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New Evidence on Expiration Dates

When does medicine expire and is it good after that. Find out from Doom and Bloom in their excellent article explaining it to you. http://www.doomandbloom.net/2012/10/new-evidence-on-expiration-dates-2.html  

Making Soap From Wood-Ash Lye

If you ever have to use lye made from wood ashes to make your own soap this article from Frontier freedom will tell you...

Blackstrap Molasses Has Amazing Health Benefits

Blackstrap molasses has amazing health benefits and homesteaders can use it in back to the basics homemade baking recipe for delicious flavor. Molasses is...

Leftover Lemon Peels? Make Make A Skin Brightening Scrub, Gourmet Infusion And More!

All purpose cleaner to skin scrub, Mommy potamus has recipes on using your left over lemon peel. She shows how to make a lemon...

Identify, Prevent, and Remove Mold and Mildew from Books

Great info for all of us book lovers. Biblio will tell you how to prevent  and remove mold and mildew from your books.   http://www.biblio.com/blog/2010/07/identify-prevent-remove-mold-and-mildew-from-books/  

Stink Bug Control – Traditional and Natural Methods

If you are having problems with stink bugs Carlness has both natural and trandtional methods.    

How to Get Rid of Black Mold- the Easy and Cheap Way

Do you have mold or mildew in your bathroom or kitchen? Turtle woman has a few suggestions for you. http://turtlewoman.hubpages.com/hub/How-to-get-rid-of-black-mold-the-easy-and-cheap-way  

DIY Project: Chicken Manure Tumbling Composter – Great Pictures

If you have chickens and a garden you probably know that the chicken manure makes good fertilizer but you also know that you can't...

13 Survival Items No Hunter Should Be Without

If you are a hunter check out this article from Outdoor life for the 13 items you may need in a survival situation while...

How To Get Water From a Drilled Well When The Power Is Off

If you use well water you may wish to read this article. It tells how you can still get water from your well even...

Adding New Chickens to Your Flock – Understanding The Pecking Order

If you have chickens for meat, eggs or both you will want to read this article that explains the steps to take when adding...

10 Uses For Wood Ash

If you have a fireplace or burn wood in your stove  see what you can do to make use of the ashes. One way...

Ten Simple Steps Toward Self-Sufficiency

If you are trying to become more self sufficient Backdoor survival has some pretty solid advice to help you get started or to advance...

Survival Hunting Options Without a Gun

If you don't own a fire arm but would like to hunt or ever find yourself needing to hunt  Jalapeno Gal77 over on American...

The best survival fishing lure: Is it a leadhead jig?

An explanation on why Leon Pantenburg over on  American preppers network thinks so.  

55 Gallon Top Bar Barrel Bee Hive DIY Project

This is a great tutorial on building your own top barrel bee hive. 55 Gallon Top Bar Barrel Bee Hive DIY Project http://www.instructables.com/id/55-Gallon-Top-Bar-Barrel-Bee-Hive/?ALLSTEPS    

How to Get Rid of Ear Mites

If your pet has ear mites Get rid of things has some suggestions to help. http://www.getridofthings.com/pets/get-rid-of-ear-mites.htm

Half Booty Earthquake Proofing The Pantry

If you live where there are earthquakes Nwedible tells you how to fix the shelves in your pantry to protect your food supply from...

9 Point Comb to Toe Chicken Check Up & DIY Antiseptic Ointment

If you have chickens Community chickens has advice on giving them a check up and a recipe for an antiseptic ointment for any of...

Homestead Water Sources and Options

Great info from Mother earth news on different methods of having water on your homestead.   http://www.motherearthnews.com/modern-homesteading/homestead-water-sources-zm0z12aszkon.aspx  

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