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FreeCycle: Getting Prepared for Free

Can you do the canning? Why yes, with some Freecycled jars. Photo: The Bitten Word / CC by 2.0

Whether you’re learning homesteading skills or getting ready for a potential disaster, most of us need to do this on a budget. Oh yes, I understand the temptation to go out and spend a lot of money on self-sufficiency goodies. Did I mention that my favorite Christmas gift this year was a gift card that… [read more]

Helping Others Prepare: No Family is an Island

Don't assume that your neighbors will be prepared! Original image by Avolore

This is an especially important message to you families who are quietly but efficiently preparing for an EOTWAWKI (end of the world as we know it) event – whether it be a full economic collapse of the dollar, or a solar storm taking the electrical grid down like the Carrington Event of 1859, or anything… [read more]