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My kids and the peppers
It was sometime around 1998, 1999 or early 2000 I was growing some jalapeno peppers and banana peppers behind the house. The problem was, my 2 youngest kids liked to go out there, and pick and eat the peppers. If you pick a jalapeno pepper when its small and before the seeds develop, it is…
Fire from Crampball Fungi
Our friend Sticks65 over at PlanetBushcraft posted another fire building video. This one talks about using flint and steel along with Crampball Fungi to make a fire. Post your comments in this thread of the wilderness survival forum.
Fire with flint and steel
Fire with flint and steel is a basic survival skill that everyone should be familiar with. I would like to thank Sticks65 over at Planetbushcraft for posting this description and video in this thread of the wilderness survival forum.
Real map vs electronic map
Which do you prefer, a real map or a electronic map? Call me old school, call me old fashioned, call me out of date, or even not keeping up with the times – but give me a real map over an electronic map any day. Heck, I’ll even take a hand drawn map over an electronic map.
Ok, so why the hatred for electronic maps? Its not that I “hate” electronic maps, there are just too many points of failure.
Survivalist seed stockpile
Do you have a survival seed stockpile? I do. In fact, my survival seed stockpile is something that I like to keep an eye on – its on the top shelf of the freezer. I see it every time I open the freezer to look for something to eat.
If your thinking of stockpiling seeds, certain times are more favorable then others for buying seeds.
Early Spring – this is when the feed and fertilizer stores get their seed shipments in. This is usually the best time to buy fresh seed, and it gives you an idea what might be in short supply.
In the early spring of 2010 I went by 2 different seed stores here in Jasper, Texas and both of them told me the same thing – certain types of cucumbers will be in short supply. Which really did not bother me because I had more then enough of those types of cucumbers stocked up anyway.
Late spring early fall – this is when a lot of stores may put their left over seeds on sale. This is a great time to pick up odds and ends types of seeds. Usually, the more favorable seeds were snatched up in early spring. So the left overs might be a mix of “what is that?” type of stuff.
To celebrate life
This past weekend my wife and I went to a memorial service for her cousin – he passed away at the young age of 48 from a heart attack. While we were at the memorial services my wife and I got to visit with the cousins in-laws. While we were sitting there talking, I noticed…
Collecting rain water urban survival tip
In an urban survival situation, safe drinking water might be a little difficult to come by.
September 11 Koran Book Burning
I’am pretty sure just about everyone has heard of the planned September 11 Koran book burning. After all, its been on the world news for the past week, its been on the radio, youtube,,, just about everywhere you go, there people talking about the plan to burn 100s of Korans. Here is my take on…
Testing Disaster Plans
Its one thing to have disaster plans, its another thing to test those plans several times a year. So when is a good time to test your plans? Personally, I like to observe how things go during holidays and events. Even during birthdays parties, Christmas, Thanksgiving, Easter,,,,, anytime people gather at my house I like to observe everyone and see how things go. Do we have enough hand soap, were we able to cook for everyone, were we crowded in the house, were the bathrooms accessible,,,,,.
The most recent test was Labor Day, 2010 – during labor day weekend my family and I headed to the camp for 2 days. Early saturday morning my wife got up and went to the local wal-mart to get some last minute stuff. From her report the store was fully stocked on just about everything besides meat – steaks, briskets, sausage,,,, stuff like that. I figured that people coming into the area would have cleaned wal-mart out.
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