Hello Pack. I hope you all made it through another chaotic week in American history. We still don’t know who will be standing at the presidential podium on January 20, 2021 as of this writing – and I would be willing to be both my dog and my horse that we will not know the answer to that question before…
Hello Pack. I hope you all are weathering the political upheaval in our great nation well. Odds are we will be sitting on pins and needles possibly through at least the beginning of December. Until all the legal challengers to uncover and prove election fraud are done, the presidential election results cannot be certified. Fingers crossed there is enough proof…
Hello Pack. We have not gotten a lot of prepping done this week because – like I am sure most (if not all) of you are, have been glued to the news. I am writing this column the Friday after election day, and we still do not know who truly won the race. I doubt by the time you read…
Hello Pack. It is supposed to be fall, right? Weird Ohio weather has been at it once again. We have had spring, winter, and fall on our survival homestead this week. It feels like we are once again in the midst of a rainy season – turning our rural farm into a mud pit. We are still in nut collection…
Hello Pack. Once again I hope you all have had a productive and informative week of prepping. We had three new additions to our survival homestead this week: the Guernsey bull calf shown in the feature photo above, and a breeding pair of mini donkeys. Guernseys are an excellent dairy cow breed. Chevy, as my daughter named him (I would…
Hello Pack. It has been a hectic week here on our homestead. A loved one had a traumatic and sudden loss that has weighed on everyone’s hearts and minds this week. We did more babysitting than prepping this week, but did manage to get some chores and tasks completed – or at least furthered. The feature photo above shows how…
Hello Pack. It has been a busy week here on our survival homestead once again. As you can see in the adorable photo above, my guineas have now outgrown my Banty chickens. In spite of their small stature, I still firmly believe they are the best survival chicken breed on the planet. You will have to keep a lot more…
Hello Pack. We had one heck of a great week of prepping. Bobby and I (and our two blue heelers) just got back from Prepper Camp in Saluda, North Carolina. Once again the three day hands-on self-reliance camp did not disappoint. We learned new skills, honed existing once, embraced old prepping pals, and made new ones. The atmosphere at Prepper…
Every member of our tribe, family, and hundreds of folks who have eaten Bobby’s baked beans at community group events, always exclaim they are the best they have ever eaten. I am still trying to replicate his success – which should be simple using his “secret” recipe, but our tribe members can still taste a slight difference..yet still deem my…
Hello Pack, I hope you all have had a productive and enlightening week of prepping. This week we have had a host of good and bad things happen on our survival homestead. Tallulah, one of our Pygora fiber goats (in the center of the three white goats in the photo above) broke her leg. I am not sure how, and…