How Well do You Know Your Neighborhood?
Fifty years ago, when all the wives stayed home, everyone in the neighborhood knew each other. Today you are lucky if you know your next-door neighbor, never mind someone down the street. Now I …
Do You Need A Drawknife?
In the past, before the easy availability of lumberyards and finished materials, a drawknife was an important tool. They can still be purchased new and found in garage sales and antique shops. If you intend …
Make Your Own Penetrating Oil
In case of a major change in our life style that resulted in a collapse of society, we would be forced to improvise many things that we now take for granted. Just simple things like …
Light, Another Enemy of Food Storage
Light is the least understood enemy of food storage. Exposure to light can cause foods to spoil faster. Both natural and artificial light can cause photodegradation, according to the Department of Food Science and Human …
Enemies of Food Storage
[/caption] The first rule of food storage can be summed up in the acronym HALT. It stands for the four enemies of good food storage. These are Humidity, Air (oxygen), Light, and Temperature. This is the …
Answers to Questions About Oxygen Absorbers
[/caption] Recently I have received some questions from some beginning preppers on what is an oxygen absorber and how you use it. They are variations of a small bag filled with iron powder and a salt …
Scrounge Free Food
[/caption] My wife is a scrounge she finds free foods all over the place. I think she knows where every fruit tree within 10 miles is located and who owns it (slight exaggeration). However, she …
Wool Still Works
Another guest post by C.E Harris Recently I relocated the buttons on my Filson double-cruiser and Mackinaw vest to give more room to fasten around my aging middle. When I bought these back in 1972, …
Dehydrating Oranges and Lemons
The last few days my wife has been drying lemons and oranges. She has two dehydrators running, a Excalibur which she loves and an old Ronco 10 tray, which she dislikes. She slices the lemon …
More on The Best Animals for Self Sufficiency
The post on raising animals brought in some great replies. https://bit.ly/Vy4493 I gained some good information from them. After more studying and reading the comments, I have decided that if you are living in a semi …