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I have not worked on the blog in some time but I am still prepping strong! I do plan on doing some posts after the holiday season. And some catch up with y'all'. For now I just wanted to pop in and say MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!!
so the video for this post has to be Pearl Jam - I'm Still Alive!
Short post today...getting ready for the holiday at work...crazy buzy
I was reading several posst about having one of these. And I have looked at a few and I think I may get one. I still have more to learn before I invest in one...looking at around a buck fifty to spend. If you have any suggestions on some good ones...(sorry but are their easy ones for a women to pump) I would really love the suggestions.
WHY???.... should we get one?
Because
in my state it is hard to get a gun. And they are not regulated ...yet!
It is a great practice gun or even a gun to learn on.
Because
the ammo is cheap, and if you had to make it, it would be easier to get the
stuff to do it in hard times.
You do
not need CO2 ect. It is powered by air.(at least the Multi- Pump and Break Barrel ones)
It does
not make a loud distracting noise.
It can
kill small game.
A few
how to's
How to
super charge your pellets with stuff from around the house Click Here
I am setting this up on a separate blog that will eventually
be an easy to use resource down the line.
So click the link below to see it uses and bookmark the blog for weekly installments.
I will be posting an herb of the week every Tuesday. I find it is easy
to remember things like this when you get them in small doses.
Common Sunflower (Helianthus annuus L. ) They are annuals that grow to 9ft at a fast rate. Bloom Color: Orange, Red, Yellow. Main Bloom Time: Early fall, Late summer, Mid summer. Form: Upright or erect.
Wars of the future will be fought over water as they are over oil today,
as the source of human survival enters the global marketplace and
political arena. Corporate giants, private investors, and corrupt
governments vie for control of our dwindling supply, prompting protests,
lawsuits, and revolutions from citizens fighting for the right to
survive. Past civilizations have collapsed from poor water management.
Can the human race survive?
A useful, edible, hardy, drought tolerant, attracts bees like nobody’s business kinda plant....that grows like freakn' crazy!!!
NO NOT THIS KIND OF LAMBS EAR!!!!!!!
This is an easy to grow plant. I actually use to take it from a neighbors garden because it was out of control and she was weed whacking it down.
And I love it even more now because it is the BEST plant out there for boo boo's!
Not just because it is soft and fuzzy.
It is the band aid of all band-aids!!! It is an antiseptic, antibacterial, anti inflammatory...and it actually is absorbent!! All of this adds up to uber bandage!
Because of it is super absorbent...it is mother natures large bandage...wrapping a bunch of these on larger wounds helps absorb the blood and helps clean it. So now that spring is almost upon us...start the seeds for this plant. It is a garden must!
I can also be used in place of paper towels and pads (sorry dudes had to mention that) and even toilet paper.
A cold water infusion of the freshly chopped or dried and
powdered leaves makes a refreshing beverage, while a weak infusion of
the plant can be used as a medicinal eye wash for styes and pinkeye.
It
is taken internally as a medicinal tea in the treatment of fevers,
diarrhea, sore mouth and throat.
This plant has many uses which I will address in on of my weekly herb posts.
Perfect song for this post has to be The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway - Genesis
In the military it’s called “E&E” or Escape and Evasion, and it has
to do with what to do if you are captured or separated from you unit, or
an airman downed behind enemy lines. But E&E comes very much into
play in “urban survival” situations too.
I live in an area where everyone dumps groundhogs they trap...(in the woods) across from my house. So we have a ton!! It is a state park so we can not touch them...and it is illegal to kill them. (why I have no clue). So we have learned slowly what they will eat and what they will not...lots of my herbs they have not touched....flowers...their are a few I can grow, and the rest are in raised pellet gardens, and potted gardens. It works. I use to weed whack the area across the street to make it look nicer but that seemed to get them in our yards more so I leave it now as a grazing area for them...that and many of the edible weeds I write about are now growing there. I throw the flowers from ones I find along the high way and now some of them are starting to grow...and I have a source for them in a healthy place. ANYWHOOO...
Right now I have 2 brave baby groundhogs going after stuff the adults do not. And I am looking for a repellent to at least help with deterring them .
So here are some of the ways to deter groundhogs from eating all you have that I have found.
You can uses things like a fence around your garden (making sure that some of the fences is at least 6 inches to a foot underground.
You can get store bought repellents like fox urine. (I read in one garden blog the guy used his own and it worked.) NOT IN THE GARDEN around the garden area.
I also read that you can use your kitty litter (dirty) around there den and they will leave.
