Living Life in Rural Iowa - Living the Simple Life While Preparing for Tomorrow

Should I Stay or Should I Go? A Prepper’s Guide to Evacuating or Staying

September 12, 2018 Living Life in Rural Iowa Comments 0 Comment

As preppers, we like to think we can live through and survive anything. We are tough. We are prepared!However, there is a reason we have and talk about bug-out bags and 72-hour kits incessantly. We want to be prepared if we should have to leave in hurry for any reason. While we want to stay in our prepper palaces, sometimes that is not feasible.What should be the criteria for staying or going in an emergency situation? Why would you leave your…

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25 Ways to Save Money by Extreme Living and Saving

August 29, 2018 Living Life in Rural Iowa Comments 0 Comment

In other words, you will need to practice a level of frugality that most of us don’t want to think about. I call this poverty living. We are all living (or should be living) at a level of frugality that seems a little tight, but sometimes we need to get a lot tighter.

You Have Lessons To Learn From Those That Survived The Great Depression

August 27, 2018 Living Life in Rural Iowa Comments 0 Comment

The Great Depression was an era in American History that people who lived through it would remember indefinitely. They remember how hard the times were, the poverty most people suffered, and just life in general at the time. For most people who remember living through this time, the lessons stuck with them for the rest of their life.For those who experienced the worst of The Great Depression, they never forgot. They do not or did not like talking about life…

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The Prepper’s Yearbook is available for sale!

August 21, 2018 Living Life in Rural Iowa Comments 1 comment

(Updated 4/16/2023 with new links) The Prepper’s Yearbook is available for sale! This is a dream for me as it is the first book I have ever written! I wanted to make prepping as simple as possible for you! As the title suggests, this book will give you five tasks every month to help you be more prepared. You will be able to download this book and print it off to make it easier for you to keep track of…

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This Kind of Life Is Not Cute or Kitschy…It’s A Lot of Work

August 13, 2018 Living Life in Rural Iowa Comments 0 Comment

This weekend has been busy. I am getting ready to post several pictures on Instagram about what I got done this week and I am still struck by how much work gets done around here every weekend. What strikes me, even more, is how much work there is to do everyday and weekend.I choose this life. I wasn’t delusional about what it would entail. Being a prepper is work. Being a homesteader is work. Being self-reliant is work. Being frugal…

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The Best Way To Freeze Zucchini (And What To Do With It Afterwards!)

August 11, 2018 Living Life in Rural Iowa Comments 5 comments

Zucchini is one of those rare garden plants. Almost anyone can grow it! Zucchini is also (normally) very prolific meaning that it will produce very well for weeks if not months. We love here at Living Life in Rural Iowa so I like to put it up for use in the winter.You can use zucchini in place of cucumber in relishes and pickles to preserve and use up the bounty. We like to eat it straight from the garden on…

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