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Should You Be Using Electronic Media and Devices for Prepping?

Should You Be Using Electronic Media and Devices for Prepping?

Technology is a wonderful tool that can be used for the greater good as well as being used for less than honest intentions. We are using it or partaking of it every day and most of us use it almost every minute of the day. It has become a part of our lives whether we like it or not.Technology can be used for reading and downloading documents and books that we wouldn’t normally have access to even ten years ago….

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10 Foods Your College Kid Needs For Their Own Food Storage

10 Foods Your College Kid Needs For Their Own Food Storage

Are you sending off a kid to college this fall? Or will be in a few years? This is a good time to get your kid sent off on a good foundation. If you are a prepper, you will add a few more things to their pile of things that need to go with them.I have a tendency to go a little overboard sometimes, but I want to make sure that my kid has enough food as well as other…

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“Use It Up, Wear It Out, Make Do, or Do Without”: The Need to Learn Skills and Learn How to Make Do

“Use It Up, Wear It Out, Make Do, or Do Without”: The Need to Learn Skills and Learn How to Make Do

We talk a lot about what we need to acquire and purchase as people who live the various lifestyles of prepping, homesteading, and the combination of the two. We talk about what we shouldn’t buy as frugal people and sustainability learners. Somewhere in the middle though, we need to understand that we need to get back the phrase that most of us should live by. “Use it up, wear it out, make do, or do without.” That phrase hangs on…

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How to Prepare With Propane

How to Prepare With Propane

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?

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

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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