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Everyday Carry: The Pen Light
John1lt

Comfort Food: I Bought An Ice Cream Machine!!!
Garry

Electric Mason Jar Vacuum Sealer
Freya

How Much Stuff and What Types Do You Need to Store?
Easy Box Method
Spitfire

T-Post Jack
John1lt

Easy Temporary Opaque Windows
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Air Compressor Drain Valve Upgrade
John1lt

Creating A Portable Maintenance Fuel Tank
AlasKen

The Air Compressor Cart
John1lt

Meet-In-The-Middle "Prisoner Exchange" Techniques
Boceph00

Putting A Singer Treadle Sewing Machine Into Service
GVI

Pressure Canning on Glass Top Stoves
A Rubicon Board Discussion
Rubicon Members

Simple Leaky Outdoor Faucet Fix
John1lt

Advanced Freeze Drying Notes
Stats

How Much Bread Yeast Do You Need?
Easy Math - It May Be More Than You Think!
Spitfire

Post Hole Digger Tip
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Degassing Beans
Stats

Green Onion Hack
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Double Check Your Work
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Simple Pole Saw Storage
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My Savory - Umami - Secrets
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Christmas Pizza
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Smokeless Burn Barrel
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Long Term Egg Preservation
A Hybrid Method
Spitfire

Generator Preps
AlasKen

Atlas Brand Cordless Yard Tools
John1lt

Ripening Green Tomatoes At End Of Season
Boceph00

Carpenter Ants In The Beehive
Rubicon Board Posts

Garden Goofs
Rubicon Board Posts

2021 Texas Ice Storm Lessons Learned
Pistolshooter

Cooking With Cast Iron
Stats

Cooking Oil Storage
TooshieGalore

Kratky Hydroponics - Fast, Easy and Cheap Salads
TooshieGalore

Keto/Diabetic/Low-sugar Apple Pie/Cobbler: Chayote
TooshieGalore

Using New, Old Canning Lids
Are NOS Lids OK To Use?
Spitfire

Ghee: Homemade (DIY) Shelf-Stable Butter
TooshieGalore

"Frugal" Gardening: Egg Shells and Diet Coke Bottles
DNA-Doc

Cooking With MRE Heaters (Revised)
gvi

Freezing Grapes
An Alternative to Canning
Spitfire

Getting the Stench of Gasoline Out of My Clothes
John1lt

Making Money During Down Time (From Hobbies & Trash)
DNA-Doc

Headache Prevention
A Quick Headache Prevention Tip For A Cargo Trailer Door
TexasOk

Garden Hail Screens
TexasOK

Installing Vertical Blind
John1lt

Quick Tip For Working Around Sinks And Drains
John1lt

Honeyville Dehydrated/Freeze-Dried Vegetable Combo Review
Gottin_Himmel

Honeyville Hearty Outdoors Freeze-dried Meals Variety Pack Review
Gottin_Himmel

Honeyville Organic Peanut Butter Powder Review
Gottin_Himmel

Mountain House Scrambled Eggs with Ham and Peppers Product Review
Gottin_Himmel

Dehydrated and Freeze Dried Packaged Meal Review
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2 Cycle Oil & Gas Storage
TexasOK

A Hole In Cooking Preps
John1lt

Custom Bungie Ties
TexasOK

Grandson's Book Shelves
Pistolshooter

Why I Like Toe Warmers As Hand Warmers For My Work Gloves
John1lt

Restoring Cooking & Serving Utensils
TexasOK

Sandbags For Flood Protection
TooshieGalore

No Caulk Gun?
What I Do
John1lt

Pin Lock for Sliding Glass Door
John1lt

A Little Extra Storage Space
John1lt

Changing The Fill Valve In A Toilet Tank
John1lt

Tip On Installing A Towel Bar
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Bondo: It's Not Just for Auto Body Repairs
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A Successful Food Pantry System
TooshieGalore

