Category: Frugal

DIY No Welding Required Bike Trailer

DIY No Welding Required Bike Trailer There are crisis scenarios where your bug out vehicle could be or should be a bicycle If you need to move about quicker than you could walk and further than you could run then a bike would be a great option. If you need to maneuver around debris through …

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Hackers Hit Big…Again & Again

Hackers Hit Big…Again & Again Over and over again we hear about major computer hacks that compromise your personal data. From your medical records to your banking information. Don’t think you have ever been effected? Check out this page which provides information on major hacks linked below… then click on the bubble that you choose …

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Natural Antibiotics that Destroy (non-COVID) Super Bugs

Natural Antibiotics that Destroy (non-COVID) Super Bugs After a major event there will be injuries and with the poor conditions that are likely to exist after word very like many of those injuries will become infected. Super bugs like MRSA will have an open breeding ground. Without appropriate medical care and pharmaceuticals readily available enter …

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Pain Relief Hiding in the Pantry

Pain Relief Hiding in the Pantry No matter how good your health may be most of us suffer little irritants and small injuries at home. Not bad enough to go in to see the doctor and certainly when after hours not bad enough to sit for hours and hours in the local ER. But uncomfortable …

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Safety Rules for Foraging

Safety Rules for Foraging Learning to forage is a lifesaving skill during many types of crises. History shows with a long-term food shortage of any kind the foragers and gathers are the survivors. But not everything that grows or that is green or even that tastes good to us humans is safe for us to …

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Reusing Plastic Water Bottles

Reusing Plastic Water Bottles There has been a lot of controversy regarding reusing plastic water bottles. It only seems logical that since they only had clear water in them that simply refilling them with more clean water should be safe enough a time or two. There are those that feel that reusing a plastic water …

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Wine Making From Your Garden- Fruit and Vegetable Wines

Wine Making From Your Garden- Fruit and Vegetable Wines Wine making is an important skill to most preppers and homesteaders even those that don’t drink it at all themselves. It’s a great barter tool and has its medicinal uses as well. Wine can be made from fruits, vegetable, flowers, vines and even weeds! Turning a …

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DIY Flying Pest Trap

DIY Flying Pest Trap Mosquitos and other flying pests can make your outdoor space unusable and miserable to be out in. Not only are they unpleasant but dangerous. They carry illnesses and for some their bites are extremely uncomfortable. If you spray, you not only spread toxic chemicals all around your home but breath it …

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Growing Antibacterial Bandages

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Growing Antibacterial Bandages Growing a bandage?? Yes, indeed the Stachys byzantine otherwise known as Wooly Lamb’s Ear is a natural antibacterial. antiseptic and anti-inflammatory. The soft fussy leaves sooth the wound and make a super absorbent bandage. This plant has more medical uses as well and would make an excellent addition to …

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Weekend Prepping Projects

Weekend Prepping Projects Just in time for the weekend! Smaller projects that can be accomplished over a weekend that will help you get off the grid and on to being self sufficient one step/project at a time. Many of these projects can be made with recycled materials or those that can be found inexpensively at garage …

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