Category: Hunker Down Prepping

Can a Power Plant Run Unmanned?

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Can a Power Plant Run Unmanned? One of the most concerning thing about a natural disaster is the loss of power. We might assume because we have back up power sources, a non-electric source of heat and light etc.. that we are all good and prepared for blizzards, tornados, …

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Redundant Capability Not Redundant Gear

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Redundant Capability Not Redundant Gear Prepper terminology has long said one is none and two is one. This is referring to gear and supplies. The reasoning behind it is that if one is broken, lost, used up, stolen, etc.. you have a back up. However, our friend over at …

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Tips for Hiding Your Survival Garden

Tips for Hiding Your Survival Garden

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Tips for Hiding Your Survival Garden It is already against the rules of many HOA’s to have a vegetable garden.  Now I don’t mean to be putting the HOAs across the land on blast. I do understand their purpose and sometimes even agree with the restrictions they place on …

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MIY Venison Bologna

Some posts may contain affiliate links. MIY Venison Bologna One way to prepare and use your venison! MIY bologna.   Ingredients  2 cups sugar-based curing mixture (such as Morton® Tender Quick®)  3 cups firmly packed brown sugar  2 tablespoons Accent seasoning enhancer or monosodium glutamate (MSG)  2 teaspoons ground mace  2-3 teaspoons mustard powder  5-6 …

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Convert Your Generator to Multi-Fuel

Convert Your Generator to Multi-Fuel This is an awesome conversion allowing you to continue to use your generator when your gas supply is low or allow you to save your gasoline for your vehicle keeping you mobile in a disaster scenario. I am amazed that there aren’t actual kits to convert older gas generators to multi-fuel. …

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Basics That Should be in Your Pantry

Basics That Should be in Your Pantry How do I start building my survival food storage? What basics should I have? Why should I have those specific items? These are just some of the questions that preppers ask when beginning and adding to their pantry. One bit of advice is store what you eat and …

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Bread, Milk, and Toilet Paper..The Best Preps for a Storm?

Bread, Milk, and Toilet Paper..The Best Preps for a Storm? Funny but true! It has become a national joke in the USA. Everyone runs to the store at the first signs of snow to stock up on these items. There are even a videos expressing the sentiment! Where did this idea that we must have …

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Benefits of Prepping if Disaster Doesn’t Come

Benefits of Prepping if Disaster Doesn’t Come So, you do all this prepping, and the zombies don’t rise aka no pandemic illness strikes (although we’ve had a taste of a smaller version with covid) or World War III continues to brew but war doesn’t actually break out bringing with it TEOTWAWKI.  Now what? A waste …

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MIY Rum

MIY Rum We have posted a number of times about the uses for our own distilled spirits in a SHTF scenario. Most of the recipes we share with you can be deemed illegal in some areas as is stated at the very beginning of the featured article. I feel it does indeed reduce the value …

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DIY Solar Distiller

DIY Solar Distiller The featured article talks about building your own solar still. With a still you can turn undrinkable water into pure home distilled hydration. Purchasing one can be really pricey, even for a small distiller the asking prices are 200+. The uses can be almost unlimited from refilling lead-acid batteries in normal times to …

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