Dried beef
Another prepping item from Frugal Squirrels is this method for drying beef. This could be really handy in an emergency, as long as one has…
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Wired Communication
(Inspired by this post at SurvivalBlog) As preppers, we’re all aware of the need to communicate when things suddenly go sideways. The need is one…
Just when I thought I had nothing to write about
My blogroll comes to my rescue! Seriously, I haven’t really had anything move me. Sure, there’s all sorts of things going on, like mass shootings,…
Well, isn’t that a coincidence
About a month ago, I wrote a little piece on CMEs-Coronal Mass Ejections. They’re one of those things that don’t make a big difference on…
Where was Jack when the lights went out?
In the dark, of course. If you find yourself in the dark or you want to know why the lights are out, PowerOutage.US is a…
Coronal Mass Ejection
I will be the first to admit that Coronal Mass Ejections (CME) are a prime subject of too much bad doomer porn. That doesn’t mean…
Concerned about EMP?
With all that’s going on in our own country, it’s easy to let it slip our minds that there are foreign enemies in addition to…
Making electricity while the sun shines
I have been considering just how to convince Mrs. Freeholder that we need some solar power in our life. This is not solely for what…
Building a Home Distillation Apparatus
It may not be legal to do it now, but some time in the future you might want to have this manual on the…
Life in the time of Wuflu, Part 26: About that supply chain thing-and a warning
Mrs. Freeholder and I went grocery shopping yesterday. This is unusual. Normally, one or the other goes. However, Mrs. Freeholder has passed some non-verbal…
Prudent Food Storage FAQ
Reaching back into my archives, I find a copy of A.T.Hagan’s “Prudent Food Storage FAQ v4.0“, Running up on two decades old, it’s still…
Feeling listless?
Over the course of years, I’ve collected a lot of files from the Intertubz that can be categorized as survival or prepping information. I’m…
So just how long are canned foods good?
Apparently a lot longer than many would think. I’m curious about how the nutritional content has fared, though. Edit, 5/21/2020 1454: Sorry about the blank…
An apple a day
“Tom Brown of Clemmons, NC, became interested in finding and saving these (heritage) apples in 1999.” He seems to be doing a fine job of…
One for the bugout crowd
In the prepper community, there’s been a long running discussion of staying put (also known as “bugging in”) versus leaving for the hinterboonies (“bugging out”)…
Eating on the cheap
Or, if you prefer, eating on what you can find in the grocery stores when a lot of people don’t have a clue how to…
A visit with my mechanic, a report from Walmart, an interesting tidbit on Son and today’s bags
I stopped by my mechanic to set a time next week to get a couple of things they had found with my truck finished out.…
Miss out on hand sanitizer?
Around my AO, hand sanitizer is right up there with wooly mammoths in terms of availability. All is not lost, however. Homemade hand sanitizer recipe.…
Bagging it (with free kitties!)
Recently I’ve posted a couple of times about stocking up in anticipation of quarantine, either self or government imposed. It’s time to start breaking down…
So…what’s up with y’all?
Before diving in, I want to note this from Remus at the Woodpile Report: There’s no gentle way to say this, so I’ll not try.…
Stocking up
Observing the news about Wuflu, I’m taking my own advice about not trying to make that panicked last minute run to the grocery store. I’m…
Wuflu Precautions #3
Know your enemy This started out to be a post on what you’d need if the Wuflu comes home to roost and you have to…
Wuflu Precautions #2
Liquid preps? Sweet! So the Wuflu is in your area. Seriously, it is. But let’s say it’s a little closer to home than Travis AFB,…
Wuflu Precautions #1
(I know it isn’t an influenza virus, but the name is catchy.) On an older post, commenter Robert remarked on the difficulty of buying masks…
Should I build an ark?
Asking for a friend. The Southeast has been slapped by some of the worst weather in quite a while. In my AO, this has been…
Light up the night
On activation An old joke I always remember is “Where was Jack when the lights went out?” “In the dark.” While the dark may be…
Direct from Wuhan
Not the video. Blogger really doesn’t like Fox’s embed code. I’m sure it’s just a bug. I haven’t been talking about coronavirus here, though I…
Let’s Talk Batteries, Part 3
I guess I’m turning into the Battery Whisperer… In Part 2 of this series, I had mentioned that I was considering an evil, high capacity…
Let’s Talk Batteries, Part 2
Since the last time we discussed the subject of rechargeable batteries, I’ve been running every rechargeable in the house (outside of UPS batteries) through the…