Effective homemade rat poison that cost next to nothing. As always for those who don’t like to read you can find a video below. During the winter months they raid our country home and go after whatever food they can find. While a nuisance, the possibility of them contaminating our …
Read More »15 Ways to make use of silica gel packets
15 Ways to make use of silica gel packets If you’d rather not read there’s an accompanying video below. You have seen them before. Those little packets found in everything from beef jerky, vitamin bottles, shoe boxes, electronics and more. Usually people just throw them in the trash when we …
Read More »Put dead car & laptop batteries to use in many ways
Do not think that just because your battery can no longer power your vehicle it’s useless. The hundreds of amps required to fire up your car may finish off your battery while under your hood, but there is an excellent after life. Yes, these batteries are capable of being used …
Read More »DIY: Stackable Folding Duct Tape Cups
While I wouldn’t want these to be my initial cup for camping or any survival situation, they are excellent back up solutions that you can make on the fly. They fold down flat and can stack into each other when made in different sizes. These duct tape cups are as …
Read More »Disaster preparedness with limitations: health issues
Disaster preparedness with limitations: those with health issues Disaster preparedness can be challenging enough. Adding Health / medical issues to the mix create quite the disadvantage, needing to work even harder prepare for challenges associated with most disaster situations. There are a few things that you can start doing today …
Read More »Do this one thing and Preserve your chicken eggs (for over 9 months)
Preserve your chicken eggs safely (for over 9 months) Whether you buy your eggs from a grocery store, local farmers market or the hen house in your back yard, you can learn a lot about preserving eggs simply by observing nature. You see when chickens lay eggs they have a …
Read More »DIY Convert an old refrigerator into a root cellar
DIY Convert an old refrigerator into a root cellar. Root cellars keep vegetables fresh for a very long time in comparison to other methods and they are an amazing addition to any home. There is a pretty nifty way to turn an old refrigerator into a very practical (and nice …
Read More »How to build a small & inexpensive Septic Sytem
When you’re living off the grid you have a very limited access to utilities, or none at all. This might be a goal for you, or maybe you are just in a rural area and this is already a way of life. Either way you need to take care of …
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