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How to Grow Garlic: When to Plant, When to Harvest, and How to Store

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January 7, 2021 By Prepared Mom Team Leave a Comment

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When prepping, you know you need to store things like beans, potatoes, rice, and meat, but what about the things that will add some flavor to your life in the event things go sideways? Garlic is easy to grow and store — and it’s flavorful. Let’s find out how to grow and store garlic, no […]

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21 Quarantine Christmas Tips: Making the Best of a Bad Situation

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December 17, 2020 By Prepared Mom Team Leave a Comment

Quarantine Christmas

Quarantine Christmas is changing everything. There are so many things that you can’t do. You can’t travel, have extended family over, visit Santa, or go caroling. Towns and cities are canceling their regular holiday festivities. Everyone has to maintain social distancing and mask up to go outside their homes. The feeling of giving, love, and […]

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How to Make Activated Charcoal

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November 28, 2020 By Prepared Mom Team Leave a Comment

how to make activated charcoal

If you enjoy making household remedies, then you might want to learn how to make activated charcoal. It’s pretty cool stuff, we don’t blame you for wanting to know! Activated charcoal uses vary considerably, and it may surprise you how effective it is. Besides, if you enjoy a little homemade chemistry, learning how to make […]

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Breeding Mealworms for Chickens

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November 14, 2020 By Prepared Mom Team Leave a Comment

breeding mealworms for chickens

If you raise poultry, you may find it necessary to discover the process for breeding mealworms for chickens. Perhaps you have noticed a drop in egg production, or your flock seems lethargic and less lively than expected. Consequently, your understanding of what to feed chickens remains essential to re-establish a healthy balance. When you consider […]

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Easy Canning Recipes for Noobs Who Want to Save Their Food

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October 31, 2020 By Prepared Mom Team Leave a Comment

easy canning recipes

Have you ever wanted to preserve food with some easy canning recipes? Perhaps you are a keen gardener, and you would like to save some of that fabulous produce you have worked so hard to grow. Maybe baking is your thing, and you would like to make your own jams and preserves to use with […]

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25+ PVC Projects for Your Homestead or Backyard that You can do This Weekend

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June 19, 2020 By Prepared Mom Team 13 Comments

25+ PVC Projects for Your Homestead @ Momwithaprep

Need a project to fix a problem in your backyard this weekend? Here are 25+ DIY PVC projects for your homestead, backyard, or garden that you can tackle in a day! Sometimes, we get stuck trying to find the solution we’re looking for. If you’re like me, getting your eyes on some great visuals is […]

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Introduction to Emergency Preparation: #10 Cans

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May 6, 2020 By Prepared Mom Team Leave a Comment

Aluminium Cans

When it comes to emergency planning, many households struggle to know where to begin. Unknowns are hard to plan for, especially creating a food stockpile with limited information. Number 10 cans, also written #10 cans, are really useful to you. There’s no telling what the problem will be. Is it an earthquake? Is it a […]

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How to Can Applesauce: All You Need to Know

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April 6, 2020 By Prepared Mom Team Leave a Comment

how to can applesauce featured image: a basket overturned with apples and two hand made jars of applesauce

Whether you’ve bought or picked too many apples — or are just looking to get creative in the kitchen — learning how to can applesauce is a great way to prepare, store, and enjoy your apples. If you don’t have an apple tree or aren’t staring at apples you need to use up, we’ll tell […]

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The Best Emergency Food to Have in Your Storage

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April 6, 2020 By Prepared Mom Team Leave a Comment

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There are almost a countless number of worst-case scenarios that can occur. From war with a foreign power to an EMP, to natural disasters like hurricanes and tornadoes, there are many reasons we might need the best emergency food to be on hand. Ready.gov recommends that families have at least three days of non-perishable food […]

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What to Know Before Buying a Mylar Emergency Blanket

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November 8, 2019 By Prepared Mom Team Leave a Comment

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Quickly searching the internet for thermal blankets yields thousands of articles and brand names. This can be difficult to navigate without some knowledge of emergency blankets. These thermal blankets, or space blankets, are lifesavers when you are on a camping weekend or road trip, quite literally. For these purposes, the Mylar Emergency Blankets are among […]

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