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10 Most Affordable Ways to Feed a Healthy Diet to Your Homestead Animals
If you own a homestead, you’re likely suffering the same sticker shock that ranchers and pet owners are experiencing right now. When did food — both for animals and humans — get so pricey? If it seems like you’re paying more than ever at the grocery store or feed mill, you aren’t imagining it. Fortunately,…
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World’s Best Fire Starter?
Who doesn’t love a claim, like, “the world’s best fire starter?” Is it the best? I don’t know, especially when compared to the egg carton fire starters that I’ve grown accustomed to. In any case, here’s a video showing how you only need paraffin wax, lighter fluid, and cotton pads all of which are very…
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Did I Make a Mistake Buying a Harvest Right Freeze Dryer?
I’ve used my Harvest Right about two dozen times since I purchased it over the summer in 2022. That’s not nearly as often as I’d expected, but not the “mistake” I’m talking about today. Before I get to that, I figured today would be a good time to point out some of the general annoyances…
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9 Essential Skills for Off-Grid Living
Living off the grid is an alluring proposition since you’re not tied to rising energy prices, you do not have to worry about inflation, and you can go on living as-per-usual no matter what happens. Being self-sufficient is incredibly rewarding, too. Raising your own animals, growing your own crops, and building your own shelter are…
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30 Essential Preparedness Tips for Natural Disasters
The sky is turning greenish and the air feels supercharged, making your hair stand on end. The birds have stopped singing — an unnatural, eerie silence follows a long night of screaming wind, foreshadowing the approach of a tornado unlike anything you’ve ever witnessed. Are you ready for it? 30 Ways to Prepare for a…
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Freeze-Dried Pasta?
Last year, before I purchased my Harvest Right, I envisioned myself running it nonstop. I thought I would stockpile loads of healthy, delicious foods, such as fruits, vegetables, and maybe some meat. What I didn’t expect was that I would transition to freeze-drying meals so quickly, if at all. It just never crossed my mind…
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The Disasters Most Don’t Think About
Have you been paying attention to the trail derailment fiasco in Ohio? I’d only heard about it maybe a week ago now, but it’s been going on since early February, and it sounds like no place I’d want to be right now, if ever. How about the Chinese spy balloons or whatever they are? Apparently,…
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Freeze-Dried Bananas, Revisited
As much as I want to freeze-dry new foods and see what my Harvest Right can do, I have to remember that its purpose is to put nutritious food away for my family should hard times finally strike. With that in mind, my wife reminded me that I would rather hell freeze over than go…
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EMP Protection Devices
The fun part about preparedness is that there’s always more to learn and discover. The less than fun part is that there’s always something more to do, buy, or fix as a result. EMP preparedness appears to be next on my radar as I, admittedly, have ignored it for the better part of a decade.…