Wrist Rocket!
Posted on 09/09/2013 7:55:17 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
“Make a fire and know fire safety”
Everyone should know at least two or three ways to make a fire without matches.
For those who have not been trained by military or other professionals in such matters, where can one look to find out such things when one has not been instructed in them beforehand and therefore unable to pass on such knowledge?
GoogTube for a start.
Sorry, should read: "some things that were included that were not critically essential".
Writing an article at the same time as posting. Kind of distracted...
How to properly plant and fuse an m18 claymore for maximum destructive effect.
While you are using a machine to do the sharpening it does take more then a bit of practice.
Or you can go to How to sharpen a knife and learn the basics of sharpening knives. This will yield a "good enough" edge for most people and if you spend a lot of time practicing you will be able to put a very fine edge on the blade.
You really should do both because there might come a time when your EdgePro is unavailable and you need to sharpen that knife.
I don't know of any "child", not even in scouting, with this breadth of knowledge.
I was a Life scout and spent four years in the Army. I'm probably at 60%-70% for this list.
Second glance...I'm at about 90%...still a big list for a child.
Don’t feel bad. The students that I see cannot even add numbers in their head or on paper. They need a calculator. Oh yeah, they CANNOT read an analog clock. They need a digital clock to tell them the time. They can’t spend 5 minutes without some sort of electronic entertainment. They have completely lost the art of sitting still and having patience—everything has to be NOW. I have my doubts about their survival skills.
Preppers’ PING!!
Hat tip to Tolerance Sucks Rocks for the heads-up!
Ditto that. When all seems lost, God’s your source of strength and courage.
bflr
Wrist Rocket!
Super glue, duct tape, and whiskey - men’s first aid kit :)
Depends. Some foods such as Israel Melons (delicious!) will grow in all but salty beach soils (and sometimes even there), as will many annuals such as poppies (good for anesthetics/medicine) in most sunlight conditions.
Annuals are quite different from perennials, though. Perennial seeds need various stages of cold stratification, such as soaked in cold water overnight for kumquats or a month and a half dry in your freezer for giant blackberries..prior to planting.
The advantage to perennials, however, is that you only plant them once...then year after year your orchards, shrubs, and vines produce food. With the correct food selection, you will have different food production in each season, spring, summer, fall, and winter. Ideal for sustainable survival.
Grow food, not lawns. Start replacing decorative yard shrubs with food-bearing perennials today.
Annuals can grow in plastic cups in your window-sills. Yes, you have to plant and replant them time after time, but they have fast food production schedules and can grow in every environment from urban to suburban to rural.
Your stored food reserves should be able to make it through the periods in between season food production from your selection of seeds.
If you achieve that level of sustainability, then you will never be **forced** to forage or hunt at an inopportune time (e.g. an enemy nearby).
That's the fault of parents. In my house, every kid can read an analog clock, and they can all write in cursive too!
Only if the occasional reference causes you to think about it once in awhile, of course.
And of course, do not let anyone disturb your patient chomping of whatever feed you happen to be ingesting at the moment, as apparently any more cogent thought than that is beyond your "job description". What, are you a Zero (officer) now?
Fell free to peruse more fields of grass and not attempt any deeper thoughts so as to not upset your digestion, dobie.
May you have an INTERESTING month!
Seeds, dirt, and water do not equal a producing food plant.
I totally agree, and it’s sad to think how many people might believe if SHTF, they will just grow some tomato and lettuce plants and be OK.
Here in the pacific northwest, it’s peak harvest time. And I have enough food (including taters still in the ground) to keep me alive for maybe 3 weeks.
Very, very soon the sun will be too low and the days too cool and short to be able to grow only a few items.
Also, here in the PNW we have an abundance of gastropods, otherwise known as slugs, and there are few veggies that they ignore. A good idea of what they like and don’t like is essential to gardening.
Same would be true of rabbits or squirrels or even crows.
I cannot stress enough that people buy some books that deal with what is edible for their local area. Also, read up a bit on veggies and you will find out stuff like:
The entire radish plant is edible. Same with cabbage, carrots, and more.
Items like taters take a while, but are very high in calories, and things like taters, lettuce, mustard, and the cruciferous veggies are cool weather crops and ideal for the off-season.
I always recycle (sort of) my taters. When I harvest, I keep the biggest, most firm, and best of the crop.
The smaller ones, or ones that have defects, these ALL go right back into the ground. Come mid-April or so, I will have tons of tater starts already growing.
Keep it simple. Some basics are quite important, such as sanitation via where defecation is unlikely to contaminate food/water/shelter, hand washing prior to meal prep, food washing, etc.
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