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How To Build A Chicken Plucker

If you are like me and raise chickens to eat later on, plucking is hard work and sometimes not fun at all. The guys over at achorn farm have put together a tutorial on how to make your own chicken plucker. This is [...]

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How To Make Root Beer

Making root beer at home is easy once you gather all of the necessary supplies. It’s a great family project and a way to teach kids that not everything tasty comes from an aluminum can. No matter what root beer history [...]

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25 Things That the SHTF Doesn’t Care About

SHTF doesn’t generally drop by at the best of times.  In fact, SHTF thrives and grows exponentially under more adverse circumstances. So, suck it up, put on your boots, and power through it – SHTF doesn’t care and neither can you! If you are not [...]

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How to Survive a Summer Power Outage

Blackouts can last anywhere from a few hours to a few days and preparing for the loss of electricity is just like being prepared for any other emergency, you will need food, water, a way to heat food, lights, and [...]

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Tutorial: Stay Warm In A Fire Bed

Imagine yourself stranded in the wilderness without sleeping gear or adequate clothing. Facing subzero temperatures, you know that you must get warm in order to sleep, and stay warm through the night if you want to wake up. Knowing how [...]

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5 Benefits of Making Preserves

For hundreds of years the art of making preserves was not only a necessity in families, but it was also considered a fun event that could be enjoyed by the whole family and friends as well. Although making preserves may [...]

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Propagation Of Fruit Bearing Trees By Air-Layering

The problem with growing fruit trees from seeds is that it may take very long to bear fruits – some times more than ten years – and there is no guarantee that the fruits will taste same as the one [...]

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Homemade Citrus Coconut Soap

The trouble with buying your own soaps and shower gels is, you don’t know what in them. I have made various soaps before and non that look and smell as good as this. You almost have to tell yourself not to eat it. If [...]

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What are the Differences Between Dehydrated and Freeze-Dried Foods?

There are some pretty major differences between freeze dried and dehydrated foods. They are both great as survival foods and emergency food storage. But, the ways they’re processed for preserving purposes are very different. There are other differences, but most [...]

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10 Things to Include in Your Emergency 72-Hour Kit

When a man-made or natural disaster strikes, many of the everyday services we use become non-operational. Often times  we’re left without working telephones, gas, electricity, running water, etc… Weather and road conditions might hinder maintenance crews and rescue personnel helpless. That’s [...]

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The Definitive Guide to Traditional Food Preparation and Preservation

Before huge multinational corporations did it for us, humans had to figure out how to turn raw, unrefined formerly-living things into food that could be cooked or eaten. If it was going to hit the fan, we would have to [...]

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DIY Waist High Planter Box

This DIY waist high planter box that we hope will bring us to partial “vegetable independence” from the grocery store this season. This is a great project if you have a bad back or just want to have on a deck or [...]

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Six FREE Plan Sets For Tiny Houses, Cabins, Shed, Working Offices

Tiny houses and DIY sheds / cabins are really popular right now, many reasons but the main one is that it costs so much to have one built or to buy one out right. There are also many PAID plans out there [...]

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How To Convert An Electric Water Tank To An Outdoor Wood Heater

Yes, its nearly summer but that’s the best time to get your winter preps built and tested. This is a neat way to make an Outdoor Wood Heater out of an old electric water tank. I’m sure you could pick one of [...]