The day was January 2, 2014. I stopped by a friends house after work to visit, and pick up some goodies he had for me. The temperature was 84 degrees. (if it makes you feel any better, as I write this, less than 24 hours later, it is about 48 degrees!) My friend, Jim, putters […]
Category: self sufficiency
A Preppper Game / Tool Review: Conflicted: The Survival Game
I have mentioned before how Prepper Fiction gets me all amped up, and usually makes me have knee-jerk reactions to the story. It was that way when I read the three books by A. American involving a guy stranded 200 miles away from home after an EMP. It also happened after I watch every episode […]
Top 5 Christmas Gifts Every Prepper Should Have
Let’s face it, being pragmatic about Christmas isn’t any fun. However, if times are tight, it might be a good idea to approach gift giving in this frame of mind. Not many folks like getting socks or underwear for Christmas…but almost everyone that does CAN use them….so is it wrong to give a gift that […]
Hog Harvesting
First, let me tell you that this is NOT a “How-To”, it is simply an “I Got to” article. Also, this will include graphic details and pictures. This is about turning a live animal into food, start to finish. We took healthy animals, in an environment we controlled, and ended up with food we could […]
The Value of Backyard Protein
I’ve often been asked what price I’d charge for the rabbits, quail, ducks, or chickens I raised in my backyard. I’ve done some rough estimations on what I have invested in each animal, but the number of variables staggers me. Do I include electricity used to pump the water for the automatic waterers?Should I put […]
Getting Started with HAM Radio
Last week, I pondered, to HAM or not to HAM. Here is my answer. I am writing this as a complete newbie. I do NOT have my license at the time I am writing this, however, I am planning on taking my test in less than two weeks. All of my information and viewpoints are […]
Meat Rabbit Q&A
Check out my Free Rabbit Breeding Calendar I receive a lot of emails every day regarding the stuff I write about. While I like to help out, I don’t consider myself an expert, just someone that, Like Edison, has already learned a few ways things DON’T work. So in spreading my personal knowledge, I thought […]
Harvesting Quail
Today I’m finally posting my quail how-to video. I’ve written about it before, but I never could task anyone into holding the camera while I went through the process. I was finally able to talk my youngest daughter into helping, she is a trooper. BE WARNED, THE VIDEO SHOWS ME
Fast Easy Way to get Water Out of a Coconut
This one goes out to my buddy Barry, who seems to have a need for lots of coconut water for his moments of R&R. As my regular readers know, I’m coo-coo for coconuts… I’ve written a double handful of articles about them, eat them on dozens of different ways, fill my truck with them, and […]
A (Not So) Dry Run (Tropical Storm Chantal)
I received a phone call from a life-long friend today. He called to check up on me, and to see if I was ready for the hurricane (his words, not mine). As simply replied with, “Oh, there’s a storm coming? What do You think?” This should tell you two things about me: