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Build A DIY Disaster Preparation Bucket

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These days you can purchase a whole range ready made emergency disaster kits, the problem is – most of them are rubbish and they don’t contain items that are required for your family’s specific needs. The bottom line is – it is a much better idea to put your own emergency preparedness kit together.

If you are thinking about putting your own kit together, I would highly recommend giving some thought to creating a disaster preparation bucket. This basically means you will be storing your kit in a five gallon bucket with a lid. The main benefits of creating a disaster preparedness bucket are that five gallon buckets are cheap, durable and watertight. They are also easily found in an emergency and they are portable. Check out the link below for information and advice on creating your own disaster preparation bucket. The post also includes information and advice on what to include in your bucket.

Build A DIY Disaster Preparation Bucket

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Some Native American Survival Skills We Should All Learn

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If there ever is a grid-down, total-collapse of society, how well will you fare? These days preppers largely focus on what they can purchase, store and carry, with many preppers planning to run away to a secret bug-out-location to survive in isolation…

In many ways modern day preppers are the polar opposite of native Americans – the native Americans gather in communities, live off the land, carry little with them, and they have the ability to travel undetected. I think maybe we should all focus a little more on community, knowledge and skills, rather than just trying to purchase goods and equipment to see us through.

Some Native American Survival Skills We Should All Learn

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5 Knots You Need to Know How To Tie

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In day-to-day life, most people get by with only knowing how to tie one or maybe two knots.  This is probably fine for average daily chores and DIY, but when it comes to urban/wilderness survival, or pretty much any activity where you are away from home and in the great outdoors, you need to learn how to tie a few more important knots…

Luckily the great guys over at ‘ITS Tactical’ have created an awesome knot tying post which shows how to tie 5 of the most common and important knots you are likely to need. There are how-to videos and loads of great step by step photos showing how to tie each knot. Check it out below!

 5 Knots You Need to Know How To Tie

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25 Things That You Should Do To Get Prepared For An Economic Collapse

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Are you prepared for the possible economic collapse of society? Many people watch TV shows like Domesday Preppers and assume that preppers are just paranoid obsessives… The thing is – with regards and economic collapse, no one can say 100% that it can’t/won’t happen, it might seem unlikely, but it can’t be ruled out.

With this in mind, does it not then make sense to do some simple things and take some precautions, to help protect and care for your family, just in case? Some simple things such as storing some food and water, stocking up on medical and hygiene supplies, ensure you have flashlights and batteries, and lighters/matches. These are all simple, low cost things you could do, which could make all the difference, if the worst should happen. Check out the link below for a list of 25 things you can do to be more prepared for an economic collapse.

25 Things That You Should Do To Get Prepared An Economic Collapse

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10 Strange Home Remedies That Really Work

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Ok, K.W.N is pretty much a prepping, homesteading, survival and self-sufficiency website. Anyone interested or active in these areas should be interested in alternative uses for normal household products.  We have done loads of posts about alternative uses for products:

Check out the post below for 10 strange home remedies using normal household products and foods which really work.

10 Strange Home Remedies That Really Work

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5 Financial Moves You Should Be Making (But Probably Aren’t)

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As it always seems to be the case – the rich are getting richer and the poor are staying poor, or getting poorer…

We can all complain and bang on about this, or we can get proactive about improving our own financial situation. Most of us know we could be making better financial decisions, like paying off some debt rather than buying new stuff. Problem is buying stuff makes us happy in the short term and makes us temporarily forget about the debt. Also, saving money and paying off debt is boring and easy to just keep putting off… There is not a person reading this post who couldn’t do something, no matter how small, to save some money. Check out the excellent post below for some advice and motivation on five financial things we should all be doing.

5 Financial Moves You Should Be Making (But Probably Aren’t)

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Disaster Preparedness Advice For Diabetics

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Millions of people worldwide have either type 1 or type 2 diabetes, which in most cases is controlled with diet and medications. Many diabetics, especially those who are into prepping and emergency preparedness, are rightly concerned about how they would cope without access to insulin and other medications.

Below is a post written by Dr. Bones (aka Joe Alton, M.D from Doom And Bloom) all about disaster preparedness for diabetics.  Actually it is more than just a post, it is part of a series of posts about diabetes in survival situations.  There is even a very interesting post about how to make insulin, which could be very relevant, post SHTF. If you or a family member are diabetic, I recommend reading the whole series of posts.

Disaster Preparedness For Diabetics

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How To Make A Simple Adobe/Horno Oven

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You guys loved the:  How To Build A Clay Oven (Tutorial) post we did a while back, so when I saw this awesome tutorial on how to build a simple Adobe oven, I knew it would go down well too!

This DIY Adobe/Horno oven couldn’t be simpler to build – it has an internal structure of old bricks, which is then covered with a mixture of mud and grass. Check out the tutorial below for step by step photos.  I am not sure if this oven would stand the test of time, but it is so quick and easy to build, you could build a new one each year. Also, be sure to check out Peter’s Etsy store: NorthernWoodsCrafts.

How To Make A Simple Adobe/Horno Oven

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New to Food Preserving? Start here

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Do you know what? Even if you are not new to food storage and preserving, you should STILL check out the excellent post below. It really is a goldmine of food preserving information and advice…

The post covers: cold storage, drying food, canning, freezing, lactofermentation, preserving in salt and sugar, pickling in vinegar and immersion in oils and alcohol. There is even advice on which methods are best for preserving nutrients. Check it out and get canning and preserving!

New to Food Preserving? Start here

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How To Make Your Own Canning Equipment

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I think lots of people are put off canning because they think you need a load of expensive equipment to get started.  This is just not true… Sure, if you are going to be doing lots of canning on a regular basis, you’ll probably want to invest in some canning equipment. However if you are only going to can infrequently, or if you’re just starting out, you can easily make/adapt kitchen equipment you already have.

How To Make Your Own Canning Equipment 

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