Category: Summer

Concrete Home Survives Wildfires and Building Info

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Concrete Home Survives Wildfires and Building Info (2 links) If you live anywhere where wildfires are an issue, you are well aware of the danger and property damage they cause. This year the fires have been particularly bad in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. To date just …

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Drowning First Aid

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Drowning First Aid We have discussed both how to assist someone else who is drowning and what to do if the person drowning is you! But what do you do once you have them or yourself out of the water? The EMT’s or a lifeguard may not be standing …

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Save Yourself from Drowning

Some posts may contain affiliate links.  Save Yourself from Drowning This is a subject that has recently become near and dear to me. This summer my son who is a certified lifeguard assisted in a rescue where the parents were attempting to save their 10 year old son and all three ended up fighting for …

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MIY Watermelon Jerky Aka Fruit Leather

Some posts may contain affiliate links. MIY Watermelon Jerky Aka Fruit Leather The instructions for watermelon jerky given in this featured article is what we here in the Northern part of the US call fruit leathers. It can be applied to a number of different fruits and is a particular favorite In children’s lunch boxes. Much …

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Natural Relief for Mosquito Bites

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Natural Relief for Mosquito Bites If you live in an area where mosquitos are a problem you can probably relate to the gent pictured above! Mosquitos and other flying insects that bite seem to find me extremely tasty! I will be in a group of people where all of …

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MIY Watermelon Moonshine

Some posts may contain affiliate links. MIY Watermelon Moonshine Watermelon summer’s most juicy fruit treat and moonshine! Oh, must be too good to be true! Even if you aren’t currently one to have a cocktail now and again, spirits are a good barter item that will come in handy in just about every SHTF scenario as there will always …

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Dad’s Dandelion Wine

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Dad’s Dandelion Wine My dad has been gone now more then 17 years, but nothing reminds me of better times with him then his dandelion wine except of course his MIY root beer! When we were kids, he used to pay us kids a penny per dandelion! LOL Here is …

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Cleaning and Filleting Fish

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Cleaning and Filleting Fish One food source if you live in an area with lakes or rivers is fish. (Deep sea fishing or ocean fishing are a whole different sport and food source) Not only are they healthy for us they are an excellent survival food in a crisis situation. …

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Charge Electronics with Campfire Power

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Charge Your Electronics with Campfire Power Charge your small electronics with fire and boiling water! In a long term SHTF crisis power may not be available, batteries will wear out and die, solar power can fail in inclement weather or the panels broken in all the chaos. With this charging method you connect …

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What to do When Your Chicken is Molting

Some posts may contain affiliate links What to do When Your Chicken is Molting What do you do and are they going to be alright when suddenly your beautiful healthy chickens begin to look literally hen pecked? Should you call the vet, or quarantine the molting bird? Many of us are new to raising chickens …

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