Homesteading and Back to Basics

How to build your own dirt cheap fridge

This is a guest post and entry in our non-fiction writing contest  by Michael C I noticed that many people on this blog want to store milk, vegetables, seeds and medication in a refrigerated atmosphere but have yet to buy 2 refrigerators. Remember the “two is one and one is none” motto; you need 2 ways [...]

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Weatherization on a Dime; Pt1 (or $ .30 Inflation ya know!)

This is a guest post and entry in our non-fiction writing contest  by Repair Mama I just wanted to do a post on trying to save money by making your home cost you a little less. Why give your money to the utility when you can use it to prep. They get enough of our hard-earned [...]

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How to beat unemployment in 4 easy steps

This is a guest post and entry in our non-fiction writing contest  by Tony It doesn’t take an SHTF event for you to need your preparations. In fact, there is another danger looming over the heads of many in America that could drastically change their lives on any given day. That is unemployment. Fourteen million people [...]

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Make free range rabbits work for you

This is a guest post and entry in our non-fiction writing contest  by Matthew  R When I was in high school I raised rabbits in a pen to complete a FFA project. The project was a fun learning experience despite the high mortality rates suffered, a common problem for amateur rabbit breeders. I can’t say I [...]

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Why raise livestock when I can just hunt?

This is a guest post and entry in our non-fiction writing contest  by Chris J When I bring up survival or preparedness to my friends, family, or co-workers, most just scoff and say things like “Well, I can keep food on my table by hunting.” Apparently, they think that they are the only ones with this [...]

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A Cheap and Easy At-Home Survival Food

This is a guest post and entry in our non-fiction writing contest  by Kim B. Many years ago, my family knew a gentleman in his late fifties whom was living off-the-grid. He had his own garden to supplement his grocery bill, used lanterns for lighting his home and outhouse, heated his home and cooked all of [...]

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The Perfect Survival Food

This is a guest post and entry in our non-fiction writing contest  Gayle from Gainesville What is the perfect survival food? Before we can arrive at a satisfactory answer to this question we must first agree on a criterion of perfection with respect to foodstuffs. I wish to suggest that the perfect survival food must remain [...]

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My Survival Retreat and What I Encountered

This is a guest post and entry in our non-fiction writing contest by Chuck W Just a little over four years ago I purchased my Survival Retreat in the mountains of West Virginia. The climate is temperate, and the land is affordable. Taxes are low. I got sixteen acres up in the woods with a [...]

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Tips from the Great Depression on how to surviving hard times

This is a guest post and entry in our non-fiction writing contest By Rex J I’ve had the benefit and privilege of knowing several people, including family members that survived the “Great Depression”, and of hearing how they did it. Most of my family knew how to farm, hunt, fish, and trade. Today, however, I [...]

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Converting cooking oil into BIO-Diesel

Guest post By Moe, Larry & Curly Some time ago the realization that using gasoline to power my car, truck and other tools and generators wasn’t something I could or should bank on. With prices per gallon volatile at best and the possibility that the supply could become scarce, as it has before which of [...]

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