my peppers are slow going.picked 5 jalapenos today,and have 7 more on the plants. and i have 7-12 habaneros growing..and amazingly enough.there's 4 tomato's growing as well.still small.but yet..who knows..
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It's kind of sad to see all the summer garden winding down, but at the same time it's encouraging to see the fall stuff sprouting. I wish I lived in a really tropical place that didn't freeze in the winter.
Don't go too far, as they may find out that the new 'one' isn't as perfect as they thought at first. Hopefully they will work out the give and take it really takes to make a relationship work, and give you some space!this week I have been emptying and fixing my spare bedroom for my preps and some gym equipment as my oldest son apparently found the love of his life and moved to her,which is nice
do hope they make it out and understand that there are two in a relationship.
perhaps I can "build" a small green house for me to grow some herbs and sallad for the winter..though this school takes its toll on me,but I'll manage somehow
perhaps I can "build" a small green house for me to grow some herbs and sallad for the winter..though this school takes its toll on me,but I'll manage somehow
All of my projects for October are more comfort related, not really prepper ones. We are replacing the carpet in a couple bathrooms with tile (who the hell decided to carpet a bathroom?), and redoing the tile in our main hallway. We're finishing up some painting projects (even the map mural in the dining room, which is coming along nicely...I'll have pics up soon). Got new curtains for the windows that really class the place up. Mostly, we're doing a lot before we host Thanksgiving for family.
I do have a couple of Nov prep projects though...largely the bunny habitat I keep putting off, some garage cleanup, and moving some shelves out of the shop, and into places for stockpile storage instead. We're starting the shop conversion from Tack Shop to Scrapbooking Studio in Nov, so looking forward to that. Will be nice to have that space make some money for a change. (I hope). Going to try and sell off the inventory as well as garage sale type stuff, through Nov. Just need it gone. So much wasted space. I've got the equivalent of a damn semi trailer full of stuff. Not to mention all the stock in the store.
I do have a couple of Nov prep projects though...largely the bunny habitat I keep putting off, some garage cleanup, and moving some shelves out of the shop, and into places for stockpile storage instead. We're starting the shop conversion from Tack Shop to Scrapbooking Studio in Nov, so looking forward to that. Will be nice to have that space make some money for a change. (I hope). Going to try and sell off the inventory as well as garage sale type stuff, through Nov. Just need it gone. So much wasted space. I've got the equivalent of a damn semi trailer full of stuff. Not to mention all the stock in the store.
i've been chipping away at some rich light pine i have.so i'll have wood chips as a fire stater.that stuff is tuffer then i remembered...
It's a big plus to have fresh food most of the year. I just picked all this tonight. Those turd looking things are beets, and are really good sliced raw in a salad. I still have a couple more watermelons to pick, and that was the last of the cucumbersdo hope they make it out and understand that there are two in a relationship.
perhaps I can "build" a small green house for me to grow some herbs and sallad for the winter..though this school takes its toll on me,but I'll manage somehow
. I have so many grapes in the freezer now I will be making wine all through the winter. I literally don't have any more room in there at all! I built the greenhouse mostly out of recycled materials, so it was pretty cheap. It was one of the best things I have done for prepping so far. (And eating).
Had a really good weekend here. It rained all day Saturday, so I worked on the inside of front porch. I am using the south facing porch to try and help with catching energy. I am hoping it will act like a greenhouse with all the windows, which will help heat the house in winter, and with open windows and a reflective white metal roof, will help shade the house in summer. Anyway, I got most of the subfloor down on sat. Only three sheets to go to finish! I also came up with a plan for the small wood burning stove I have out in the garage. I've decided to put it on the porch. Not only will it be easy to install the flue, but the mess from the wood won't be inside the main house, which will make the wife really happy. The main fireplace will get a set of gas logs. With a wood fire in it, most of the heat goes straight up and out, but with gas I can shut off the flue and not only have a nice looking fire, but can retain all the heat in the house as well. All this work is towards my goal of being able to function comfortably if we loose electricity. It's funny, a couple people have told me that if we lost the grid they would just rather die and get it over with. I just responded, you do know that people lived throughout most of history without electricity don't you?
