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16+ Abrasives and Lubricants for SHTF
It’s easy to get focused on the items we NEED for survival and forget about everything else. Water, food, ammo, and so on are the easy ones to think about. But what about all the other stuff that makes life easier but just aren’t nearly as sexy when it comes to SHTF blog posts? There’s…
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Winter Cold Poses Several Unique Survival Problems You May Not Have Thought Of…
Since it’s been much colder around the Pacific Northwest than it should be for this time of year it got me to thinking about several of the troubles that we could face during an emergency situation due specifically to the winter cold. Though I’m sure this list isn’t exhaustive it will get you started to…
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THRIVE Express Broccoli Cheese Soup
As you may have noticed there are quite a few Thrive Express meals and side dishes to choose from. This week’s selection is Broccoli Cheese Soup. Here’s the front of the package: Here’s what it looks like before being cooked… yes, not very appetizing, I know: Fortunately, it cooks up much better: The soup tastes pretty good…
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Cancel Monthly, Yearly Subscriptions: Save Hundreds to Thousands of Dollars!
I’m coming up on my one year anniversary of first signing up for Amazon Prime. Thus far I’ve been fairly happy with the service as I feel like I got more from the subscription than I ever intended. FYI, my entire interest in joining was so that I could get two day shipping on Amazon Prime…
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Stop Perpetuating the $300 for One Year of Food Myth!
This is really beginning to drive me nuts. I keep seeing aggregations sites (those that do nothing but share other bloggers work… yes, I do plenty of that myself) continue to perpetuate ridiculous claims like the belief that you can purchase $300 worth of food that’s enough to sustain you for one FULL year and, believe it…
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THRIVE Express Wild Rice Pilaf – Tasty Side Dish
Not all Thrive Express foods are intended to be meals. This Wild Rice Pilaf makes an excellent side dish. In fact, we had some with fish and veggies and it went quite well. Here’s the front of the package: And this is what it looks like still dry (before being cooked): And this is the…
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Pepper Spray Pros and Cons for Self Defense
Pepper spray is one of those self-defense items that seems to either get too much credit or perhaps not enough, in my humble opinion. Obviously, if we’re talking about whether pepper spray is suitable for truly stopping a violent attack, it is not. At best pepper spray buys you time… enough time to do something useful…
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Turn Down That Thermostat… Put on Some Darn Clothing!
Ever since we’ve moved to the Pacific Northwest I’ve had a slight fascination with our electricity bill, well, after we got our first bill anyway. It was a big one! Or, at least, the bill was much more than I expected. Obviously, these numbers will vary quite a bit from location to location and dependent on…
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The Greenhouse of the Future DVD: Abundance and Energy Autonomy
I was recently sent The Greenhouse of the Future DVD (and eBook) for review. I must first say that I’ve ever only been involved in one greenhouse build (my father-in-laws) and I didn’t even do many of the more difficult parts, including digging it out and the brick masonry work. I can say, however, that it…