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4 Off-Grid Power Options (Guest Post)
Are we still Americans if we unplug? Power supply and appliances for successful off-grid living. As gas and energy prices rise, and the climate continues to fluctuate outside of its natural cycle, the number of people striving for an off-grid lifestyle is at an all-time high. Whether it’s to break away from the dependence of…
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Why Fish Antibiotics Are Logical For Survival
Dr. Alton (of DoomAndBloom.net) uses some good old fashioned logic sprinkled with some doctor know-how as to why fish antibiotics are–in most cases–no different than human antibiotics. Near the end he also points out that regulations may be coming soon to make it more difficult to purchase fish and bird antibiotics…
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25 Survival Uses for a Leather Belt
Almost makes me wish for winter so I can wear pants, just so I can have a leather belt on me all the time. 😉 You can skip to about the 3:50 mark to view where he starts to talk about uses (the first few minutes is about leather belts in general)…
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Cheesecloth as Bio-Hazard Mask? +10 Alternative Uses
About the only way I’ve used cheesecloth in my life is to strain the pulp from almond milk. Yeah, I’m the adventurous sort. 🙂 To branch out, I thought I would research some ideas on how to use cheesecloth beyond the obvious one of making cheese (and apparently yogurt and tofu) and as a pulp…
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25 Survival Uses for WD-40 (Video by SensiblePrepper)
I’ll bet that WD-40 isn’t something most people considered keeping around as a survival prep but SensiblePrepper shows us more than two dozen uses for it in a SHTF situation, I know I learned a few new tricks…
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Could You, Would You, Should You Eat Bugs In A Survival Situation?
So there I was, standing in the bathroom staring at a near dead moth wondering what it would taste like. The thought quickly passed as I scooped it up and tossed it outside but for a moment, a mere moment, mind you… I pondered it. Now, I know eating a tiny moth would be nothing…
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The Stages of Economic Collapse (Guest Post)
By Chelsy Ranard The stock markets are currently at record highs, inflation is manageable, and unemployment is down. For many this seems like our economy is doing great and has some steady momentum to keep moving upward. This may be the case, but this is also what our economy looked like just before the financial…
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eBugout.com – Custom Bug Out Bag Creation
The folks at eBugout.com reached out and asked me to take a look at their website which has the sole purpose of allowing you, the user, to quickly create a bug out bag. Overall, the site is fairly easy to use and certainly intuitive. Just go to their home page and click the orange “create…
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What You Don’t Know About Your Food Stockpile (Guest Post)
Today I want to talk about your food stockpile. I know, I know…in general this topic has been covered so many times, but those are the basic “how to” type articles. So instead I would like to share a few of the unique challenges you will face with your food stockpile when SHTF. Many people…