This week I traded seeds with my neighbor. She had some zucchini, cucumber, and squash seeds and I gave her some pea, eggplant, and lettuce seeds! I think we both made out pretty well!
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This week I traded seeds with my neighbor. She had some zucchini, cucumber, and squash seeds and I gave her some pea, eggplant, and lettuce seeds! I think we both made out pretty well!
I got these little gems from the pound shop today(dollar store?)
They're not fancy, or top quality but they work. I've had them out of the packets and for an emergency they will work just fine.
These are for a little BOB I'm putting together to keep in the shed.
Planted tomato plants, moved blueberry bushes out of pots into raised bed, cleaned out strawberry plants, thinned blackberry vines, trimmed mulberry bushes, cleaned out and readied lettuce bed for planting (tommorow) checked and rotated out some food supplies that were getting close to expiration date, drained and refilled water storage shuttles ( 2 250 gallon "totes")
BTW good find winnie
Hey,, Those are cool ! I have never seen anything like that at the dollar stores here,,,,Quote:
Originally Posted by Winnie
Man, Winnie!! They don't have that kind of stuff in OUR crappy dollar stores! That's a GREAT find!!
I got me a travel Berkey water purifier. It came with 2 black purifiers that purify 2.5 gallons per hour and 3 personal water bottles with filters! We did the math...that little thing will purify enough water for us all (family of three) to get 1 full gallon of water a day, for 3 whole years if we needed it! How cool is THAT?
I also installed the first of 4 waterbutts(rainbarrel?). It's a well known brand (Ward), I got it really cheap, £18.50 including the diverter! Now all I need is some rain:blushing:
Grilled burgers. The first of the season. Man were they good.
INGREDIENTS:
1 pound lean ground beef
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
½ tablespoon liquid smoke flavoring
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 tablespoon olive oil
seasoned salt to taste
DIRECTIONS:
1. Preheat a grill for high heat.
2. In a medium bowl, lightly mix together the ground beef, Worcestershire sauce, liquid smoke and garlic powder. Form into 3 patties, handling the meat minimally. Brush both sides of each patty with some oil, and season with seasoned salt.
3. Place the patties on the grill grate, and cook for about 5 minutes per side, until well done.
Today is my wife's birthday. We celebrated last week-end so it's just the two of us today. We attended a presentation where one of my grand daughters won 1st place in an asthma poster contest. She won $100 saving bond, which is pretty cool. Then we watched the other grand daughter win their softball game.
I just finished a piece of Italian creme cake and ice cream. To die for.
All in all, a pretty darn good day.
Happy Birthday Mrs. Rick and congrats to your grand daughter.
I feel that as a valued member of the QC Department, and having sampled Rick's burgers during the Indiana Jamboree that a review is in order.
Start review---
They were great!
End review---
We should have a jamboree here at the river ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zch9W...next=2&index=9
Happy Birthday, Mrs. Rick! :)
We should find women, that are like that day.:tongue_smilie: LOLQuote:
Originally Posted by Justin Case
Muted and Beautiful ? LOL
Late again, Many happy Returns, Mrs Rick!
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:nod::whistling::lol::innocent:
Deaf and blind would be so much easier. :innocent:Quote:
Originally Posted by 2dumb2kwit
Ahh, look at 'em grow! These are my peas from my survival garden. I planted them back in February and they are coming up fantastically!!!
Picked up a variety of seed for storage.
Got the garden tilled I'm waiting to plant for another week. Had a bit of a frost last night.
We just had a frost last night. nothing in the ground yet due to late cold weather and work on the shack. Guess that would be considered a prep too.
I did get some hay bales organized for a raised bed garden. They've had a good soaking for a week now. I'll plant this weekend.
KYR, could you post a "How To" on straw bale gardening in this thread? Trabitha was asking if anyone knew.
http://www.wilderness-survival.net/f...ad.php?t=11754
Some of you have been talking about bivy bags so I decided to buy one today. I bought the Eureka Solitaire. Here's the specs...
Shockcorded 6.3 mm fiberglass frame.
Three storm guy outs on fly.
Dimensions: 2'4" H x 2'8" W x 8' L
Weight: 2 lbs 9 oz.
http://images04.olx.com/ui/1/98/71/9099771_1.jpg
I'll let you know how it works.
That's OUR job. :sneaky2: Send it to QC. Start with the Mass Division and we'll ship it out to the Florida office when were done with it. :innocent:Quote:
Originally Posted by Rick
Well. Okay. I stayed in it last night. Dinner was beans. But I'll send it to you right after I remove the dead skunks.
