9 Steps To Starting A Survival Garden
In a time of economic uncertainty and rising food prices, it it always a good idea to have a garden to provide extra food for you and your family. Besides providing a source of food in an emergency, a garden is also a great source of wonderful vegetables which are MUCH healthier to eat than most of the food you can get at the supermarket. So how do you begin? #1) Decide What Your Goals Are - Do you want to grow enough just to add a few vegetables to your dinner once in a while? Some people who want to live "off the grid" end up building a garden large enough that it will provide almost all of the food that their family needs. #2) Evaluate Your Land - Once you know what your goals are, you need to evaluate the land that you are currently living on. If you decide that you want a "mega-garden" but you live in a condo, then you may have to end up moving to achieve your goals. #4) Improve The Soil - It is almost a certainty that you soil will need a boost. So what is the solution? Comments
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3 Ways to Hoard Food for an Emergency
Edit Article Where to buyWhat to buyWhere to keep it Edited by Aplin8378, Krystle, Teresa, Derrick Hensley and 5 others We live in uncertain times, with war, natural disasters, and economical instability causing fears of interruptions to our food supply. Read this article for some suggestions on how to hoard food, just in case. Ad Steps 1Identify which foods you want to hoard. Method 1 of 3: Where to buy 1 Make sure you have at least £300/$490/342 Euro's (these are equivalent as of the seventh of May, 2011).2Go to a shop that sells canned foods and drinks. Method 2 of 3: What to buy 1Tinned and dried foods are best, as they last for a long time. 2 Think about what tinned foods your family/you eat the most. 7 Buy plenty of bottles of water, and cartons of squash, juice etc. Method 3 of 3: Where to keep it 3 Cover the food and liquid in a clean, breathable sheet, to make sure that it remains cool and untouched.Ad Tips Warnings
BASIC LIST OF SUGGESTED ITEMS FOR LONG TERM SURVIVAL
Some people are saying we should prepare for at least 7 days, but the way things go after a hurricane, tornado, floods, loss of electricity and the fact that these disasters will continue and perhaps even get worse in coming years according to trends, one week is not enough. Some have said 7 years, but that seems too long so do what you can. Be sure to use the older stocked goods first and replace them with new. Otherwise you will end up with all old food you might not even want to eat. Always check canned tomatoes for spoilage, as even in the can they can spoil. Most other foods last a long time. 1. Homeland Security recommends 7 days for survival, but in recent years, some people don't have electricity or heat for up to 3 weeks, so to be really safe - plan for at least 3 weeks. 2. Note: I have received arguments that boiling for longer than 5 minutes will just waste good water, but 15 minutes is safer to kill Cryptospiridium. 3. Wheat - 300 lbs. Rice - 100 lbs. Honey or Sugar - 60 lbs.
37 things you should hoard – or is it 55?
Randomly checking emails today I came across a link that stated there were 37 thing I should hoard in case of emergency. We may have one or two snow storms this season so I clicked the link. Sadly, there was nothing there. Apparently the author did not think the domain was worth hoarding… I did a google search and found that the 37 things I wanted to look at was not a list, but a book. It had honestly never occurred to me to stock up on cat food… (maybe in part because I buy his food by tens of pounds) They had some good points with the list though. So, in lieu of politics at this time (I have numerous posts that I keep meaning to write and somehow hours slip away from me) and since it’s almost snowy season time – check out some lists of things you should hoard: Check out the particulars of this list here – as the lists are long and include some of their own shopping links. This list includes things like water containers, tarps, it’s pretty extensive. 1.
Hidden Cache
Fishermen or hunters will keep strategically hidden supply caches so they don’t have to carry as much on their way in. A military might use larger supply caches for similar reasons. A new group of people called “preppers” may use a supply cache in conjunction with a “bug out location” to allow them an option to wait out an economic or natural disaster. I have a supply cache for gardening tools in my square foot garden, which is in a back yard a few miles from where I live. As you can see, it’s impossible to tell I have hidden something underneath my mulch layer. I think this technique would be useful to allotment gardeners, or even guerrilla gardeners using forgotten spaces and boulevards.
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Our best survival tool is our own head. More is optional. There are 3 considerations, for making fire -- matches or source of flame, tinder, and knowhow. Havin a kit is a beginnin, but bein able to use the kit takes practice aforehand. In Mine. I like to use the Military Survical Manual as a reference. A great reference is FM 21-76. Good first aid kits that are light and complete for the non-medical person are Adventure Medical Kits -- google them -- many variations to fit your needs. #1...always...some way of making fire..... #2. #3. #4. t#5. #6. Lastly, a damn good hand gun and ammo. What should I have in a bag for backpacking/survival in woods by a river? My buddies and I are goin on a floatin trip on the river but we stop and hike through the woods and camp at night. Survivor man is a pussy. You can survive with out food and water for a couple of days, but if the weather is questionable then you cannot survive without shelter. I mostly hunt in Wisconsin, Illinois, and South East Alaska.
The Fantastic Four ? 4 Essential Wild Edible Plants that May Just Save Your Life | Tactical Intelligence
Did you realize that knowing just 4 wild edible plants could one day save your life? If there were any four categories of plants that I would recommend all people to know how to use and identify it would be these: Grass, Oak, Pine, and Cattail. For the knowledgeable survivor, knowing just these four plants can make the difference between life and death if stranded in the wilds – for each one is an excellent food source which can sustain you until help arrives. Throughout this week and part of the next, I’ll be going into details on how you can prepare and eat these plants. Grass Surprising to many is the fact that you can eat grass. The young shoots up to 6 inches tall can be eaten raw and the starchy base (usually white and at the bottom when you pluck it) can be eaten as a trail nibble. The best part of the grass plant to eat are the seed heads, which can be gathered to make millet for breads or filler for soups & stews. Oak Pine “You can eat pine?!” Cattail Conclusion
