Preppers Survival Kit

Preppers Survival Kit was a free app for android when this post was written!

Product Features

• An app with leading experts in Survival and Preparedness & reference materials.

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Product Description

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Product Description

The Preppers Survival Kit is an app that brings together some of the leading experts in Survival and Preparedness. The built in manuals give you the references you will need in case of an emergency situation. If you really want to be prepared, then watch the people in the videos (Dave Canterbury, Patriot Nurse, Maine Prepper, Southern Prepper 1) and learn what you need to know to make it through the rough times. The people in these channels are among the best at teaching you what you need to know to make sure you and your family are prepared.

*Survival and Bushcraft
*Prepping
*Survival Medicine
*Edible and Medicinal Plants

We only use Google adds and do not collect any user information other than what is collected by Google.

This kit is designed to use before the SHTF. Learn the skills now and use the books for reference later. The books are built into the app and do not require internet once installed.

Because of the reference material this is a fairly large app and can be moved to the SD card.

3 Things done out of 1 celery bunch!

 

WOW! I actually did 3 things with my bunch of celery.

 

First thing was , we took some of the stems and did a science experiment with them. Put them in different colors of food coloring. Teach the Little Man how water moves through plants. He can actually see the water go up into the plant.

 

Second thing that I did was take all of the celery and slice it up. Put it into my food dehydrator. More dehydrated celery to add to my jar for soups. Yummy.

 

The bottom I put into a small cup of water to get it to start. The one of the right I had done about a week ago and it is starting to grow. This Friday have to go and get some bags of potting soil and get some pots. One of these I am going to keep indoors to see how it does and if it can even be grown indoors. Just to see. I would really love to be able to grow a lot of items indoors in case something happens and going outdoors in not an option. We would still have the fresh veggies and herbs growing for us to eat.  

Sore Throat? Cold? Try mint tea!

 

I always try and keep a pot of mint growing in the house. On my kitchen window sill now is a Herbs in a can  of mint. My son bought me it about 2 weeks ago and they are just sprouting. So cute. But, fresh mint is so good for making a tea with that helps with colds and flu. I add real honey to it and it really soothes a sore throat.

 

Easy to make:

 

Put a couple of sprigs of the mint into a teapot and pour in a couple of cups of boiling water. Cover it and let it infuse for a few minutes. Strain it and drink! Add the honey to it right before you drink it.

 

Also is good for indigestion, nausea, headaches.

 

If you have no fresh mint you can use dried. Use a teaspoonful per cup.

Children's Book About Camping: A Kids Picture Book About Camping With Photos and Fun Facts

Children's Book About Camping: A Kids Picture Book About Camping With Photos and Fun Facts was free for the kindle when this post was written. A great one for the kids.

Jennifer Garcia is pleased to present her new picture book for kids. This easy reading book for children contains fun facts about camping in detail among the content of, Children's Book About Camping: A Kids Picture Book About Camping With Photos and Fun Facts.

This delightful picture book for children, ages about 4-10, contains a variety of fun facts about the aspects of camping and contains 18 wonderful graphic images to accompany the story. It offers interesting facts, in simple language, and although appropriate for all these ages, for the 4 year olds to early second grade, it will probably need to be viewed with a parent.

Students will encounter new words and concepts. They'll read about some aspects of camping that they may not have known about, like a Camp Checklist, Building a Fire and Games to Play. Other subjects in the book include, Camp Food and Couch Camping. In addition, the end of each chapter gives your child an extra factoid and poses a question to encourage them to ponder over what they have just read.

The images in the book are primarily colored Photographs that are stunning if read with a Kindle Fire or the Kindle Application on one of the tablet devices or the PC. Black and White readers will be also see them clearly but will just miss the added dimension available. Children will also find answers to kid-style questions like;

Why is it important to pick a good camp site?
Where can I build a campfire?
What is the best camping food?

Teachers and homeschooling parents will find this book a wonderful addition to their nonfiction libraries. It provides selected passages on an assortment of subjects. Science facts, history facts, and cultural facts are all presented for the young reader. Great illustrations bring the text to life.

The main subject of this ebook is to let your children explore the world of camping making this a fantastic addition to every children’s library, whether on the child’s reader or a parent’s or grandparent’s reader. It also makes a fantastic addition for reading in the car.

