This is another guest post from The Crazy Chicken Lady … if you missed the first part of her backyard chicken article, check it out. I’ll wait! If I’ve convinced you to give some chickens a try, there are a couple of ways to start a flock. If you want eggs right away, you may… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: November 2010
Three Ways To Protect Yourself Against Inflation
A major topic right now is inflation. Whether you believe that we’re going to have a hyperinflationary collapse or simply a period of higher inflation, you need to know what to do about it. This is another one of those insurance policies I talk about. Hedging is a well-known financial concept that is basically taking… Continue Reading
Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy thanksgiving, all! I’m busy with family activities today, so nothing else until tomorrow….… Continue Reading
Do You Have An Emergency Car Kit?
I feel compelled to write this post tonight after watching the latest coverage on Snowpocalypse 2010 here in the Pacific Northwest. We don’t get much snow here in general, but this year promises to be a doozy. So my question to you is simple. Do you have an emergency kit in your car? Do you… Continue Reading
Raising Backyard Chickens Made Simple
(This is a part one of a guest post written by a reader who calls herself the ‘Crazy Chicken Lady’.) I admit, I have become the Crazy Chicken Lady. I waited for over 20 years for chickens, and they are every bit as enjoyable as I’d hoped. I’m a new empty-nester, and the chickens in… Continue Reading
How To Sanitize Water Storage Containers
If you are using containers that have been previously used or have been lying around for a while, you’ll want to sanitize them. And the neat little secret is that you can use the same method to sanitize food buckets as well, so keep that in mind! Sanitizing your water containers is an important step… Continue Reading
Water Storage Container Options
The other day I covered food storage container options. Today I’m going to cover options for water storage. But before I address container options, I have a couple things to reiterate from my past writings. First, water storage is extremely important. You have to have water to survive. If you don’t feel confident in your… Continue Reading
Food Storage Container Options
So a reader asked me the other day about four gallon buckets, and I thought I’d take this opportunity to elaborate on how I store food, and provide some recommendations for suitable containers and whatnot. My Favorite – Four Gallon Buckets I’ve made no big secret of this, I prefer using four gallon square buckets… Continue Reading
Four Ways To Improve Your Suburban Food Preparation Efforts
Not all of us are lucky enough to live on a 1,200 acre retreat, prepped to the gills. In fact, most of us aren’t! The rest of us need to find creative ways to prepare for emergencies. I write this with food cost inflation in mind, honestly. I’ll write more about inflation, seen and unseen,… Continue Reading
How To Build A Small Cabin – Preparing The Site and Building The Floor
This is part two of my ‘How To Build A Small Cabin‘ series. If you haven’t read part one, you should go back and read How To Build A Small Cabin – The Planning Process. The very first thing I did once I decided how big the cabin would be was to prepare the site. … Continue Reading