You can try setting up a sprinkler around there area...the water will go down into the hole and they will think it is flooding and move...I like this one because you can use the sprinkler every night and it will keep them away and from just building in another area in your yard
Then you can do things like smoke or burn them out of there dens.I am not a fan of these two. But the smoke can help you see where other openings are that you may not know about.
and this one Sudsy ammonia Click Here (not a fan but I am not that frustrated yet
I would say hire someone to trap them...but those are the fudgerss that are dumping them in my area...so don't give them the business!! at least in CT please :)
There is the incredible edible egg. crack them open at the doors of their den and little cover it with dirt....must freak them out when the step in it. Not sure
Castor oil, mix it with water and spray your yard with it. Or do the same thing as you did with the egg with straight castor oil
You can sprinkle any kind of pepper in their den but I have read they come back it is a short lived deterrent
A scarecrow that makes noise....many hang some wind chimes on it. Also move it around every so often. Try hanging steamers off it the movement will help keep them away
And pin wheels....why not its worth a try.
Because I have so many, more always move in as soon as you get rid of some. I am trying to live with the little fudgers. Because again more will just move in and or they will just move to the neighbors yards and still be an issue.
But I am going to try the cat littler on the weekend....I would like to get them gone before winter...because again there are babys....and the are cute :(
BUTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!
Me being a prepper the positive is they are a meat source. :)
Song for this post has to be John Lee Hooker, Ground Hog Blues
I am setting this up on a separate blog that will eventually
be an easy to use resource down the line.
So click the link below to see it uses and bookmark the blog for weekly installments.
I will be posting an herb of the week every Tuesday. I find it is easy
to remember things like this when you get them in small doses.
- See more at: http://urbanprepperchick.blogspot.com/2015/04/herb-of-week-sumac.html#sthash.eCupflTB.dpuf
I am
setting this up on a separate blog that will eventually
be an
easy to use resource down the line.
So
click the link below to see it uses and bookmark the blog for weekly
installments.
I will
be posting an herb of the week every Tuesday. I find it is easy to remember
things like this when you get them in small doses.
Curly Dock( Rumex crispus L.)
Leaves
with curled edges and course texture. They
Grow 2 to 4 feet tall. The taproot is
sout with a pale yellow interior. Small green flowers bloom in summer. Dark
brown winged seeds distributed by wind or water,.......
Miami, New Orleans and New York City completely under water it's a very
real possibility if sea levels continue to rise. In Earth Under Water
we'll see these events unfold as leading experts forecast how mankind
will be impacted if global warming continues. They'll break down the
science behind these predictions and explore ways humanity could adapt,
including engineering vast dams near San Francisco, or building floating
cities outside of New York.
A cheap
garden filler and a great add to you prep's Black Oil Sunflower seeds. You can
get these by the pounds in the bird seed section of the store (CHEAP).
These beauty's can be planted in that empty area of your yard....they even attract all
kinds of birds.
But why
am I telling you to plant them ....because they are a high oil seed!!!
These
plant can provide you with your cooking oil for the year and after the first
bag of seeds...you will not have in invest any more money in this...(always
making sure to save seeds for the next crop.
Simplest method: Fill a
cloth bag with ground seed pulp and hang the bag to drain. The free run oil
will flow out and the rest must be squeezed. This will not work with all seeds but I know it works with sunflowers. This can
be done by any of the following methods:
Place
heavy rocks on the materials.
Place
bags of oil seed pulp, one above another, in a box or cylinder and apply great
pressure.
Create
a press with any available materials, such as wood or metal, placing the seed
material in the press in layers, separating each layer, by a press cloth.
Slowly apply pressure, gradually increasing pressure as oil is expelled.
Create
an expeller or continuous Screw Press by means of a rotating auger inside a
closed barrel with one hole for oil drainage.
Next simplest method
First
you have to store the seeds so they dry out.
Make
sure you have not stones or foreign stuff in the seeds (This can be done by
screening and washing)
Then
the hard part they have to be shelled.....yes sadly.But if you are making oil for just you
consumption it will not be that bad). I would just lay them on a flat area and
gently crush them with a rolling pin and pick out the seeds.
Then
you need to grind them to get that inner shelloff. (you can use a grain mill, even a juicer, I tried it with my bullet
and it worked fine.
Next
you should heat the seeds...now you do not have heat them to get the oil..but
with all that hard work above you want to make sure you get every drop of oil
out of these seeds that you can. Heating them up does that.
Now
here is the part you have to decide do you want to buy a press.....I would hold
off till you are sure that you will be using it a lot and that you will have
the crop to make it worth it.
You can
simply use a wooden mortar and pestle at first.I got mine at the dollar store. And I drilled a small hole in the
side/bottom part so the oil just comes out into a pan I have under it.
Some county's still do it this way with a much larger mortar
I did come across this great diogram of how to build a larger press
Or you can again simply buy the press. Song for this post is going to be Lenny Kravitz Feat. Drake SUNFLOWER (this is not one of my fav's of Lenny's song but what the hey figured I post it anyway.
