The “almost famous” weekly preps series, where Tara Dodrill shares her latest prepping and homesteading progress with the Pack, and with anyone else who wants to be inspired on his or her homesteading journey.
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…
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…
Hello, Pack. The weather has been so normal this week it is kind of creepy. We have had hot summer heat – but not too much of it AND rain – but not too much of it either. This type of a rational weather pattern hasn’t happened in these parts for nearly two years. Forest school with the grandkiddos was…
Hello Pack. It has been a great weather week in our little patch of heaven on earth in Appalachia. We had hot sunny days and just enough rain to give the garden some needed drinks in the late afternoon or evening. It was fair week here, so lots of self-reliance learning and reaping the rewards of hard work for the…
Hey Pack. It sure has been a hot one on our survival homestead this week. I just looked at the thermometer and it is 108 degrees. I doubt I will get Bobby to work in the garden with me until dang near dusk. This week I made soup from scratch for the very first time. Did I ever mentioned that…
Hey Pack. It has been a very busy week here on our survival homestead. It has only rained briefly a few times in the evening. I am hopeful that we are not going from months of intense rain to a long dry period like we did last year. Time will tell, I guess. I did some more harvesting of wild…
Hey Pack. It has been another busy week here on our survival homestead. Most of the preps this week have involved harvesting wild plants to preserve or make salve and infusions with, and gardening. I made plantain salve this week. It is super easy to make and can be used on insect bites and stings, snake bites, poison ivy, as…
Hey Pack! We finally had a week without storms on our survival retreat. It still rained some in the evenings, which caused a big waste of hay on some area farms that had baled. I am so concerned about the availability and price this year. But we were also super productive. The only prepping purchases we made this week were…
Hello, Pack. This week we actually had multiple days where it only rained briefly. The ground is still too soft to work in the garden and bale hay, but signs of improvement are at least on the horizon… maybe. Our dwarf banana plants and elderberry trees are coming along beautifully. The tomato plants are struggling a little bit, but growing…