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The outdoors is a great place to be, but the enjoyment quickly can turn to annoyance when the bugs find you. Flies and mosquitoes not only deliver a painful bite but can also expose you to disease. You could douse ...

How much trash do you throw away each day? As a survivalist, you need to look at all of the items that you have on hand – including what you may toss in the trash – and think how else ...

Chances are pretty good you’re already thrifty. Maybe you compost your kitchen scraps and save newspapers and rags. However, there are many items you may take for granted as trash that you should be stockpiling and using now to save ...

Building a home from scratch is far from simple, and possibly one of the most expensive ventures someone ever will tackle. The cost of materials and lumber needed to build a traditional home adds up fast, and the construction itself ...

The average American throws away 60,000 pounds of trash during their lifetime, but one couple has set out to take some of that “stuff” and build a home out of it — using shipping containers. Their names are Ryan and ...

The economy thrives on people buying things they don’t need. Why would anyone waste money like that? It’s not because we’re natural idiots – we’ve been programmed to think that we need the newest, latest, and greatest things around us, ...

I confess… I’m not a packrat by nature, despite what my office looks like. My mother-in-law and husband, however, have taken saving things for later use to a high art form, hoarding items that I would have long ago thrown ...

We often hear the cry of “I can’t do it” or “I need someone to help me” from people who we think are capable of doing more on their own. We’re told on a regular basis that we should give ...

It’s one of those pesky realities that rears its ugly head wherever life goes on—getting rid of the trash.  In a long-term survival situation, it’s not going to magically disappear every Thursday morning, so it’s best to be prepared. For ...