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How To Use Cayenne Pepper for Bleeding

How To Use Cayenne Pepper for Bleeding

How To Use Cayenne Pepper for Bleeding Cayenne pepper does more than add a dash of spice to a plate of eggs. Long hailed as a miracle-working substance, cayenne pepper can stop bleeding in less than one minute under most circumstances. This could end up saving your life, check out all the information… How To …

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DIY Hidden Bookcase Door – Updated

DIY Hidden Bookcase Door This is an amazing DIY project anyone can do to secure a room or a closet. Maybe the stairs down to the basement? Either way, having a safe and hidden place in a house should be on everyone’s mind especially with the increased number of home invasions being reported. This article …

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The Importance Of A Get Home Bag And A Great Starting List

The Importance Of A Get Home Bag And A Great Starting List This is a great guest post from a staff cousin who is just starting out prepping. She thought she would share her get home bag list and why she has one with you all. Have you ever heard of a get-home bag? I …

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DIY EarthBag Roundhouse

DIY EarthBag Roundhouse Roundhouses are perhaps the simplest, fastest, easiest earth bag structure to build. The other key advantage of earth bag is cost. Owen Geiger has been designing and building these natural earthbag alternative homes for years.  Low cost and economically easy to maintain they could be the ideal off grid and with some small …

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Literally Building a Dirt Cheap House

Literally Building a Dirt Cheap House These homes won’t pass muster with most countries building codes and laws. But after a SHTF scenario if it is a long term event your home may be gone, confiscated, or so damaged it’s unlivable. A house structure built with the materials around you literally including dirt is fair game for temporary housing while …

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Getting Started: Survival Basics

Getting Started: Survival Basics We all have to start somewhere, even our troops. But there are so many considerations. So where to start and how? What is most important and what do I have to buy? What can I make on my own, which knowledge is the first I should obtain? Lack of what skill …

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First Aid Kit Check Lists

First Aid Kit Check Lists (5 links) Almost everyone has a first aid kit in their vehicles and medicine cabinets, but does it have all the items recommended? What’s left to get? What do you think should be added? Do you or anyone in your group require special first aid items? What items are you …

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Using a Shemagh

Using a Shemagh   What the heck is a shemagh and as most of us don’t live in the desert why would we need or use one? It isn’t a religious item! The shemagh (pronounced Shmog) is a traditional head wrap used in many middle eastern countries. Not just part of the culture however, but part …

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How to Stay Warm During a Winter Power Outage

Some posts may contain affiliate links. How to Stay Warm During a Winter Power Outage Staying warm is hard work if the power goes out! You can have all the blankets in the world but real radiating heat is what makes you feel warm and secure knowing you will be ok. I found an article …

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How To Use The Internet When Its Gone

How To Use The Internet When Its Gone Crazy to think we are all pretty much reliant on the internet these days! It is a great hub for learning. communicating long distances, voicing and hearing the opinions of others, news, and gossip it’s all right here on the net! So when the system is down whether …

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