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Make A Slingshot Bow in 5 minutes!

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Fancy turning your slingshot into a slingshot-bow? The short tutorial below shows how to do just that!

The tutorials uses a whisker biscuit for the arrow rest; these can be pretty expensive, so if you are on a tight budget, you can use a keyring and two rubber bands. Simply tie the rubber bands to the keyring and attach each band to each arm of the slingshot (so the keyring sits in the middle!) You will have to adjust the height and tension for accuracy, but it is a whole load cheaper that buying a whisker biscuit…

Make A Slingshot Bow in 5 minutes!

(Photo from: mountainmedic via Instructables)

Originally posted 2013-08-02 18:03:09.

10 Healthy Organic Homemade Dog (& Cat) Food Recipes & Treats

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There are two reasons to think about making your own dog and cat food; firstly cheap dog/cat food is full of fillers and additives and good quality dog/cat food is very expensive.  The second reason is that being able to make your own high quality dog/cat food will be vital if the SHTF or dog/cat food is not available for whatever reason.  These recipes are all made with quality organic ingredients; I guess they could be made with non-organic meats to cut down the costs, but this is up to you…

These recipes state they are for dogs, but having looked through the recipes, I can see no reason why most aren’t also suitable for cats. If anyone knows differently, do let me know!

10 Healthy Organic Homemade Dog (& Cat) Food Recipes & Treats

(Photo from:  Yukari*)

Originally posted 2013-08-02 14:49:47.

How To Make Quick & Easy Freezer Jam

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There are two main reasons you should be making jam; it’s absolutely delicious and it’s a great way to preserve fruit. There is one main reason why you probably don’t make jam; it’s a pain in the ass, time consuming process…

This jam couldn’t be easier to make, you just need a freezer! There’s no cooking involved, just a bit of manual mashing up the strawberries, adding some pectin and sugar, and then it’s all about taking advantage of the natural process strawberries go through when they are frozen.  You can make a large amount of jam in no time at all making it this way. Also I challenge you to taste the difference!

How To Make Quick & Easy Freezer Jam

(Photo from: The Frugal Girls)

Originally posted 2013-08-02 14:13:25.

How To Can Pretty Much All Fresh Beans

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If you grow your own beans, once they have been cropping for a while, it doesn’t take too long before you feel you have had enough of a good thing, and your mind switches to thinking about preserving the beans for future use. Some beans dehydrate well, others freeze well, but all are suitable for canning.  If you want know more about canning Green & Yellow beans and also Lima beans, Broadbeans, Snap beans, Pole beans, Runner beans, etc, today is your lucky day!

If you check out the link below, ‘Pick Your Own’ have created an awesome, detailed photo tutorial on how to can fresh beans. If you are growing beans, I highly recommend you check it out!

How To Can Pretty Much All Fresh Beans

(Photo from: Pick Your Own)

Originally posted 2013-07-25 11:46:47.

Self-Sufficient Goat Keeping 101

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When folks first start off with homesteading and self-sufficiency, they usually start off growing their own fruit and vegetables.  Once they start growing, they soon realize that to be fully self-sufficient, they need to learn about preserving their produce. When they feel they have a handle on growing their own food, their attention usually turns to keeping chickens for eggs and meat.  I think this is a fairly natural progression. But the thing is, most folks stop there, but I am here to encourage you to consider keeping some goats!

If you have the space, and you actually probably need a lot less space than you might think, I highly recommend getting some goats. Goats are hardy, low maintenance and if you have breeding goats, you can have a constant supply of milk, cheese, yoghurt and of course a protein rich, healthy meat. Check out the great goat keeping resources below.

Self-Sufficient Goat Keeping 101  & more here

(Photo from:  avlxyz)

Originally posted 2013-07-15 17:17:02.

How To Make A Milk Crate Crab & Crayfish Trap

From a survival and prepping point of view, I believe that crabs, lobsters and crayfish are some of the most under utilized protein food sources available… I am not sure why, most of our rivers are full of crayfish and the seas around the coasts are full of crabs.  I can only assume that people think they are difficult to catch, but you couldn’t be more wrong!

This milk crate trap is designed to be used for crabs, but it will work just as well for crayfish. The trap is just about free to make.  If you make a few, you could be eating a bucket load of crab or crayfish each day…

Originally posted 2013-07-12 17:47:19.