Tag: Frugal

MIY Canned Meatballs

MIY Canned Meatballs My family loves meatballs! The featured article gives a recipe for a very basic beef meatball which can be used in a number of different recipes. The procedure itself can also be used for pork, deer, or other meatballs as well. Meat is a huge portion of where the majority of the population gets …

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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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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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Frugality at its Finest

A penny saved is a penny earned. This old saying has never been truer than in today’s economy. Today frugality is a positive trait.

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Tips to Burglar Proof Your Home

A  burglary is committed in the United States about every 15 seconds and 60% of those burglaries involve forcible entry. The more our economy struggles the higher the crime rate rises.

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Solar Rights Act Versus the Illegal Clothesline

Solar Rights Act adapted by some states which overrides the state laws in several states that outright ban clotheslines HOA or not.

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Advice for the Newbie Homesteader or Prepper

there are some basics that are if not the same very similar for each of us who want to live a sustainable or independent lifestyle

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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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How to be a Cheapskate & Why You Should!

How to be a Cheapskate & Why You Should! For years the title “Cheapskate” has had negative connotations. The tightwad with the calculator determining down to the last fraction of a cent each of his dinner companions owe as you split the check, the date we all have had on the two for one coupon, …

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Add a Hand Pump to an Electric Well

Add a Hand Pump to an Electric Well Imagine the frustration of a grid down scenario when you have a well but can’t power it to bring up the water! No one wants additional costs to installing their well and if your well was one that was installed back when we believed electricity was always …

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