Tag: Frugal

DIY Four-Door Shed

Some posts may contain affiliate links. DIY Four-Door Shed I absolutely love this miniature tool shed! Not only does it recycle, reuse and renew but it is really cute. It is literally made from 4 old doors. You may already have old doors hanging around or have a used or excess building materials and supplies recycle …

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Household Tips From the Civil War Era

Household Tips From the Civil War Era

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Household Tips From the Civil War Era After even a minor short term SHTF event, we could find ourselves at least temporarily unable to use modern day methods of doing simple but important household chores. If the event should be long term we could be using old methods for …

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MIY Mason Jar Fermenting Crock

Some posts may contain affiliate links. MIY Mason Jar Fermenting Crock Making a few of these will save you a lot of money and still allow you to fermented foods. If you are a pickle lover these are for you! Fermented foods have excellent health benefits and tend to preserve nutrients well and make most foods more digestible. …

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Raising Baby Chicks on a Budget

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Raising Baby Chicks on a Budget If you have the space and means chickens can be a great starting point for your self reliant food source! It used to be deemed your ‘duty’ to raise your own food, now days it seems as though the government and laws are …

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Wilderness Self-Reliance DIY Projects

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Wilderness Self-Reliance DIY Projects You can’t become proficient in bush craft without practice. Most of us don’t have time to spend day and night in the wilderness learning. So we need some simple projects that we can learn from and that will actually provide useful knowledge that will teach us self-reliance skills. Survival Sherpa …

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More Than 400 Meal in a Jar Recipes

Some posts may contain affiliate links. More Than 400 Meal in a Jar Recipes Meals in a jar are appropriate for a number of reasons! Maybe you’re a busy parent who wants to feed your family home cooked meals even on those days when time is sparse. Pre-building meals in a jar when time is available …

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MIY Deer Jerky

Some posts may contain affiliate links. MIY Deer Jerky Source: Mike Shelton “A zesty deer jerky that you can make at home in your oven. If you have a food dehydrator, you can dry the jerky in it by following the manufacturer’s instructions. You can also reuse the marinade for additional batches.” Ingredients  1 pound boneless …

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Dirt Cheap Frugal Gardening

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Dirt Cheap Frugal Gardening Gardening is much more than throwing a handful of seeds into the dirt and watering it once and again! Our friends the Organic Prepper have complied an aggregation of ideas on each step of gardening from across the web bringing to us the most creative …

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10 Herbs for 20 Everyday Uses

Some posts may contain affiliate links. 10 Herbs for 20 Everyday Uses Herbs that don’t just make your meal tastier! But can replace store bought or chemical based products we already use in our homes and on or in ourselves. Herbs are so easy to grow, they take very little care and could save you a lot …

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Roaches: Get Them Out and Keep Them Out

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Roaches: Get Them Out and Keep Them Out We very recently featured an article regarding keeping your home spider free. A member brought up another pest we don’t want in our homes, roaches! I have always been very fortunate to never have lived in a home with an infestation. …

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