Posted on 11/16/2013 6:32:36 PM PST by dynachrome
You have your 1,000 pounds of wheat. Your 500 gallons of water and enough ammo to make Chuck Norris jealous but the question remains, are you truly prepared? Just because you’ve been prepping for twenty years doesn’t mean you haven’t made some mistakes along the way. It’s not enough to just have your emergency food storage, you have to be able to store it, eat it and even move it if things really get crazy.
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Already got em. Not that worried about using them.
I live near a large lake that fills from a river off of Mt. Rainier.
It was used years ago to run a turbine and supply local A/C power. But the power plant closed, and the lake rights were bough by a consortium, and it is the water supply for some of the (richer) communities near Seattle.
If I don’t feel like going to the lake, I live on a hill, and about 70 feet from me down the hill there is a spot where the water table shows, and groundwater is continuously percolating out of there. Summer, winter, and fall.
I’ll be OK. I won’t die of thirst.
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djf
So why don’t you elaborate and tell us how to make great bread from the wheat we grow or have stored?
I could eat cornbread every day and be happy. Forget the tortillas. LOL
If we get to bug in, we have it made, since we are on a septic system. I have a bedside commode that we used when I was caring for my homebound father, so I just bought a bunch of those restop2 bags to go with it. I also have a little shovel to dig a scat hole, in case I’m out in the boonies somewhere.
That’s true, and it is taking a long time to get to an acceptable level. I hope I don’t run out of time.
Single malt does NOT imply 'good' (or bad, for that matter, it means nothing).
Do you have a gill net? Put a rudder on a 2X4 with a clear plastic sail on in, attach 40 feet of gill with barely submersed bottles for bouyancy and you can fish on cloudy days and clear nights with almost nobody ever having any idea what is happening right in front of their eyes
12 acre lake not 150 yards from me filled with crappies, bluegill, and perch.
I know, they’re pretty bony, but they got plenty of top notch protein.
And there’s some of the most humongous smallmouth bass in there I ever saw. But they WILL NOT hit something if it’s on a hook!
You can just toss the same bait in without a hook and they will scarf it before you can say Shee-ite! but trust me, I tried and tried and tried and them suckkas is smart!
;-)
Have you tried fishing with a gill net or if you really want to win, explosives. Another trick is right at sunset, put your hand in the water and shake it as if a fish is fighting with something right at the shoreline. Then toss your floating bait out 10 feet. Get ready for an instant strike.
One more trick is to catch a frog. Bend him and slip the hook under his backbone being careful not to touch the lungs. Break one ankle so he’ll only be able to swim in circles and toss him out as far as you can. In the morning you should have a fish that corresponds to the size of the frog.
Our University has a comprehensive Extension program, with lots of on-line information for all sorts of practical learning. I have used them extensively to learn more about vegetable gardening. Our grand daughter enjoys going out and helping with the harvest, and it's easy to slip in little tidbits about how and what needs to be done.
Eldest daughter is honing her culinary skills, and planted her first garden this past spring. Youngest is learning to quilt and makes some of her own clothes, and plans to plant a garden this spring.
What you say may be true of those in Urban areas, but the rural areas are a different matter especially in states where agriculture is still a big part of the economy. Also, there are a lot of books out there about backyard gardening, back yard homesteading, and urban farming. So there's some city folk that are doing stuff too.
When my father had a stroke, I brought him home to recuperate. Just as he was almost ready to go back home, he had to have a bypass operation, and so forth and so on. I took care of him for five years, and was able to keep him out of a nursing home.
We had a deal, he had to do his physical therapy exercises so that he could at least manage to walk with help. He was too heavy for me to manage if he didn't. So he did.
I am so sorry that more people don't do this. I had to take early retirement, and I did incur some expenses, so now I have some debts that I have to pay off. I would do it again.
You sound like you have a lot of knowledge to impart. Is there a 4-H club, or FFA at the local school. Our community college has horticultural classes. If you have anything like this around where you live, they might like to hear from you.
Maybe you could have them take a field trip to the dining area of your assisted living residence and you could answer questions and help explain what life was like back in the day.
My youngest daughter is very busy since she has a long commute, full time job, night school, and family to raise, but she asked me if I would please buy a notebook and tell me what it was like when I was a kid. So I have finally started on that project for her and the future generations.
Last but not least, there are people right here that are trying to learn what they can about the old days in order to prepare for a situation where that knowledge could save them. So don't hesitate to tell us all about it.
The hand fighting commotion idea is good, maybe I’ll try it.
I’m an old steelheader. And Puget Sound salmon fisher.
Got probably 15 poles and reels and bait and tackle up the wazoo!
I figure if SHTF, one of my fishing poles will go for at least 20 gallons of gas.
I have a bit of a personal hatred of gill nets. A river near me (The Puyallup) in late summer is absolutely BOILING with fish!
You stand on the side and watch these long, like 20 yard long wakes of these fish as they swim just subsurface.
Silvers and monster Kings, mostly.
Then, about two days after the fish show, the Indian gill nets go in. You go down to the river and you know what you see?
It looks like glass. Not a fish or evidence that there ever even were any fish in sight. Totally dead.
Absolutely true experiences.
I doubt we'll ever need it, since we have 2 backup generators. With our stored water, holding tank, and hot water heater we have 105 gallons. We have 165 gallons in rain barrels.
Hubby is in the process of putting up a swimming pool to hold water for our garden-about 4000 gallons. We'd really like to have a cistern, but there again, that's a bit too pricey.
We have several books that have that sort of stuff in them, and we have collected a lot of recipes too. Dandelion and Elderberry wine are at the top of my list to try.LOL
We are fortunate to have a wild native persimmon tree, black walnuts, hickory nuts, and a butter nut tree in our yard. We take no credit. They were here when we bought the lots. I do give hubby credit for knowing enough to keep them.
Course he majored in biology so he knows a lot of stuff like that.LOL
It does work. It’s the silver. In fact I have read that some preppers have a stock of colloidal silver as well as another type, which I can’t remember right now.
It’s will kill bacteria, and can serve as a sort of anitbiotic. You have to be careful with dosages.
So I’m thinking of mills and wheat. What is the bad surprise in store for me?
If the water has chemicals and/or heavy metals in it, you will most likely need more than a clean cloth, boiling, or bleach.
Now boiling will likely work if you are going to collect the condensation.
We have a lot of lead in this area.
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