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How To Open a Can: Sunday Skill

Today's Sunday skill is teaching your kids how to open a can with a mechanical can opener. This is another…

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Zombie Soup: Dry Soup Mix For Emergency Prepardness

I have always loved the story of Stone Soup. A community coming together to chip in and make something out…

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Do You Need a Tactical Flashlight For Your Bug Out Bag?

I'll admit it. I didn't get the hype on buying special tactical flashlights for emergency use. My house is stocked…

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How To Store Coffee Plus a Giveaway *closed*!

I love helping to support small family businesses and I love coffee so when a friend told me about Brown…

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Sunday Skill: Cotton Ball Fire Starters

Good morning everyone! Today's Sunday Skill will take you more time to gather the 3 ingredients than it will to…

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Prepping Projects For Thanksgiving Weekend

Pinterest has been bursting with great ideas for prepping over this holiday weekend. Here are some of my favorite ideas…

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How to Dehydrate Apples

Dehydrating food is a skill that all preppers should master and dehydrated apples are probably the easiest food to learn…

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Can Your Children Light A Match? Todays Sunday Skill

Last week I wanted to light a sugar cookie candle in the living room. I reached for the disposable candle…

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Family Emergency Plan #2: Make a Family Information Form

This is part two of a Family Emergency Plan series written by our contributing writer, Prepper Lush. Make sure to…

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Beginning Prepping: Breaking Down Prepping Into Bite Sized Chunks

Getting started prepping is overwhelming! Thinking of all the possible that can go wrong in our lives is not a…

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Family Emergency Plan #1: Talking To Your Family About the Plan

This is the first of many articles to come from our contributing writer, Prepper Lush. Please connect with her in…

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The Importance of a Well Prepped Map

When was the last time you used a printed map? In this day and age of GPS and Smartphones not…

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Contest: Win a Copy of Survival Mom

I am a big believer in that the first investment a prepper should make is a survival library. I was…

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Cheap Solar Lights For Emergency Lighting

There are many ways to light your home if the power goes out. Candles, flashlights and kerosene lanterns are the…

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How To Make a Trash Can Rain Barrel

Rubber trash cans have a number of emergency uses. Today I picked up this 32 gallon one for $12. I…

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Faraday Cage Fail

This week I tried to build a Faraday Cage. I failed. So instead of this post being about how to…

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What Is Self Reliance?

Self reliance is the ability to provide for you and your families basic needs without outside help. Sadly, most American…

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Adding Coffee To Your Prepping Supplies

Without my coffee I will be a zombie pretty quick! Are you used to grabbing your morning cup of Joe?…

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Calculating Drinking Water Storage Needs

Not many people would argue that water is one of, if not, the most important prep for the beginner to…

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