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Herbal Electuaries Guide Part 1: How To Keep You Healthy After The SHTF

Herbal electuaries should be a part of your survival pantry or prepper pantry. Preparing for the day when you call 911 and no one answers requires that we go both old school and natural with our wellness home remedies. SurvivalBased has shared a plethora of survival medicine tips and recipes to help readers learn how …

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Free Land For Preppers?

The government is giving away free land and farming equipment. Sort of. If you are eagerly awaiting the day that you can buy your dream land and build a prepper retreat or start homesteading, there are ways to accomplish the self-reliance goal without getting a loan. Even in our modern technology-addicted era, the powers that …

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Best Prepping DIY Tips Of 2016

  Preppers are huge DIY fans. Most of us are prepping for disaster on a shoestring budget and diligently adding to our survival stockpiles in an organized and money-conscious manner. Some self-reliance and self-defense items simply have to be purchased commercially, like my favorite rifle, surprisingly delicious long-term storage food, and advanced first aid supplies. …

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The Over/Under Mistake and How It Could Be Wrecking Your Prep

When talking about survival, there’s a lot out there that can kill you. So much so that it can seem like the world is out to get you at times, which in a way it kind of is. This is why prepping is so vital to successful survival. There are thousands of mistakes you could …

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Alcohol Survival Uses: Drinking And Rubbing Alcohol Might Save Your Life During SHTF Disaster

Alcohol has earned its place near the top of any survival preparedness list. Both “gotta be 21 to buy” alcohol and rubbing alcohol have a multitude of uses that could help you survive an apocalypse. Nearly any version of booze will become a high-priced barter item during a long-term disaster, but pure grain alcohol, such …

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Survival Hacks – Of Label Uses For Everyday Products That Are Probably Already Inside Your Cabinets

Preppers are experts at penny-pinching and finding multiple uses for many of the items in their survival stockpiles. Expanding upon that notion, I decided to do some research and conduct a thorough inventory of the “non-preps” already gathering a bit of dust around the house. The results of my very unscientific study revealed that some …

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Baking Soda Survival Uses

Baking soda is capable of doing far more than just reducing food odors in your refrigerator. Rediscovering the skills of our ancestors and learning how to become more self-reliant is an ongoing process of both education and discovery. During World War II women left waiting on the home front took “doing more with less” to …

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Top 26 Vinegar Survival Uses

Distilled white vinegar and apple cider vinegar are dual-use and inexpensive products, making them a perfect item for preppers to stockpile. The plethora of ways vinegar can be used now in our daily lives and after the SHTF will not only save money, but also provide a non-toxic alternative to many cleaning chores. Vinegar has …

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Honey Medical Survival Uses

Honey has a multitude of emergency medical survival and natural hygiene uses. During a long-term disaster it will be difficult, or perhaps impossible, to call 911 and receive help. Grocery store shelves will empty quickly during a SHTF scenario. If you are fortunate enough to find a bottle of over-the-counter medication, the sticker price may …

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Plastic Water Bottles Survival Uses

We can live without a lot of things, but water is not one of them. During any type of disaster, potable drinking water could (and likely will) become in short supply rather quickly. American pioneers lived during an era where clean drinking water was readily available from natural sources and possessed the skills to easily …

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