Archive for February, 2010
The squash as a survivalist food source
The squash is one of the better choices for any garden. Its pest resistant, easy to grow, and the harvested squash can be cooked in a variety of ways. It can be fried, baked, grilled, or just eaten raw. There are several reasons why squash should be favored by survivalist – can be eaten raw,…
Planting a community garden
In these tough economic times, its important for people to come together. ne way that families can work together to safe money, is to plant a community garden.
In this example, 3 families, it breaks down to 11 people, 6 adults and 5 children are working together to plant a garden. This garden will be shared equally between everyone involved.
Planting potatoes, peas and corn
Potatoes, peas and corn – plant them in that order.
Commercial grade fertilizer has 3 numbers, such as 13-13-13. Those three numbers stand for nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium (also called Pot Ash).
nitrogen – large leaves, tall growth – greens, spinach, corn, okra
phosphorus – root growth – potatoes, turnips
potassium / pot ash – pod production – peas, beans, corn, okra, squash
Kerosene lantern considerations
A few things to consider:
Type and quality of the kerosene – clear, colored, scented
Size of reservoir on the lantern
Trimming the wick before use
Keep the lantern away from children
No bug out bag for me thank you
From what I see, most of the people that talk about “bug out bags” have never faced a “real” disaster. But lets not group everyone together – I’am sure some of them have.
Personally, I do not subscribe to the “Bug Out Bag” train of thought. I have had to bug out / evacuate in the face of too many hurricanes, and like to think I know the difference between reality and myth.
Looking for a camping spot on the river
A few days ago I got information that the Army Corp. of Engineers has some primitive camping spots along the Angelina river. So my son and I loaded up in the boat to go take a look at them.
The Angelina river runs between lake sam rayburn and steinhagen reservoir.
Taking the new boat out
A couple of weeks ago my dad bought himself a new boat, so he gave me his old one. Its a WeldBilt aluminum boat, 15 feet long, 42 inches across and is driven by a 30 horsepower Evinrude outboard motor.
Berkey Water Filter Contest
When disaster strikes, will you and your family have plenty of safe drinking water? If your one of the lucky 8 winners, that problem might be taken care of (at least for a little while). Jeff “The Berkey Guy” (from Directive21.com “LPC Survival Ltd.”) is holding a contest where there will be 8 winners Here…
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