Posted on 03/16/2012 10:27:34 AM PDT by Kartographer
Weekly thread to post good buys for preparedness equipment and supplies, tips and tricks or just an update on where your are in your preparedness plans.
This video should answer all your questions:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSwZm1K1rA0&feature=related
Wrong stove - I was asking about the built-in kind, where you load the sticks from the top.
And no videos, please - I just crashed the crappy internet in this entire AO, trying to watch that,
Anyone have a clue how long a batch of properly done jerky will last when vac sealed in a mason jar?
A merely fallen enemy may rise again but the reconciled one is truly vanquished.
Bull crap. I will always follow Zombie Rule #2;
Always double-tap.
Here is a list of the Kindle books that I’ve downloaded thusfar:
The Adventurous Boys Handbook by Stephen Brennan and Finn Brennan
Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition by Charles William Burkett and Frank Lincoln Stevens and Daniel Harvey Hill
Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology by W.G. Aitchison Robertson
Amateur Gardencraft by Eben E. Rexford
Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter I. Pyle and George M. Gould
The Art of Confectionary by Edward Lambert
The Art of Making Whiskey by Anthony Boucherie
Assimilative Memory or How to Attend and Never Forget by Prof. A. Loisette
Broad-Sword and Single Stick by R.G. Allanson-Winn and C. Phillipps-Wolley
Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making by W. Hamilton Gibson
Canned Fruit, Preserves, and Jellies: Household Methods of Preparation by Maria Parloa
Carpentry for Boys by J.S. Zerbe, M.E.
Cobb's Anatomy by Irvin S. Cobb
The Complete Book of Cheese by Bob Brown
Crops and Methods of Soil Improvement by Alva Agee
Culinary Herbs Their Cultivation, Harvesting, Curing, and Uses by M.G. Kains
Deadfalls and Snares by A.R. Harding
Elements of Military Art and Science by H. Wager Halleck, A.M.
Emergency Childbirth Course by U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Every Step in Canning the Cold-Pack Method by Grace Viall Gray
Everyday Foods in War Time by Mary Swartz Rose
The Field and Garden Vegetable of America by Fearing Burr
The First Book of Farming by Charles L. Goodrich
Food for The Traveler by Dora Roper
Foods That Will Win the War and How to Cook Them by C. Houston Goudiss
Gardening Without Irrigation by Steven Solomon
Gas and Oil Engines Simply Explained by Walter C. Runciman
Ginseng and Other Medicinal Plants by A.R. Harding
Good Things to Eat as Suggested by Rufus Estes
A Handbook of Health by Woods Hutchison
The Handbook of Soap Manufacture by W.H. Simmon and H.A. Appleton
Handwork in Wood by Willaim Noyes
The Holy Bible English Standard Version
Home Medical Library (series) by K. Winslow (some volumes of this series are sold for $1 to $3 each)
Home Vegetable Gardening by F.F. Rockwell
How and When to Be Your Own Doctor by Steve Solomon and Isabel Moser
How it Works Dealing in Simple Language with Steam, Electricity, etc. by Archibald Williams
How to Camp Out by John M. Gould
How to Sew: Sew Basics by Various Authors
In Time of Emergency by U.S. Office of Civil Defense
In-door Gardening for Every Week in the Year by William Keane
Knots, Splices, and Rope Work by A. Hyatt Verill
Living Off the Grid by Dave Black
Logic Deductive and Inductive by Carveth Read
Making a Fireplace by Henry H. Saylor
Manual of Surgery (Vol. 1 and 2) by Various Authors
A Manual of the Operations of Surgery by Joseph Bell
Mission Furniture How To Make It (Part 1,2,3) by H.H. Windsor
Pennsylvania Dutch Cooking by Unknown
The Power of Concentration by Theron Q. Dumont
The Practical Distiller by Samuel McHarry
Practical Mechanics for Boys by James Slough zerbe
A Practical Physiology by Albert F. Blaizdell
Preventable Diseases by Woods Hutchinson
A Queen’s Delight, the Art of Preserving, Conserving and Candying by W.M.