I'm still waiting for test samples ,, after all,, I live in this harsh (hell like) desert environment :sneaky2:
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Originally Posted by Rick
Somebody fibbed. :sneaky2:Quote:
Originally Posted by Rick
Maybe it was a "try it, before you buy it" deal.:innocent:Quote:
Originally Posted by Ken
What? Like I couldn't have borrowed one? Sheeeesh.
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Originally Posted by Rick
Remind me never to loan you anything :innocent:Quote:
Originally Posted by Rick
Well, let's see. Things have been growing here in the south for about 6 weeks, starting with the onions and lettuce. Squash popped up about 3 weeks ago and are in full leaf. Tomato plants are going full bore, and even the pole beans are about a foot tall. Did some handgun and rifle practice with like-minded friends in KY that I work with. It sounded like a mini-war, but we were safe on a state firing range. Taught some handgun techniques to someone who wanted to know. Rotated more gasoline. Need to replenish more ammunition next payday, and deepen the larder. More 2 liter bottles recycled into water storage.
Got a few more bits for the second BOB. That is now finished and stowed away in the garden shed.
Bought a case of canned chili so I can do my share for NBC when the crunch comes.
I am also researching gas masks at the moment. It is not promising either. Lots of junk out there. Crap masks, crap filters. Seems it is overkill at great expense or cheap death.
KYS, when I worked in the Aerospace industry, we were issued with these:
http://www.safetyquip.com.au/groupli...rom~index.html
You can buy various filters, and the unit can accept multiple filters simulaneaously. They do full masks as well. Not sure how the price compares though.
Industrial certified filters are available and not out of price range for what they do, $25-35.
The masks are my concern. I want full face protection. I do not trust milsurp after some of the reading I have done. I was not too impressed with them while I was in the army and they were new. I am less impressed now. Deteriating seams, cracked ruberization, bad seals. And the good ones are way overpriced. Seems the bigist selling factor is being able to drink from a camelpac while wearing one and not if it actually works.
I am leaning toward the comercial/industrial masks. You can get a certified NBC rated mask for less than $150.
This is my weak spot in preping. I got to thinking about an exacuation near a rail track a couple of weeks back. I have the wind working for me right now but one never knows what will be next on some terriorists' to-do list. I am not worried about a direct hit, but I might catch some drift form the "big city" nearby.
If those guys were very smart we would all be in big trouble.
The odds of being a terrorist victim are a bit like winning the lottery. However, the odds of being a victim of a train wreck, tanker truck wreck or industrial accident are a bit higher I would think. Even the local public swimming pool or water plant could have a chlorine spill.
Let's not forget heart disease, diabetes, a range of cancers and all sorts of illnesses that can actually be prevented by healthy living and regular check ups--"preps". People are more likely to drop dead of a stroke than being blown up by a car bomb. (Unless you live in NYC, that is. lol.)Quote:
Originally Posted by Rick
So next time you think about what else to do to prepare even better, start with your own self and work from there. If you're hooked up to a dialysis machine, you ain't bailing out nowhere. :)
Then you have people like my late wife;
She lived right, ate healty, exercised, nonsmoker, occasional glass of wine, loved the outdoors, loved her job and dropped dead of an anurism at 52.
Life don't always follow the rules in the book.
No it doesn't, and I am sorry for your loss.Quote:
Originally Posted by kyratshooter
My dad too, died @ 39 and I never got over it.
Even though there are no guarantees in life, there are some things we can do to hedge our bets. Check ups once a year whether we need them or not, awareness of risk factors, etc. Whatever you're doing now when it comes to your house, vehicle & guns, just include yourself in that equation.
Not too much to do now, is it?
I'm really sorry to hear that, kyrat. :sad:Quote:
Originally Posted by kyratshooter
bought 5 cases of MRE's 2008 poduction run from a friend who was out his stuff preparing to move, paid $10 a case.
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Originally Posted by BENESSE
This is all true and a very good point. The old cliche "How can you help others if you can't help yourself?" is a cliche for a reason.
Kyratshooter--I, too, am sorry for your loss. Unfortunately, sometimes it doesn't matter how good of a life we live. But, unexpected deaths aside, we can all do a better job of taking care of ourselves.
Doesn't matter how prepared you are knowledge-wise or equipment-wise, if you can't walk up a hill without being out of breath, what chance do you have at surviving if you're ever really faced with having to make it without modern comforts?
I think we all need to make sure we're doing everything we can to be sure we're physically prepared (health-wise) in addition to being prepped with material tools for survival. Just my humble opinion. :innocent: