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How To Choose The Best Emergency Backpack

I am often asked how to choose the best emergency backpack.  The bag you choose to carry your items in,…

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How Potassium Iodide May Save Your Life During A Nuclear Event

If there was a terrorist attack or nuclear disaster one of the biggest concerns would be exposure to harmful levels…

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Why You Need Sillcock Keys in Your Emergency Preparedness Kits

An inexpensive prep,  *this post contains affiliate links sillcock keys can be the means to access emergency water.  Turning the…

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Purify Water Simply and Effectively

Learning how to purify water is one of the first skills a Prepper must have.  Storing water is only the…

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Choosing The Best Emergency Face Mask

As I write this post, parts of the country are either flooded or fleeing the path of Hurricane Irma.  Other…

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Dehydrating Frozen Vegetables

Find a great sale on frozen vegetables, but there's no room in the freezer?  No worries!  Dehydrating frozen vegetables is…

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Politics and Prepping: The Rising Cost of Produce

Understanding the relationship between politics and the economy is an important Prepper skill to develop.  It allows you to prepare…

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Prepping For Basic Emergencies

Prepping for basic emergencies doesn't have to be overwhelming.  It doesn't have to be a huge expense.  I work with…

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Make Perfect Stove Popped Popcorn

We are big stove popped popcorn eaters around here.  I pretty much pop a pan a day.  My kids grew…

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Inauguration Violence: How To Stay Safe

Protestors are promising to disrupt many of the events surrounding Donald Trumps's inauguration.   Some are even promising inauguration violence.  Here…

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Duct Tape Hacks for Preppers

Duct tape has become indispensable to Preppers due to it's uncanny ability to fix just about anything.  Stock up on…

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Surviving Winter Storms: A How To Guide

Snowy and cold has been the forecast for my state this year, with the Northern part of Utah digging out…

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How To Make A SHTF Financial Survival Plan

Are you concerned about your personal economic situation?   Worried about how you'll survive if things continue to go downhill?   Do…

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Mason Jar Match Holders: DIY Gifts

I've been thinking about what I could give for neighbor gifts this holiday season that would be something people would…

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Post-Election Survival Checklist

Unlike any other election in history, the 2016 Presidential election stands to  go down in the books as the election…

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Make Your Own Brown Sugar: 15 Minute Prepper

Yes!  You can make your own brown sugar.  When I show you how easy it is to combine the ingredients…

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Preserve blackberries for long term storage

I love to preserve blackberries.   It's so easy to insure the great taste of summer in your food preps with…

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5-Gallon Food Grade Buckets

I received a bit of a jolt when entering a local food storage store in search of 5-gallon food grade…

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How To Make The Most Of Survival Seeds

"I bought these survival seeds so that I can grow all my own food when the SHTF". I hear this…

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Suburban Homesteading

While talking with a group of friends, each of whom expressing a wish to buy land to homestead on.  I…

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15 Minute Prepper: Black Contractor Bags

We believe in simply preparing.  Our 15 Minute Prepper series will focus on things even the busiest of people can…

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Instant Pot Homemade Elderberry Syrup Recipe

Elderberry Syrup is one of our family's go to during the sick season.   Not only can a Homemade Elderberry…

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Renegade Survivalists

It seems as though one's dedication to prepping is directly proportional to how far out in the boonies one is…

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How to tell if your baking powder is still fresh.

You are right in the middle of creating a culinary master piece.  Your mouth is watering as you reach for…

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