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Vehicular Emergency Preparation: Checklist & Supplies
While not all of us venture into or live in wilderness areas, a great many people drive their vehicles long distance every year on business or pleasure through areas that…
Raising Chicken Flocks in the City or Country for Eggs, Meat & More!
Whether you have a homestead, farm or simply some spare yard space at your residential home, there is certainly no other species of animal more suited nor more than the…
Earth Friendly Pest Control for the Home & Garden
While we have a veritable cornucopia of toxins lining the isles of our stores, the “nuclear solution” is not always warranted or healthy. For nearly every single one of nature’s…
3 Ways to Bring Old, Dull Scissors Back to Life
With the advent of inexpensive, mass-produced metal implements for the home and farm, the necessity of making things last and getting extended use out of them had fallen to the…
Build Your Own Low-Tech Solar Box Cooker
In a world with expensive high tech solar cells capable of converting the sun's energy into convenient electricity, we often forget that the sun's energy is already in the perfect…
Pemmican, Ancient Man’s Powerbar & Survival Rations
Preserving meat requires energy to be expended. Very simple concept. It is the method of using that energy that is of interest to us. The use of electrical energy via…
Cheap Homemade Fire Starters
Don't get me wrong, I'm a huge fan of those military trioxane bars that can be found in just about every military surplus catalog on the planet. I generally tuck…
The 4 Most Common Food Illnesses; Identify, Treat & Prevent
At some point during any discussion or practice of food indepedence, preparedness or storage, any reasonable person is going to express concerns about food related illnesses. I firmly believe that…