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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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16 Reusable Practical Items You Should Always Have In Your Home and In Your Preps

16 Reusable Practical Items You Should Always Have In Your Home and In Your Preps

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Being a prepper and being way more interested in self-reliance, I have become a lot more interested in items that can be reused time and time again. I would not have bought most of these things fifteen years ago, but now? I couldn’t imagine life without them.These things I think are important for home and possibly your survival. They are things that should stand the test of time, but we all know that can’t always be true. You should be…

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The Case For Why You Need To Become Self-Sufficient & Self-Reliant Now

The Case For Why You Need To Become Self-Sufficient & Self-Reliant Now

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I am going to preface this post today for you. I wrote this about four months ago. I have sat on this post since then. I am usually a pretty positive, fairly practical person. Not much really gets me down on a normal day. However, the state of our economy along with the financial situations of a good deal of Americans have gotten me fairly worried with a good dose of being angry. This is me being angry after receiving…

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55 Ways To Save Money on Your Utility and Water Bills

55 Ways To Save Money on Your Utility and Water Bills

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The single biggest expense most households have are their utility and water bills. Sometimes those two bills combined are more expensive than the mortgage. Sometimes those two bills are the same as the mortgage and monthly groceries. In other words, they are just expensive. In the twenty-plus years of paying for a utility bill and growing up in a house that was very conscious of its water and electrical use, I have learned some tips and tricks to drive down…

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What Direction Should You Take In Prepping?

What Direction Should You Take In Prepping?

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I am at a little bit of a crossroads in my preparedness journey. I know which way I lean in prepping, but I am now in a bit of a indecision. I know what I want to accomplish, but how far do I want to go? I have spent (or wasted depending on your viewpoint) a fair amount of time on prepping groups and forums. For the most part, people just want to be prepared for everyday life and the…

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