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40 Clever Ways to Earn Money From Your Homestead
Living on an old-fashioned homestead eliminates many employment opportunities by design. The environment forces you to carve out a living for yourself however you can. Although you primarily live off the land, you still need some money to expand and improve your home. There are many clever ways to earn money in the country and…
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7 Steps to Control Garden Pests on Your Homestead
You’ve spent months planning your garden — preparing the ground, ordering heirloom seeds and carefully coddling your seedlings. Transplanting went well and you were anticipating a huge harvest. Unfortunately, the aphids, moths and deer found your garden first. In an SHTF scenario, you have enough to worry about. The last thing you need is for…
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DIY Ceramic Pot Water Filter
I continue to believe that we’re heading for a big problem here in America, and likely the world. Precious resources, like water, will become more expensive and scarce, so I’m always on the lookout for ways to do things on my own. While I have an assortment of water filters, like the gravity-fed Berkey, Sawyer…
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24 Military Fitness Exercises Every Prepper Should Master
Many survivalists pride themselves on their bug out bags and survival skills, but what about being able-bodied and athletic? If a SHTF scenario occurs, our fitness immediately becomes our most valuable asset. The phrase “survival of the fittest” comes to mind. A millennia ago, everyone needed to have a moderate fitness level to stay alive.…
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Teaching Your Children Primitive Survival Skills
As a parent, you understandably want your children to grow up to be strong, independent individuals who can care for themselves. In most cases, this involves teaching your children how to communicate, understand basic subjects like math and science, cook and clean, and instill the importance of good ethics. However, another important thing to teach…
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Never Use Oxygen Absorbers With These Foods?
It’s never really occurred to me when NOT to use an oxygen absorber. After all, I really only store traditional bulk foods (e.g., rice, beans, pasta, flour) which has already been canned from somewhere like the LDS Home Storage Center or pre-purchase freeze-dried food from a company, like Thrive…but that’s about to change because I…
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Preventing Fires on Your Homestead
In many parts of the U.S., wildfires happen seasonally. They’re typically caused by a combination of dry, combustible material, high temperatures and low humidity. Once a wildfire starts, it can be very difficult to keep it under control. Unfortunately, thousands of people lose their homes every year because of wildfires. Many more individuals suffer property…
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What Do Supply Chain Disruptions Really Mean for Preppers?
Anyone keeping up with the news cycle knows we’re living in scary times. Wars, terrorist attacks, natural disasters, you name it – these events are probably happening somewhere on the planet. Consider the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on society. The virus not only caused the death of millions of people globally, but it also…
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Inexpensive Off-Grid A/C Solution?
I happened upon the following video and was immediately intrigued. After all, I’ve been searching for a way to keep cool should we lose grid power for any length of time, and about the best I’ve come up with is to run fans and a window A/C from a small off-grid system I recently purchased.…