When my husband first asked me to purchase the Solutions from Science Drag and Draw Gun Vault, I was sure it was a gimmick and not worth the money. I mean, how they could offer this biometric equipment for $179.99 ...
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6 Surprising Off-Grid Uses For Alcohol
When city folks in the 1940s went into the country, they were surprised to find the farmers didn’t know there was a depression going on. Why? Because they made their own food and alcohol. Yep…you read that right—alcohol. Is alcohol ...
Read More »Surviving with Diabetes
Diabetes sufferers know that maintaining a controlled environment where they have a steady supply of medication and balanced meals is important for good health. However, at times it can be impossible to maintain this perfect environment. When the world is ...
Read More »The UN Wants Your Child: What’s In Store For America’s Homeschoolers?
An old story is becoming new again, worrying many homeschooling and independently minded parents across the country. The UN Convention on Rights of the Child first made headlines in 1989 when the first signatures were attached to the agreement. Now, ...
Read More »Storing Your Stuff Efficiently
Once you’re serious about preparing your family (or even just yourself!) for an off-grid lifestyle, you may quickly run out of space for all your stuff. Properly organizing and storing them is critical to avoid becoming overwhelmed, so today I ...
Read More »A Multi-Family Retreat
1. Preplanning. • Location of retreat. If you don’t have a cabin in mind, the first item to discuss is where the cabin should be located. Should it be near a river or lake, or close to a highway? How far ...
Read More »The Real Problem with our Education System
There are a multitude of problems that can be attributed to the crippling of our education system, and this article can’t address them all. However, at the forefront right now is the demise of our public schools caused by an ...
Read More »Disaster Drills: The Best Preparation
Preparation for a disaster is not always enough. Only practice makes perfect. If you make the effort to use Mother Nature’s little disasters and test your readiness with dry-runs and rehearsals, you will learn a thousand little things that will ...
Read More »Water Safety in an Emergency
There are so many things that can happen to affect the safety of your drinking water. Natural disasters such as floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, ice storms, and earthquakes (to name a few) can contaminate public supplies of water. Man-made disasters, from ...
Read More »10 Ways To Survive Any Crisis
Disasters come in a full spectrum of sizes and forms. Some may be personal, like a divorce, a death in the family, or the loss of a job. Others may be regional, national, or global. It could come as a cataclysmic natural ...
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