How to Plant Bell Pepper? (Complete Growing Guides)
Bell peppers (capsicum, sweet pepper) originated from Mexico and South America. When you set out bell peppers two weeks after the last frost,
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What You Need to Know to Start a Fall Garden
In these days of shortages and uncertainty, it’s wise to get as much as we can from our gardens. Every season has its benefits and
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Tertiary Prepper Skills – Garden OPSEC
War. Famine. Food and water shortages. Supply breakdowns. The list goes on and on as the mainstream news and social media serve the
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How to Make Your Own Pemmican
I’ve long wanted to try pemmican but in my search for recipes, I found ‘virtual tons’ of them. After having the time and
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The Ultimate Preppers Guide for Preparing Food Reserves That Last
The future has become increasingly unstable for many of us in recent times. Therefore, it makes a lot of sense to work on
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A Free Solution For Raised Bed Gardens
As concerns about interruptions in the supply chain due to the pandemic hit the news, Victory Gardens are once again becoming popular. This
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Planting and Caring For Raspberry Plants
Planting and caring for raspberry plants is really quite easy once you know a few secrets about raspberry plants. Good healthy raspberry plants
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Gardening in Arid Environments
We talk about gardening a lot on this site. Maybe you live in a temperate climate with ample rainfall and workable soil. Gardening will probably
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Pressure Canning for Preppers
Pressure canning is, by its nature, done by those who wish to preserve an overabundance of fresh food for consumption at a later
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Food supply 101: How to grow edible mushrooms in your home garden
Knowing how to grow your own food before disaster strikes ensures that you can feed your family nutritious fruits and vegetables. And even
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10 Autumn Seeds You Can Start Growing Right Now!
We are already well into summer, but if you missed planting a garden in the spring, there are a few seeds you can
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The 5 Best Chicken Breeds for Your Homestead
Are you looking for the best chicken breed for your small farm, backyard, or homestead? One of these breeds is likely to be the perfect
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Are You Ready for a Long-Term Water Emergency?
Are you truly prepared for a water emergency? How long could your family survive if the water stopped flowing from the municipal supply
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Canning And The Four Levels Of Disaster: Are You Prepared?
Using the four levels of disasters introduced in an earlier OP article, I will take a close look at canning as a method of
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Urban gardening: 6 Vegetables to grow in your backyard
Home gardening is a rewarding practice because it gives you access to nutritious vegetables throughout the year. But gardens aren’t just located in
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How To Make Zucchini Flour
Squash is considered a no-fuss seed variety that can be a prolific producer if given the right elements. Since it is one of the easiest veggies
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DIY Bunker: Turning Your Basement Into a Survival Shelter
Most people think that bunkers are only used during wars, however, they apply to everyday life and basements can serve as a survival
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Home gardening: Growing ripe, juicy tomatoes
Fresh, tasty tomatoes are great in salads, sandwiches or salsa. But instead of buying tomatoes at the grocery store, save money by growing
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Prepper project: How to turn a garden shed into a greenhouse
A garden shed is perfect for storing your gardening tools and supplies, but as a prepper you can turn it into something even
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Home gardening tips: How to grow flowers and vegetables in bucket planters
If space is an issue and you want to start a home garden, try container gardening — specifically, bucket planter gardening. With the
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10 Seeds You Need for the Survival Garden
Survival seeds are one of those long-term preparedness measures that every family should have. If the days come when a survival garden is needed, the family
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How to Desalinate Water and How It Could Change the Water Crisis
Whether the water delivery system stops functioning, or the water supply becomes tainted, you can practically guarantee that our precious H2O will become
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Grow Salad Greens and Herbs in Containers
Salad greens and herbs are among the easiest food plants to grow from seed in pots. In fact, it makes sense to have
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In Defense of Organic Farming
By now, even the mainstream media widely acknowledges the fertilizer shortage. Between fertilizer shortages, drought, shipping problems, and fuel shortages we face an ugly winter. And naturally, the
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