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5 Attitudes Every Prepper Needs
With these 5 positive attitudes you can become prepared Disasters happen. If it hasn’t happened to you directly, you know of someone who has been through challenging times. These would be life...
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100 Skills for the End of the World
Small, cute and quirky it still has valuable information. We don’t often talk about the end of the world as we know it (TEOTWAWKI) here at PreparednessMama. We don’t approach preparedness from a...
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How to Prepare for an Earthquake
How to Prepare for an Earthquake Today we’re going to develop an earthquake preparedness game plan. It’s important to be prepared before an earthquake, but you also need to know what to do during an...
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Preparedness Skill: Make Butter in a Jar
Have you tried this old fashioned skill? I’ve been collecting a list of preparedness skills that I want to learn. The kind of preparedness skills that might just come in handy some day, like making...
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The Finer Points of Pocket Knives
What to look for in a survival knife There is a new show on the History Channel called Forged in Fire. It’s now my husband’s favorite and I thought it was pretty clever too. The premise: The...
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How to Store Fuel for Emergencies
Store 10 common fuel sources safely Gasoline prices are at their lowest level in years and you may be thinking about stocking up for emergencies. In the event of a power outage, even if it just lasts...
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Home Canning is Making a Comeback!
People are discovering this money saving tool once again. Many of us remember our grandparent’s rows of mason jars, or avoiding the kitchen as a youngster in order to maintain freedom on canning days....
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7 Reasons to Attend a Preparedness Fair
…and how to find them Do you have an area of preparedness that you’d like to be better at? Maybe you’re looking for new food storage ideas, or gathering information to make your garden more...
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The Habit of Preparedness
Preparedness is more than a checklist I’ve been at the business of being prepared for quite some time. Its something we talk about being “done” with. But are we really ever “done” with being prepared?...
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Canning 101: Canning Equipment
Small investment, Big return By now you have planned and maybe even planted your garden in the hopes of preserving the harvest in months to come. Even if you don’t have room for a garden you can still...
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7 Tips for an Effective Emergency Drill
Planning and practice are the keys. Emergency drills are one of the most important ways to be prepared. You’ve worked hard to have all your food storage, emergency plans, and bug out kits together,...
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Prepping With Kids Series: Teaching Kids to Call 911
An essential preparedness skill. Editor: Welcome back, Tyra! We’re excited to have you as a monthly contributor for the “Prepping With Kids” series. First off, I have to say how excited I am to be...
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5 Essential Knots to Learn Today
…and two you should never use My husband grew up in the country where hard work was expected. He worked alongside his father and brother wrangling animals, fixing fences, and hauling supplies from one...
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How to Effectively Pull Off Long Term Water Storage
One of the greatest and most immediate needs in the event of an emergency will be water. Imagine the storm of the century, tornado, tsunami or a whole host of other factors hitting your area. Are...
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Safe and Sound on the Home Front
Crime prevention through environmental design. While not a cure-all, these principles are simple guidelines for decreasing the likelihood a criminal will find your home inviting. Last month Portland...
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Stranger Danger and Personal Safety for Kids
Unfortunately, in today’s world, we need to teach personal safety for kids. Get resources for teaching young kids about strangers and potentially dangerous people and situations. Growing up my family...
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3 Emergency Cooking Ideas Anyone Can Do
Going without power because of a natural disaster can be stressful. There are steps you can take to plan for the next storm and one of these is to set up a system for emergency cooking. I think it...
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Learn to Use a Mortar and Pestle
An Underused Kitchen Tool. I have a new tool in my kitchen. A tool for mashing and grinding, or as Jamie Oliver calls it bashing and muddling. I’m learning to use a mortar and pestle. This tool will...
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5 Attitudes Every Prepper Needs
With These 5 Positive Attitudes You Can Become Prepared Disasters happen. If it hasn’t happened to you directly, you know of someone who has been through challenging times. These would be life...
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100 Skills for the End of the World
Small, Cute and Quirky It Still Has Valuable Information. We don’t often talk about the end of the world as we know it (TEOTWAWKI) here at PreparednessMama. We don’t approach preparedness from a...
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