Radiation Detoxification- How To Detoxify Yor Body

Find out how and where you are being exposed to radiation, the damage that can be done by radiation exposure and how you can easily and cheaply detoxify radiation from your body.
This book also explains some measures that you can take to better protect yourself from radiation exposure and how to be better prepared in case there would ever be a nuclear disaster near you: where-ever you might be at the time. Radiation Detoxification- How To Detoxify Yor Body was a free book when this post was written.

Bugging In: How to Hunker Down and Survive in an Emergency Situation

Bugging In: How to Hunker Down and Survive in an Emergency Situation (Stay Alive) was a free book for the kindle when this post was written.


Are you prepared to survive in a shelter-in-place emergency situation?
Well, are you? If you are, pat yourself on the back. You're a step ahead of most people. The average citizen turns a blind eye to disaster preparedness and is largely unprepared to handle all but the most minor of emergency situations.

Do you really want to take a chance that could cost you and your family your lives?

The first thing most victims say is, "I never thought it would happen to me." Don't be caught unprepared when an emergency strikes that forces you to take refuge in your own home. The time to get ready for a crisis situation is now. Wait until the last minute and you'll be forced to pay top dollar for food, water and supplies, if you can find them at all. If not, you'll be forced to scavenge for scraps or beg for help, along with hundreds of thousands of others who couldn't be bothered to prepare.

The following topics are covered in this helpful and easy to read book:

• What hunkering down is and why it's preferred over bugging out.
• The disasters you should start prepping for.
• Bugging out vs. bugging in.
• The meaning of normalcy bias and how it can get you killed.
• Questions you need to ask yourself in an emergency situation that will help you determine the best course of action.
• The 5 plans you need in order to survive.
• Building a Get Home Bag that will give you the best chance of making it home if a disaster occurs while you're away.
• How long should you prepare to survive on your own?
• Shelter: Don't make any assumptions.
• Shutting down utilities.
• Water . . . Must have water.
• How to keep from freezing to death when the power is out.
• How not to starve to death.
• Staying clean when there's no running water.
• How to handle first aid emergencies when there is no professional medical care available.
• How to stay safe when you can't call the cops.
• How stockpiling alcohol and tobacco might save your life.
• Why you might not want to run a generator. HINT: There's a better option.
• The attack that could render all electronic equipment useless and how to protect your equipment.
• How to communicate when the phones stop working.
• Appendix #1: A list of supplies you'll need.
• Appendix #2: Survival skills you're going to need to learn (if you don't already have them).
• Appendix #3: Step-by-step guide to getting prepped.

Simple Food Storage Strategies: The Delicious Beginners Guide to Canning, Pickling, Smoking and Preserving Your Way to Savings and Preparedness!

Simple Food Storage Strategies: The Delicious Beginners Guide to Canning, Pickling, Smoking and Preserving Your Way to Savings and Preparedness! [Illustrated Ed] was a free book when this post was written.

To the uninitiated, food storage and preservation can seem like a daunting matter, but whether it’s as a simple hobby, a way to save money and stay on budget, or even as a means to get back to
basics and start living in a sustainable manner, interest is piquing all across the country.

We’ve all heard of canning, smoking, pickling, salting, and even drying, but more often than not, people hesitate when it comes to actually trying any of these methods out. How do you know where to start? How do you keep your food fresh and tasty without going crazy in the process?

Simple Food Storage Strategies is a quick, easy guide that eliminates any confusion and helps build a solid understanding of every type of food preservation method imaginable. It’s the perfect resource for beginners and breaks down each of the most popular methods into easily digestible chunks of information that’ll get you excited about preserving your own foods and
knowing exactly how to do it.

• Learn about the difference between cold and dry smoking, and how to determine which method is best for you.
• Discover the three different salting methods and how to use each of them to start curing your food.
• Find out how you can start canning pretty much anything, following simple, step by step instructions.
• Learn how to make your own trail mix for camping trips or healthy snacking, and so much more!

Simple Food Storage Strategies is packed with great information on how to prolong the shelf life of your food the natural way, save money doing it, and even add a whole new dimension of flavor to your food in the process.

