Tag: Frugal

Healthy Garden Soil

Healthy Garden Soil If you are starting a new vegetable garden, or already have an established garden, you may wonder what the best soil for growing vegetables is. Things like the right amendments and the right soil pH for vegetables can help your vegetable garden grow much better. In general, the ground for your vegetable …

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Campfire Bacon & Eggs Sack

Campfire Bacon & Eggs Sack It’s the first thing in the morning and you crawl out of your tent hungry. The campfire has burned down to ambers and is perfect for making a breakfast in a sack. With no clean up afterward and the added benefit of re-stoking the fire to begin your day this …

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DIY Shotgun Shell Fishing Rod Rack

Some posts may contain affiliate links. DIY Shotgun Shell Fishing Rod Rack An inexpensive DIY rod rack that organizes rods and keeps your gear up and out of harms way. Better yet its an easy DIY project that recycles spent shotgun shells. How cool would this look in your garage, sporting goods room or anywhere you keep your …

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Raising Rabbits

Raising Rabbits Usually we think of chickens when we think of prepping with small animals. Chickens are duel use for both eggs and meat. But they do take longer to become usable than does the happy breeding rabbit. Bulk will be important when SHTF as your chickens will take awhile to build up to a …

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Canning Using a Wood Fire

Some posts may contain affiliate links.  Canning Using a Wood Fire Homesteaders, preppers and the fiscally responsible all can when produce is in season for use when it is not so readily available. One of the best ways of reducing your monthly grocery bill and extending the use of your harvest. Not only financially responsible, home …

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DIY Retaining Wall & Drainage

DIY Retaining Wall & Drainage Building a retaining wall with a drainage system is one way to make your property more usable especially if you have sloped portions of land. Retaining walls prevent erosion and divert rainfall runoff. Doing so makes more of your land usable for gardening or as living space and increases property value …

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A List of Homesteading Skills to Learn

A List of Homesteading Skills to Learn So your dream is to have your own homestead. Even while your saving for or searching for your perfect plot of land there are homesteading skills that you should be learning. Homesteading is not an easy task and definitely not for the weak at heart. There are more chores …

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$50 Off the Grid Fridge

$50 Off the Grid Fridge An inexpensive mini fridge that uses an evaporative design to keep your food cool without power. A neat off the grid re-invention pre-power cooling. There are many designs for off grid coolers similar to a zeer pot but this one looks really closer to the electric version in your kitchen. It even comes with a see through door …

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Herbal Remedy for Poison Ivy

Herbal Remedy for Poison Ivy An awesome herbal remedy for a nasty poison ivy rash! There is no immediate remedy for a poison ivy reaction not even with all the medications available today. But this natural treatment does almost the same thing as the more mainstream expensive creams recommended by doctors. It reduces the itching and helps contain the …

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Hot Water Off the Grid W/O Electricity

Hot Water Off the Grid W/O Electricity We give a lot of thought to storing drinkable water, but not much thought about hot water until you get that utility bill! No one likes a cold shower and if you have ever tried to wash dishes in cold water you know it just doesn’t cut it. When …

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