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What exactly is self-sufficiency?  Webster’s defines it as follows:adj.  Able to support or maintain oneself without aid or cooperation from others. Let’s take a look at this definition “Able to support or maintain oneself without aid or cooperation from others.” To some, this could be as simple as holding down a job, making mortgage or…

When the well pump won’t run due to a power outage or the municipal supply becomes contaminated or otherwise undrinkable, there are many sources of water available to you.  Many of these sources need to be filtered, or otherwise treated before consumption.There are many high quality filters available on the market today that will clean…

We have all heard about the current solar maximum and its possible effects here on earth. Living in Quebec, I remember the solar flares in 1989 knocking out the power grid for hours.  This was during a solar maximum.  In 1972, sporadic, but temporary phone outages were reported around North America.  In 1958 & 1959,…

As part of my interest in prepping, I regularly search the internet for wind power projects.  I plan on building some sort of wind generator in the near future.  My searches led me to this site…not exactly te scale I had in mind, but seems like a handy and useful project to do.  I may…

Here is a post from the forum from TCadd…Great post by the way, hope you all enjoy. Hi all, thought I would throw in a simple method to preserve a cheap source of protein! I do this in five pound batches, and am left with roughly one pound of dehydrated meat: 1) Break up and…