Make Kale Chips for a Healthy and Delicious Snack
These days, many people are looking for healthier alternatives to some of the snack foods that we have been eating for years. I have found kale chips to be a great substitute for the potato chips and...
View ArticleAvoid Confusion with a Garden Journal
When I was working as a teacher it was easy to keep up with my garden. I planted in the spring and harvested when things were ready. I didn’t plant anything in the summer or fall because I wouldn’t...
View ArticleWeather Measurement and Prediction
What with weather satellites, Doppler radar, 24 hour weather channels, and internet weather reports we’ve become pretty spoiled at knowing what the weather will be; but this is all fairly recent stuff....
View ArticleHow to Make a Comment
I have been writing this blog for a few years. I’ve posted over 240 articles, and I’ve had about 1.2 million hits. So I guess it is to be expected that I would receive a few obnoxious comments over the...
View ArticleMake Flu-Flu Arrow Fletchings from Craft Store Feathers
Flu-flu arrows are arrows that are designed to travel at regular speed for about thirty to forty yards and then to abruptly slow down and drop to the ground. Flu-flus are used in specific situations...
View ArticleSome Thoughts on Personal Hygiene in a Post Apocalyptic World
Most of us today have rigidly entrenched habits of personal hygiene that simply won’t be tenable in a post-apocalyptic world. Many of the personal hygiene products that we use will no longer be...
View ArticleGood-Bye Little Buddy
My daughter rescued Sammy as a puppy. She assured us that he was a Chihuahua, but it was obvious to everyone that he was not. He grew to be a medium small dog. He was a funny looking little guy with a...
View ArticleAll Machines Will Eventually Fail
We’ve all read those prepper novels where the protagonists escape to there well equipped retreats that have everything they need to survive. They have tractors, garden tillers, chain saws, generators,...
View ArticleMake an Inexpensive Reflector Tarp for a Warm Survival Shelter
The wilderness survival community has, of late, taken a keen interest in using reflector blankets or reflector tarps to help create warmer lean-too shelters. The idea is that if the inside of your...
View Article13 Things You’ll Wish You had when Your Smart Phone is Useless
I recently watched a video called “Thirty Things Your Iphone has Replaced.” It’s pretty interesting to see how many things that used to be common accessories in everyone’s homes 25 years ago, have...
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