Occasionally the other side of the street gets it
(Via The Woodpile Report) I’m not one to read Medium very often. The tone of the place isn’t one I find compatible with my world…
Category: Prepping
Who will be your allies?
I was reading through some back content on SurvivalBlog when I came across this quote from Mike Williamson: I have noticed, as have several others,…
Let there be light
As usual, I found this while I was looking at other things on the Intertubz. The Humphrey Gas Light. I remember similar lights in old…
When the antibiotic chickens come home to roost
For some years the medical community has been warning that there might well be a time when bugs would show up that no antibiotic would…
Saran? Like Saran Wrap?
(Via The Woodpile Report) Storing parts to minimize corrosion. This may come in handy soon.
Long-term Prepping As We Age
I believe that I’ve mentioned elsewhere that my earliest interest in preparedness was started by reading books like The Swiss Family Robinson and My Side of the…
Prepping as we age–social isolation and loneliness
“My last friend died last week. I don’t know one single person on this earth anymore. Not one.” As a human being I read that…
You should have this book
(Via SurvivalBlog) The 3rd edition of the Survival and Austere Medicine book is available for free download (click on the cover art). Add this to your…
Post-TEOTWAWKI disease
One of the things that Doomer Porn usually doesn’t consider is the realistic nuts and bolts of how various aspects of the world will work…
Factoring in the dragon
J.R.R. Tolkien wrote “It does not do to leave a dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.” This was the quote that really…
Need to store cans in a shallow space?
Don’t care to build shelves? How about using plastic rain gutters instead? You get the benefit of a system that the cans won’t fall off…
Modern retirement
I’ve been thinking about how to write about this subject for some while now and do it in such a way that it doesn’t come…
Power to the people
Not in the dated 70s fashion, however. .357 Magnum brings up an important issue if you have decided to add solar to your mix of…
More on EMP
Yep, been going down this particular rat hole. I haven’t looked into it for a while, because it’s been my opinion that all the really…
Why haven’t I heard about disasterprepper sooner?
(From the email reflector that must remain nameless) This guy is great! I’m using this for an example, because it’s the first useful EMP information…
Stop bleeding all over my floor!
(Via Michael Bane on Facebook) One of the training points that has come up in the last few years is that “If you carry a…
Hacking pharmaceuticals
(Via the Drudge Report) I’m not wild about the guy’s politics or a lot of other things about him, but the concept of of a…
All Irma, all the time
My apologies if things around here feel like it’s “All Irma, all the time”, but when you have a storm of this magnitude in the…
Irma: No news is good news
There is no good news on the hurricane front. The models that were predicting a turn toward the open sea are all gone now. Barring…
On the practical side
I’ve been cruising a Facebook group that’s dedicated to one of the areas Mrs. Freeholder and I are considering as a possible retirement location. It…
Continuing with Hurricane Irma
I wish I was able to say “What a difference a day makes.” Maybe I can, but not in a good way, especially not for…
Time for a Public Service Announcement
(Image and links via the Drudge Report) This is not a joke. If you’re in the path of this hurricane your life is in danger.…
Knot on my watch
I’ve heard knots called “an orderly tangle of lines”. While that might be true, the knowledge of a few useful knots is something that is…
Bullet-proofing
(Via SurvivalBlog) How about a product you can mix on site and apply to your walls to make them bullet proof? If that sounds like…
Back to the gardening theme
At least for a moment. If we should happen to get that mini-Ice Age some are calling for, this document from the Alaskan Energy Authority…
All because of a fat kid in a turd whirled country
I’m getting rumbles via various channels about things nuclear. Chances are these will come to nothing, just as they always have. However, ignoring such things…
About that light blogging lately
Yeah, totally my fault. I’ve been out enjoying the weather for a while. We took the RV RVing, I’ve been working in the yard, getting…
Glorious weather leads to saving money
With the exception of a round of thunderstorms Tuesday night, we have been blessed with some seriously wonderful spring weather, and I’ve been doing everything…
How does your (raised bed) garden grow?
Yes, time to get back to this spring time subject. It was a little hard to think about when I suddenly had to deal with…
So how much does this gardening stuff cost?
At this point, you’ve seen a lot of information on gardening, and you’re probably thinking something along the lines of “Dude, I can go to…