Looking at buying a self sustaining house and property in the Ozarks tomorrow. Will be moving soon for our final bug-in location. Then 3 months of additions and work upgrading the solar battery system.
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Nice! I wish my better half would listen to reason, and let us move out of the damned city!
had to go into town.on account,im having them hold the mail,untill further notice..and im working on paying,what bills that needs paying..in which i got these nice lil items in the mail.their 2 belt knives,for those that are wondering..LOL
harbor fright in the town where i do my primary shopping,is having a 3 day parking lot sale.this Saturday, Friday,and sunday. sunday will be the biggest savings day.so im planing on doing my shopping then..
i plan on some picking as well..in which this will be my first batch of any type. bread n butter is what im going with.so i gotta ask about mustard seed,turmeric,ginger,celery seed,and pepper cord,when it comes to those thats made bread n butter before.what do yall go with,when it comes to each of the ingredients?
I cheat and buy ready spiced vinegar.
then add one or two extras as I feel the need. It's usually Dill and Garlic.
Hey, if you're the Sheetrock finisher, I got some projects for ya! I'll supply the materials and ribs and beer!
Great job on the doors!
I can finish it just fine, but am probably the slowest person around! I've seen crews of Hispanic guys do a whole house in two days, hanging and finishing. I'm more like two days on each room.... I can gladly give you tips on how to make it easyier though, just not much with speed! beer, ribs and good company is tempting though!
No. I'm slower. I doesn't help that I hate doing it, either.
The guy I usually get fell off his stilts and is down for a while. He can do a great job without even looking at what he's doing...
Well things went well, we will be moving soon. 2 story green offgrid home. Shed-workshop with covered area, root cellar. Got just over 100 acres, natural spring fed ponds, solar power system, wood burning stove, 500 gal. Propane tank, 2 fireplaces, 2 acre garden below pond, gravity fed irrigation. 5 acres of pasture all on side of mountain 1500'+ above sea level. It's loaded with hard woods. There is a buried telephone line com8ng in, but nothing else. Will ad a satellite dish, another 500gal Propane tank and a truckload of coal. It has refrigerator/freezer and a high efficiency washer and gas dryer and gas generator. I will also have to add more solar panels and batteries. I'll need to built a barn and chicken coop.
So much work to do now.
So much work to do now.
Congratulations! Sounds like a great space.
plan on doing our primary shopping today.in which, i'll be cutting back on what i'll be buying,in the way of food.untill my mom gets home,or what ever.i also hear that harbor fright has hand operated hand pump,thats mainly made for decoration.but yet.still works.so i'll be looking into them.especilly seeing how they'll be getting new merchandise in.and that means 96% off of what they have today.last day of sidewalk/parking lot sale..
Picked up 15lbs of tannerite, helps with stump removal during target practice.
I like the way you think....
I didn't know what tannerite was till I googled it. Sounds like a blast to play with..... is it legal to own?
Sure. Exploding targets!
You can have up too 50lbs total of mixed (ready to use) tannerite though don't go ordering 50lbs or bulk ready to use single orders, I think one might end up with a visit. it's easy to make, as long as you have the two ingredient separated you can have as much as you want but if mixed, only 50lbs max.
i already knew that it's a ecplosive.and that a high powered rifle can be used to set it off."but"..i didn't know that a person can get a recipe for it..i just did a search on it.
My efforts are really going to seem meek to some but still
•made some random generators for items to pick out when shopping (for variety), covering all the major food groups but maintaining a price point per oz of 28cents/oz or less (mostly walmart retail)
•made my budget for groceries (my main arbitrary cost bill) and allowed for stocking up on non perishables over time I can pick up
•Joined Doomsdayprepper forums -yay!
•In the process of learning Spanish as well as how to ferment my own ethanol/vodka/sugarwash (it's very interesting, many uses)
https://www.duolingo.com/
http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Vodka (this is Vodka, but it's similar)
•made some random generators for items to pick out when shopping (for variety), covering all the major food groups but maintaining a price point per oz of 28cents/oz or less (mostly walmart retail)
•made my budget for groceries (my main arbitrary cost bill) and allowed for stocking up on non perishables over time I can pick up
•Joined Doomsdayprepper forums -yay!
•In the process of learning Spanish as well as how to ferment my own ethanol/vodka/sugarwash (it's very interesting, many uses)
https://www.duolingo.com/
http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Vodka (this is Vodka, but it's similar)
I have guns, some food, protective clothing, etc..
So...I bought spare parts, springs, magazines, gunsmithing manuals, and gunsmithy tools so I can keep my guns up and running.
I also planned next week's shopping list:
More canned food, 50 lbs. quinoa, antibiotics from online vet supply, and a pair of combat boots.
So...I bought spare parts, springs, magazines, gunsmithing manuals, and gunsmithy tools so I can keep my guns up and running.
I also planned next week's shopping list:
More canned food, 50 lbs. quinoa, antibiotics from online vet supply, and a pair of combat boots.
Learning is probably the most important prep you can do. I think a second language is really smart too, especially Spanish as it is so commonly used. We all have budgets to work with, so just do what you can as you can afford it. My best advice in life is don't buy anything on credit. Pay as you go and you will have so much more in the long run. My personal opinion on supplies and stuff is start with water. Hardly anyone has enough stored, ways to filter it or access to a clean source if an emergency happens. Welcome to the forum.
Well, lets see what I've managed to do this week. I did a lot of weeding, but still have a good bit to do still. I guess the secret is don't let it get out of hand to begin with. Anyways, I'm getting caught up at least. I had peanut plants that were buried completely. At least they are coming back to life once I clear around them. I picked my first dukes this season! I ate a couple so far, but have run out of pickles, so most will be canned. Still waiting on the first ripe tomato. There's several huge ones that should be turning color soon. I also picked almost a gallon of blackberries today. They are reserved for wine as it's one of my favorite flavors. I picked some onions too. I should probably go ahead and pull them all as they are ready, but I can only eat so many at a time, carrots are ready to be picked now as well. I'm working on a big job for the next two days, so I won't be playing with any thing here till that's done.
Tonight I'm crashing in a motel after an 18 hr day. Tomorrow is probably going to be the same. Welcome to self
Employment! Seriously,'it's well worth it in the long run, but has its drawbacks.
Employment! Seriously,'it's well worth it in the long run, but has its drawbacks.
I just started putting small things together for a bug out bag. This week, I created a small first aide kit, got a multi tool (knife), some thin nylon rope, a small LED flashlight, collapsible scissors. Next week, I will add to that.
That's how we started. Spend carefully though. We each had a bob and now we're both on different bags. We started with a small amount of food, now it has grown by a lot. We did an inventory last weekend and I was really surprised at how much we do have a few years into prepping.
Baby steps! One thing I always try to impress upon people is water filtration. I'd take a good water filter over a weapon any day. I also think it is so important that having a spare is not an option to me.
Yep. We have several options.
If there is (still) a Gander Mountain near you, Sawyer filters were 40% off yesterday.....
Had a good day today. It seems like I haven't done any prepping with trying to keep up with our workload lately. I got all the grape vines weeded and mowed this morning. Then I got 2 more batches of pickles done, have my first batch of dehydrated potatoes in the dehydrator right now, and I did the last racking, or siphoning off the clear wine and leaving the sediment. I have 7 five gallon jugs of it that can be bottled in a few more weeks. Seems like my hobbies are becoming a full time job here.... oh one other cool thing! An aquaintenance of mine was inspired to try canning his first three jars of pickles today. He called me about five times during the process, and I doubt they turned out well, but it's a start! I did advise him to keep them referigerated just in case, but was positive and as encouraging as I could be.
