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I wanted to post something about post-disaster, I see that MD is now taking refugees from the Carolina's. It is in the post phase that things get dicey for different reasons, looting, fraud, and anger are next after the emergency as the cleanup drags on. I wanted to share this as I attended...

https://intellectualfroglegs.com/ This is an interesting website focused on "intellectual froglegs" or common sense, it is a bit right wing or Trump supporting, however Dan made an interesting comment: he said except for calling the fire department he gets all the help he needs from government...

Here is hoping on the Kale and Turnips.. It's fried green tomato weekend :-) I'm looking at the pictures here at this place and time for my spouse and me to consider a move. We are both in information technology, both done very well, but simply now that the kids have moved on should have a...

Poor people in Pennsylvania look at the BEAUTIFUL pictures you people have posted of your gardens and can't get a break. This is a really interesting community, it reminds me of better home and gardens without the stuff I'm not interested in.. the vanity segment of the market. Yeah I agree on...

I have been doing some reading on the solar minimum. And there is for sure junk science out there. But to put thinks into perspective the rain was so severe in our area about two weeks ago ants invaded my auto, they just abandoned the nest and moved to high ground, and then again on Tuesday...

In Pennsylvania we are getting well beyond seasonal rain, and as I was reading the news I was thinking: are you self sufficient? To keep the post short I'll post links but Hawaii is out of bottled water already...

Yeah the Typically run outside.. When you look at Appalachia pictures, there is often a stove on the porch, freezer, etc.. it isn't uncommon even today to see people cooking on the porch or an actual "hag's house" which was a shed dedicated to outdoor cooking typically screened in and...

Really interesting stuff here, great site. Doers not dreamers. Yeah the first year the soil cracked, looked like a dry riverbed.. we use a 1/4" screen mesh to work out the gravel and have used straw tilled in the soil in the fall along with some lime.. we are now seeing earthworms and genuine...

You mind me asking where the cabin is? We are starting to look for property, no need for specifics just general area, and the shower looks awesome, I want one now. I took a look at the Butterfly stove. Butterfly #2487 10k BTU 16-Wick Kerosene Cook Stove. These are still used in canning to do...

We're getting in a second round of beans, peas, and beets. We live on a mountain less than 4 miles from a ski resort with lift, etc.. near Gettysburg, PA. We do a terrace garden and as you can see the soil is red allot of clay, but after many years now become much more organic. We maintain...

My suggestion is to stop at 11 so nobody has to sit on the bench during the game. Congrats.

Curious from a cost analysis standpoint approximately how much was the fertilizer and does it degrade with time? Interesting about $20. https://standishmilling.com/catalog/fertilizer/50-lb-46-0-0-fertilizer-urea/

I envy you.. but that was the way things worked before things got way-way to complicated.

Put an ad on craigslist asking for them, you will be amazed at people who have a box and no clue whatsoever.. make sure you pay well below new jar $ or barter something. Yard sales etc.. good luck.. they are out there and available

By eating what we actually prep and buying in bulk and on sale, we also aggressively ad coupon match we have over the long run certainly paid for the prepping items we have and the costs of accumulating them. I see pallets of emergency food for sale at prepper sites and think: have you read the...

We had to buy "Canners" this year.. r ain simply was too much.. we had plenty tomatoes for dinner, lunch etc.. but didn't get enough for canning, wasn't a bumper year.

Yeah we did beans, swishchard, and Beets. I'll post later this fall, we got so much rain this year it was ridiculous. We emptied all the old seeds we had and I'll have to thin here shortly. Will start hunting for sale/clearance garden seeds at the usual places. But we pulled all the garden...

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We dry can and do steel cut oats, pasta, white rice, beans, and such. I was reading and wanted to share an off grid tip: Harbor freight makes a Brake Bleeder and Vacuum Pump Kit for 25 dollars, if you search for a coupon you should be able to leave the store for it for $20. You can use the...

I'm going in with bush beans, beets, and cabbage. I will straw down the Kale and the Swish Chard and have that next spring. Zone 7. But I figure I have 60 days. We pulled up allot due to too much rain in PA today, going in heavy with the beets and beans. We did good with cucumbers on a...