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All Blog Posts Tagged 'storage' (11)

Fall Re-runs: Collecting and purifying water from natural sources

The Practical Prepper

As I mentioned previously, my schedule has changed and I am unable to write new posts at this time. While I'm on hiatus, we're re-running the earlier posts from The Practical Prepper. Thank you for your patience and your continued…

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Added by Atticus Freeman on October 24, 2012 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Summer Re-runs: Food storage is the first step in food preparedness

The Practical Prepper

As I mentioned previously, my schedule has changed and I am unable to write new posts at this point. While I'm on hiatus, we're re-running the earlier posts from The Practical Prepper. Thank you for your patience and your continued…

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Added by Atticus Freeman on September 12, 2012 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Summer Re-runs: Some basics about water storage

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Added by Atticus Freeman on September 5, 2012 at 1:00pm — No Comments

What kind of food should you store? Here are 6 ideas

The Practical Prepper

Early on in this blog, we talked in general about food storage in your preparedness. Today, let's take a look at some more specific guidelines:

What to…

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Added by Atticus Freeman on July 11, 2012 at 1:30am — 2 Comments

How to avoid a line at your door in a disaster

The Practical Prepper

Last July, Scott Adams had a Dilbert cartoon where Dilbert's coworker Alice lets him know that she's planning on going to his place in the event of a financial meltdown. As with all Dilbert cartoons, it's very funny. While meant as a joke, such a thing is all too possible if you talk freely…

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Added by Atticus Freeman on May 9, 2012 at 6:25am — 9 Comments

Have food allergies? You need to be a prepper

The Practical Prepper

There are those who feel that they might go to a shelter in a disaster, or that they'll rely on help from others when and emergency occurs.

The thing is, if they have any special dietary needs, there's a good likelihood that they'll face real problems.…

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Added by Atticus Freeman on May 2, 2012 at 8:49am — No Comments

Managing your food supplies in an emergency

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A big part of preparedness planning involves managing and maintaining a food supply. In fact, we talked a little about food storage as an early step in prepping just a couple of months ago. Of course, food storage is only part of the…

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Added by Atticus Freeman on April 18, 2012 at 6:55am — No Comments

The non-farmers guide to whole grain storage

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Today's topic is technically part of an overarching series related to whole grains that we're running on our other blog, Self-Reliant Info. The series is titled Grain Week, and it covers the common, useful whole grains, some mills for grinding them, and recipes and ways to…

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Added by Atticus Freeman on March 28, 2012 at 12:00pm — 2 Comments

Collecting and purifying water from natural sources

The Practical Prepper

A few weeks back, we talked about some basics of water storage. The response to that post was quite good, and many people had questions about collecting and purifying water.

So, let's cover some…

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Added by Atticus Freeman on February 29, 2012 at 1:00pm — 1 Comment