Whether you’re an eager hobbyist, or a serious survival and sustainable living enthusiast, this book is the perfect starting point for your foray into food preservation.

Click the buy now button and you could be canning your own fruit by this time tomorrow.

SPECIAL BONUS: Organic Growing and Gardening

Now including exclusive Simple Food Storage Strategies readers' bonus offer, its goal is to help you learn:

• Learn to grow your own vegetables
• Save those extra dollars that you would have spent buying organic vegetables
• Become the master of your vegetable patch with simple growing tips.
• Understand how to take care of plants to keep them healthy
• Learn about various safe alternatives to pesticides
• Stay healthy while contribution your bit to the environment

Best 50 cents I ever spent!

Weekly trip to thrift store and all I spent was a whole 50 cents! But, what an awesome find! A wooden board that has times tables on little wooden squares. Turn them over for the answers! Little man loves it. Playing with it and learning. I bet there is some handy person out there that could make one of these for themselves.

Homeschool minute - words and spelling

Little man came up with this idea on his own. He takes his word list of the week and uses his letters that I've collected from all of his old games, magnets, etc. Works great for him. Put the word list down and then spell them out with the letters. He also writes them into his word notebook.

Food Storage Recipe - 3-2-1 Mug Cake

This is so easy. When my mom told me this recipe the other night on the phone , I seriously thought that she had lost her mind. But, I love finding ways to make things easy and with stuff that I have plenty of in my food storage. So, I gave it a try and now have a favorite dessert to make for us when we want something quick and just enough for one of us. We usually waste cakes when I make a whole one, I hate to admit. So to be able to make a single serve cake will also be a very frugal thing for us. No more wasting cake!!!

3-2-1 Mug Cake

NEED:

1 box Angel Food Cake Mix

1 box of any flavor cake mix ( We love funfetti cake mix in our house, but you could use any flavor!)

Frosting for when it is done cooking! YUMMY

Pour both boxes of cake mix into a big gallon sized Ziploc bag.

Shake it up and make sure that it is all mixed up very well.

NOW THE FUN PART:

Take a clean coffee mug that is microwave safe. Combine 3 tablespoons of the cake mix with 2 tablespoon of water. Stir this up well and put into the microwave for 1 minute. You do not even have to grease the mug.

Put a dab of frosting on top and eat it right out of the mug.

Earthquake Survival Kit Guide

Earthquake Survival Kit Guide - iNFOGRAPHiCs MANiA





Easy way to share what you need in a survival kit. Share this with everyone.

Right Wing Conspiracy Politics Box Set [

Right Wing Conspiracy Politics Box Set was a free kindle book when this post was written.

America is in danger from within. This exclusive box set reveals eight key ways American values, traditions, and laws are being circumvented to undermine constitutional law and your personal freedoms.



Book 1: Once We Were Kings: The Decline and Fall of the American Empire



The first volume in this box set explores nine key ways federal government policies, social disorder, and a decline in moral values, are destroying democracy in America and threatening your constitutional rights and freedoms.



Book 2: Rise of the Police State and a New World Order



This book discusses what it means to live under an increasingly oppressive government and reveals how technology, police state tactics, false flags, and martial law may be used to destroy America as we know it.



Book 3: Death by a Thousand Cuts: Why America Will Lose the Global War on Terror



This report examines how our institutions, government policies, and self-inflicted intrusions into our private lives are eroding our sacred freedoms and destroying everything that defines us as a free people. America is dying, and unless good people stand up to stop the madness, future generations will refer to our current systems of constitutional law, free enterprise, and democratic republic ideals as legend, or perhaps even urban myths.



Book 4: Regulation Nation: How Government Agencies Circumvent the Legislative Process to Enact Laws and Rob Americans of Their Constitutional Freedoms



"Regulation Nation" documents how government agencies arrogantly flaunt the legislative process and the will of the people in the pursuit of their special interests at the expense of the governed. In addition to limiting the use of your private property and unveiling the invisible hand of commercial enterprise, the obscure and often vague nature of regulations makes it virtually impossible for honest citizens to conduct themselves in accordance with the law.