Shelters, Shacks and Shanties by D.C. Beard
Simple Sabotage a Field Manual by The Office of Strategic Services
Small Gardens and How to Make the Most of Them by Violet Purton Biddle
Small Wars Manual by U.S. Marine Corps
Sound Military Decision by U.S. Naval War College
Surgical Anatomy by Joseph MacLise
Survival Tactics by Al Sevcik and Irving Novick
Textiles and Clothing by Kate Heintz Watson
Things Mother Used to Make by Lidia Maria Gurney
U.S. Army Hand to Hand Combat Manual by Department of the Army
The Untroubled Mind by Herbert J. Hall
Vegetable Dyes by Ethel M. Mairet
Wild Flowers Worth Knowing by Neltje Blanchan
Women's Institute Library of Cookery (series)
Woodcraft by George Washington Sears
Where did you get the seeds?
I’ll see what I can dig up.
/johnny
Yes, I’ve read about Manuka honey. It is not in my stores, yet, but will be.
Our designated medic has a PhD in medicine and was a corpsman. We have talked about cross-training for stitching. We have already been trained in other wound care techniques. We all have CPR training and another member is also an associated health care practitioner. I have training in musculoskeletal soft tissue therapy and have done care for the bedridden. That was where I first heard about Manuka, for bedsores.
Great list!
I have most of them, but missed a few.
I have a batch that is nearly 10 years old (yeah, I know, rotate your stocks! The jar somehow wound up behind a stack of wood.). Had it tested - got a friend who works in a hospital lab, and it was fine. Still edible, though there isn’t much taste left.
This jerky was vacuum packed, then the packs put into a brown glass mason jar and sealed with an O2 absorber and a sachet of silica gel.
One thing worth looking into is how to extract lavender oil, assuming your climate can handle growing lavender. It is a good and surprisingly effective topical antiseptic.
Not a replacement for the other antiseptics, but something you can grow that stretches your reserves.
try this:
Rocket Mass HeateRs:
Superefficient Woodstoves
YOU Can Build
http://neilorme.com/Rocket%20Mass%20Heaters.pdf
I’m looking into solar panels and deep cycle batteries for the house. Something to provide lights and a few options.
There are also some very good backpacking solar systems. These are fairly rugged and will provide enough for laptops and GPS devices.
http://www.backpacker.com/march-2012-three-backpacker-friendly-solar-chargers/gear/16357
FWIW honey has been used for its anti-bacterial properties for 5000 years. Egyptian doctors used it.
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I bought a 64 ounce jar of skippy peanut butter that expired April of 2010. I opened it a month ago and I’m half way through it and it tastes fine. It isnt as creamy as a new jar but perfectly fine.
I love lavender essential oil! It is also the best 1st response to a kitchen burn. It is the only essential oil I have found that, when burned as a candle, will eliminate cooking and smoke odors, even heavy onion odor. As a tea, it is calming, and while not as effective as St. John’s Wort, it also seems to not have similar drug interactions. I have noticed more and more cleaning products have lavender fragrance added, FWIW. Likely just synthetic fragrance, but it is as effective for odor removal, IMO.
It will only grow here as an annual. Therefore,the essential oil, candles and good quality tea are a part of my stores. I do have a new greenhouse (cold frame) and so, I have been planning on trying to grow some lavender in pots, just because I like it. But distilling essential oil takes mass quantities and the oil is affordable and keeps well.
I am totally envious of the zones where it can be field grown.
My four oils I keep stocks of are lavender, Tea tree (great anti fungal but it stings like fury), Marjoram (it puts me to sleep) and Arnica (anti inflamatory, great for bruises and, going by my response to it a sleeping aide beyond price!).
Saint John’s Wort and Yarrow I grow. Pity our climate is not suitable for chamomille. That is wonderful.
Certain types of lavender can be grown in zone 5. I know because I grow them. :)
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