It’s been wet in northeast Missouri this spring. Very wet. I drive past lakes that are supposed to be cornfields, and listen to the woes of my gardening friends who planted in lowlands. Planted three times this spring, after two… Continue Reading
If you garden, you’ve probably lost some crop to insects. If you don’t garden but have some seeds among your preps, you *will* lose crop to insects once you plant those seeds. Best be well prepared, you’ll lose most or… Continue Reading
Here’s a Catch-22 for the prepper: Many disasters might make it necessary to produce one’s own food to have all you need. Also, many disasters make it harder to produce food by their impacts on the weather. How can preppers… Continue Reading
A year and a half ago I started an experiment on growing potatoes in a bin, touted as the most space-efficient way to grow food I’d ever heard of. When the first year’s crop was disappointing, I did some trouble-shooting… Continue Reading
The story is as old as human agriculture. You prepare, plant, carefully tend, watching the food come to perfection in the summer sun. You watch as the colors brighten and the fruits get fat and yielding. The last dawn breaks… Continue Reading
No, no, not coffee drinkers deprived of their morning cuppa! (Hmm, well maybe, but that’s another story.) I’m talking about actual wild animals and the risk they bring to preppers. The most dangerous animals on the planet It’s no contest.… Continue Reading
Cables and gas lines run in a lot of places you might not expect, and preppers (along with everybody else) need to know where services cross our properties. Maybe your neighborhood’s gotten rough and you feel a need for a… Continue Reading
I hate punishing plants for growing well. Cutting grass. Pruning trees. Thinning plantings. In this podcast, Salty and I talk about the trees and garden plants. (Your HOA or other busy-body neighbors will be happy to explain why you need… Continue Reading