Book 5: Directive 51: An Expose of the President's Emergency Powers Directive and its Threat to Constitutional Government and Your Personal Freedoms



Leading the charge towards what many see as a trend towards tyranny, is a plan for the continuity of our federal government in the event of an emergency. Directive 51 is a game changer, and may well be the catalyst that sends the nation tumbling into the dustbin of history.



Book 6: UN Arms Trade Treaty: An Expose of the United Nations' Arms Trade Treaty and its Threat to National Sovereignty and the Potential Subversion of the Second Amendment and Your Gun Rights



"UN Arms Trade Treaty" attempts to peel back the shroud of secrecy surrounding the United Nations' efforts to regulate arms trade. While the author is an open supporter of legal civilian gun rights, this text presents an objective analysis of the arms trade treaty.



Book 7: Millennium Goals: A Critical Discussion of the United Nations' Eight Millennium Development Goals and Their Threat to National Sovereignty



Since its inception in the shadow of World War II and the rush to minimize global chaos at the hands of despots, the United Nations has transformed its charter of peace into a mandate to invoke domination of the world's nations, and to neuter national sovereignty. "Millennium Goals" takes a critical look at these goals and how the United Nations intends to implement them around the world.



Book 8: The Hidden War: Cultural Marxism and the Assault on American Core Values and Conservatism



If you like how America is being led, and the direction this nation is going, you will not want to read this book. However, if you have an innate distrust of government, or fear your values and interests are not being represented in City Hall or Washington, then this book is for you.



Take action today to discover how the America we all know and love is in danger of extinction.

Food Storage Recipe - Crockpot Potato Soup

This is a great recipe for a cold Sunday. Set it before you go to Church! Dinner waiting for you.


Crockpot potato soup

NEED:

7 Idaho potatoes

3 small baby onions

4 stalk celery


2 cups chicken stock

2 cups milk

2 cups Heavy Cream

1 Tbsp Mrs. Dash garlic and herb seasoning

Salt and white pepper to taste

Peel the potatoes, wash and put in a bowl of water. Cut up the onions and celery. For this recipe, I used 3 small baby onions, but 1 large one will be okay. Cut the potatoes into 1 inch pieces and add to Crockpot. Add in the cut vegetables. I had some reserved chicken stock and poured it over the vegetables in the Crockpot. Add in 2 cups milk and 2 cups regular heavy cream or half and half is okay. Season with garlic and herb seasoning, salt and white pepper; cover and slow cook on low for about 6 hours or until the vegetables are fork tender. Serve hot with a grilled cheese sandwich on the side.

The Ultimate Prepper Collection: Survival Guides For Every Situation

The Ultimate Prepper Collection: Survival Guides For Every Situation is a great set of books that is a needed addition to anyone's survival book list. Great for anyone just starting out.

 Are You and Your Family Ready to Survive the Next Disaster?

Do you worry what would happen to your family in an emergency?

If so, then you need The Ultimate Prepper Collection: Survival Guides For Every Situation!

With this collection you'll get four best-selling guides covering dozens of different aspects of Prepping. With tons of information for beginners all the way to seasoned preppers, this collection cannot be found anywhere else. Save $$ off the price of buying each book individually!

With The Ultimate Prepper Collection: Survival Guides For Every Situation, you'll get the following:

Prepping 101: A Beginner's Survival Guide
This guide will teach you the fundamental rules of basic survival for helping you and your family survive no matter the situation, all in simple terms that even the most novice of beginners can understand and implement.

In this book you will learn how to:
- Understand the psychology of thinking like a survivor.
- Pack an age appropriate Bug Out Bag for each member of your family.
- Purify water and determine which foods you can dehydrate and store.
- Build a fire and shelter in a wilderness survival situation.
- Administer CPR and other common first aid necessities.
- And much, much more!

Prepper's Pantry: A Survival Food Guide
This guide is an excellent resource and foundational book that covers many topics of food preparation. Especially helpful for the seeker and the new-to-prepping, there are also many great ideas for even experienced preppers. This guide will show you how to determine your food needs, no matter how long you will be prepping for, and will discuss various methods of obtaining and storing food stockpiles.

