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The following article from Backwoods Home Magazine has inspired a contest over this next week. We are looking for pictures of your cast iron cookware. Please post your pictures to the Self-Reliance Expo Facebook Fanpage. The winner will receive a FREE year subscription to Backwoods Home Magazine. The article is available online and in the print [...]  The following clips are from Christropher Nyerges‘ appearance on National Geographic’s “Doomsday Preppers” show. He’s a smart guy who is also extremely resourceful…he should be, considering he’s living in Los Angeles, California! Christopher also attended the Self-Reliance Expo in Salt Lake City, Utah last fall, promoting his School of Self-Reliance. Meet Christopher Nyerges Video [...] Join Colorado Ron & Bubba Davinci on their show tonight 8 pm Central on the Preparedness Radio Network. (Click the image for the link or click HERE.) This week 1/27/2012, on Self-Reliance Expozed, the official Self-Reliance Expo radio show, your hosts Colorado Ron and Bubba DaVinci will be introducing themselves and discussing what the [...] I, for one, am super-excited to pick up Dr. Bones & Nurse Amy’s new book: Check out the trailer for the new book: We look forward to reviewing this book & posting that review here…Stay Tuned!
-David SafeWater [...] With the Dallas’ Self-Reliance Expo right around the corner February 10-11, we want to give individuals and families the opportunities to win FREE tickets to the Self-Reliance Expo! (It’s actually gonna happen in Mesquite, just east of Dallas). What we are looking for: Entertaining videos which highlight/demonstrate your most innovative Self-Reliance Creations, Contraptions, [...] Our friends Wilson & Chaya at PantryParatus.com wrote a great article, and we are featuring it here with their permission. Enjoy! Convenience is pretty expensive. The just-in-time logistics system has changed our shopping experience in the Industrialized world. If you pick up the last bottle of ketchup on the shelf, there is no such thing [...] Last week, I had the opportunity to speak with Laurie Gawronski of G & R Foods, Incorporated. Laurie heads the sales of Ballantyne Butter and Bega canned cheddar cheese. Although G & R is based in Wisconsin, they are the largest domestic wholesaler of New Zealand’s Ballantyne butter brand and the nation’s exclusive importer of Australia’s [...] Texas Shelf Reliance® For those of you out there who enjoy the free samples given out at Costco, Farmer’s Markets, or In-Home Presentations, you’re in for a treat at the upcoming Self-Reliance Expo just outside of Mesquite, Texas in three weeks. A team of select Independent Consultants from Shelf-Reliance® & Thrive™ Foods will be there, [...] Lehman’s-”the world’s purveyor of historical non-electric merchandise technology”- is hosting a drawing for a recipe which utilizes cast iron cookware in one of four possible categories: Main Dish Dessert Bread Breakfast I want to point out that this is a drawing and not a contest to select a preferred recipe. All submissions/entries must be received [...] The following post quotes an original article written by Emily Guy Birken at CashMoneyLife.com. I am posting my thoughts on her points in that article titled Mistakes Frugal People Make. Emily’s first example of attempted frugality does a great job at reminding us that many times cheaper is more expensive! After my son was born, [...] Cinnamon serves uses beyond bread pudding, french toast, and tea. In fact, Pliny the Elder referenced an unknown native people’s guarding of a pricey cinnamon by “a terrible kind of bats,” circa 77 AD.1 Both bark and flower have their practical application. Following are some important facts about cinnamon which should prove useful to you. [...] 
Kate Ferry is a beekeeper in Custer, Washington. Her blog is SacredBee.net and offers great information about beekeeping, as well as many matters focusing on self-reliance. She writes: Are you fascinated by the honeybee? Do you have access to a bit of land? Anything over about 20 feet by 20 feet will do just fine. [...] One of the reasons I have a such a great time traveling to Utah is because of the almost endless amount of creative products & services having to do with Self-Reliance, Homesteading, Emergency Preparedness, and just plain old frugal living. I recently met two brothers who have created the coolest functional and neatest looking site [...] Open to the public! Here is your chance to win a Country Living Grain Mill! Only at the Self Reliance Expo April 8-9, 2011 National Western Complex Denver CO View a demo below:
Below is a great presentation given by David Christopher at the Self Reliance Expo. David’s father is the one who started The School of Natural Healing. He offers some great advice about how to heal yourself naturally where there is no medicine. I like this easy setup, especially how the guy used light switch panel to select which room gets power. Slick! Check out this link: www.thereadystore.com Great survival supplies at great prices!! I am a affiliate, its a great company to buy from… This is my 45 watt solar panel setup. I purchased this kit [...] The Condor Urban Go bag is very sweet. Capable of carrying a ton of gear and best of all, a slick laptop storage compartment. Benchtop of the COndor Urban GO BAG available at www.SunflowerAmmo.com. I too have both of these knives. They are both great knives. I agree with the outcome as well. Good side by side comparisons. Which knife is better, the SOG SEAL Pup or the Camillus Pilot Survival Knife? They’re similar in size but differ greatly in weight and blade material. The Camillus is much [...] urban farming My wife and I store our onions this way. Works great putting them in the freezer and makes them handy for cooking. A side tip is that we also store our peppers this way. Great for cooking with green and red peppers. www.survivalistboards.com Growing onions at home can be an easy and satisfying project. Onions [...] I just finished a conversation with a friend that I found disturbing and thought I would share. Due to the economy he has decided to purchase land and build a bunker. He stated he wanted to be like me. Just for the record, we are not “bunker” people! We are prepared homesteaders, there is a [...] John Cassidy takes us through the basic points of building an urban flock. Stop by Hollygrove Market and Farm on Satruday’s from 10-2 to visit the chickens and get a box of food. This is in a different language, but the knife is really cool. The demonstrations speak for themselves. Coltello Boker Plus Reality Based Urban Survival Pen Pocket Knife Here is another EDC video. If your looking for something really bare bones, this is a decent setup. This is the bare minimum of survival items that I carry every day-my Personal Survival Kit (PSK). Here’s my survival kit in a tin. Contents include a lighter, matches, ferro rod, button compass, alcohol wipes, bandages, fishing line, sinkers, hooks, jig, ear plugs that can be used as hearing protection or as floats/bobbers, tinfoil, orange marker tape, safety pins, can opener, razor blades, snare wire and duct tape. [...] |
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