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Downsize Before You Have To

April 16, 2014 aptprepper Emergency Preparedness, Financial Preparedness, Frugality, Money, Preparedness, Saving money

This post is by Bernie Carr, apartmentprepper.com I don’t know about you but my finances have been feeling the pinch lately. I’m not even talking about all the dire economic

10 Prepping Tips for New Parents

April 11, 2014 aptprepper Beginner prepping, Emergency Preparedness, Family Preparedness

This post is by Bernie Carr, apartmentprepper.com On one of of the blog comments, a new mom expressed her concern for the safety of her young child in the event

Find Cheap Emergency Lighting Before the Next Power Failure

April 9, 2014 aptprepper Apartment Living, Emergency Preparedness, Power failure, Power Outage supplies, Preparedness, Saving money

This post is by Bernie Carr, apartmentprepper.com A couple of weeks ago, the main energy provider for the city had two transformers blow up and over 13,000 residents in one

Using Four Year Old Rice

April 5, 2014 aptprepper Apartment Living, Emergency Preparedness, Five Gallon Buckets, Food Rotation, Food Storage, Food Storage Tracking

This post is by Bernie Carr, apartmentprepper.com We are rotating the first batch of rice we stored away and replacing it with the new batch. I bought the rice back

Tinctures, Salves, Poultices and More

April 4, 2014 aptprepper Book Review, Home Remedies, Reviews

This post is by Bernie Carr, apartmentprepper.com I have not given much thought to tinctures, salves and poultices until I read the e-book Home Remedies by Alex Smith. We will

7 Cost-Cutting Moves that can Backfire in a Disaster

April 2, 2014 aptprepper Budget Prepping, Emergency Preparedness, Saving money

This post is by Bernie Carr, apartmentprepper.com Everyone is trying to save a few bucks these days and I can certainly relate. But there are certain instances when the cheap

Hydroponics – A Small Garden with Big Benefits

March 26, 2014 aptprepper Apartment Living, Balcony Garden, Emergency Preparedness, Hydroponics, Self-Reliance, Self-Sufficiency

(Editor’s note: Today’s post is about a subject that interests me greatly: hydroponics, because it works well in small spaces. The post is written by Chris Wimmer, who writes at

Avoid Boring Survival Food: Include Spices and Seasonings in Food Storage

March 22, 2014 aptprepper Apartment Living, Beginner prepping, Emergency Preparedness, Food Storage, Spices and Seasonings for Long Term Storage

This post is by Bernie Carr, apartmentprepper.com Once you’ve stored at least a couple of weeks worth of food and water, you’ll want to store a few of your favorite

Where to Hide Valuables in an Apartment

March 20, 2014 aptprepper Apartment Living, Apartment Prepper, Apartment Prepping, Apartment Security, Emergency Preparedness, Safety, Security

This post is by Bernie Carr, apartmentprepper.com Recently, one of our awesome readers, Sara, brought up a great question: I was wondering if you could advise me for a

“Food will Quickly Disappear from Stores” – Interview with Kyle Pratt, Author of Through Many Fires

March 18, 2014 aptprepper Book Review, Reviews

This post is by Bernie Carr, apartmentprepper.com Today we are featuring Through Many Fires by Kyle Pratt. What is it about? Through Many Fires is a work of fiction that