Don’t Toss them Out: 12 Uses for Fruit Peels
This post is by Bernie Carr, apartmentprepper.com With the price of food so high these days, one of my goals is to avoid food waste, and have been finding interesting
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Chronological
Replacing Documents After a Disaster
We often talk about having a bugout bag that includes a folder with important documents, but despite your preparations and efforts to protect them, sometimes disaster strikes quickly and unexpectedly, and those documents are lost.
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Money Mondays: Should You Save Money or Buy Supplies?
When you first start your preparedness efforts, a common question that comes up is, should you save money or spend it on supplies?
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A Book About What to Do In the Event of a Mass Shooting
This post is by Bernie Carr, apartmentprepper.com A local news story last week featured a local martial arts training school that started classes on taking down a mass shooter. There
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Start a Food Storage Plan Painlessly
This post is by Bernie Carr, apartmentprepper.com A few people I know have nearly no food stored at home. They eat out on a regular basis and therefore feel no
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Free or Cheap Ways to Get Seeds
Now that it is mid-February, spring is not that far away. The first official day of spring is Sunday, March 20th. It is time to start thinking about the balcony garden, and ways to get started inexpensively.
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Money Mondays: 15 Everyday Items You Can Stop Buying
With food prices increasing almost daily, the additional expense to buy weekly groceries is cutting into other budget items. Start thinking about cutting out certain items that are not absolutely essential. This train of thought got me to start thinking what everyday items can stop buying from the store. Here are some ideas:
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Practical Tips to Prepare Your Family for Survival
This post is by Bernie Carr, apartmentprepper.com I am excited to feature Prepare your Family for Survival: How to be Ready for any Emergency or Disaster Situation, a book by
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Make Mouthwash from Common Ingredients
I ran out of mouthwash. Instead of going to the store I decided to try making my own. I like a minty flavor so I started adjusting the mixture until I had the right taste.
Many of the mouthwash recipes I’ve seen uses mint essential oil but this recipe uses mint extract instead. I had a full bottle of mint extract in the kitchen that I never used so I thought I’d use it for this.
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Should You Buy Preps or Pay Off Debt?
This post is by Bernie Carr, apartmentprepper.com A friend of mine confided that she had her credit card declined at the check out line as she was paying for bulk
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