If you’ve ever taken a stroll through the woods, you’re bound to have seen pinecones strewn across the forest floor. Since many trees bear edible fruit, you may have even wondered if pinecones are also edible. Young male pinecones can be eaten whole, or they can be made into a variety of delicacies. A dry …
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Mushrooms have a wide range of uses and work well in diverse dishes from around the world. Of course, growing mushrooms may seem like a huge undertaking, and most only see them growing randomly in the woods and outdoors. However, growing mushrooms in or outside your home can be very easy for harvesting and eating. …
So, you have goats. And you milk your goats. With the popularity of urban farming rising, the experience of milking goats is becoming part of many more people’s daily routines. There are milking machines made especially for goats, but they are, by and large, out of the reach of most hobby goatherders. Yes, some breast …
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We all know the feeling of uncertainty when the lights start to flicker, and you are left sitting in the dark, surrounded by an eerie silence. A power outage is a situation that can become stressful very quickly when you are in the middle of a winter storm. The best way to ensure your safety …
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Chances are, you’ve heard the term ‘prepper,’ and the word ‘sane’ isn’t the first word to come to mind. They aren’t synonymous; TV shows are dedicated to these so-called ‘doomsday preppers.’ Every day civilians like and want to get a glimpse into that life. Most preppers are not crazy; they are prepared for disasters or …
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There is a lot of different information out there about bug out bag food. Most people are doing their best to provide information that they think will be helpful, but some of it is just bad. Bug out bag food should be light, compact, and calorie-dense. It should also need very little preparation. MREs, freeze-dried …
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Tornadoes often pop up with little notice with wind speeds of up 250 miles per hour and can clear a path 50 miles wide. That’s horrifying! Luckily there are usually some signs that a tornado is about to occur. These are the 8 signs that can signal the approach of a tornado: Debris Falling from …
Have you ever wondered if it’s okay to drink rainwater? At first glance, it would seem like there should bee no problem drinking rainwater, but then you start to think about air pollution, the stains left on your car after it rains, and all of the different things that rain touches before it ever gets …
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Emergency situations can make clean water hard to come by and a potential spread of disease can make it extremely important to sanitize commonly touched items in your home. The good thing is bleach can do both of these things, but it doesn’t last that long on the shelf, and storing gallons of bleach will …
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The thought of a pandemic is pretty scary. Is there anything you can do to protect yourself if a disease spreads across the world? Yes! Surviving a pandemic is best done by preparing ahead of time and knowing what you need to do not to spread the disease around your home once it starts to …
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