With the Prepper's Pantry, you'll learn the following:
- Discover how much is enough when prepping for survival - more or less than you think?
- Learn which foods store well, which you should avoid and why you shouldn't follow someone else's disaster preparedness plan.
- Consider commercial versus home prepared food storage techniques and devise your own best strategy.
- Get to grips with the what, where when and how of food storage basics and self sufficiency.
- Understand food and water safety and how to cook with stored foods.

The Nomad Prepper: A Guide to Mobile Survival
With The Nomad Prepper, you'll learn the following:
- Discover if mobile survival is the best path for you and your family;
- Learn which items you should pack for your travels and the things you should avoid bringing with;
- Decide which tools you will need, depending on your location and how many people you are traveling and surviving with;
- Come to grips with the what, where, when and how mobile survival and nomad prepping can work for you and your family;
- Understand food and water safety, self-survival, and how to survive on the road for long periods of time, including how to start a fire, how to hunt and gather food, how to find or construct a shelter, and so much more!

Prepping with Children: A Family Survival Guide
In Prepping with Children, you'll learn such important things as:

- How to Explain the Why and How of prepping to your children.
- Which survival skills are most important for children to learn.
- How to build a Bug Out Bag specifically for children.
- How to make prepping fun and how to get the most out of it.
- Much, much more!

Even if a doomsday-like event never comes, your children will someday thank you for teaching them these important life skills and spending quality time with them. From toddler to teen, prepping can be a rewarding family experience.

So grab The Ultimate Prepper Collection: Survival Guides For Every Situation today and get all 4 best-selling Prepper books and always be prepared!

Never Ending Dryer Sheets

This is such a cool idea and a money saver.


I seen this on Facebook. Not sure who originally posted it or whose idea it is.

~~NEVER ENDING DRYER SHEETS~~

WHAT YOU NEED:

 1 Container with an airtight lid (grabbed out of my pantry)

 4 SPONGES cut in half ($1.00 for a 4pk at the dollar store)

1 cup of your favorite fabric softener ($0.30 worth of fabric softener)

 2 cups water (free from my tap)

 WHAT TO DO: Mix the water and fabric softener into a plastic container. Add the cut SPONGES so they can soak in the mixture. When ready to use, squeeze the excess liquid from 1 sponge and place into the dryer with your wet clothes. Run the dryer cycle as normal. Once complete place the now dry sponge back into the container of liquid for use next time. Clothes smell good, are soft and have no static just like the expensive non-reusable dryer sheets.

Even More Make and Freeze Recipes

Even More Make and Freeze Recipes (Eat Better For Less Guides) was a free book when this post was written.

Publication Date: March 5, 2013

**You asked for even more great freezer tips and recipes, you've got it! **

Continuing on from their previous two guides on Make and Freeze recipes, this guide can help you save even more time and money by making the most of your freezer to feed you and your family well and cheaply too.

In this guide, you will find even more advice, hints, tips and 28 recipes for the beginner cook to help you create great make and freeze meals that you can store and have ready any time you need a good meal.

Save big on your grocery bill as you wean your family off takeout, delivery and convenience foods by packing your freezer with even more mouth-watering main meals, side dishes and desserts that can be cooked ahead, frozen, and then simply thawed, or heated in the microwave or oven.

In this guide, you will learn how to get the best out of your freezer in terms of temperature and usage. You will also discover how to store your frozen foods properly for optimum freshness and flavor. Dreaded freezer burn and waste will become a thing of the past as you learn more secrets to make and freeze meals successfully.

If you are concerned about cash and what your family is eating when you are not at home, this guide will help you continue building on your collection of freezer know-how and great recipes.

Healthier meal planning and cooking ahead and freezing gives you peace of mind and even more time to enjoy with your family every day. Cooking once or twice a month also frees up your time to enjoy the better things in life without skimping on nutrition.

The downloadable list of 28 recipes that comes with this guide will also help you save time and stay organized so that you do not need to dig down to the bottom of the freezer to find out exactly what family favorites are packed in it. Use your list to help you plan your next supermarket trip and make ahead and freeze cooking session.

