Hello Pack, hope y’all have had a highly productive week of prepping. The warming weather has our flock of poultry birds back in nearly top egg production mode already. In a single day my duck hens laid a dozen eggs, and the sole Buckeye chicken breed hen chipped in with five nice quality medium brown eggs. I got out my…
Hello Pack, hope you all are well and did not get trampled among the marauding hordes of the unprepared at the local Walmart. Maybe, just maybe, the panicked run on toilet paper, food, rubbing alcohol, hand sanitizer, and diapers will actually prompt some positive results in the long run. The unprepared now – for the first time, realize just how…
Hello Pack. We have had quite a productive week here on our survival homestead. The only downsides to this week have been the chilly weather, unwanted precipitation, and a predator looming about. I lost one of my beloved Pekin ducks and a guinea to a fox. In the photo above (that I included simply because it was an awesome shot)…
Hello Pack. I hope you all have had a productive week of prepping. We hit a really cold patch this week, and had a lot of work and some doctor appointments, so not a whole lot of active prepping went on here. This weekend, Bobby is taking a training at a local gun range that I may join in on…
Hello Pack. It has been an exciting week of prepping purchases here on our survival homestead. Our 4-wheeler bit the dust a year ago and our Polaris Ranger isn’t ready to become a parts donor yet, but sure does not run like it used to. I knew Bobby was going to get a new or newish side-by-side and put a…
Hello Pack. Damned if winter did not rear its cold, miserable, and ugly head one more time. The three inches of snow that fell totally messed up some exciting prepping plans I had this week. Several of my tribe members worked to create a gun safety and .22 rifle shooting class and archery class for 59 area self-reliant homeschooled children.…
Hello Pack. It has been a weird week here on our survival homesteading retreat. I think we have had three seasons of weather in just one week – fall, winter, and spring. Which is kinda commonplace for Ohio, but still weird. The day we went from rain to freezing rain, and back again twice was probably the least productive day…
Raising sheep will supply a survival homestead with not only meat and wool, but a money making opportunity. Selling the raw wool, dyed wool, or clothing and toys made from wool, can become quite a lucrative home-based small business. Sheep are typically extremely docile animals, making them a great way to introduce homesteading and self-reliance skills to children. Showing sheep…
Hello Pack, I hope you are not dealing with the same amount of rain and mud that we still are around here. The constant rain and mud have truly curtailed some of our outdoors prepping plans. So it goes in Ohio in January. Although it is a little earlier than normal, this crazy weather we are getting has started the…
Hello Pack, I hope you all have had a productive week of prepping. It has been bitterly cold here in my part of Appalachia – the payback for unseasonably warm temperatures has begun. Every time I head down to my barn I am either sliding on ice or getting stuck in the mud as the temperature hovers just below and…