Potentially Deadly Fungus Found in Illinois Indiana & Kentucky

Potentially Deadly Fungus Found in Illinois Indiana & Kentucky

 

Be mindful. 

 

Scrolled down on this article and it has another article at the bottom about Zombie Apocalypse!  Thought that was odd.

Keeping Warm With No Power...

 

You can use an Oil Lamp to keep warm. I saved a  few of my soup cans and they fit perfectly on this mason jar oil lamp. You have to cut both ends off of the can. It focuses the heat together and it does get very warm. Also, it doesn't seem to use much fuel. This one has actual oil made for oil lamps, but I have some kerosene saved back (my kerosene heater wick was used up and I couldn't change the wick) that I will use in my oil lamps for this. I have several of these made up and ready for if the power goes out. Thinking for the bathroom. I have a Mr Buddy Propane Heater for the living room, with curtains on the doors to close if I have to keep heat in there. Getting prepped for winter.

How to Make Scalloped Potatoes with Dehydrated Potatoes

How to Make Scalloped Potatoes with Dehydrated Potatoes

 

 #10 cans of Potato Slices are usually a low cost option. I know the prices of everything has gone up. BUT, it would be good to have some on hand. There are so many ways to cook with them.

Seeds ~ Get them now!

Seeds ~ Get them now! Get ready for Spring as soon as possible - before it is hard to find them.

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Food Storage Recipe - Canned Tomatoes Salsa

 

 

                                                             The easiest recipe for salsa!!  

                                              A can of diced tomatoes (always in the food stockpile)

                                              Dice some onion and green pepper.

                                              Add about a teaspoon of minced garlic.

                                              A tablespoon of lime juice.

                                              Salt and pepper 

                                              Small bit of chopped up cilantro.

                                              A small bit of red pepper flakes.

          My blender broke so I had to just use my hand held potato masher. It worked pretty good. 

                                                         It will be chunky salsa. 

YUMMY!

                                             

Portable Power Station (Solar)

I have been waiting for months for the inergy solar generator that I ordered. So, I was tired of waiting and getting worried that I would not have at least something soon, I ordered a EF ECOFLOW Portable Power Station Delta 1000. It came really fast and already charged.

 I had gotten a small 3.2 Cubic Foot Mini Fridge With Freezer that I had just sat in my kitchen. Hooked it up to this and it started right up!! As you can see in the photos - it says that with the fridge hooked up and running it would have 16 hours. 

                           This is a must have item. This should run lights, fridge, wi-fi, etc. 

               Over the next few weeks I will test more items with it and make update post.

 

Prep Of the Week - Freezing Eggs

 

Having eggs on hand is a must. Egg prices where I live are getting so high. I decided to grab a few cartons of them and freeze them. Whenever eggs do go on sale , buy as many as you can and do this.

It is easy to do and can really help with recipes or making scrambled eggs.

Get out your muffin pans and spray them lightly with some no stick spray.

Break an egg into each space and whisk them up a bit.

Cover the pan with plastic wrap and place in the freezer. 

When they are frozen completely , take them out of the pans, and put into freezer bag. 

When you need to use them just pull out as many frozen eggs as you need. Easy to use - 1 frozen egg is just 1 egg!! 

They can last a while. Up to a year. But, you will probably use them all up way before then.

Green Onions From Scraps

 Bought a bunch of green onions on sale, brought home and chopped them up to freeze. Started to throw the roots away, then decided to try this out. They are growing great! This really works and can mean endless supply of green onions!

Food Storage Recipe - Fried Potatoes & Sausage

 

Just an easy recipe that is quick to cook! Doesn't use a lot of items and fills everyone up.

 I used red potatoes from my garden - use as many as you want. 

Half of a package of those mini smoked sausages that I cut into thirds.

A hand full of the frozen 3 pepper /onion blend.

I used some of my bacon grease and fired this all up - when the potatoes were done I threw some shredded cheese on and served!! 

Garden Seeds

Garden LOVE

 

Got a bit of lettuce and some red potatoes out of the small garden that I have. I have so many items planted and growing. Waiting impatiently for the zucchini! Have so many ideas for them. We have already ate some radishes out of the garden and planted more. Starting a garden had been the best thing I have done this year. Learning a lot , too. Next year will make sure the lettuce is in bigger rows and not so close together. I knew that I did not have a lot of room and got some Tom Thumb Lettuce , I think that is what it is called, BUT, I still think they need more room. A great learning experience and each year the garden will get better and better!

Garden Seeds

Water Storage: How Much to Store and How to Purify - DIY PREPAREDNESS

Water Storage: How Much to Store and How to Purify - DIY PREPAREDNESS

 Just sharing this link. Very important to have clean water. Cannot survive without water. Very smart to have a lot of ways to be able to obtain and keep clean water.

