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Why We are Preppers 4 of 5

Family If nothing else, we are preppers for family. There is no better feeling than knowing if something goes wrong you can support and provide for your loved ones. There is no better feeling than saying “everything is going to be okay” and actually meaning it. Would you be able to say that in a
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Why We are Preppers 3 of 5

The Case for Growing, Preserving, and Storing Food The first, and easiest, thing that you will find will help with your preps is food and water. In almost every disaster in your life that could occur, having a surplus of food and water will greatly help. Having those two major needs already taken care of
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Why We are Preppers 2 of 5

How To Begin The first mistake most people make once they have decided to become more prepared is that they invest their time and efforts into the most unlikely events that will occur. This is usually from receiving bad advice. The first thing you should do when seeking out advice, buying items or services, or
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Our homestead in Montana

Why We are Preppers 1 of 5

We now realize we are what people call preppers and we are very happy to be so. First I would like to make a simple statement. Prepping is not political. Everybody can prep. It doesn’t matter if you are democratic, republican, libertarian, conservative, or a hippie. Everybody can do it and everybody can benefit from
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City Container Garden

City Container Garden

Posted on October 2, 2011 by Jo | 0 Comments

Today on IndependentJo we set up our city patio container garden and show you around our urban farm. We are planting tomatoes, basil, garlic, potatoes, onions, radish, and spinach. We begin with cheap containers. We used cheap Rubbermaid tubs we found for about $5 each, but most anything will work from old 5 gallon food containers to wood boxes. One
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The Survival Podcast

The Survival Podcast

Posted on September 21, 2011 by Jo | 2 Comments

This episode I will be showing you TheSurvivalPodcast and its community. The reason for this is so that you have a good understanding of where I am getting my inspiration and knowledge. Please take a look at the site and listen to a couple of Jack Spirko’s podcasts. The Survival Podcast If you listen to any of the podcasts make
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