Salty and I have a rural bug-out location (BOL) and weekend hangout. We’ve been developing it a bit at a time for years. The first thing we did was put in a pond. The next thing that happened was erosion… Continue Reading
Surely The End Of The World As We Know It (TEOTWAWKI) at least would free us of the need to cut the lawn? Surely the Yard Police and Home Owners Association jerks would be the first to fall to the… Continue Reading
You get fired up, dive into a project, make great progress, but can’t quite finish it up right away. That last little bit though…it seems to hang over you forever, not quite getting to the finish line. Or maybe it’s… Continue Reading
Have you ever been driving along and noticed that somebody has been painting trees, the top of fence posts, and even old tires purple? Vandalism? No, it means “Private Property, No Trespassing”. Really. I’m not kidding, it does. Purple paint… Continue Reading
Spice and I spent the day watering our fruit tree orchard at The Place “hillbilly style”… which is to say using a cheap but effective method from the back of our rusty-but-trusty 20-year-old 4X4 pickup. Orchard care, hillbilly style First,… Continue Reading
When packing emergency bags — 3-day bags, get home bags, bug out bags, whatever — many people overlook an item they may miss sorely: Insect repellent. Yeah, I know, space is at a premium in those bags, and you… Continue Reading
Unglamorous as it is (no matter if you put a cute name on a toilet like Lovable Loo does), waste management has got to be done wherever there are people . Some people are more full of waste than others!… Continue Reading
Suppose you’ve bugged out. You’ve arrived at the chunk of land where you have decided to stay — maybe for a few days, maybe longer — and it’s time to set up a place to rest your head. You don’t… Continue Reading
Having all waste water whisked effortlessly away is one of the great under-rated luxuries of modern life. That luxury might not be there in an emergency, and/or at the bug-out location (BOL). What’s the next best thing? Handling gray water… Continue Reading
Let’s talk about a need you may not realize you have – screen repair. Heat’s been on our mind as spring rolls toward summer. Recently we did a post about keeping cool when the weather gets hot: It’s Gonna Get… Continue Reading
As I spelled out in the first article in this series, Spice and I purchased a prefabricated cabin for The Place several years ago. Now that we are further along in the project, we have learned a few tips and… Continue Reading
When we purchased “The Place” one of the first things we wanted to do was to get a small cabin in and functional. Since both of us have full-time jobs and neither of us are carpenters, we decided to go… Continue Reading
Autumn Olive is one of the most controversial plants for people who forage for their food. On the one hand, it is an aggressive, invasive species that we all know should be killed on sight. On the other hand… it… Continue Reading
There’s all kinds of considerations to make when picking a homestead or bugout location. One of the things you need to consider is how well the soil can grow what you want to plant… with us, we knew we wanted… Continue Reading
Spice and I went out to have a work day at The Place, the first time we have been out there since the grass has greened up this spring. We really weren’t sure what we were going to see when… Continue Reading