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GuideWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Shade First, Water Second, and Never Walk at Noon

The desert doesn't punish you for being unprepared. It punishes you for moving at the wrong hour. Do it in this order instead.

How to find water in the woods, the desert and the snow

Beans Belong in the Middle of the Plate

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BUSHCRAFT TOOLS4 Mar

50 Survival Tips - Food | Fire | Shelter | Water - Wilderness knowledge you should know

Simon, a bloke in the woods8 Dec

Purifying Water - Filters vs Boiling vs Chemicals. What I do to Make Water Safe for Drinking.

Mow High, Water Deep, Skip the Chemical Program

The cheapest weed control you own is your mower deck height, and most lawns are cut two inches too short.

GuideTravelNina Castellan23 Sept 20266 min

Pick the coast by the water, not the pictures

Gulf or Atlantic, the surf decides whether your kids have a great week or you spend it hauling a crying four-year-old out of the shore break.

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GuideFoodWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Beans are boring because you cooked them in plain water

Brine them, simmer them lazy, and never pour the liquid down the drain. The rest is finishing.

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Home6 min read

Winterize the House in One Weekend, Starting With the Water

Cold weather doesn't wreck houses. Water does. Two days of work, in the order that actually protects the place.

Poll

How many days a week are you actually training?

GuidePreparednessWes Dunbar23 Sept 20265 min

The Rule of Threes Tells You What to Fix First

Three minutes without air, three hours without shelter, three days without water, three weeks without food. The order is the whole point.

GuideFoodWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Your beans are a side dish because you cooked them like one

The places where people live longest eat beans nearly every day, and they never boil them in plain water. Fat, aromatics, a bare simmer, acid at the end.

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GuideHomeWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

A Green Lawn Without the Four-Step Program

Most of what a bagged lawn program sells you is a fix for damage your mower did. Raise the deck, water less often, and keep the money.

Quiz

Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

Five questions, honestly answered, and a plan for the next fortnight.

GuidePreparednessWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Boil It, Filter It or Drop a Tablet In It

Three ways to make backcountry water safe, what each one misses, and the mistake that ruins a filter without leaving a mark.

GuideFoodWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Greens, good oil and one loaf will carry your whole week

Boil the bitter greens hard, keep the water, buy two bottles of olive oil, and Sunday's cooking feeds you through Thursday.

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GuideHomeWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

The Water Heater Job You Can Do and the Part You Can't

Most of a tank swap is plumbing you already understand. Then it turns into gas, venting and carbon monoxide, and that's a different job.

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GuideGuides & ChecklistsSam Ortiz23 Sept 20266 min

How to Teach Your Kid to Swim Without Floaties

A ten step progression you can run yourself, in your own pool, in fifteen minute sessions, starting with a kid who won't put his face in.

Poll

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GuideFoodWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Cook Okinawan for a week with what your grocery store has

A three-pound pork belly, a head of cabbage and one pot of dashi will carry five dinners. Almost every mistake is a water problem.

GuideHomeWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Your Wet Basement Starts On The Roof

Before you spend five figures on waterproofing, fix the four cheap things outside that are putting the water there in the first place.

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GuideHow ToWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

How to Shut Off the Water Main When a Pipe Bursts

Find the valve, turn it clockwise, kill the water heater. Do it in under two minutes and you save a floor instead of replacing one.

Quiz

Is your money actually in order?

Six questions. No email required, no sales pitch at the end.

Food6 min

Your sourdough starter isn't dead, it's on day three

Can You Fix It6 min

What to check when the hot water quits

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GuideHomeWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Find the Roof Leak Before It Takes the Ceiling With It

Water enters high and shows up low, which is why most people fix the wrong spot twice. Start in the attic, not on the roof.

Coconut.com — Tell us when. We find where the sun is.

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Science & Space6 min read

Nuclear Power Is Just a Very Fancy Way to Boil Water

A uranium pellet the size of a pencil eraser, a steam turbine older than the automobile, and the reason utilities are restarting reactors they already closed.

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Shade First, Water Second, and Never Walk at Noon

How to find water in the woods, the desert and the snow

Sardinian minestrone is a bean dish, not a vegetable soup

Your Bathroom Fan Is Probably Dumping Into The Attic

Pressure Can the Green Beans, Water Bath the Jam

Beans Belong in the Middle of the Plate

Worth an hour of your evening

Mow High, Water Deep, Skip the Chemical Program

Pick the coast by the water, not the pictures

Beans are boring because you cooked them in plain water

Winterize the House in One Weekend, Starting With the Water

The Rule of Threes Tells You What to Fix First

Your beans are a side dish because you cooked them like one

A Green Lawn Without the Four-Step Program

Boil It, Filter It or Drop a Tablet In It

Greens, good oil and one loaf will carry your whole week

The Water Heater Job You Can Do and the Part You Can't

How to Teach Your Kid to Swim Without Floaties

Cook Okinawan for a week with what your grocery store has

Your Wet Basement Starts On The Roof

How to Shut Off the Water Main When a Pipe Bursts

Your sourdough starter isn't dead, it's on day three

What to check when the hot water quits

Find the Roof Leak Before It Takes the Ceiling With It

Nuclear Power Is Just a Very Fancy Way to Boil Water