Continue creating even more great make ahead and freeze meals today to eat well, save money and time, and enjoy healthier meals as well. Your family never has to know just how good these recipes are for them. They will be more than happy with how great they taste.
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Recipe Count=28 recipes, plus variations
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AUDIENCE:
Beginner cooks
Readers wanting more instructions on make ahead and freeze recipes
People interested in getting the most out of their freezer to save time and money.
Busy moms
Singles who work long hours and have little time to cook every night
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Eat Better For Less Guides=Quick and easy healthy eating at home to help stretch your budget.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 1: HOW TO STORE FROZEN FOOD PROPERLY
CHAPTER 2: MAINTAINING A PROPER FREEZER TEMPERATURE
CHAPTER 3: FREEZER TECHNIQUES FOR GETTING THE MOST OUT OF YOUR FOOD
CHAPTER 4: USING AND CHOOSING FREEZER CONTAINERS AND FREEZER BAGS
CHAPTER 5: MEALS THAT WORK WELL WHEN YOU MAKE AND FREEZE THEM IN ADVANCE
RECIPE TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 6: STEW AND SOUP RECIPES
CHAPTER 7: MAIN MEAL RECIPES
CHAPTER 8: SIDE RECIPES
CHAPTER 9: DESSERT RECIPES
CONCLUSION
FURTHER READING
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ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Mara Michaels and Erin Kennedy are the authors of over two dozen cooking and health-related titles.

ALSO BY THE AUTHORS

The Eat Better for Less series:

More Make and Freeze Recipes
More Make and Freeze Recipes
Healthy Make Ahead and Freeze Muffins
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ABOUT ETERNAL SPIRAL BOOKS

Eternal Spiral Books is a U.S.-based royalty-paying publisher of non-fiction works by establish English, Irish and American writers with an impressive portfolio of original writing plus expertise and credentials in their respective fields. The goal of each guide is to help you improve your life by taking practical action steps.

Back Country Crafts Made Easy: 25 Crafts to Warm Your Heart

Back Country Crafts Made Easy: 25 Crafts to Warm Your Heart was a free book for the kindle when this post was written.

Country crafts accent your home with a wonderfully warm homespun feel and decor. Each craft project is unique in design. They range from primitive to rustic, whimsical to functional, but all bring homespun crafting into your home. Children will love the sweet little elephant, or learning to make a treasured paper bead bracelet. Art takes shape in a primitive jug, or a folk art Old World Santa, and barnwood art becomes a treasured sign. Welcome your guests with a homespun wreath, gather up all that nature has to offer by preserving it in its most natural form. Grow a gourd and shape it into a sweet little bedside lamp, or holiday snowman to light up the room. Gather up your treasured trash, or memorable book and create a wonderful keepsake. If unique is what you seek, this craft book is for you.

How To Work & Homeschool

How to Work and Homeschool: Practical Advice, Tips, and Strategies from Parents (Perspectives in Gifted Homeschooling) was a free kindle book at the time of this writing.

Do you want to homeschool, but you need to keep working? Maybe you’re already homeschooling, but you would like to start a business? Perhaps you’re homeschooling, working, and volunteering, but need to create
space for yourself? How can this possibly be done? How do other parents manage?

Enter Pamela Price of Red, White & Grew. After interviewing parents who are dealing with these very issues, Pamela has written "How to Work and Homeschool: Practical Advice, Tips, and Strategies from Parents," published by GHF Press. Filled with real world examples and tried-and-tested approaches, "How to Work and Homeschool" will give you the ideas and confidence to develop a game plan to incorporate work, homeschool, family obligations, and more into your busy life. Pamela busts myths about work and homeschool, shares some truths, and even provides sample schedules to help you get started.

Whether you’re considering homeschooling or are a veteran looking to make a change, "How to Work and Homeschool: Practical Advice, Tips, and Strategies from Parents" will help you on your journey.

Bug-Out Bag For Kids!

My Little Man has heard us talking so much and seen us putting together our bug-out bags that he wants one of his own.The first thing that we have to do is find him his own bag that will be comfortable for his to use and not too big. Try not to fill it to full.

Some things that can be put into a child's bug-out bag are:

compass

flashlight

mre

water or personal water filter. I have LifeStraw Personal Water Filter in our bug-out bags and plan on getting one just for him.

