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Survival Food Storage

November 17, 2010 aptprepper Emergency Food Storage, Emergency Preparedness, Food Rotation, Long Term Storage Food, Self-Sufficiency, Storage, Survival Food

This post is by Bernie Carr, apartmentprepper.com After shopping around for bulk survival food and storage materials, I am finally ready to start storing. First, I gathered up all my

Items Needed for Storing Survival Food

November 13, 2010 aptprepper Bulk Grains, Emergency Food Storage, Food Storage, Long Term Storage Food, Survival Food

This post is by Bernie Carr, apartmentprepper.com I am happy to be back home after being away for a week. Now I can proceed with my bulk food storage plans.

Survival Food Shopping

November 4, 2010 aptprepper Bulk Grains, Emergency Food Storage, Long Term Storage Food, Survival Cookery, Survival Food

This post is by Bernie Carr, apartmentprepper.com This month’s project is to store some bulk items such as rice, flour, pinto beans, sugar etc. I was originally hoping to participate

Using Less of Everything – Deodorant Update

November 1, 2010 aptprepper Apartment Living, Avoiding Waste, Frugality, product substitutes

In my last post about using less of everything, I mentioned the next project was trying to use less deodorant. The main purpose to these experiments is to try using

Fitness Reality Check

October 21, 2010 aptprepper Apartment Living, Fitness, Getting in Shape, Safety, Security

Last night my husband was showing me how to handle a rifle. I have had some experience target shooting with a pistol, but this time he wanted to make sure

A Way to Rotate Your Canned Food: Cansolidator Review

October 16, 2010 aptprepper Apartment Living, Avoiding Waste, Emergency Food Storage, Food Rotation, Food Storage

I happily won ModernSurvivalOnline.com’s Cansolidator Giveaway a couple of weeks ago. The item is the Cansolidator “Pantry” which fits 40 cans and is available from Shelf Reliance. I’m not a

Food Prices are Going Up

October 11, 2010 aptprepper Emergency Food Storage, Emergency Preparedness, Food Storage, Preparedness, Self-Sufficiency, Survival

If you are noticing the prices of your usual grocery items are creeping up, you are right. Commodity prices for such items as wheat, corn, coffee, sugar, etc. continue to

What If Nothing Happens?

October 8, 2010 aptprepper Emergency Preparedness, Preparedness, Security, Self-Reliance, Self-Sufficiency

As we continue building our emergency supplies, a question that comes up frequently in conversations is, “What if nothing happens?” Would this have all been a waste? Part of this

First Freeze Dried Food

September 22, 2010 aptprepper Freeze dried food, Survival Cookery, Survival Food

I have read that freeze-dried meals are a great addition to the food storage plan. Mountain House is highly recommended by several websites, so we decided to give one of

Using Less of Everything – Hair Product Update

September 19, 2010 aptprepper Apartment Living, Avoiding Waste, Frugal living, Frugality, product substitutes

A while ago I posted about trying to use less product to make our stored items last longer. We can only store a limited amount of everyday items, due to

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