New Hatch 06/08/2011
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Okay, I haven't yet dedicated the time to learning how to make fire without a match. Even to the extent that when I couldn't find my little propane fire starter, (husband had carried it off), I made him light the gas grill with a stick match. Gotta get over this junk of making plans and not getting them carried out. I have a Work-A-Way coming in May, and am very excited to get the help in exchange for his internship for a month. We are also listed with WwoofUSA, HelpX, and the French company that I can't figure out how to work their website. I love the idea of volunteers for room & board, I think this pretty much phased itself out in the fifties & sixties, or when the old folks who lived and worked on farms for their room & board died out. It was always the way that families lived together and helped each other in everything. Now the government has stepped in with their free handouts, which has changed our culture to one of graft and avarice, broken families, because it is more beneficial not to marry or help each other. One time while I was working in corporate America, one of our employees came to me wanting his step daughter removed from the medical insurance plan because she was pregnant. The preganancy would have actually been paid for, and the child going forward if she had no insurance. In other words, this man wanted our State of Tennessee to support this girl and her baby going forward, because he knew the handouts were avaiable. There is a great deal wrong with all this sucking federal & state tit. Yes, I yearn for the olden days when it was up to the families to figure this stuff out and make each other stronger in doing so. Waiting on the Guinea chicks 04/19/2011
Our order for the Guinea chicks is due to arrive one day this week. Everyone says they are extremely hard to raise, and after a long search, I think the problem is most people are raising them on chicken starter feed, which is way too low in protein for a game bird. So we launched a search in our area for gamebird starter feed. Wow, only one store carries it, and it was in a very small bag, but we bought it. Now, to rig up a brooder before the chicks arrive. These guys are going to be our natural pest control for the garden, and to eat those terrible ticks! Outdoor Bread Oven 04/12/2011
Still collecting articles to build that outdoor bread oven. This looks like quite a project, and I am stymied as to where to build it. From what I am reading, the chimney has to be higher than the nearest structure or tall trees. Does this mean I will have to put it far from the house? I do not relish walking a couple of hundred yards in the rain or snow to get to the oven to tend it. Making Fire Without a Match 04/02/2011
How many of us are capable of making fire without a match? This is today's search. I intend to search out the answers, and over the next few weeks, learn how this is done. Okay, I am already slipping behind. Been concentrating on reconciling accounts that I have ignored for the past year, and now it is time to deal with the annual IRS reporting. Not a happy camper here. Check out the Emergency Kit Checklist on the Disaster Planning page. Picked up a charcoal grill yesterday. Haven't had one in years, because I could never build a fire in the kettle drum one we had. This one has a chimney and draft adjustment on each end. Gonna have a grilling good time this summer. Let's Delight in the Old Ways 04/02/2011
This blog is about learning the old ways of doing things. I am a newbie to living off the grid. I do have some skills, as in I sew, quilt, knit, crochet. I put up food by canning, dehydrating, fermenting, salting, and smoking. I can butcher an animal, and cure a hide. I have recipes for soap making, so all I have to do is slack lye out of wood ashes, and render lard. Let's see what is involved in all of these backwoods skills and more. I will be using tools on the net, plus my Fox Fire books, and many other publications I can find in print to write my articles. I also hope to trial everything I am up to. This summer, since I bake bread, and I own a wheat grinder, I am entertaining the idea of an outdoor oven project. | Site Map
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