Hello Pack. This has probably been the busiest and most tiring week of prepping in months. Finally, and for real this time, all the hay on our survival homestead has been baled. We put up 225 bales of hay with the help of our tribe members. My former Marine nephew, Conner, who insisted on carrying two 50-pound square bales at…
Hey Pack. We are finally nearing the end of our hay baling for the year. I am still somewhat hopeful that maybe we could get another cut in one field by the end of October … maybe. Our tribe has been over most of the week working on hat cutting, raking, baling, and storing as well as putting up more…
It has been 18 years since America and everyone privileged to live in this great land, was forever changed. I recall hearing adults talk about where they were and what they were doing when JFK was shot, and during the attack on Pearl Harbor Having not been born during either shocking national incident, I never really fully understood how watching…
Canning jams, jellies, and preserves has become one of my favorite summertime activities. My husband, Bobby, was the canner in the family, and I was the dehydrating expert, until 2 years ago. Since we have a large survival homesteading retreat and are growing and raising the bulk of our own food now, he decided it was time for me to…
Hello Pack. I would like to say I had a productive week of prepping, but I so have not. The rest of my tribe did, but a cold that a granddaughter shared with me and a horse stomped foot another one prompted, have had me nearly sidelined all week. We are on kidding watch with Pearl right now. As you…
Hello Pack. We have had a busy week on the survival homestead again this week. Even though it has been 95 degrees in the shade most days, our projects were nearly all cold weather focused. We have worked on getting out half mile farm road in shape for winter, a constant project, especially with all of the flooding we had…
Hello Pack. It has been a flurry of activity on our survival homestead this week. We have been working on filling up the last wood shed to be all ready for that season I hate…winter. I, like almost no one else where I live, never liked fall either. My blue heeler, Jovie, is glad some of the intense heat and…
Getting a federal firearms license (FFL) is not as difficult as many folks seem to believe, but it does require completing copious amounts of government forms, and paying a fairly nominal licensing fee. A federal firearms license is issued by the United States federal government to businesses, individuals, and partnerships. The FFL allows a person or an entity to sell,…
Flu pandemics can affect a significant portion of the population before a government health agency even realizes the cases of a rapidly spreading illness are connected. Even a mild to moderate level pandemic can spiral out of control quickly during (or after) a SHTF event. During normal times, a flu pandemic has the capability to kill tens of thousands of…
There has not been a whole lot of active prepping going on this week, Pack. We lost a member of our tribe after a fierce battle with a rare cancer. Missy was sweet, loving, hard-working, kind to others, always smiling, dedicated youth and community volunteer, a fellow FD wife, and taken far too soon. The number of residents in our…