Practice fire building and cooking

Since the last time I started a fire was back in the early 1990's I decided to practice my fire starting skills.  It brought back a lot of good memories as a Boy Scout.

You should practice starting a fire several different ways.  Some of the ways you can start a fire are with matches, a lighter, flint and steel, a 9 volt battery and steel wool, and a bow and drill.    If you are proficient in starting a fire even without matches or a lighter you will be prepared to survive outdoors if it were to ever get that bad. 

Below is a short video and some photos.  This is my first video and my first fire in years so don't laugh!! I really did not edit the video but just combined the video from several clips. As discussed in the video I took out my Boy Scout Handbook and created a Crisscross Fire Lay which is a type of fire lay when you want a bed of coals in a hurry for broiling or baking.   To start the fire I used a magnesium flint fire starter along with some dryer lint, hay and pine needles.

If you have not started a fire in several years, I recommend that you begin practicing your fire starting skills because you never know when you may need them.

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Real use for Homemade Water Filter

During my hiatus my mind was not on preparing as I should have been. But what snapped me back into "reality" was that the public water system in my township was contaminated with E.Coli. 2 weeks ago and actually made several people in the township sick. As soon as I heard about the contamination I pulled out my Homemade Water Filter and started using it. See how to make your own Homemade Water Filter here.

Luckily I also have my own well so instead of filtering the public water I just filtered my well water (my well is not connected to a well filter). Based on my conversations with others in the township, it seems like I was the only one with a filter. The township's solution was to boil the water before drinking it or go buy lots of bottled water. Although boiling water will kill the E.coli. bacteria it can be very time-consuming and buying bottled water can get expensive in this type of situation. With a Big Berkley or Doulton type ceramic filter you can filter out E.coli. and other dangerous contaminates without the need to boil the water or spending money on bottled water. For those of you who may have a Brita filter. These filters are useless and only filter out dirt and sediment and some other things that would not kill you if you drank it. The Brita filter is just a feel good product and does nothing to protect you from real contamination.

During this situation, which lasted about 2 days, I realized just how unprepared people in my township are. Some people did not know what to do until the township recommended that they boil the water. What would happen to these people if a real disaster were to occur? What would happen to you if you are not prepared?

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Back to preparing

It's been a while since I posted.  More important things took priority.  Thanks to all who stopped by every now and then to check up on me.  My wife is doing better.  I hope to post on a more regular basis.

For now, check out this trailer of a new movie coming out.  It's called Remnants.  It looks like it will be pretty good.


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Music to prepare the mind

I listen to all kinds of music: rap, country, R&B, rock, alternative, etc.  If it sounds good and the words have real meaning then I will probably like it.  One band I really like is Pokerface.  Their music has real meaning and can get you into that survival/rebel/protest mindset.  Below are some of Pokerface's songs.  Enjoy and get prepared.

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Tear It Down



Revolution - Unplugged



I'd Rather Die Than Be A Slave



Kontrol



Prayer For America

Onions and Apples

I haven't posted in awhile.  Continuing to prepare for what's coming.  Be sure you do the same!

The gardening is coming along.  The spinach is finally growing, the buttercrunch lettuce is slowly coming up and Big John's Amish Snap Peas are all up, a 90% germination rate.  The Paris Island romaine lettuce that I planted did not germinate at all.  Make sure you have a backup plan if your seeds do not germinate.  It happens and you must be prepared.  The more seeds you store the better. 

I just planted some Red Baron Onion Sets. Since I like to be different I did not plant the onion sets directly in the ground.  Instead I followed Ruth Stout's advice and just placed them on top of the ground and a thin layer of hay and then placed a few inches of hay on top.  I did add some soybean meal on the ground and on the hay for a natural fertilizer.  This is my first time growing onions so we will see what happens.

Check out the photos of my onions being planted and a few more photos of my apple trees.  Thanks to IdahoBob for reminding me to fence my apple trees.  The day after I fenced my apple trees the deer roamed into my yard trying to get those trees!

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Apple trees planted

Just finished planting three apple trees that I bought from Stark Bros.  A GoldRush Apple Dwarf, Enterprise Apple Dwarf and a Jonafree Apple Semi Dwarf.  Hopefully in a year or 2 I will have fresh apples.  If you have the space I highly recommend that you plant apple trees or another type of fruit tree.  Nothing is better than planting a tree one time and being rewarded for years for your work.  For those storing food, being able to pick and eat fresh fruit gives that food variety you need to survive the coming collapse.  Having multiple sources of food is a must if you want to be truly prepared.

Check out the photos of my apple trees being planted:

GoldRush Apple Dwarf

Jonafree Apple Semi-Dwarf - For those wondering I did make the hole bigger to fit the roots.

Enterprise Apple Dwarf

Intolerable Act #1

Congress is out of control.  They love taxing us and spending our money for their little projects.  I believe we are getting closer than ever to an economic collapse and civil unrest.  You must be prepared.  This unconstitutional healthcare law is just going to bring the inevitable collapse that much sooner.  And with that collapse I believe we will witness the start of a revolution.  What that change will be is up to the real patriots in this country.

I love it how the democrats are whining about being threatened after passing their healthcare law.  What the hell do you expect when you don't listen to the people, steal their money and then enslave them?  It just goes to show that they do not know our country's history. 

History really does repeat itself.  Congress and the federal government are today's British empire.  It's like we are colonies all over again paying for this empires' overseas adventures.  The colonies petitioned the British Parliament and King over and over to stop with their unjust laws and to follow their own constitution but they did not listen, as Congress and the President do not listen to us today.  We no longer have representation in Congress just like the colonists did not have representation in the British Parliament.  Could this new healthcare law be the first of what the colonists called the "Intolerable Acts" that united the colonies to begin the real resistance?  Will the states unite to resist the federal government as the colonies did?  I won't hold my breath for them but it is somewhat refreshing to hear states beginning to assert the 10th amendment and resist the federal government. 

I call this healthcare law the Intolerable Act #1 since this is only the first of the major new laws that will be used to try to coerce and control the people and take what little freedom we have left. 

So what caused the colonists to take up arms and begin shooting?  The British were coming to steal and  destroy their firearms and munitions.  This was the last straw and the colonists would not back down any more.  When the federal government begins banning all firearms and the police and soldiers come to your homes to confiscate your guns, what are you going to do?

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