Tag: preparations

How, Why, & When to Use Potassium Iodide

Some posts may contain affiliate links. How, Why, & When to Use Potassium Iodide More and more the possibility of an accidental or an intentional terrorist act could cause a nuclear disaster. If you aren’t in the vicinity doesn’t mean you won’t be effected! We are still dealing with nuclear waste from the leak in …

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Filter Rainwater Right in the Barrel as it Was Done a Hundred Years Ago!

Filter Rainwater Right in the Barrel as it Was Done a Hundred Years Ago!

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Filter Rainwater Right in the Barrel as it Was Done a Hundred Years Ago! New isn’t always better! Some of the methods of the past work as well as do the more modern and more expensive methods of today! Now, when it comes to the safety of my drinking …

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Prepper Tips on Hiding Your Preps in Plain Sight

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Prepper Tips on Hiding Your Preps in Plain Sight The featured article is actually geared to hiding weapons in plain sight. However, for some people and in some places a weapon isn’t feasible to own. Other preps also need to be protected! It may be that you have chosen to …

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Are You Ready to Live in the Woods?

Are You Ready to Live in the Woods?

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Are You Ready to Live in the Woods? You’ve read all about it. You’ve got your bug out bag together, you have a state of the arts tent, and a bunch of camping gear. You have even spent a night or two in that tent and loved it! Bring …

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Non Food Items to Stock With Your Supplies

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Non Food Items to Stock With Your Supplies All preppers spend the bulk of our prepping dollars and attention to food products, and all that goes along with that. How to cook, heat it, wash it, grow it, and preserve it. It is also important to take a lot …

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Dandelion Recipes

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Dandelion Recipes More and more people are rediscovering the lowly dandelion as much more than an annoying weed but rather a viable sustainable food source. Even tasty if you know what to do with them! Although you could simply pull them out of the ground rinse them and start …

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5 Methods for Storing Meat Off-Grid

Some posts may contain affiliate links. 5 Methods for Storing Meat Off-Grid Making good use of meat when it is available is important in any SHTF scenario whether long or short term. It is the best source of protein we have. We can obtain protein from plants, but the amount required to not just keep …

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Genius Tip for Making Chopping Wood Easier

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Genius Tip for Making Chopping Wood Easier I love the sound of the crackling wood burning in the wood stove, watching the shadows of the flames dance on the walls of the fire place and especially the warmth provided by a campfire. Chopping the wood to make those moments …

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DIY Mini Metal Foundry

Some posts may contain affiliate links. DIY Mini Metal Foundry This is one of those projects that could be a major boost to your SHTF plans. Think of all the things you could provide your group with if you have a foundry! However, it is also one of those projects that could be quite dangerous. (See …

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DIY Dry Curing Meat

DIY Dry Curing Meat

Some posts may contain affiliate links. DIY Dry Curing Meat SHTF preppers, homesteaders, and poverty preppers are always looking for new or in this case, old ways to preserve foods especially meat. Everyone need protein intake to survive. The primary form of protein in the majority of people’s diets is meat. Today’s featured article tells …

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