There are all kinds of high speed tactics, gear and tips that one can get all wrapped up with when it comes to preparedness. This is all a part of preparedness but its easy to get too wrapped up in calibers and Kevlar. You can forget that the core of prepping comes down to two…
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I’d rather take coffee than compliments just now. Louisa May Alcott If the evolution of a prepper or survivalist is not to teach and aid in disaster recovery, then what are we doing? Is prepping merely a blind struggle to keep you and yours safe while the rest of the souls burn around you?…
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When you are eating apples, you probably never think of other amazing things, you can do with them. Well, you can do a lot with apples; you can make apple pies, apple juice, apple cider, apple syrup, and apple cider vinegar. Making your own apple cider vinegar is a great way to save money.…
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Join your host Steven Menking as he welcomes James Walton for another powerful roundtable discussing preparation and homesteading. Our conversation this month focuses on organization. What kinds of organization techniques work best? What happens when we aren’t organized in our preparation? How does cultivating these necessary skills help? How do you find what rhythm…
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We’ve suffered like much of the rest of the country when it comes to the garden out back. Luckily, our losses aren’t quite as significant as the farmers who have millions of dollars on the line. Here in the Pacific Northwest, the wheat, barley and chickpea fields are doing great. And yet in my garden…
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One of the benefits of living on a homestead is leaving the urban world behind. But for many people that isn’t an option. So how can you go about creating a more self-sufficient lifestyle in an urban environment? Micro gardening. That’s right. Even in a concrete jungle, there are options that can provide a very…
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The old west was a romantic, desolate, violent place. It was a world without rule of law outside the borders of what few small communities spotted the landscape. Life then is what people today may consider the end of the world – no electricity, no running water, scarce food, barren landscapes, impossible terrain, vigilante justice.…
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Food Preparation Sanitation and Cleanliness Micheal Kline “Reality Check” audio in player below! All right folks it is time to get yourself a cup of coffee or make a pot of tea and join us for a dose of Reality check. Now make yourself comfy, get your notebook and pencil, and listen close. This episode…
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Roving Reporter Prepper Products! Guest Host David Jones on “Reality Check” Audio player below! Don’t miss this show to hear about some new products for Preppers and get some great deals on them. First we talk with Mark the inventor of a hybrid solar oven that you can take any place and cook. This oven…
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Experienced gardener or just a beginner? Jordan “A Family Affair” Audio player provided in this post! Are you an experienced gardener or just a beginner? Would you like to know where to begin, or expand your knowledge? Are you wanting to get away from pesticides? Finding that your garden just seems to need more? Well…
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Should I be raising chickens? Lynna “A Preppers Path ” Audio player below! Chickens, the egg before the hen or the hen before the egg? An age ole question and at this stage of the game does it matter? Chickens lay eggs and eggs turn into chickens, both are good tasting and nutritious and are the…
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Vinegar, not just for Fish n Chips! Lynna “A Preppers Path ” Audio player below! Vinegar, one would be hard pressed to find anyone who hasn’t used vinegar in one way or another. We most commonly think of white or apple cider however vinegar can be made from a vast array of things it really…
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