Sew What?!

December 13, 2012 When we think about prepping, preparedness and living a more self sufficient life, we usually start out with food storage, long term, short term and everything in between. Then we may move...

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Adding Value To Our Future

December 13, 2012 It never fails to amaze me when one of my little brothers tells me that something is ONLY $100.00.  When I was growing up I had to learn the value of a dollar very early.  Aside...

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Winter Car Maintenance Tips

December 9, 2012 Commentary: I was checking Yahoo News this morning and among the normal drivel and celebrity gossip, I found this.  The below article is a pretty decent rundown of winter maintenance...

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SHH… I’m A Prepper With A Penchant For Gaming

December 3, 2012 So often, anyone in the prepper community is viewed as an extremist and all around crazy, but the truth is we have many of the same hobbies as anyone who doesn't prepare. I’m going...

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No Fuel? No Problem!

November 29, 2012 You’re out in the woods, stranded. It’s getting dark and you need to make a fire fast. You have all the twigs, sticks, and logs that you could possibly need. So now all you...

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13 Do’s and Don’ts of Food Storage

November 29, 2012 In most of my writing to you, I have been pretty adamant about the need for proper food and water storage but after looking through past articles I feel I have been pretty lax on just...

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Portable Potable Aqua

November 26, 2012 Water, you can never get enough of it. It surrounds us but most of it will make you violently ill if you try to drink it.  Luckily we’ve been able to come up with some pretty...

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Antibacterial Soap: Lather Rinse Repeat

November 26, 2012 Whether you are camping or in a disaster situation, antibacterial soap will be a precious commodity. Did you know that you can use ashes from your wood fire to create a “soap”...

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The Best Laid Plans

November 15, 2012 Robert Burns said it best in 1780 when he wrote, “The best laid plans of mice and men oft go awry” and how true those words still ring today. My initial intent for this email...

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Disaster: It’s Not Always Fukushima Or Hurricane Sandy

November 12, 2012 Living a prepper lifestyle often comes under scrutiny.  Thanks in no small part to recent media infatuation with doomsday type survivalists I am often asked about my tin hat and when I...

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