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Surviving in Argentina: Mistakes survivalists make
Surviving in Argentina: Mistakes survivalists make
Make the most of the resources you have, don’t go hide in the middle of nowhere and GET OUT OF DEBT!
Organic farming ‘could feed Africa’ - Africa, World - The Independent
Organic farming ‘could feed Africa’ - Africa, World - The Independent.
Found the link at TheOilDrum.
Free Online LDS Preparedness Book
George Ure over at UrbanSurvival.com posted this link on his site, today.
http://www.abysmal.com/LDS/Preparedness/Preparedness.pdf
A quick scan revealed some nice lists and articles for food storage and other areas of preparedness. And the price is right.
Surviving in Argentina: Small producers and their situation after the crisis
Surviving in Argentina: Small producers and their situation after the crisis.
These folks worked all day just to barely feed themselves and buy the basics any person need to live (one of the guys mentioned clothes, shoes, maybe a toy for the kids once in a while).
The Oil Drum: Australia/New Zealand | Terra Preta: Biochar And The MEGO Effect
The Oil Drum: Australia/New Zealand | Terra Preta: Biochar And The MEGO Effect.
Good article at TheOilDrum on using charcoal for soilrestoration. The bits about discoveries of ancient beds of this stuff in the Amazon are fascinating.
Wood-gas Stoves Made Out Of Clay! And With No Electric Fans for Drafting!
The post title says it all. I just happened to stumble upon this gem of a post:
Low-cost Wood-gas (Gasifier) stove - BEST STOVE
Potters in India are making non-electric wood-gas stoves out of clay! The wood-gas camping stove I have is very cool, err hot. And I love using it. But for [...]
Permaculture Food Production Yields
David Blume at www.permaculture.com reported achieving yields of “8 times what the USDA claims are possible per square foot” in this response to a writer questioning the ability of permaculture to replace industrial ag.
Wondering if you’ve got enough land to feed your family?
On the subsistence agriculture level, we permies regularly have designed productions systems around [...]
Thinking About Your Food Supply
In North America, most people I observe live by a very dangerous assumption. It’s not surprising since the generation that we call the Baby Boomers are currently our private and public leaders. And I doubt any other generation in the history of humanity has ever had the luxury of this assumption.
By the title of this [...]
Kill Every Plant On The Continent?
Let’s see. We narrowly avoided wiping out every plant in North America. Anyone concerned, yet? Didn’t think so.
This deserves a new Category. Corporate Insanity.
A Biological Apocalypse Averted
Insane. Kelp anyone?
Research Credit: A Biological Apocalypse Averted (For Now)
Good News On Long Term Food Storage
Looks like BYU found some foods are lasting longer in storage:
http://www.providentliving.org/content/display/0,11666,7797-1-4222-1,00.html
“Doomsday Seed Vault” in the Arctic
“Doomsday Seed Vault” in the Arctic
Ughh. Read the story at the link to see why the “Ughh.”
First control the government by controlling the creation of the money. Next, control the people by controlling the food supply. Only took ‘em a century to achieve total global domination. Not bad.
Wonder if anyone cares?
The [...]
Homemade Mint Tea with the Kids
Today I am definitely in a better space. So, after that last post, how about some happy stuff!
Our family has been having a great time these last few days. I was out walking with the kids and found a patch of mint. My daughters were very excited.
OK. The 5 year old [...]
Lessons from our ancestors about the countryside
Wonder what life could look like when we’ve got one fourth the oil to use (projected level in 2030, see quote below) that we have today. Matt over at http://lifeaftertheoilcrash.net/ found this one. Closer to that than what we’ve got now I’d guess.
Matt Simmons, founder of Houston-based Simmons and Company Inter-national, criticised the [...]
How To Lay Out A Kitchen Garden
I found this in Rural Architecture, by Lewis Falley Allen. Copyright 1852
I have this feeling that what we don’t remember from our past, we’re going to have to reinvent sometime soon. Let’s see what we can rediscover while we still can!
HOW TO LAY OUT A KITCHEN GARDEN.
The kitchen garden yields more necessaries and [...]
A Lifetime of Self Sufficient Reading … Online!
Matt Savinar at Life After The Oil Crash found this one:
http://chla.library.cornell.edu/
The Core Historical Literature of Agriculture (CHLA) is a core electronic collection of agricultural texts published between the early nineteenth century and the middle to late twentieth century. Full-text materials cover agricultural economics, agricultural engineering, animal science, crops and their protection, food science,forestry, human [...]
The Simple Dollar - Nourishment on a Desperate Income
The Simple Dollar - Nourishment on a Desperate Income
No money and need to eat? This guy has a bunch of ways to keep body and soul together.
From the self sufficient family point of view, I like the mindset. Look at a problem in a lot of different ways to find a bunch [...]
Financial Sense Newshour: A Day in Life Without Oil
Financial Sense Newshour: The Big Picture - Transcript - 01/27/07
Financial Sense Newshour: The Big Picture - Transcript - 01/27/07
Found it on, where else, the oil drum!
BACKPACK SURVIVAL
(Found this over at
http://www.alpharubicon.com/prepinfo/backpackfever.htm courtesy Urban Survival)
*BACKPACK SURVIVAL*
By: DUNCAN LONG
1989
This file may be downloaded and distribuded as BACKPACK FEVER or BACKPACK SURVIVAL
Copyright (C) Duncan Long 1989. All rights reserved.
There’s a lot of confusion about what survival means. To some, it’s getting through the aftermath of an airplane wreck in a desolate area. It can mean [...]