NEEDED INFO

ANYHOW BB92 Water filter 2 pack

Water Storage Containers

 

How to make a $6 brick rocket stove | The Owner-Builder Network

How to make a $6 brick rocket stove | The Owner-Builder Network

 

I want to make one of these!!

DIY Oil Lamp for Emergency Lighting

DIY Oil Lamp for Emergency Lighting

 

great idea and lots of great info on this post.

Off Grid - How To Build A Bio Water Filter

Off Grid - How To Build A Bio Water Filter

 

awesome way to get clean water!!

I cannot wait to garden....

 

 

I am so excited to start a garden this year. I think that I learned a lot the last few years and I am going to do it a bit different this time. Cannot wait to start it. Everyone needs to have a garden! With the high cost of food this would help a bit. My family is all going to grow at least something so that way we all will have access to vegetables if we need them.

Nuclear War Survival Skills

 

Nuclear War Survival Skills: Lifesaving Nuclear Facts and Self-Help Instructions

 

Be prepared for the worst case scenario with t this field-tested guide to surviving a nuclear attack, written by a revered civil defense expert.

This edition of Cresson H. Kearny’s iconic Nuclear War Survival Skills (originally published in 1979 and updated by Kearny himself in 1987 and again in 2001), offers expert advice for ensuring your family’s safety should the worst come to pass. Chock-full of practical instructions and preventative measures, Nuclear War Survival Skills is based on years of meticulous scientific research conducted by Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

• 
  Featuring a new introduction by ex-Navy SEAL and New York Times bestselling author Don Mann, this book also includes
  
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  Instructions for six different fallout shelters
  
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  Food and water
  
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  Myths and facts about the dangers of nuclear weapons
  
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  Tips for maintaining an adequate food and water supply
  
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  Shelter sanitation and preventive medicine
  
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  Surviving without doctors
  
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  A foreword by “the father of the hydrogen bomb,” physicist Dr. Edward Teller,
  
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  An “About the Author” note by Eugene P. Wigner, physicist and Nobel Laureate.
  

Written at a time when global tensions were at their peak, Nuclear War Survival Skills remains relevant in the dangerous age in which we now live.

Wild Plants You Can Eat

 

Bulk Buying Over The Weekend

Stocking up on some canned food. I really don't like eating a lot of this type of item, lots of sodium, but, I did get some Dinty Moore Beef Stew, Hearty Meals, 15-Ounce Cans (Pack of 12), canned sliced carrots, chili, beef tamales, and some other soups. These are great to have on hand for quick eats. Make them real good by putting over rice or noodles. Plus, gives you some variety. Always adding to the stockpile of food. Never feel like we have enough.
 

Choosing a Survival Seed Bank

Choosing a Survival Seed Bank

 

A New Year gets me to thinking of starting my garden. Last year my garden did not grow very well, had a few cucumbers and that was it. This year I am going to do it a lot different and a lot bigger.13400 Seed 33 Fruit/Vegetable Variety Pack Non-GMO Heirloom Home Bank Lot

20 Quick & Easy Make-Ahead Freezer-Friendly Dinners for Busy Moms | Money Saving Mom®

20 Quick & Easy Make-Ahead Freezer-Friendly Dinners for Busy Moms | Money Saving Mom®

 

Oh man , these are some awesome recipes and would work so well for when you just want to grab something for yourself. Home alone etc.

30 Foods That Can Last Up To 30 Years - Homestead Survival Site

30 Foods That Can Last Up To 30 Years - Homestead Survival Site

 

Some great info and great list of items that will last. 

 

 

DIY Fabric Cat House Free Sewing Patterns | Fabric Art DIY

DIY Fabric Cat House Free Sewing Patterns | Fabric Art DIY  

I have got to try and make a couple of these for my cats. Heck, my Puggle would probably love one , also. LOL

Off Grid Communication

This is something to think about - how to communicate if the grid goes down or in a SHTF situation.

 

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• ✉️GLOBAL MESSAGING AS IT WAS MEANT TO BE: Only ZOLEO extends your messaging coverage to everywhere on earth transmitting over the lowest cost network available (satellite, cellular or Wi-Fi). ZOLEO offers a familiar text messaging experience to and from any SMS text number, email address or another ZOLEO app user. By taking advantage of cellular or Wi-Fi when available and the Iridium network (a truly global satellite network) when it isn’t, only ZOLEO offers seamless coverage wherever you go!
• 📲DEDICATED SMS PHONE NUMBER & EMAIL ADDRESS: Your ZOLEO device includes a dedicated US SMS text number and email address that you can share with contacts that you want to remain accessible to, and that they’ll recognize when you message them. Contacts can send messages directly to your SMS number, email address or via the free ZOLEO app. It’s that simple!
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Food Storage Recipe - Coffee Mug Cake

 

Make several individual desserts, right in your mugs. Cool!!
This is easy as 1-2-3.