Sunday I finished welding together the truck ladder rack. It still needs a lot of grinding, cleaning and paint, but is together now at least. It's going on my sons truck, so him and his wife worked on it with me. The best prep I did all weekend though was steaks on the grill for a late lunch for us all.
Sunday I finished welding together the truck ladder rack. It still needs a lot of grinding, cleaning and paint, but is together now at least. It's going on my sons truck, so him and his wife worked on it with me. The best prep I did all weekend though was steaks on the grill for a late lunch for us all.
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The sale on the house hit a little snag last week, but I think the sale will still go through. Today I'm going to start making a list of everything in the house that we want to sell, like some of the furniture, sofas, the guest bedroom set, home theater system, TV's etc. We also decided to sell some property that we have out in a western state. Its the perfect prepper property; 100 acres with timber, meadows, year round trout stream, lots of deer and elk and is 100% surrounded by National Forest, which means no neighbors for several miles.
Sounds like that's the perfect place to spend the rest of your life, why sell?
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It is, but I have another larger place that is even better.
Larger? damn. Has to REALLY be in the middle of nowhere.
I'm on 5 and half acres, and that's ok, would rather have 10 or more, but even 50 would seem like way too much to secure, let alone 100. Though I guess it gives a good buffer if you secure less.
I'm on 5 and half acres, and that's ok, would rather have 10 or more, but even 50 would seem like way too much to secure, let alone 100. Though I guess it gives a good buffer if you secure less.
I wanted ten acres here in the mountains, until I realized all I could afford was 2 1/2. Now that I'm maintaining it, I'm glad I was poor.
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Not really. Its only about 25 miles from town (pop 800). Security isn't that much of a concern to me in a SHTF situation. Due to the mountains, deep canyons and rivers, there is really only one easy access to our place, and we're pretty well hidden. Besides, the agriculture region is about 80 miles south and the larger population center is even further away. The nearest neighbor is about 5 miles away on another ridge, and they're preppers too. My dream was to bring my family back together again and I was hoping to give the 100 acre place to my kids, but they have other plans.
we've had a lift chair with no hand remote for 3 years.so mom decides to take it to the salvation army as a donation.. ok no problem..we get it there and unload it..and i walk away with a free slumberjack sleeping bag.and it still looks brand new.
Reminds me, we just got a new goodwill, I need to clean out some stuff!
one thing i love about the sleeping bag.is,it's a idea bag for when the temps get down into the 50's while camping or whatever.and i got the thinking this morning.it'd make a idea sleeping bag for a ghb or bob from late spring to early/mid fall..
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My wife cleaned out her closet (size of a small apartment) and took a pickup load of clothes to Goodwill. Of course she had to go out and buy more. Whatever doesn't sell before the closing on the house will be taken to Goodwill too.
Wow, not being on the forum for three weeks and so much happened.
I got a new handgun which im blown away by the quality and the price. It's a nice carry piece.
I shot some meat for the freezer last night.
We put in an offer on a niece house on 10 wooden acres.
We processed about 50# of apples and canned apple sauce, pie filling and sliced apples.
I got a new handgun which im blown away by the quality and the price. It's a nice carry piece.
I shot some meat for the freezer last night.
We put in an offer on a niece house on 10 wooden acres.
We processed about 50# of apples and canned apple sauce, pie filling and sliced apples.
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Nice, congrats on all of that!
I managed to get the wife on board with getting fruit trees planted by Feb. Yay!
Started the conversion of the tack shop to (temporarily) be an indoor yard sale area, then, after clearing out some of the merch, and some of our old junk, switching to the scrapbooking crop room business model.
