MaxStravinsky
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Diamond wooden matches, .94 a box of 300 at the Seabrook, NH Walmart. Bought 1 box even though I don't need them, just because I'm a cheapskate and it's less than Knob Creek paid!
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Prep of The Day Thread
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I have 5 gallon pales of whole wheat and a grinder.
hillman
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Ordered our bees today. Two Saskatraz queens, and their crew. Ordered everything but the electric fence, which I'm still researching. Bees won't be ready for pickup until the end of April so I still have time. Also joined the Vermont Beekeepers Association today.
Stryker
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peterk123
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I dehydrated a can of cream of mushroom soup for our upcoming backcountry hunt. 1.5 ounces including my packaging.
Diatribe incoming and I mean no disrespect but I just watched this episode last night.
Excellent idea and I wish I had time (and the lil wood grater) but if Paul Harrell taught me anything, it’s just buy some fire starting crap. If someone has the time to do it and actually does, that stuff looks awesome. For my time and money though I have to buy premade stuff. For $10-$20/$30 you can buy 3 different packs of chemical crap that’s impervious to water you can put a few of each in your kit (contingency) with waterproof matches and a ferro rod to get the job done.
I tried to take dryer lint and saw dust and wax and put it in egg cartons and I just made a mess and pissed my wife off. For everyone that can pull it off, my hat’s off to you. For everyone else, just spend some money.
Edit- also, just buy some lighters and stash them everywhere. Cold affects butane, but if it’s on your body, a bic lighter is going to light.
View: https://youtu.be/fs8g8yK0Se8?si=zK7ZAo_X0kfBakLD
peterk123
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More cream of mushroom and celery testing. Rehydration went just fine.
Placed the solar generator, comms and some other electronics in a faraday cage. Not expecting anything, but if I didn't and something happens I'd be mighty pissed at myself.
The first of at least 5 flares just began to impact. This is a very interesting test of the Earth's current magnetic field strength. We hit KP 7 as of this post which is very high for these small eruptions.
Hoping to finished the two new farrowing huts this week with the good weather forecasted. Starting interior walls today. Exterior will be tyvek'd then vertical board and batten. All wood and steel roof besides the PT 2x10 flooring was reclaimed from the 3 horse barn my son and I took apart in NW VT and brought home.
GM-GUY
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I now have two Seventy2 kits from THE SEVENTY2® Survival System
I bought one some time ago for my wife and now that my daughter is out and about - she has one in her vehicle as well. Each of these will get my wife and daughter home from wherever they typically are.
I have a more expansive kit of my own design in my truck as I’m more likely to be out and about long distance - like towing trailers 100 miles from home.
I bought one some time ago for my wife and now that my daughter is out and about - she has one in her vehicle as well. Each of these will get my wife and daughter home from wherever they typically are.
I have a more expansive kit of my own design in my truck as I’m more likely to be out and about long distance - like towing trailers 100 miles from home.
GM-GUY
NES Member
I had missed your piglet adventures - WELCOME TO THE FUN. Some info from a guy who when he left for the USAF we had 100 pigs from piglets to 982lbs boar for breeding.
Build a creep for piglets. An 8ft 2x4 about a foot above the floor (wall to wall, outside of studs so the sow can’t push it off instead pushing against the studs) or so, in the corner with a full sheet of plywood above to make a protected spot and you can hang the heat lamp behind it 2-3 feet off the floor. This makes a triangular area, warm and safe. The sow can’t get the lamp and the piglets can’t get rolled on or squished.
Don’t forget your iron shots, needle teeth and castrations - I’ve done it all.
Here is a current Pic. I haven't finished the outside walls yet. I do intend to build benched for piglet cover/heat lamp areas in each side.
I took a pause to work on the shooting cabin, which I am wiring all the lights into today.
I took a pause to work on the shooting cabin, which I am wiring all the lights into today.
slugworth
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Planted four apple trees and tried to protect them from the deer.
Planted a peach, an apple, and two pear trees.
Planted a peach, an apple, and two pear trees.
peterk123
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That's pretty cool! Worst case, deer chum, and you have lots of venison.
...they mostly come at night... mostly.
headednorth
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No nuking the deer from orbit
Too much collateral damage.
It was a lot of work planting and fencing those trees.
peterk123
NES Member
It's only a crime if you get caught. You know, if a tree falls in the woods........
Abe Froman
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I read this thread title quickly as 'Poop of The Day' so I had to go back and edit my post. I still think I should have a doctor check it though.
413guy
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Username checks out.
Sunny
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Soundwave
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That does seem awesome. I wouldn't want that liquifying in my car though.
I do something similar with cotton balls and a chew can. If you're worried about leakage, put a wrap of electrical tape around the can seem. Metal cans are better than the plastic ones.
Update. The bacon is delicious.
peterk123
NES Member
Kokanee salmon we caught last fall and veggies from the garden. Now that is a survival dinner right there.
