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.
That best deals I’ve ever seen on eBay are for heavy duty boots. If you don’t mind buying “factory seconds” you can get a $200 pair of boots for $40 or less. (Usually the factory seconds just have some cosmetic issue, such as a scuff)
Hear hear!
Also, my recommendation for anyone feeling insecure in this Obama-economy is to consider owning and operating a tow truck. This is going to become a growth industry, you can set your own hours, you can charge an arm-and-a-leg, it’s mobile ... you can probably also combine it with some other income source.
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-02/asfm-vik021306.php
Thank you for that. I added it to my files and sent it on to friends.
i have a strange ? i want to throw out there...
i think live garlic is very good for health...how hard is it to grow?
If you have a lavender plant same thing goes, in fact you can plant them in the same area.
In this case I'll give you a bonus prepper tip...check into the antibiotic qualities of Manuka Honey. It literally worked a miracle in my own life when no medicines would help (I had a multi-year MRSA-like skin infection on my shin .. cleared right up with a Manuka Honey poltice applied for a week).
Also, here's another favorite prepper link:
http://www.survivalblog.com/2010/07/a_doctors_thoughts_on_antibiot.html
Now I'm *really* breaking to go enjoy my weekend! :)
Isn't that what Jim Robinson used which was so fabulous in helping his problem?
80 percent of the garlic consumed in this country is grown in china. same with apple juice.
Good point. Thanks.
I do have lavender and have always wondered why some thrived and other plants didn’t.
The ones in the front lawn, which is on the shadeless south side of the house are parched and ENORMOUS.
Time to move the few remaining ones from out back while there’s still hope for them.
I will definitely keep that in mind with the rosemary. Last fall, the plant was doing so well, I didn’t have the heart to let it die, so I put it in a pot and it managed pretty well until this winter. Once it looked dead, I’ve basically ignored it and just haven’t bothered watering it since. Maybe there is still hope for it then. I’ll give it a try.
100% of the garlic consumed in my house is grown in my backyard.
Garlic is not hard to grow, just needs to be weeded meticulously as it does not do well with competition from the roots of other plants.
Nope, its a goner.
I just checked the the plant is totally dried out and the soil is still wet.
Time to just harvest the leaves and get a new one.
I didn't hear about that, but what it did for me was astounding. My symptoms were literally starting to read like gangrene with a little flesh-eating bacteria thrown in.
All cleared up by a little Manuka honey. Just amazing.
If there’s a ping list add me to it
Beats hunting, I guess, to have a protein source come right up to your door.
Apropos the rocket stoves discussed last week, how do you light one without it venting backwards?
And how do you clean out the ash?
And how do you clean the flu?
There’s a thread somewhere here on Jim’s treatment and how stunningly the honey treatments worked. ...his ordeal was very serious...the Dr.s were talking about amputation,.... he had a nurse who treats people with this honey and much success with. We were so happy he had such favorable results...I’m still stunned that honey could have such a healing affect!
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