These days, having a security alarm may not always deter burglars and criminals from breaking into your home. By making some minor adjustments to the landscaping of the yard, you can create secure perimeter around the property so that criminals will think twice before attempting to break in.
Tess Pennington
Tess Pennington is the author of The Prepper's Blueprint, a comprehensive guide that uses real-life scenarios to help you prepare for any disaster. Because a crisis rarely stops with a triggering event the aftermath can spiral, having the capacity to cripple our normal ways of life. The well-rounded, multi-layered approach outlined in the Blueprint helps you make sense of a wide array of preparedness concepts through easily digestible action items and supply lists.
Tess is also the author of the highly rated Prepper's Cookbook, which helps you to create a plan for stocking, organizing and maintaining a proper emergency food supply and includes over 300 recipes for nutritious, delicious, life-saving meals.
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Medical Breakthrough: Plant Based Insulin
A flower commonly used for creating oil, could be used to save a large population of the world. Scientists have found a way of creating insulin in the seed of the safflower. Although it is still in the testing phase, it could be well on it’s way to being a medical break through.
3 Ways to Utilize Fallen Leaves
Utilizing natrual materials, such as leaves to use in the garden can improve your soil, naturally fertilize, create a nutrient rich mulch, as well as keep your soil moist. Leaves are a gift back from nature and utilizing them in the garden will reward you three fold. Here are three ways to make leaves work for you.
Homemade Amish Egg Noodles
Nothing beats the taste of homemade noodles, and the Amish have perfected this homestead favorite.
It Ain’t Just For Smoking: Known But Beneficial Uses For Tobacco
Over the course of centuries, tobacco was hailed for it’s medicinal uses and cures. But in today’s world, the tobacco plant has a really bad reputation. But it has more uses than just for smoking and chewing. In fact, any person who is planning for a long term emergency situation should have a stock of tobacco, not only for it’s bartering potential, but also for it’s assistance in gardens, as well as for it’s medicinal purposes.
Garden Health Checklist From the Vegetable Gardener’s Bible
Edward Smith’s The Vegetable Gardener’s Bible is a must have for those wanting to learn everything there is know about gardening and self-sufficient gardening practices. This easy to read book gives first hand knowledge on how to grow a successful garden. His garden health checklist will help naturally jump start any garden in need.
Making a Worm Farm
Creating a worm farm to use for the garden is an easy organic way of adding nutrients and natural fertilizers to the soil, helps plants, and creates new worm populatons for the compost pile. Not to mention it is a fun educational project to do with the kids to teach them about organic gardening, and the benefits of using beneficial insects and worms for the garden. Here are some tips on creating a successful worm farm.
What Do a Hurricane,TEOTWAWKI and a Flat Tire Have In Common?
As much as we pride ourselves on preparedness, there are those unexpected bursts of stress that occur in our daily lives that can create unwanted stress and frustration. By using these stress bursts as a way to further mentally prepare yourself for unforeseen events can increase ones tolerance for stress and frustration.
The Lessons of Amish Agriculture
The word Amish evokes thoughts of horse buggies, rolling acres of farmland, and most importantly, a more simplified life. Although the Amish live modestly, they feel blessed with all they have. Their farmsteading priniciples are no different. Because they have embraced and preserved traditional farming methods passed down for hundreds of years, many who are beginning their journey towards a more agrarian lifestyle are looking to our Amish friends for some guidance.
The Dirty Truth About Being Green
It’s refreshing to see a large company beginning to take those initial steps to being a “greener company.” Sunchips has taken those steps and created new plant based packaging that can be broken down in a compost pile. The more food products that can be made out of recyclable or compostable materials, the better off we and our compost piles will be.
Preppers are Crazy, Gun Fanatics, Doomers, Fear Mongerers, and Delusionally Disconnected From Reality
What do you do when you come face to face with someone who does not understand why you prepare? Or when they begin laughing at you for living in a delusional world? Do you give them a good punch in the face or do you sit and talk with them to get them to understand?