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…
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Water, the Source of Life
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…
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Advantages & Disadvanteges of Manufactured Fire Logs
If you have a wood burning stove or fireplace for heat, weather primary or backup, you have probably at least looked at artificial fire logs. I have used a few different types of these and find that they do have a place next to my wood pile, but there are clear advantages & disadvantages to…
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Thanks to All
I want to take a minute to thank all the readers as well as contributing members for helping to keep the blog alive. If you haven’t already done so, check out the forum. Some of the provincial blogs will automatically redirect you there. There are sub forums on a variety of topics and the atmosphere…
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A Thought About Solar Maximum
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,…
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Mini Wind Power Battery Charger
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…
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Call For Recipes #3
Alright then everyone…pop quiz!What is the number one recommended prep item?If you answered food, then you are correct. So to help all our fellow preppers get that food put back, our call for recipes is food storage ideas. Dehydrating, canning, you name it…give us those home preservation methods here. And thanks again to TCadd for…
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Are You Getting Ready?
Let’s take a minute to look around a bit…Major earthquakes have hit in Chile, Austrailia, and now Japan.Civil uprising in Egypt and Lybia.The world is going to Heck in a handbasket.Locally, things don’t look any better…1998 – Ice storm hits eastern Canada2000 – Devestating tornado in Pine Lake2010 – Hurricane Igor hits Canadian east coastNow…
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Drying Ground Beef
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…
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Gardening Sound Off
Last Thursday, I posted a reminder about getting your garden plan in order. Now that you have had a chance to plan a little, let’s hear about what your plans are…..What are you growing?How are you growing it?Are you growing enough to put up for future use, or just enough to last the season?Sound off…