Preparedness

Is your home prepared for life’s emergencies? A disaster of any kind rarely stops with the initial event and has the capacity to last days or longer. Because of this, it is important to have a well-rounded approach to your preparedness efforts. Our research-based resources on emergency scenarios, emergency checklists, and disaster scenarios offer family-based preparedness advice to create a multi-layered approach so your family can be prepared for anything! Learn more about survival food, potable water, safety and security issues, how to live in an off-grid environment with alternative power and how to get your pet prepared for emergencies.

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Food Preservation at Knowle Cottage

Not having electric power the job of preserving a portion of the harvest to help us out in the winter was a long one.

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Food Rationing: It Will Break You Down Mentally

The foods we will carry will make all the difference in the world in terms of maintaining energy levels, and nutrition. Food rationing is an inevitable issue if you are planning for long term or extended events. Plans should be put in place to ensure the rationing we do is healthy and will still enable us to carry on.

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Food Storage Demystified

Storing food for long-term emergencies is not without it’s challenges. Many preppers who are beginning this task want to ensure they are packaging foods correctly. Listed, are 8 common food storage questions asked by beginning preppers. Perhaps these questions can help you.

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For $15 You Can Build The Perfect Backup Air Conditioner

Everyone should have some kind of backup plan for their AC needs.

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Foraging Edible Weeds in Urban Food Deserts

Looking back out at my backyard, I’m wondering how much more food is really out there that I have no idea about.

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Foraging For Edible Weeds

When food is scarce, chaos and fear begin to set in. Foraging for food in the most unlikely places can solve the starvation dilemma. Here are the top most common edible weeds.

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Foraging For Mayapples

Mayapple fruits are ripe when they are as yellow as a lemon, and are soft and slightly wrinkled. Their ripening time usually occurs somewhere between mid-July and September

Forecasting an Economic Collapse: These 7 Indicators Are All You Need to Know

Gain greater perspective of just how bad off the U.S. economy is by looking at these key economic factors.

Forge Ahead: This Unique Post-Collapse Skill Will Help You Fabricate and Repair Essential Items

With these materials, you’ll be able to make a forge for yourself. Why? So you can fabricate items made of metal, repair things, and obtain heat where a higher heat than just a standard fire is required.

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Forget Doom and Gloom: Preparedness is the Ultimate Act of Optimism

Never underestimate the magnitude of the importance of your state of mind.

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Four Current Events that Prove Preppers Need to Stay Vigilant

The world is a very precarious place right now and we need to continue focusing our attention on the horizon and remember a disaster is always looming in the distance.

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Four Fantastic Nontoxic Gun Cleaning Products

Like any cleaning product you have in your home at some point you have to ask yourself, is this stuff bad for me?

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