Your family has an overall water consumption need. Potable water for drinking and hygiene as well as non potable water. The average recommendation is to have enough water to last two weeks. Lets go over a breakdown of the water your family should require. This is a general rule of thumb and you may require more or less. This average is a great starting point and you are encouraged to fork out… Read more
Challenge: An oil crisis hits overseas and American truckers eventually lose the ability to access fuel here in America for their vehicles due to shortages. After two weeks our nation’s food transportation system is completely disabled due to lack of fuel. Grocery store shelves are emptied after 48 hours of the announcement and it has been noted that some areas (yours included) may take three weeks or longer before shipments continue. How… Read more
Vinegar is a liquid composed of water and the key ingredient acetic acid. Vinegar is used mainly for cooking but in days and ages past it had a great uses in several sectors of daily life. Use ranging from medical, industrial and even domestic have been excellent though long forgotten. Vinegar is not just for salads. With high quality white and apple cider vinegar in mind lets go over some of the… Read more
You don't need acres to grow hundreds of pounds of potatoes. All you need is a small 4 sq ft box! That's right! Great things can come in small packages. If you are tight for space or just want to try something very cool this can be an amazing option. Inner city prepping never sounded so rewarding! Between this method of growing potatoes as seen here as well as using 5 gallon… Read more
Are you tight on space? Can not grow a large garden? Cant grow a small garden? Cant grow anything? The dog tramples your garden yearly? Rabbits eat your stock? Clay soil? Torrential downpours or floods wash away your garden? Have you looked into growing vegetables in containers? This is a simple and effective way for you to provide wholesome an fresh vegetables for your family and you can beat the space constraints… Read more
Article originally posted at Mother Earth News By: Linda Holliday During our boiling, broiling, blistering summer of 2012 here in the Missouri Ozarks, water was a topic of conversation wherever we went. Creeks and ponds dried up (some never recovered) and the water table dropped, forcing a few neighbors to have their well pumps lowered or to even have deeper wells drilled. Many folks shared memories of rain barrels, cisterns, hand pumps… Read more
Our nation... bankrupting? An economic collapse? Sounds silly right? Things have always been the same and no matter what happens we endure and we survive. Our government and financial institutions will take care of everything. They would never let us falter. Anyway.. all we need to do is print more money, or borrow some from our best friend, China. We are 16 trillion in debt right now. And the way we are… Read more
Its never too early to think about surviving self-sufficiently if the aid of our government ever ceases to provide for us. But someday it may be too late. What I am saying is that there are many great reasons to start growing your very own garden. This post is going to be a somewhat generic introduction. And as I learn and experience more, I will share my updates and knowledge through this… Read more
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