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What have you done to prepare for a catastrophe?


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I have thought about hydroponics recently (I hate having to do all that weedin) too. A friend of ours mentioned it to us last year when I started planting. I love the idea of not having to ad fertilizer since it is already provided with the fish
Well, I haven't done anything with fish yet, but I got all the topsoil spread and tilled in the greenhouse and planted about half of it. I think it still needs to warm up a little before putting in tomatoes and summer stuff. Tomorrow I'll make my first salad from the lettuce and spinach!
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How are you guys getting supressors? I know they're not totally illegal but I'd need the country sheriff to approve it if I wanted one in my area...

"What purpose would you have for a supressor, son?"

"Well officer, when the SHTF I'd like to be able to hunt without giving away my location, and that ear pro is taking up a lot of space in my bug out bag..."
 
How are you guys getting supressors? I know they're not totally illegal but I'd need the country sheriff to approve it if I wanted one in my area...

"What purpose would you have for a supressor, son?"

"Well officer, when the SHTF I'd like to be able to hunt without giving away my location, and that ear pro is taking up a lot of space in my bug out bag..."

You need to setup a firearms trust to be able to bypass the dreaded signature card. However, you have till June before Barry closes that loop hole.
 
Yeah,I'm still making my tax return/want list and 1 more roll and t posts are definitely on it. All I can say is driving in those beats the heck out of digging in 4x4's. I have areas I wanted privacy and they take a lot longer to finish. My property is two and a half acres, but it's a pie slice shape that's long and skinney. It also had more poision ivy than anyplace I've ever been! Fencing this has been about a three year ordeal! I think two more rolls will finish it up. Hope you wear ear plugs when setting those posts, I'm close to deaf now and let me tell you, it sucks!
What are you using to drive in your T-post? We have been doing it with a T post driver. . . as in by hand and the wooden 4x4 round post are dug by hand mainly with a posthole digger although we did borrow an auger when we put in the donkey and goat barn and the cattle pole barn.
 
Sorry Jim! I guess I should pre read. . . before I post
 
I've been hatching eggs in the incubator and increasing my stock of hens and meat from the roosters. Well, I have 1 really smart hen. She's scrawny, and older, but way smarter than the others, I call her 'my scrappy yard hen'. Well she disappeared about a month ago, (again). I had written her off to a neighborhood dog, when low and behold she came walking up with 8 new little chicks in tow! I've got another batch cooking in the incubator right now but will give it a rest after they hatch. I rounded them all up and put them in the nursery area in my coop. I won't mix them with the older birds until they are all big enough to defend themselves.
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Nice! How does he like the goats?
She is fine with the goats. Problem is, my son's corgi has always been afraid of the goats. Now that he thinks he has an accomplice, well, let's just say he instigated some chasing of the goats around the yard and is now sulking in his crate for the evening. He will not be allowed out with the rottie again for a long while.
 
I also had another batch of bunnies. I'm not sure how many as mamma didn't want me to look too closely. The last litter was eight, and they are well weaned now. I just posted an add on craigslist to see if I can sell some of them, as pets or meat. I have a freezer full of meat allready so will need to find some outlets for the extra I'm producing.
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Sometimes pet stores will buy them to sell as pets or to feed or sell as snake food. Or they'll post a notice in their store for you.
 
Ok this was my 'I lost my mind' moment and has nothing to do with prepping, but I went riding on it today and am so happy. This bike is so much more comfortable than my other one. I even have someone coming to look at that one tomorrow.
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Ok, I've been busy! I just started laying some block in my storm shelter/root cellar. Still a long way to go, but good to see some progress.
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the garden is looking good. I'm hoping for some corn this year. I've gotten so close, but have never had a good crop make it yet.
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This is the small fish pond I want to fence off and stock next spring with brim. I still need to dam the spillway to raise the water another foot or so.
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i've seen someone take whole bags of ready mix cement and lay them across their spillway.then just let the water that fills up the pond do the rest of the work..
 
i've seen someone take whole bags of ready mix cement and lay them across their spillway.then just let the water that fills up the pond do the rest of the work..
I've got a pile of dirt next to it allready, I just need time to work on it. After I fill it I'll line it with cement pavers to make a good long lasting spillway.
 
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Mason jars, filled em 3 quartes with organic, GMO free, hand picked by me cherries, rock candy, a vanilla bean and fill up the rest with premium self made potato moonshine.
Lasts for ever, great barter, u just gotta love it.
 
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Mason jars, filled em 3 quartes with organic, GMO free, hand picked by me cherries, rock candy, a vanilla bean and fill up the rest with premium self made potato moonshine.
Lasts for ever, great barter, u just gotta love it.
Sounds good, just remember, making any form of distilled alcohol is highly illegal, but those are really nice preserves!
 
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