1. You will need two cake mixes. One must be Angel Food, the other your choice.

2. MIX THE TWO TOGETHER, now forming one cake mix, in an airtight container and seal it.

3. When you want a treat, get a coffee mug, add 3 Tablespoons of the Cake Mix, and 2 Tablespoons of Water. Microwave 1 minute. (Please note, depending on your microwave, this could vary a little.)

Yummy! This mixture here is apparently just 180 calories - not bad when you need something sweet without overdoing it!!!

50 Easy Ways to Become More Sustainable

50 Easy Ways to Become More Sustainable

 

This is a great list! A lot of ways to save money.

 

50+ Dandelion Recipes: Drinks, Sweets, Soap, Remedies + More!

50+ Dandelion Recipes: Drinks, Sweets, Soap, Remedies + More!

 

I need to get some more ink! My folder with all of the info is getting full.

 

 

Cedar & Pine Handmade Soap Recipe for Your Manly Man: (An Easy, Natural Soap to Make in Your Crockpot!) — All Posts Healing Harvest Homestead

Cedar & Pine Handmade Soap Recipe for Your Manly Man: (An Easy, Natural Soap to Make in Your Crockpot!) — All Posts Healing Harvest Homestead

 

Foraging might be something that we will HAVE to do someday!! Have to learn what you can do with the items that you forage.

 

 

How to Make Cookies After the Apocalypse (Wild Foraged Cookies)

How to Make Cookies After the Apocalypse (Wild Foraged Cookies)

 

Another batch of info to print off. Could be very useful.

Survival Garden

 

  Learning how to grow your own Survival Garden Seeds Home Garden is a must!! 
Get your seeds early.
Feed Your Family - Help provide vegetables and herbs for culinary and medicinal use all year round. Assorted crops that grow during cool and summer seasons. During fall harvest, it's easy to store extra for the future by canning, drying, and freezing for later use during cold weather.

Building The Three Bucket Bio-Water-Filter

Building The Three Bucket Bio-Water-Filter

 

This is an awesome tutorial . putting into my to be printed list.

27 Survival Foods That Last For Decades

27 Survival Foods That Last For Decades

 

More great info to have on hand. 

Stocking up food that will last a long time is a better plan.

Cake Mix Cookies

 

Free Sewing Patterns for Loungewear

Free Sewing Patterns for the Summer Trend We Love: Loungewear - Mood Sewciety

 

Having a homemade Christmas has been so much fun. I am next going to create lounge wear for gifts! Everyone loves being cozy and comfy!

Homemade Portable Solar Generator

Homemade Portable Solar Generator

 

I am really loving DIY things right now. Saves money and is really full filling to do it yourself.

How to Make Butter from Powdered Milk - Little House Living

How to Make Butter from Powdered Milk - Little House Living

 

I found one - going to make sure to print this all off.

Powerless (Off-Grid) Appliances For Your Kitchen

Your kitchen is really the most important room of the home. That makes it even more important to make sure if everything goes off-grid and you have no power , you will still have a functioning kitchen.

Coffee is a very important item in most homes. So having a Coffee Pot – Coffee Percolator. With a Percolator you can make coffee on a wood stove, campfire, firepit, etc 

Being able to cook many different ways is also a must-have - a Solar Cooker Oven is a great and easy way to be able to cook. Use a Covered Dutch Oven in your solar cooker will give you so many options of items to cook! 

You might need to mix stuff up for a recipe and having a hand powered mixer will be very useful. I found mine at an antique mall.   

A Stove Top Iron Waffle Maker could be something very useful. Like the percolator there are many ways to use this, campfire etc.

  Manual Butter Churner - you have to have butter! I am going to try this with powered milk. hmmm or something like that. I know I read it somewhere - so need to hunt that recipe down to print off.

 This one if for the fun of it, a Campfire Popcorn Campfire Firepit Popcorn Popper. Gotta have some fun every once in a while. Give something for the kids to do. 

 Folding Camp Stove Toaster for all of your homemade bread that you will be making. Slather on some of the homemade butter and YUMMY! 

You will not be able to eat a lot of items with out having the most important thing in the kitchen - a Manual Handheld Strong Can Opener

13 DIY Composting Toilet Ideas to Make Going Off-Grid Easier

13 DIY Composting Toilet Ideas to Make Going Off-Grid Easier

 

This is great information to know.