There are a few things that he is adding for making himself comfortable. He has a little solar powered radio that also has a charger on it for his tablet and kindle. Yeah, he tries to think of everything. LOL

He also is adding some maps of our area into his bag. Which was a great thing for a 7 year to think of. We hadn't even thought of it. Crazy how smart kids are.

a small knife

a whistle

flint

mirror

granola bars

some stuff to add to bottled water for flavor, so he doesn't get bored with just drinking water!

peanuts

rain poncho

wipes

small first aid kit

hand sanitizer

paracord

fishing kit

and there are sure to be some other things that he want to add. So far it is not very heavy. Could easily be carried by one of us if we had to. But, now he feels better knowing that he has his own bug-out bag.

How to Make a Homemade Wood Stove

You know what's the best part about D.I.Y. guides? The fact that you can construct anything by yourself in turn saving so much on what you would have to spend so much on a normal basis. It's pretty amazing what you can build by yourself nowadays with the help of these D.I.Y. Guides. This time, I'll show you how to make your very own homemade wood stove without needing to break that bank account for too much.

Back then, building your own homemade wood stove meant finding an unused 50 gallon drum a starting from there, but times have changed and innovation has kicked in. Nowadays, using an unused discarded water heater has the capability to hold 3-50 gallons of water. The first step to finding the ideal electric water heater is by finding one without any damage and rust in the heater. Remove the steel wrap around the heater to check for corrosion and rust and remember that this step is very important due for health related concerns and should not be skipped. Next turn the heater on to its side to weld on the metal legs as this will keep the heater up.

The next step will involve making holes to the heater. So make sure to be careful as not to hurt yourself. Make a cut around the upside portion of the heater and weld it back upside down. It is this portion where you should make a few holes because this will aid in the circulation of heat during cooking. Make another hole in the back of the heater as an outlet which will allow the smoke to be taken outside your house via a metal pipe, add a lever here to make sure you can control the intake of air.

Build a grill to cook your food on by cutting vertical strips on the upside portion which you welded back to the stove. Once you're done with this step, you're pretty much done, but you can also add some ventilation pipes to your new "stove" and connecting them to your chimney (if any).

It's pretty amazing how people come up with their own ways to build and construct things and how many of us follow to find out that these innovations really do work. After following this guide on how to make a homemade wood stove, you can casually invite friends and family over because you've cooked dinner on your new homemade wood stove a.k.a. a discarded electric water heater. Interesting isn't it?

Stuart is writing for many websites, He enjoys writing on wide range of topics such as homemade wood stove and how to install a wood stove. You may visit for more details.

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What Does Being Frugal Mean?

In the Websters 1828 Dictionary the word FRUGAL Means :

Economical in the use or appropriation of money, goods or provisions of any kind; saving unnecessary expense, either of money or of any thing else which is to be used or consumed; sparing; not profuse, prodigal or lavish. We ought to be frugal not only in the expenditure of money and of goods, but in the employment of time. It is followed by of, before the thing saved; as frugal of time. It is not synonymous with parsimonious, nor with thrifty, as now used.

Frugality Means :

1. Prudent economy; good husbandry or housewifery; a sparing use or appropriation of money or commodities; a judicious use of any thing to be expended or employed; that careful management of money or goods which expends nothing unnecessarily, and applies what is used to a profitable purpose; that use in which nothing is wasted. It is not equivalent to parsimony, the latter being an excess of frugality, and a fault. Frugality is always a virtue. Nor is it synonymous with thrift, in its proper sense; for thrift is the effect of frugality.

Without frugality none can become rich, and with it few would be poor.

2. A prudent and sparing use or appropriation of any thing; as frugality of praise.

 

This is what we all need to do - learn to use our time and resources wisely. Be frugal with everything. Not be wasteful. Being frugal is going to be different for every household. Every ones idea of being frugal is going to be different. 

 

We all need to step back and really search through how we are spending our time and money and decide how we can all be more frugal.

 

Grab a notebook and write down what you can live without. Ways to save! Time and money. Do you spend too much time on your computer? Facebook take up a lot of your time? TV? How can you save money in the kitchen?

 

There are many ways to save around your house. Take the time , have a family meeting, and work out ways to save. BE FRUGAL!!

Food storage recipe - homemade croutons

Great for adding to soups! Easy to make. Frugal recipe for a crouton to add to soups. Taste great in potato soup. i buy bread in the deli that is marked down to use for making  these. great way to save money.

