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Resources and Commentary on Prepping in Suburbia

After a year or so of the site being down, we’re slow­ly relaunch­ing it with all the old con­tent, and writ­ing new con­tent. It’s been well over a year since I’ve done any prep­ping, and recent­ly start­ed again. Updates over the last 18 months are, Ms. Prep­per is now Mrs. Prep­per, and there’s the addi­tion of Baby Prep­per, too… I feel like it’s all new again, and I’m learn­ing from scratch…

Holes In My Preps

Jun 17, 2010 | , , , , ,

I have been tak­ing inven­to­ry late­ly of my preps late­ly.  Every­thing from ammu­ni­tion, water, food, med­ical sup­plies, etc.  I am find­ing I have some issues in each area that need to be reme­died.  How­ev­er, if you have read through my blog recent­ly, you will also know, I…

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DIY Ceramic Planter Heater

Jun 16, 2010 | ,

This was an inter­est­ing find yes­ter­day.  It is a Ceram­ic Planter Heater that uses a can­dle to heat the core which is a steel bolt, wash­ers, and nuts, which heats three lay­ers of ceram­ic planter.  The ceram­ic is dense and hard, holds, and dis­trib­utes the heat even­ly.…

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Cool Portable Mailbox Wood Stove

Cool Portable Mailbox Wood Stove

Jun 15, 2010 | , , ,

So I caught this on this guy’s blog today and had to share.  It is great think­ing in a sit­u­a­tion where the SHTF and you would have to impro­vise.  This is some­thing you can build, and mod­i­fy for cook­ing or heat if you need to.  I am going to build one short­ly and test…

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