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“No food, no heat, no water! This is just ridiculous. What are we suppose to do?”

“No food, no heat, no water! This is just ridiculous. What are we suppose to do?”

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Something I heard on the radio yesterday has stuck with me clear through today. I was listening to ABC News on KLGA in the morning when I heard that parts of the Northeast had received up to 30 inches of snow. They had lost power and some of the people were quite indignant over this. “No food, no heat, no water! This is just ridiculous. What are we suppose to do?” I couldn’t help but listen in disbelief. I couldn’t…

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October’s Preparedness and November’s Goals

October’s Preparedness and November’s Goals

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Today’s post is a summary of what I have done for preparedness in October and what I plan to accomplish in November. I will be linking this post to Homestead Revival’s Preparedness Challenge! Head on over and check it out! So much to learn about! Food Storage1. Canned pear sauce, pear butter, and potatoes2. Froze tomatoes – I should have canned them, but I didn’t have time!!! Oh well.3. Made a temporary root celler.  4. Bought several more canning jars…

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Prepping With Little to No Money

Prepping With Little to No Money

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A big misconception in the prepper community and people looking from the outside is that prepping takes a lot of money. Yes, some of the bigger projects do take some money to do. If you are looking to be off-grid, eventually you are going to have to lay some money out for solar power, wind power, or whatever you choose to do.But….There is a lot you can do to prep that does not take money or very little money to…

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Food Storage and Preparedness Plans

Food Storage and Preparedness Plans

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I might have to abandon Preparedness Mondays and talk about being prepared more often. Self-sufficiency and preparedness have always been passions of mine and now has become a mindset for me. I love to share with you all what I have learned as well as my mistakes. I wanted to introduce you to a resource that will lay out food storage and planning for preparedness for you. This guide will take you step by step for what you need to…

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Dehydrating The Bounty

Dehydrating The Bounty

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We have been dehydrating our garden produce as well as what I bought from the Farmers Market lately. I love having dehydrated vegetables in my pantry. I have been doing a lot of onions with plans to do more as well as basil and all kinds of peppers. This was my progress so far: Hard to believe the middle jar was 4.5 onions at one time! Left jar is dried peppers and the right jar is dried basil. The first…

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Preparedness Monday – Slightly Off Track

Preparedness Monday – Slightly Off Track

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Preparedness Monday is slightly off-track seeing that today is Tuesday and what I had planned to blog about is going to wait until next week. I had planned on starting to talk about the ways I have started and added to my food storage as well as what I would like to do. We are switching directions this week because I have felt guided towards this direction by our personal experiences at home. The feeling is strong enough now that…

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