Dry feet save lives and attitudes. Mostly attitudes. But sometimes lives. The truth of this isn’t always obvious during a day on the beach, or when you do some walking on nice groomed trails. It becomes really clear when you’re… Continue Reading
Few things make for crankier campout mornings than waking up wet. To be fair, by the time morning comes you’ve often been up for a while, shivering and miserable and trying to fix problems that can’t be quickly fixed. If… Continue Reading
Did you ever notice that on TV, the Survivor that somehow managed to erect a simple shelter in a howling rain the night before is magically in dry by morning? Does that match your camping experience? Not mine either. Wet… Continue Reading
Scotchgard has been around for decades, but I have recently run across several folks who never heard of it, so I thought I should make all of my loyal readers, both of them, aware of this useful product. What is… Continue Reading
It’s dry here, and has been for months. Well, droughts happen. We recently did a piece on some things we’d done to drought-proof our food production (you can find that here). In this piece and podcast, Salty and I talk… Continue Reading
Some situations you prep for and hope they don’t come (I’m looking at YOU, major EMP!). Others situations you pretty much know are going to happen one year or another. Drought? It’s going to happen. Water collection for home use… Continue Reading
For about 6 years in my younger days, I worked as a hand at a Farm & Ranch store in a small rural north Missouri town. The F&R was loaded with livestock care products. During my tenure at the store,… Continue Reading