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Book Review: Drink the Harvest

Drink the Harvest – Making & Preserving Juices, Wines, Meads, Teas & Ciders Have you ever wanted to create your own fresh beverages? Then growing a beverage garden is for you.  Luckily, this...

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Ready, Set, Get Prepared! 30 Days of Preparedness

How do you organize your preparedness information? Welcome to the 2014 – 30 Days of Preparedness Challenge and National Preparedness Month. This is Day 1 and it’s all about how to organize preparedness...

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Use the Meals in a Jar Book to Create Your Own Recipes

Easy Meals at Your Fingertips We are moving across the country in a few weeks and will be living with family for awhile until we get settled. I am on a mission to create handy meals that I can cook...

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4 Lessons Learned From Countdown To Preparedness

Countdown to Preparedness: The Prepper’s 52-week Course to Total Disaster Readiness Does the prospect of getting ready for a disaster seem overwhelming? I’ve just finished reading the new book by Jim...

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Modern Pioneering: A Review

Modern Pioneering: More Than 150 Recipes, Projects, and Skills for a Self-Sufficient Life What is a Modern Pioneer? When you think about pioneers you probably think about tough and capable people. My...

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The New American Herbal: A Review

The New American Herbal by Stephen Orr I have a “thing” for herb books. There are probably twenty of them in my library and all have a specific purpose. Some tell me how to grow common herbs. Some tell...

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Practical Self-Reliance

Reducing Your Dependency on Others by John D. McCann What does self-reliance mean to you? The typical definition means doing things all on your own, using your own resources and requiring a little help...

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Urban Emergency Survival Plan by Jim Cobb

 Readiness Strategies for the City & Suburbs I find myself living in the suburbs again. This certainly brings its own set of challenges for my preparedness plan. Every plan that I had in place for...

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Your Homesteading Dream is Within Reach

Make Money Homesteading: So You Can Enjoy a Safe, Self-Sufficient Life Are you drawn to a simpler life? I have wanted to live on my own little piece of land and have a garden and chickens for as long...

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15 Favorite Gardening Books for 2015

Up Your Gardening Game This Year This is the time of year when I pull out my gardening books and dream about the upcoming year. I like to review my skills and look at new techniques to try. This year...

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The Mega List of Preparedness

512 Items the Ultimate Prepared Family Should Consider Stocking and Storing. Introducing the Mega List of Preparedness, Your Ultimate Tool to Plan and Prepare Your Family for the Challenges You May...

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The Ultimate Homemaking Bundle

Are the inmates running the asylum? I hear you. Sometimes I look around my house and wonder how things got so out of hand. When I was a little girl, I dreamed about getting married, becoming a mommy,...

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Chickens from Scratch

Raising Your Own Chickens From Hatch to Egg Laying and Beyond I am a previous chicken owner. At one time we had a little flock of 12 birds providing us fresh eggs daily and a convenient way to compost...

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Prepper’s Natural Medicine by Cat Ellis

Lifesaving Herbs, Essential Oils and Natural Remedies for When There Is No Doctor The other day my husband cut himself shaving and it wouldn’t stop bleeding. New razors can do that if the nick is in...

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The Penny-Pinching Prepper

Save More, Spend Less and Get Prepared for Any Disaster by  Bernie Carr This review is by Guest Contributor Christina Wells, who is new to prepping. If you are new to the whole idea of becoming a...

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2015 Book Reviews

The end of the year is a natural time for review. As 2015 comes to a close I thought we should take a look at some of the more popular books that were presented on the blog. This year has been busy for...

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4 Best Freeze Dried Fruit Snack Brands For Emergency Survival And Storage Tips

Emergency survival preparedness doesn’t mean a closet full of military meals. Get vitamins and antioxidants with freeze-dried fruit. Here’s where to buy it. Some say emergency preparedness is for over...

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The Best Garage Heaters That Keep Your Garage Warm

Image from AmazonThere's a reason you all need one of the best garage heaters in your possession. I’ll never forget the massive ice storm of 2007 in Kansas City, Missouri. We lost power for days on end...

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Use the Meals in a Jar Book to Create Your Own Recipes

Easy Meals at Your Fingertips We are moving across the country in a few weeks and will be living with family for awhile until we get settled. I am on a mission to create handy meals that I can cook...

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4 Lessons Learned From Countdown To Preparedness

Countdown to Preparedness: The Prepper’s 52-week Course to Total Disaster Readiness Does the prospect of getting ready for a disaster seem overwhelming? I’ve just finished reading the new book by Jim...

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