. It’s becoming a lost art. Now days that art has become a science monopolized by big pharma. It used to be that the herbalist could tell by the smell, taste, or texture of their product what it could do for their …
Family Central Rally Point
Family Central Rally Point It sounds pretty basic doesn’t it. Everyone should know where to go in an emergency. Unless you really think it out. What if your meeting place is destroyed? What if one or more people in your family can’t get to the central rally point? Have you really put thought into how …
DIY Vintage Floating Shelf With Storage
DIY Vintage Floating Shelf With Storage These floating shelves with partially hidden storage fit right into a well decorated home and add a small bit storage. Out of direct sight yet close enough to be handy. Now the instructable by motherdaughterprojects call this DIY project “hidden storage” but one look at them and where the …
Security Room Darkening Materials
Security Room Darkening Materials It may seem like a little thing to worry about in today’s world… who can see what is happening in your home. But during and after a SHTF event security measure will become very different than they are today. That your home is lighted at all can be something that risks your …
28 Creative Recycled Garden Ideas
28 Creative Recycled Garden Ideas I personally think that our garden with its rows of produce neatly displaying our harvests to come are beautiful just as they are. However, my opinion isn’t always shared by many of the HOAs across the country. Those of you who just want a beautiful flower bed with a punch …
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