Garden Tower Barrel
TooshieGalore

Easy Pump Garden Sprayer
TexasOK

Nature's Bounty
Wild Grape Jelly
mysticraven

Dehydrating in a Solar Oven
TooshieGalore

Desserts Featuring Rice
TooshieGalore

Bacon Grease Soap
My First Batch
TooshieGalore

Cast Iron Experiment
Casey

Cooking With Fresh-Frozen Cabbage
Vikis

Incubating Eggs
The Bad Egg Experience
Vikis

Plastic Raised Garden Beds
Bunkerbob

Cake Mix +1 Ingredient Emergency Desserts
TooshieGalore

Cooking with a Solar Oven
TooshieGalore

Cooking on a Rocket Stove
TooshieGalore

A Beginner's Guide To Canning Without A Pressure Canner
TooshieGalore

Cleaning An Electric Pedestal Fan
John1lt

Family Emergency Preparedness Badge
TooshieGalore

An Improved Lazysusan
TooshieGalore

Getting Last Years Containers Ready for This Years Vegetables
TooshieGalore

Baby Buggy Laundry Cart
John1lt

Bubble Wrap as Window Insulation
TooshieGalore

Coffee, Tea and Other Mission-Critical Essentials
gvi

Preserving Pumpkins
TooshieGalore

How Not To Store Latex Paint
John1lt

Ryobi Tools Review
AlasKen

Planning Ahead for Next Year's Garden
Leslie

Improvised Pulley Repair
Grundy

Wood Pallet Gardening
And Ice Cube Basil
Trapper & Vikis

How I Prefer Limas
Leslie

Expedient Rabbit Shed
Morpheus

Gear Instruction Cards
Landwire

Tandoor Oven - Construction
Part 1
Pyrotech

Tandoor Oven - Test Fire
Part 2
Pyrotech

Tandoor Oven - Cooking
Part 3
Pyrotech

Tandoor Oven - Final Thoughts
Part 4
Pyrotech

What's In Your Attic?
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Leather Boot Cleaning and Conditioning
Bignasty

