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Never Buy Eggs Again: Build a Chicken Coop

Substitute eggs, pre-whipped and “egg whites only” are everything except straight from the farm poultry eggs. Do you want to cut out the middle man between you and your breakfast? Did you know there are actual health benefits to organic,

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How to Make a Frog Trap In 30 Seconds

There is not a better time of year to trap and eat bullfrogs than now. Frog hunting and trapping makes an awesome sport and an awesome meal. Frogs legs taste very similar to chicken. Learning how to trap these critters

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How to Build a Battery Bank

The battery bank is the most important component of your off-grid powering system (See How to Build an Off-Grid Power Source). Once the sun goes down, the battery bank will provide electricity throughout the night if built correctly. The trick to

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How to Build an Off-Grid Power Source

Building an off-grid power source for your home or “Bug Out” location is not as difficult as you may think. Having power can drastically improve the quality of life during a long or short term power outage. After losing all

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Urban Survival For Alternate Power

The Seven Sisters of Urban Survival (Part V) You need some kind of power for: 1. Light2. Cooking3. Heat4. Refrigeration5. Communications LIGHTThis is a must when the power goes out. If you can afford them, the plug-in type flashlights that

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Using Solar For Survival: 5 Considerations for Living off the Grid

To many people, life without the power grid is an unfathomable and scary prospect. Survivalists have a different mindset; they understand that the power grid is a fragile and convenient luxury, and they do not take it for granted. If

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7 Essential Items in your Emergency Survival Kit

Emergencies need immediate attention. Yes, they won’t wait for you to get prepared. You should be primed to deal with such sudden, usually unexpected occurrence. Are you? Well, you can be, by including the following 7 essentials items to your

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When the Fault Breaks (Book Review)

When The Fault Breaks by Xavier Bruehler is a post-apocalypse book predicated by the rupture of the Cascadia Fault. It is about the stories and lives of survivors of the Mega Quake in a world of chaos and mayhem. It is

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Top 6 Household Fire Tinders

Fire starting is one of the most important necessities of surviving. Carrying a pocket lighter, flint & steel, or matches at all times is very ideal.  In the event you need fire, you have it in your very pocket. There

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Surviving With Rat Traps

  “What is the best survival trap on the market?” One might ask? The answer to that question would be RAT TRAPS. Below is a video by Blake Alma, the author of More Than Just a Rat Trap and the Editor-in-Chief

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