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How to Prepare With Propane

How to Prepare With Propane

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Updated 9/18/25 Many preppers have some fuel as part of their short-term and long-term preps. For many short-term situations and crises, fuel can be a valuable addition to your preps. A fuel like propane can last longer than other refined fuels due to its nature of being used as a vapor in some applications and a liquid in different applications. I deal with propane every day. I work for an agricultural cooperative, but my primary responsibility is dealing with propane…

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What Happens When You Have A Bad Gardening Year?

What Happens When You Have A Bad Gardening Year?

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This spring’s weather conditions have been anything but ideal. The weather is too hot already in some areas, too cool in other areas, and the rain has been unrelenting. , many conventional crops are not being planted due to flooding and unworkable fields. Many experts are already predicting food shortages due to flooding, livestock loss, and crops not being planted.While all of that is pretty bad, gardens are taking a hit this year too. The naysayers will say that gardens…

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30+ Cookbooks and Manuals You Should Have on Your Reference Shelf for Your Homestead and Your Preps

30+ Cookbooks and Manuals You Should Have on Your Reference Shelf for Your Homestead and Your Preps

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Cookbooks are invaluable. They teach us so much about cooking, baking, canning, butchering, and more. They give specific instructions on how to do anything with cooking and the kitchen. They can really help the experiences and the novice alike. While nothing really replaces the experience you get by doing and learning, having resources like cookbooks and cooking manuals is very important. You should have a good variety of cookbooks and manuals. Whether you are a canner, a preserver, a carnivore,…

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My Top 10 Frugal Living Hacks That Will Help You Save Money Everyday

My Top 10 Frugal Living Hacks That Will Help You Save Money Everyday

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I like saving money. I like it a lot. I also have some quirks and one of those quirks is challenging myself to find new ways to do something cheaper. I also think reusing items is cool and recycling items are the best.Those closest to me will just tell you I am weird and they look for opportunities to tell me when I go too far. Apparently, it isn’t cool to take the Sunday coupon flyers out of the county…

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You Need To Prep For Where You Are Now, Not Where You Want To Be

You Need To Prep For Where You Are Now, Not Where You Want To Be

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While preppers can be some of the most positive people you could ever meet, there are some really hopeful preppers that need a reality check. A lot of people in forums and in groups talk about prepping for their bug out location or when they move to a rural location. While that is all fine and good, the problem is that they are prepping for a place that does not really exist at the moment.Unless you live in your bug…

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The Penny-Pinching Prepper Book Review

The Penny-Pinching Prepper Book Review

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(I will be reviewing books as I read them this year. I have either purchased these myself or were given them for review. As always, I have affiliate links attached to this post to help make a little extra for my family and support this blog.)I have been working through my stack of prepping books to be read. The Penny-Pinching Prepper: Save More, Spend Less and Get Prepared For Any Disaster by Bernie Carr has been one of the best…

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