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The Only Prep That Can’t be Bought

The Only Prep That Can’t be Bought Without a doubt many of you are thinking…” Skills of course, duh!” but that would be wrong. Almost any creature can be taught. You can in today’s world pay someone to teach you bushcraft, evasion techniques, how to use a firearm, or to garden. In a post SHTF …

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Pandemic Protections

 Pandemic Protections If you are a fan of TWD (A popular USA zombie television series – The Walking Dead) you know what would be the worst pandemic scenario! Now we rationally know that a pandemic of any kind isn’t going to create zombie beings. However, if you have seen what the end stages of an …

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Self Defense Tricks Everyone Should Know

Self Defense Tricks Everyone Should Know Most of us aren’t armed at all times. Especially in an environment where we feel safe and comfortable. Like it or not even if you are armed you could end up in a life-or-death struggle for the weapon with an attacker. Basic awareness tips and self-defense tricks that almost …

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Homesteading In The Winter

Homesteading In The Winter As we enter the winter months many urbanites are feeling the crunch of the adverse weather conditions and wrongly assuming their country cousins are on hiatus. They couldn’t be more wrong! There are always chores to be done when homesteading and that is true whether the homestead is urban or rural! …

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Coming To My House When SHTF Happens? We Need To Talk…

Coming To My House When SHTF Happens? We Need To Talk… We all hear that phrase “I know where I am coming if SHTF” mostly joking but truly not. They are actually quite serious. They don’t believe there is going to be a SHTF event serious enough for them to actually prepare their own homes. …

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26 Mini Indoor Garden Ideas

26 Mini Indoor Garden Ideas

26 Mini Indoor Garden Ideas Gardening doesn’t have to be an outdoor fair weather proposition. Greenery and produce aren’t to be enjoyed only in the spring and summer months. Indoor gardening is a fun productive way to green up your home and perhaps even produce some food stuff for your family. Houzz shows us 26 …

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Things You Should Never Do During a Home Invasion

Things You Should Never Do During a Home Invasion The very first home invasion I remember was the infamous Tate murders. Unless you live in distant Siberia you also heard about Charles Manson‘s plot that resulted in the deaths of the people inside the Tate home that night. More than a few of us breathed …

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Do you Have These Go Bag Essentials?

Do you Have These Go Bag Essentials? Non preppers often see a go bag and a bug out bag as the same thing. They can be if you want them to be, but they really shouldn’t be and for me they aren’t interchangeable. My go bag is when I need to take off in a …

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7 Critical and Specific Components of a Prepared Home

7 Critical and Specific Components of a Prepared Home This article is more about preparing the specifics of the family in the home than the house, after all isn’t it the family that makes the house a home? The whole point of preparedness is to preserve the lives of ourselves and families as well as …

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Drinking Rain Water

Drinking Rain Water Many of us collect rain water for grey water uses. Always of course staying within the legal limits and only for the purposes allowed by the rain water laws of our own locality. 😉 In a SHTF scenario this could be your only option to obtain water for all uses including drinking. …

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