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Dehydrating Butter How to Dehydrate Butter Step-by-Step
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Dehydrating Butter | How to Dehydrate Butter Step-by-Step

May 14, 2023May 14, 2023 Rusty Collins Dehydrating Food, Food Storage, How To

Dehydrating butter isn’t as simple as popping slices of butter into a dehydrator. Butter is mostly fat, and you can’t

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Canning Ravioli How to Can Ravioli Step-by-Step Homemade Guide
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Canning Ravioli | How to Can Ravioli Step-by-Step

May 8, 2023May 8, 2023 Rusty Collins Canning, Food, Food Storage, How To

Canning ravioli is a great way to stock up on easy-to-make meals that will last for months, or even years,

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How to Make a Campfire - an Essential Survival Skill
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How to Start a Campfire: A Basic Survival Skill

April 22, 2023May 19, 2023 Rusty Collins Fire, How To, Survival Skill

We are getting back to basics this week: very basic with how to start a campfire. Occasionally we have requests

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How to Pack a Bug Out Bag Efficiently
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How to Pack a Bug Out Bag Efficiently

April 21, 2023April 21, 2023 Rusty Collins Bug Out Bag, How To, Packing, Preparedness Knowledge

This is an updated guide on How to Pack a Bug Out Bag. The original was posted several years ago,

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How to Identify a Spider Bite and Treat it Black Widow in a Web
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How to Identify a Spider Bite and Treat It

April 10, 2023April 10, 2023 Rusty Collins Animal Bites, first aid, Health, How To

Feeling a sharp sting and then finding an unknown spider bite can be a disturbing experience. If you know which

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Small snake biting hand but what kind of snake?
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How to Identify Venomous Snakes in America

April 9, 2023April 10, 2023 Rusty Collins Animal Bites, first aid, Health, How To

All snakes are dangerous to a degree. They have constricted, bitten, and envenomed their way into the history books as

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How to Make Homemade Tick Tubes
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How to Make Homemade Tick Tubes

March 20, 2023March 20, 2023 Rusty Collins Disease, DIY, How To, Ticks

Ticks are more than a nuisance bug. They are a vector that can transmit life-altering diseases. There are plenty of

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How to Make a Skivvy Roll
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How to Make a Skivvy Roll | Pack Like a Pro

June 13, 2022May 19, 2023 Rusty Collins Article, Bug Out Bag, Get Home Bag, How To, Prepping Article

This post has been updated from our original Skivvy Roll guide that was first published in 2016. We keep our

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Emergency Baby Formula
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How to Make Emergency Baby Formula

May 17, 2022May 17, 2022 Rusty Collins Baby, Food Storage, Formula, How To

This is an updated guide on emergency baby formula that we first wrote three years ago. We are not medical

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Sugardine: How to Make an Emergency Antiseptic
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Sugardine: How to Make an Emergency Antiseptic

August 17, 2016January 8, 2018 Rusty Collins Article, How To, Medical, Prepping Article

What is Sugardine? Sugardine is a homemade remedy of sugar and iodine that you do not see too often outside

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Best Survival Gloves Reviews and Buying Guide
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Best Survival Gloves | 2023 Reviews & Buying Guide

May 22, 2023May 22, 2023 Rusty Collins
Prepper and Survival Gift Ideas for Father's Day
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21 Prepper and Survival Gift Ideas for Father’s Day [2023]

May 21, 2023May 21, 2023 Rusty Collins
Best Survival Water Bottle for EDC and BOBs
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Best Survival Water Bottle for EDC and BOBs

May 21, 2023May 21, 2023 Rusty Collins
Best Nitrile Gloves for Prepping
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Best Nitrile Gloves for Prepping

May 20, 2023May 19, 2023 Rusty Collins

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