5 Primitive Skills Preppers Should Know for Survival
To easily operate in an off-grid environment, learn old, forgotten skills and make them new for you. To acquire is good, to improvise
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Want Safe Food? Grow Your Own
Between 1990 and 2009, there were 363 outbreaks of food-borne illness linked to various leafy greens, including iceberg lettuce, romaine, and spinach, causing
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How to prevent and treat nutrient deficiencies during long-term disasters
Nutrient deficiency is a likely and dangerous long-term threat during SHTF scenarios. Preppers and homesteaders must get ready well in advance by stockpiling
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Sustainable Prepping: 5 Alternative Energy Types for When the SHTF
There are actually a lot of different types of energy sources to tap into after a disaster strikes. One of the major differences
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Making Arrowheads: The Art of Flint Knapping
Flint knapping is the age-old art of making arrowheads and other edged stone tools. Hunter-gatherers relied upon this key wilderness survival skill to
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Grid Down Prepping
If you’ve been prepping for a while, you may have used some of your provisions during short-term emergencies. Perhaps you’ve used some when
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Making a Raised Bed Garden
Soil in a raised bed can drain sooner and warm up faster in spring, enabling you to plant earlier in the season. You
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Five Good Reasons to Grow Your Garden from Seed
You’ll Have Many More Choices Heirloom flowers such as Sweet William, Love-in-a-Mist, and Love-Lies-Bleeding offer romance, drama, and fragrance to the garden, and
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Composting the Easy Way
Having an ample supply of good rich compost is the gardeners dream. It has many uses, and all of those uses will result
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Skills – Stuff: When Stuff Matters More
I generally agree with the premise that skills are far more important than stuff, and that knowledge weighs nothing. There are skills that
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Fantastic flax: Add flaxseeds to your diet to reduce hypertension naturally
Flaxseeds have been prized for the many health benefits they offer. Adding four tablespoons of flaxseeds every day to one’s diet is good for the
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8 Recipes For Making Homemade Extracts
There’s nothing like homemade extracts to really bring out the flavor in your baked goods and beverages. Here are 8 delicious, homemade aromatic
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Native American Basket Weaving
Native American basket weaving was practiced by many different tribes for various uses. They can be used for food gathering, processing hides, cooking,
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Growing Tomatoes in Containers
In a recent gardeners’ survey the tomato took first place in the homegrown vegetable popularity contest. And … no surprise … it wasn’t
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District Court Judge rules all Florida cities must cooperate with ICE
A federal district court judge has upheld a majority of the components of a new Florida state law that banned sanctuary cities and
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DIY MRE Alternatives
MRE’s enjoy unending popularity within prepper folds, although sometimes the issues – weight, waste, size, and expense – lead us to looking for
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Tips for Preparing a Planting Bed
If you are preparing beds for landscaping around your house this article should simplify the process for you. I say that because of
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Four Pemmican Recipes
Are you looking for some excellent pemmican recipes? Wait, what is this thing called pemmican and where did it come from? For starters,
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Top 10 Vegetables to Grow Over Winter
Don’t let your vegetable plot stand empty and neglected over winter. There are plenty of winter vegetables to grow throughout the coldest months.
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Smart Streetlights which use facial recognition raise concerns
What began as a way to increase public safety has turned into a civil rights concern. Some residents of San Diego, California are
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What You Need in an EDC Bag – Ultimate Guide for Preppers
Have you gotten your Everyday carry (EDC) bag but not sure what items to include into it? Everyday carry items are stuff you
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Prepper Gardens – Vertical Expansion
There are lots of ways to produce food, herbs, and medicines, whether we have small properties with just a patio or deck, or
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From being expensive to labor-intensive, here’s the truth behind some of the myths about organic gardening
People who want to try out organic gardening may hesitate because of the negative things they may have heard or read about it.
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10 Health Benefits of Sea Salt
Sea salt contains the essential trace minerals that your body needs in order to stay healthy. Learn about the 10 health benefits this
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