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50 Homesteading Skills and Tips To Learn To Become More Self-Reliant (With Links!)

50 Homesteading Skills and Tips To Learn To Become More Self-Reliant (With Links!)

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We all know that skills are critical to survival and more. As preppers, we know that skills will make or break us. As homesteaders, without skills, you will fail on your homestead. Many preppers dream of being self-reliant and becoming homesteaders in order to survive and thrive whatever life may throw at them.Knowing what skills to learn to be self-reliant is another matter. You need to make a plan for your homestead and discuss what you can reasonably handle. Do…

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Ten Ideas For Christmas Shopping With A Self-Reliant Prepper Perspective

Ten Ideas For Christmas Shopping With A Self-Reliant Prepper Perspective

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Christmas is coming around the corner. To say that I find Christmas shopping painful would be an understatement. However, I have a few tips and tricks to buy presents that fit into my values and beliefs without sacrificing my pocketbook. I have a budget for everyone on my list and they are well aware of it. I almost never buy toys that are electric, take batteries, or need electricity to operate them. My kids figured this out years ago and…

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Is Social Media Helping or Hurting Preppers?

Is Social Media Helping or Hurting Preppers?

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Social media can be seen as a boon or bane for most people. For the most part, social media, as well as the internet as a whole, can be seen as beneficial. It allows you to gather a large amount of information that is good for your prepping. It also gives you a sounding board for any questions you may have as well as a large group of people supporting you in your efforts.You can talk to a lot of…

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How To Incorporate Meal Planning Into Your Food Storage (Free Meal Planning Printable Included!)

How To Incorporate Meal Planning Into Your Food Storage (Free Meal Planning Printable Included!)

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Updated 5/17/2025 When you first start prepping, one of the first things that most new preppers tackle is their food storage. Whether you start out buying a lot of food at once, add a little bit at a time, and/or preserve everything you can, you stockpile food. While that is a good thing to do, you have a lot of food in storage after a while. You now have a new problem. You may be a little lost as to…

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Medical Prepping Is More Than Just Gathering Supplies

Medical Prepping Is More Than Just Gathering Supplies

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Recently, we had an incredibly tough week with a lot of ups and downs. We had not one, but two trips to the emergency room in a week. The first one was pretty understandable and all turned out well. We know why my son is passing out now while he running a race and it is fairly treatable. However, we also had to take a trip to Des Moines to the pediatric cardiologist to make sure his heart was looking…

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How Well Do You Deal With Stress?

How Well Do You Deal With Stress?

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Updated 3/24/2026 Let me preface this by saying that I have had a week from hell this last week. I have been under a lot of stress in the last year or so, but this last week took the cake. Hopefully, tomorrow’s blog post will give you more insight into what happened, how I handled it, and what you should know about medical prepping.  The word “medical” is a stressor for most people. I am not exempt from it either….

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