Category: Health & Safety
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How To – Using a Swimming Pool Cooler for Hot Summer Days
While most people in Northern States have heard of Pool Heaters that allow you to use your pool early in the spring and later into the fall months there is an opposite problem for people that live in warmer climates and thats hot pool water. Water will naturally hold heat and it is often used…
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How To – Is Manure Safe for Vegetable Gardens?
Manure is a animal waste product that many farmers use to supplement the nutrients in their soil but is it something that the home gardener can use safely? The first and most important thing that you need to know about using manure is that it can be dangerous for vegetable gardens. If you have heard…
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How To – Food Acidity Level Reference for Canning
There are a variety of foods that are available in stores that most home canners may want to process. Understanding the acidity level of the food you are preparing is very important for longevity in storage and for safety. Normally standard boiling in a water bath for canning requires that you use either a high…
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How To – Staying Warm During a Winter Power Outage
Every winter you hear of people dieing from storms that cause power outages and for the most part none of these accidents need to happen if you plan ahead and understand how to properly operate supplemental heating systems. If you are accustomed to hunting and camping in the winter months then you understand that keeping…
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How To – Common Mistakes When Planning Long Term Emergency Food Storage
Whether you live in the City or on a 200 acre farm the idea of planning for Emergencies has really come to head when you consider how many people in recent disasters have been finding no help or even added hardship from Government Resources. Food preparedness is one part of your overall emergency plan but…