NEED:

3 tablespoon butter

1 crushed garlic clove

1 tablespoon parsley

1 thick sliced white bread, cubed

Melt the bjutter in your skillet.

Add. The garlic , parsley, and bread cubes. Cook for about 2 minutes. Turn it often and cook until all sides are golden brown.

A Guide to Basic Wilderness Skills of the Southeast

A Guide to Basic Wilderness Skills of the Southeast was a free kindle book when this post was written.

This book is the published version of an ongoing effort at wilderness survival skills collection and other bushcraft skills.

Route Planning – Map and Compass Basics
-Parts of a Compass
-Attributes of a Topo Map
-Orienting your map with the real world
-Pace Counting
-Terrain Association
-Knowing Your Back Azimuth
-Navigating Around Obstacles
-Using Non-magnetic and Non-electronic Navigation Aids
-Weather
-Logging a Travel Plan

Gear/Equipment
-Building a Personal Survival Kit

Water
-Filtration vs. Purification Methods
-Creative Water Sources and terrain indicators
-Civilization
-SODIS

Food
-Pre-packaged
-Fish
-Wild Game
-Edible Plants

Fire
-Structures
-Ignition methods
-Safety
-Cooking

Shelter

First Aid

Ducks And Geese - Homesteading Animals 2 Book Bundle: For Meat Eggs & Feathers! Includes Duck & Game Recipes For The Slow Cooker (Homesteading Animals Bundles)

Ducks And Geese - Homesteading Animals 2 Book Bundle: For Meat Eggs & Feathers! Includes Duck & Game Recipes For The Slow Cooker (Homesteading Animals Bundles) was a free kindle book when this post was written.

Rearing Ducks and Geese for the homesteading or ‘Hobby farm’ is the subject of this two book bundle by Best Selling author Norman J Stone.
This bundle offers the opportunity to get these two books in the popular ‘Homesteading Animals’ series at a bargain discounted price. Introducing the basics of caring for and getting the best out of the most popular animals to be found on the average homesteading; Norman lays out in simple terms the different characteristics and requirements of the Ducks and Geese, that you may consider keeping for eggs meat - or downy feathers for the pillow and duvet!
The first book in the series is all about keeping and raising Rabbits for meat and fur. 

50 pound bag of Grits on the way!!!

I just put in my order to Honeyville Food Products for a 50 pound bag of white corn grits! Kept in the right conditions they can last up 1 year. But longer if you store them other way. I am also getting some oxygen absorbers and getting out my food saver.

Grits are easy to cook and they fill you up. Great source of iron and protein . http://www.fatsecret.com/calories-nutrition/generic/grits-cooked-corn-or-hominy-regular

Simple recipe for buttered grits!

1 cup of grits

5 cups of water

1 teaspoon salt

butter to taste ( we use a lot of real butter!)

In a large pot bring the water to a boil than lower to simmering.

Slowly whisk in the grits and stir them constantly until they thicken up.

Turn the heat to low. They will probably still bubble up every few seconds. Cook for about 30 minutes. Cook longer if they are coarser. Stir them  often so they don't scorch on the bottom.

Once they are tender and cooked add the butter and salt. Serve hot. I always serve mine with scrambled eggs on top.

Homesteaders 'Quick Bites' Guidebook: Raising Chickens - My 5 Top Tips (K.I.S.S Quick Bites) [

Homesteaders 'Quick Bites' Guidebook: Raising Chickens - My 5 Top Tips (K.I.S.S Quick Bites) was a free kindle book when this post was written.

 Welcome to my K.I.S.S Quick Bites introduction to Raising Chickens. K.I.S.S. (Keep It Simple Stupid) Is part of a series of introductions to the world of homesteading and self-sufficiency. And ‘Quick Bites’ is all about putting essential information in such a way that it can be ‘swallowed whole’, and absorbed at one sitting – so to speak.
Chickens are perhaps one of the easiest of the farm animals to look after, and certainly one of the most instantly productive with regard to egg laying. A ‘must have’ for any homestead, They do however require certain things to be in place before they can ‘perform’ and provide you with a goodly supply of fresh eggs.
This publication lays out the top 5 things I believe must be right, before you will get the best out of your chickens.