For those of us who can and preserve our foods, we certainly know how rewarding it can be. Satisfied family and friends regularly enjoy our goodies, and we love being able to provide them. But, most of us often wonder ...
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Starting A Fire With Limited Supplies
Next to water, there is little to the prepper lifestyle that is more important than fire. It can provide heat to keep you warm and make water potable. Fire can, of course, also cook your food, provide light, or if ...
Read More »De-clutter and De-stress Your Life
Clutter has a habit of wreaking havoc on our lives. I know because I used to be the biggest pack rat. I come by it honestly because both my parents were pack rats. It drove my husband nuts for years, ...
Read More »Scheduling And Planning Basics For The Prepper Lifestyle
My husband and I began envisioning ourselves in a prepper lifestyle at a point in our lives that looking back, turned out to be the height of our careers. Always knowing we wanted to get out of the rat race ...
Read More »The Basic Principles of Juicing
If you’ve been around for a while like I have, you probably remember people in the early 1990s talking about a new health craze called juicing. The whole notion behind the practice seemed quite simple: Throw some fresh fruits or ...
Read More »Tansy and Its Many Uses
Tansy is the common name for the flowering plant species known as Tanacetum vulgare L. If you live in the U.S., Canada, or Europe, there’s a pretty good chance you can find this plant in local environments such as pastures, ...
Read More »Bountiful Benefits Of Grass-Fed Beef
In April 2012, researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health and several other prominent organizations released a study that assessed the long-term health risks associated with eating raw and cooked red meat. They concluded that consumption of even a ...
Read More »Incredible Powerful Antioxidants That “Bark”!
French pine bark is a substance obtained from the bark of the French marine pine tree. Supplement manufacturers use an extract of this bark to make a commercial product called Pycnogenol, which contains significant amounts of antioxidants. Antioxidants can potentially ...
Read More »Can Vitamin E Extend Lifespan?
Vitamin E is the name for eight fat-soluble compounds. It is found naturally in some foods and is often taken as a supplement. Vitamin E is known for many health benefits, not the least of which is its ability to ...
Read More »How To Get Ripped Off-the-Grid
Exercise bikes in a long neat row, mirrored walls with nautilus and weight machines, aerobics, zumba, a lap pool, and Hans—the mountain of a man sweating amid stacks and racks of free weights—are all sights many associate with getting into ...
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