Finally started on the bunny habitat. They are going to love it. I'll have to take pics at various stages. They will have SO much more room, and a better quality of life, as well as be safer from the elements. For those who know, mostly, bunnies don't get along with one another unless a mated pair, so it's designed for them all to be separate, but still be able to see each other. (especially as one is female). The other day though, had to patch the existing one, as the gal got into one of the guys' area (the existing fencing is just chicken wire, which doesn't hold up to rabbits well). Patched that, but may have bunnies in the future, we'll see. I'm just glad they got along and didn't kill each other. I'll still separate them, but nice to know.
Not really a prep, but finally making good progress on the map mural in the dining room. Goal is to finish it by Thanksgiving. So far, have all the water boarder done, and about 2/3 of the scroll detail/edging. I'll post a progress pic after all the scroll stuff is done, before going into the continents.
Got a guy fixing an area of my roof as part of a barter arrangement. Woo hoo! He'll be fixing Friday, I just have to get the materials tomorrow.
I managed to get the wife on board with getting fruit trees planted by Feb. Yay!
Started the conversion of the tack shop to (temporarily) be an indoor yard sale area, then, after clearing out some of the merch, and some of our old junk, switching to the scrapbooking crop room business model.
Finally started on the bunny habitat. They are going to love it. I'll have to take pics at various stages. They will have SO much more room, and a better quality of life, as well as be safer from the elements. For those who know, mostly, bunnies don't get along with one another unless a mated pair, so it's designed for them all to be separate, but still be able to see each other. (especially as one is female). The other day though, had to patch the existing one, as the gal got into one of the guys' area (the existing fencing is just chicken wire, which doesn't hold up to rabbits well). Patched that, but may have bunnies in the future, we'll see. I'm just glad they got along and didn't kill each other. I'll still separate them, but nice to know.
Not really a prep, but finally making good progress on the map mural in the dining room. Goal is to finish it by Thanksgiving. So far, have all the water boarder done, and about 2/3 of the scroll detail/edging. I'll post a progress pic after all the scroll stuff is done, before going into the continents.
Got a guy fixing an area of my roof as part of a barter arrangement. Woo hoo! He'll be fixing Friday, I just have to get the materials tomorrow.
Got some insulation up on the porch today, and all the tile board up. I'm putting slate tile up on the end where the wood burning stove is going, both for looks and fire resistance. Tomorrow I'll start laying tile, yeah and yuck, as I'm not crazy about cutting slate tile. With 5 days off work, my main goal is to get the stove installed and functioning as winter is almost here. We've already had some low 30's in the mornings. I was tired of wasting all the heat in the fireplace, going straight up and out, so this project made sense. I'll post some Picts soon.
One of my projects for 2016 is a partially in-ground pool, with a small wooden deck and an outdoor kitchen and lounge area (patio stones in the ground). Looking to have a wood-burning stove, nice gas grill, mini-fridge, sink, and large cooler all built into a stone outdoor counter. So, I can't wait to see how it comes out!
This project may go to 2017 depending on funds, of course. Pool and deck is the main priority for next year, but hoping to add the patio kitchenette too. Will make for some fun cookouts. The pool makes a great water source too, for providing emergency water for non-drinking purposes, so kind of a prep.
This project may go to 2017 depending on funds, of course. Pool and deck is the main priority for next year, but hoping to add the patio kitchenette too. Will make for some fun cookouts. The pool makes a great water source too, for providing emergency water for non-drinking purposes, so kind of a prep.
Sounds like you've put your prepping on autopilot now. [emoji1]
looks like it
and as from yesterday I know now how to insert an iv-needle into the vein,we trained it the whole day on us. remember that doc pops said it isn't easy,well it wasn't,especially if you are dumd and go out for a smoke during a brake (yup,those veins kinda shrink)
and as from yesterday I know now how to insert an iv-needle into the vein,we trained it the whole day on us. remember that doc pops said it isn't easy,well it wasn't,especially if you are dumd and go out for a smoke during a brake (yup,those veins kinda shrink)