Cooking With MRE Heaters
gvi

Making Maple Syrup
ThePiedPiper

Building and Feeding a Wood Stove Fire
Boceph00

Making Simple Firestarters
Boceph00

Florida Freeze Preps
2manytoyz

My Winter Chickens
Fresh Eggs or Frozen Drumsticks
Navigator

Rice Storage: Short-Term, Long-Term and Everyday Use
Vikis

That Warning on the Bottom of Pyrex Bake Ware
John1lt

Kill Mulching
Scubadaddydo

Practicing a Farming Skill - Our FNV 2012 vs. 2013
Trapper & Vikis

Splitting a Bee Hive With a New Queen
Bunkerbob

Breakfast with Augason Farms # 2
AlasKen

No Knead No Mess No Work Bread Addendum
Pooch

No Knead, No Mess, No Work Bread
Pooch

Pressure Cooker Brown Rice
Harper

Easy Growing Sweet Potatoes
Scotto

Easy No-Knead Bread
Casey

Baking Bread
Casey

Making Garlic Powder at Home
Boboroshi

Attic Stairs Install
Eli

Bathroom Ceiling Fan Install
Eli

"Septic Criss-Cross Cleanout"
Save Time And Aggravation Later
Eli

Making Vanilla Extract
TexasOK & Txoksunset

Painting With Sand
John1lt

A Journey Into FIFO Can Storage
Baldie

Mounting Equipment with Nutserts
BunkerBob

"Freeze Dried Potato Salad"
Freeze-Dried Food (Part 3)
RedDon

Cheese Waxing - Store Bought Cheese
Vikis

The Chicken Palace
Scooter

The Sad Tale of Peas and Beans
myrtlemaye

"Kid Friendly Projects - Part 01"
An Introduction
ali_marea

Making Food Storage Pay for Itself
Osage

Too Small of a Space to Prep?
drstevedc

Freeze-Dried Food (Part 2)
RedDon

Cucumbers Grown on a Circular Trellis
TennFSAR

Freeze-Dried Food (Part 1)
RedDon

Haircuts and Other Self-Inflicted Wounds
gvi

Aging Gracefully and Still Gardening
jones76048

"Dad, There's Bugs in the Flour"
Lessons Learned the Hard Way
Osage

Reusing Old Parts
When You Have To Use What You Have
Fairplay

Dryer Vent Helping Hand
Mysticraven

Clogged AC Condensation Drain Fix
AirBear

Replacing Boards In A Hardwood Floor
Josephus

Space Bag Storage
RedDon

How to Use Coupons and Sales
Trapper & Vikis

PEX Plumbing
AlasKen

Roof Repairs
Josephus

Beast In The Attic
Sasquatch

Sump Pump Product Review
Jaden

Cheap Christmas Tree Stand
Mudhound

Building A Heavy Duty Tomato Cage
Mudhound

Stored Peanut Butter
Pistolshooter

Cement Bucket
Jaden

Expedient Butter Making 1
The Nut Chopper Churn
Spitfire

Don't Lose Everything
Jaden

Clothes Dryer Repair
2manytoyz

Potato Digging Fork
CosmicPossum

Extension Handle Apple Picker
CosmicPossum

Cheep household construction filter fan
Mudhound

3 Point Fork Lift
Jaden

Garage Storage Solution
Tluweyen

Condiments Bag
Landwire

What Screws Up A Septic System?
Jaden

One Burner Meal
ReadySet

Jacking A Building
Jaden

Food Storage: The 3 Freeze Method
Spike

Blanching
Hillbilly

Home Built Staging
Jaden

Air drying hot banana peppers
NorthSlope

Veggie Gardens
Sentinel

Portable Auxiliary Water Supply and Storage
Turchin

Handling a Cold Snap
Getting Food From Your Garden To Your Table
Fairplay

Lifting Water – Part 2
Using a “Force Pump”
ReadySet

Fixing An Electrical Dryer
Red Dog

The Best Barometer
Smarter Than a Meteorologist
Jaden

The Last Tomato Cage You Will Ever Own
Mysticraven

Storage Bed
Crazy J

Wire Shelf “Cure”
By: Harper

Raising Livestock in Difficult Climate Areas
By: Boxgyp

Compost Bed Gardens
By: Scubadaddydo

Grow Onions in your Bathroom!
Indoor Gardening
By: 1-BackDR

Rubies Taking Care of Rubies
By: Jaden

Hurricane Shutters
By: Salvation

Couch Raising
By: Jaden & Fairplay

Pocket Sewing Kit
By: Ironmike

Home Made Berkey Water Filter
By: Daire

Container Gardening Part I: When Life Hands You Lemons
By: Coyote

Preserving the Harvest #1: Making Jelly
By: North Texas Rubicon Crew

Harvesting Black Walnuts
By: Pooch

What You Need To Know To Home School Your Child(ren)
By: Kachina

What to do with foster kids?
By: Gordonnach

Water Storage Shelving
By: Alpha20FP

Costa Rica - My Bug-Out Retreat
By: TicoTiger

Using A Fire Extinguisher
By: Jaden

Min/Max Inventory Control
By: Joe

Snaking A Tub Drain
By: Jaden

The Toddler MRE
By: Bigunwhistle

Pasta Pronta &/or Pasta Express Cannisters
By: nuckingfutz

Christmas wrap storage boxes
By: RoadGrime

Frequently Asked Questions about Canned Foods
Used With Permission From: www.Mealtime.org

Diaper Bags
By: Texan

The "Lost Game"
By: Rhubarb

Expiration Dates on DAK Canned Hams
By: Vertex

Creating Storage Space In An Apartment - Part 3, Design and Upkeep of Storage
By: Belinda

Creating Storage Space In An Apartment - Part 2, Planning
By: Belinda

Creating Storage Space In An Apartment - Part 1, Purging
By: Belinda

Wacky Cake
By: Megamouse

Easy Freezer Bag Omlets
By: troutbum

Super Drain-O
By: Jaden

Electric Fence for Horses
By: Kachina

Raising Rabbits for meat in the City
By: DaisyChain762

Preparedness for Dogs
By: Hayseed

Portion Size is Relative
By: Stella

Building Planters when your Soil is poor
By: GreyLocke

Survival Diet Myths
By: Haumana

Sourdough Bread in a Breadmaker
By: Osage & Mrs. Osage

FoodSaver Gasket Cleaning
By: Pyrotech

Storage Ideas for Basic Food Stores
By: Osage

Keeping The Kids Sane
By: Quick68

Simplistic Survival Food, SuSiSS
By: Texan

Indoor seed starting
By: Hayseed

Hatchet
Using Adolescent Fiction to Talk about Primitive Survival
By: Golgo13

Talking To Your Kids in 5 steps
By: StudentNurse

Hand Mixing Concrete
By: Jaden

Chainsaw- Freeing A Bound Chain
By: Stryder

Changing Out A Pressure Tank
By: Jaden

Preparedness for Babies
By: ThePiedPiper

Family Disaster Kit
By: Centurion

August is Vegetable Month
By: Stryder

July is Grain Month
By: Stryder

June is Herbs and Spice Month
By: Stryder

May is Dairy Month
By: Stryder

April is Fruit Month
By: Stryder

March is Oil Month
By: Stryder

February is Pasta Month
By: Stryder

January is salt and Sugar Month
By: Stryder

Boundary Waters Bears
By: Sasquatch

December Food list
By: Stryder

November Food list
By: Stryder

Don’t forget about Money!
(Teaching Your Children About Money)
By: anishemaya

October Food list
By: Stryder

September Food list
By: Stryder

How Kids Get Abducted
By: Jaden

Simple Family Commo
By: Stryder

Young Children
By: Jaden

Zoub’s survival guide for State mandated testing
By: Zoub

Devotion - The "P"'s of Parenting
By: Ladybug

More On Reading
By: Stryder

KIDS Summer Safety Reminders
By: Stryder

Baby Changing pad
By: Rivendell

Training Our Children
By: Motorman

Helping Kids with Tests
By: Stryder

Parents as Reading Partners
By: Stryder

Preparing Your Child for Map Work
By: Greentree

Thinking Skills and Questioning
By: Stryder

Kelty Kid Carrier
By: Seven

Making Soda
By: Stryder

My Encounter With A Pedophile
By: MamaBear

Thinking Skills and Questioning
By: Stryder

Reading Strategies
By: Stryder

100 Words for Beginning Readers
By: Stryder

Home Schooling Supply List
By: Sentinel





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