On one of the few non-rainy days this winter, I got a chance to get some more pictures of the root cellar’s progress. Here you can see that the outside of the extra-thick block walls have been sealed with a water barrier to keep rain from seeping in from the surrounding soil. From a glance, […]
March 14, 2012
“I only have 1500 rounds of .223 ammo. I need to pick up a lot more of that. I have over 10,000 rounds of .22 ammo so I should be okay there.” That’s part of a conversation I heard as I was scanning the 2 meter band on my ham radio recently. The conversation, or […]
March 13, 2012
In June of 1918, the Spanish Flu began to spread throughout the world. By the end of 1919, just 18 months later, the virus had affected more than 1 in 4 people around the world, killing between 50 million and 100 million of those infected. At the time that was between 3% and 6% of the world’s […]
March 12, 2012
Yesterday was the one-year anniversary of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in Japan. As such, it seemed a good idea to consider this source of energy and its possible impact on us. Next week, I’ll try to cover some of the ways you can protect yourself from the harmful effects radiation in case of a […]
March 10, 2012
“A generous parent would have said, ‘if there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.” ~ Thomas Paine
March 9, 2012
Sunday, March 11, is the one-year anniversary of the nuclear disaster of Japan’s’ Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant and so, in consideration of that, I have a very fitting book review. You know my penchant for novels in the preparedness and disaster-survival vein, so several weeks back, I downloaded a few more for my Kindle. One that […]
March 8, 2012
Think back to grade school or middle school for a minute. Do you remember the “Kick Me!” prank? You know, the one where you tried to subtly affix a sign to the back of a friend that said “Kick Me!” and had an arrow pointing to the unsuspecting person’s rear end? The joke seldom, if […]
March 7, 2012
We sold off most of our goats a while back because they were wreaking havoc on everything and were just way too much hassle. We held back two because they needed their hooves trimmed and we wanted to get the best price we could for them. We meant to carry them off to the next […]
March 6, 2012
The simple fact that you even find yourself reading this article probably means that you satisfy the first requirement of raising backyard chickens: desire. Obviously, without a strong desire to keep chickens the occasional hassles and burdens of doing so would quickly become overwhelming, leaving you wondering why you ever got started with such a silly idea in the first place!
March 5, 2012
In the first installment, I covered how to choose wheat for long-term storage and various sources. In the second one, I gave information for growing, harvesting, and storing wheat. This time, I want to address those left out by the first two segments- those unable to eat wheat-based breads. Defining the Problems The issue of […]
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