Not impossible at all...
Posted on 06/24/2016 5:02:51 PM PDT by TMSuchman
Greetings Everyone. Time for us once again to gather around the computers & speak of what we need to do & are going to do if & when our civilization falls down flat upon it's face.
And before we begin, I know that I am kind of lax about putting this thread out. I/we have our priorities in place. and for me I have a wife & son both with special needs that come first & foremost in my life. Then comes our homestead, and stuff down the line from there.
My garden is doin ok, since we are having the triple H's[hazy,hot & humid] here in Mo. And I'm fightin the garden raiders. I'm about to break out the air rifles [named "Rodent Remover',"Splat Stick","Bunny Blaster",Squirrel Smacker"] for their finial judgement. I also over the Father's Day weekend got to go learn a new skill, It is bow fishing. I seem to be half way decent too. I just need to get a lot more practice before I can chalk it up to being able to put food on the table. My state's dept. of conservation put the class on for free. This is one resource that we need to be using for our continual training & education. I seem to get new ideas from them all the time.
Also a lot of you out there would like to see articles on different subjects, like when & where is the best areas to "bug out" to, or how to build the perfect fortress for you & your family. I have NO problem with someone else jumping in here and writing an article from time to time. I for one do not have all the answers [and a lot of the time am "winging" it]. So if you feel like you have an issue that is burning you up on the inside, please feel free & jump in & put it out for all of us to read & discuss. [Just my $.02 worth btw] I am also gettin my windmill system just about ready to test deploy, [just to see if there are any "bugs" in it] And putting my "junkyard" ideas to work. If the wind systems work, then I'll tackle a solar system, backups.
Also has anyone else [besides me] been watchin the price of gold & silver today? Gold is $1318.20 and went up $50.00 to day, silver is $17.79 up $.38 today all based upon the events in England & Europe. Unrest makes the price of gold & silver go up. So keep a close eye out on the world events.
that is absolutely gorgeous....
Thanks, but no. I live in South San Francisco. A threatening display of my shotguns is a no-no. Don't want to brandish arms and bring a ton of hurt down on us. A break-in and entering would be a justifiable use. In a skirmish, a handgun can be concealed while on our property, and not risk brandishing unless warranted. I really don't want the ladies in harm's way either by bad guys or the law; better me as I'm not young or pretty.
I’m just asking about the data itself. Is it all a coincidence?
“I have gotten a lot of my gear from yard sales, Good Will stores, pawn shops, etc...I’m a cheap person and have to make do on a fixed on one as well.”
That’s an idea for a prepper thread. Things you’ve bought, things to look for at yard sales, thrift shops, and cheapo-depots. Big Lots is great for ropes, tarps, battery-operated lamps and gizmos. I found a “headlamp” —basically a little flashlight on a headband—for $3.
I steer clear of discount-store batteries, though, preferring to order good rechargeable NiCad and NiMH ones online.
My big find at Dollar Tree (where everything’s a dollar!) is Gossner brand milk which can be stored on your shelf —unrefrigerated—for up to a year. It does not need to be refrigerated until after it is opened.
This is not powdered milk. It is real milk, 1%, 2%, or skim.
It is pasteurized at high heat and vacuum sealed in quart-sized mylar boxes. Costs $1 per quart, comes to $4 per gallon.
I’ll buy at least $20 worth at a time and rotate it, I always have a 6month supply on hand.
Another item found in camping supply stores is canned ground beef, 28 oz.
The brand is Camp Traditions. Cost $3 per can. Why can it myself if I can find it this cheap?
I’m looking at dehydrated meat from a few companies online. Has anybody bought any, and is it a good deal?
Building a smoke house is on my to-do list.
I’ve found lots of canning supplies, apple peelers, grain mills, bushel baskets, cast iron pots, hand-operated drills and various tools at thrift stores and yard sales.
This week I’m off to buy a 75-gallon plastic water tank. I’ll raise it onto a high, steel-reinforced scaffold, then fill it. I’m building a backup bathroom, with shower and potty, so I won’t need to hike to the house to clean up while gardening.
I found a CB for $40 at a pawn shop.
Works great, loud and clear. But all the truckers sound —to me, at least—like that incoherent guy on King of the Hill. Real rednecks, yeehaw.
In a collapse situation, truckers will be very, very important. CB skills will be good to have.
“They’ll hide in your bushes the moment they run out of cigarettes.”
My county Ag center had a seed-savers meetup, got a bunch of free seeds. Nobody seemed to want a whole bunch of packets of Hopi tobacco seeds. I’ll be planting this next spring. Good for barter.
Got the idea from the late great jrandomfreeper.
Thanks.
Well, it’s not at the top of my list, but I agree that it would be great to have. My sister drove a big rig for a while. She’s the one that got into the CB stuff back before cell phones, but I never did have a need for it.
The subject of air rifles is something you might want to focus on in a future prepper thread.
Consider giving him a present of a book the next time you go visit there : "Square foot Gardening" by Mel Bartholomew.
Mel's program is designed to start small to encourage success, it teaches improving the soil , mulching to minimize weeds and retain soil moisture, pest control,
companion planting,benefits of 'raised bed gardening,etc., and proportions plants per square foot, recommends of different varieties of vegetables, etc., an is easy reading.
Everything a beginning gardener wants to know to be successful, .. and then you build on your successes. Highly recommended !
Two 'Prepper Rules' here:
#1 OPSEC (be silent about your plans ,resources, never let anyone know all your plans, resupply at night, be clandestine, etc.)
#2 If you can't defend it ,.. you don't own it (intrusion alarms, dog, defensive tools, etc.)
CANNING JARS
Classico brand pasta sauce comes in regular mason jars with screw on tops.
Some are 28 ounce, some are 32 ounce.
Sometimes you will also find the small 1/2 pint jars with pesto or bruschetta that are also mason style jars.
For a canned (jarred) sauce it isn’t bad.
Our local Publix stores have a buy-one-get-one sales on Classico usually around Feb and Oct.
Many of our jars came from family and friends who bought the sauce and saved the jars for us.
We have even talked to people we see buying the sauce in the store and some of them saved jars for us!
Publix and other grocery stores sell tons of Classico sauce so there are literally thousands of jars out there.
All you have to do is get your hands on them!
We have canned with these jars for years and never had a failure or broken jar.
Yes, coincidence.
Not impossible at all...
The people in Brussels and the Beltway think it's a wonderful idea!
We have discussed them. But would gladly go back again & cover the information.
Would you like to know more......
There is actually a prepper channel. It is channel #3, for now. But there is no real network yet. I can cover radio freq.’s for preppers if you want too.
“I/we have our priorities in place. and for me I have a wife & son both with special needs that come first & foremost in my life. “
As it should be! Anyone that chips on you for the lack of a “timely” thread will be instantly fried by myself and I am certain others will join in.
No one suspects the cook.
That said a potential threat removed takes the possibility of having to deal with it again at an inconvenient time off the table.
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