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

Book Review: Countdown to Preparedness by Jim Cobb

May 28, 2015 Living Life in Rural Iowa Comments 0 Comment

Countdown to Preparedness: The Prepper’s 52-Week Course to Total Disaster Readiness written by Jim Cobb is a comprehensive guide to setting up and organizing your preps, gaining skills, and becoming knowledgable over the course of a year. Jim is a preparedness expert having written five books on the subject of preparedness, writes for Survival Weekly, and is the owner and lead trainer for Disaster Prep Consultants.What I liked about this book is that Jim broke down what you need to be…

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Make Your Own Pet Food and Treats!

May 26, 2015 Living Life in Rural Iowa Comments 0 Comment

Have you seen how much pet food costs nowadays? I tend to buy better quality food and treats because I believe that the by-products are not good for our pets. I also believe that if I wouldn’t eat it, they shouldn’t eat it either. One of the areas I have tried hard to cut down expenses in has been pet food. I have two indoor cats, one outdoor dog, two goldfish, and twelve chickens. I feel like I am buying…

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Parents, Life Is Meant To Be Simpler (And Not So BUSY!)

May 21, 2015 Living Life in Rural Iowa Comments 0 Comment

Life gets so crazy sometimes. We run and run and run. The kids are involved in several things at once, we can’t say no to the latest commitment, and home is only a place to rest your head. Does this sound familiar?Life shouldn’t be like that. Yes, I know. I can hear y’all now. Kids are only young once. They need to experience all these things. They need to find out their potential. We need to be involved in their…

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10 Things To Do When Rain Stops You From Homesteading Outside

May 18, 2015 Living Life in Rural Iowa Comments 0 Comment

In my area of Iowa, we are soaked. We get about 2-3 days of rain, 2-3 days of no rain, 2-3 days of rain, and now cooler (than I like) temps. We have rain coming again at the beginning of the weekend. My garden is tilled. Nothing is in it. I have a fence to build around the garden, but the ground is so soft that I don’t think it will stay upright. We have a lot of mowing to…

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2015 Garden Plans and Goals: Becoming More Self-Sufficient Every Year!

May 13, 2015 Living Life in Rural Iowa Comments 0 Comment

Photo by my daughter, Jordan The garden is tilled! Now time to start planting and planning some more. I love gardening and all it entails. I am working on making the homestead into a food producing machine. A lot easier said than done, but every year I make progress.What am I going to do this year?1. Plant asparagus and hope it comes back next year. These are second year plants as opposed to the first year plants from last year….

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“What Do You Think Is Going To Happen? Is The World Going To End?”

May 6, 2015 Living Life in Rural Iowa Comments 0 Comment

The answer would be “I don’t know” or “I doubt it”. Literally, I don’t know. I can guess and not be right. I can only give you my views and let you make your own decisions. I see a lot of signs of potentially bad things happening, but I don’t know which way anything is going to go. I see a lot of signs that I find rather alarming and very disturbing. I see a lot of questionable decisions being…

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