Fuel Stabilizer for Small Motors.
Since we have been on the subject of mothballing and maintaining small engines. I decided that now was a good time to talk about fuel stabilizers. Yesterday I started a mothballed motor that had been …
Fire and Energy
Starting Campfires Safely, Without Starting a Wildland Fire
Every summer we see major wildland fires that are started by campers. Often these are people from the city with no experience in the backcountry. They set up a ring of rocks like those that …
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Fire Protection for the Homestead.
Over the years I have often wrote about having fire extinguishers around the house and practicing good fire prevention. Here is a post that was sent to me that gives some idea of how you …
Sewer Backups or Flooding, How to Clean Up After One
The other day we put up a post on the problems of sewer backups that can be caused by a major disaster or flooding. Remember that after a major disaster or disruption of services that …
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BYU’s Storage Fuel Comparison Chart
Today I was on the Brigham Young University Website doing some research on the shelf life of various products and I came across the following chart. It is a storage fuel comparison that shows the …
Improvised Lamp from a Soda Can
This morning I found a soda can in our house, this is a rare thing since neither one of us drinks much soda. After looking at it for a couple of minutes, I got to …
Making Tallow Candles
Here is another good entry by Darlene in our writing contest highlighting a practical skill. Howard “Waste Not, Want Not” is one of my mama’s old sayings, and women from generations past were great at …
New Duracell 1000 Lumen Flashlight
One thing that I try to do periodically is tell you when I find a good buy on something. Well yesterday, a friend was over and showed me his new 1000 lumen Durabeam Ultra flashlight. …
Crayons for Light, is it a myth?
On face book and other sites I keep getting all of these survival tips, now don’t get me wrong I like to get them. But at the same time look at some of them with …
How to tell if your propane tank is full
I have a number of five-gallon propane tanks and it seems like I can never keep straight which ones are full and which are empty. Now you can tell a completely full one from a …