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25 Remarkable Uses for Dandelions

25 Remarkable Uses for Dandelions

25 Remarkable Uses for Dandelions Often the lowly dandelion is seen as a weed to be gotten rid of! Actually dandelions are one of natures most abundant gifts to us. Foods, wines, home remedies and health benefits are just a few of their uses. Even better yet you really really have to work hard to …

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Non Fear Based Reasons to Prep

Non Fear Based Reasons to Prep There are a lot of fear-based reasons to prep. Natural disasters, manmade disasters, political disasters, economic crisis, and personal to your own situation SHTF events. I don’t think the featured writing from the Modern Survival Blog is talking about the terror kind of fear that we can feel while …

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10 Important Items A Female Prepper Should Have

10 Important Items A Female Prepper Should Have In times of crisis many needs and requirements for survival are the same for everyone regardless if male or female. However, as in today’s world there are differences that require different preparations. For a listing of what Erica over at Living Life in Rural Iowa feels are …

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What You Can Take Away From Famous Outdoorsmen

What You Can Take Away From Famous Outdoorsmen Both Canada and the United States were built so to speak on the backs of outdoorsmen. The Brave, adaptable, and creative this men moved from the populated areas of our budding country to explore and conquer the unknown regions many of us live in today. We can …

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No Matter the Event, These Women Will Be Ready

No Matter the Event, These Women Will Be Ready Prepping is often viewed as a man’s domain. But there are indeed lots of women preppers. Not just cautious women who stock their pantries and can scratch cook either. But outright survivalists who know the off grid world and what it takes to make it in …

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Prepper Books Worth Buying

Prepper Books Worth Buying   I believe strongly that knowledge is power. We have all heard the prepper’s adage that knowledge is the lightest thing you carry with you. I believe in this strongly enough that daily on our Facebook page I locate and offer you a kindle book that is at that time available for …

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Easy to Grow Medicinal Plants

Easy to Grow Medicinal Plants If there is a major SHTF event there will be a problem accessing medical care. We see this in Venezuela since their economic collapse and we have seen it in the past in war torn countries. We have also seen this issue in shorter term natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina. …

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Letter From Venezuela: A First Hand Account of Life After Economic Crisis

Letter From Venezuela: A First Hand Account of Life After Economic Crisis We prepare for it, we worry about it, politicians speak about it, but we are the fortunate we have not yet experienced it. Knowing what life is really like after economic collapse. From someone living it day to day can only benefit our …

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Setting Realistic Prepping Priorities

Setting Realistic Prepping Priorities

Setting Realistic Prepping Priorities Especially with the new prepper setting realistic priorities is a murky proposition. Natural disasters are happening in areas that have never seen them before like quakes and tornados. The economy is bad everywhere. Add the huge threat in the world today and it becomes easy to be distracted from the first …

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Identifying 5 Common Trees and Their Uses

Identifying 5 Common Trees and Their Uses

Identifying 5 Common Trees and Their Uses We often know most of the trees that are indigenous to our region or those that are intentionally planted on our property. But we may not always know their uses in a survival or SHTF scenario. Or we may not be able to identify those trees around us …

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