tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8328992626141249699.post4571107880386938645..comments2023-11-02T02:53:24.813-06:00Comments on G4s (backyard) Homestead: The 21 Day Challenge Starts Now!Conniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06717388726735528462noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8328992626141249699.post-78582114503646870962010-02-05T20:48:26.454-07:002010-02-05T20:48:26.454-07:00In 21 days I can be pretty well prepared - mostly ...In 21 days I can be pretty well prepared - mostly because I have spent the last two years making preparations at a leisurely pace. I have 2,000 gallons of water storage capacity, and live in wet climate so I can assume on refilling as needed as long as I conserve. <br />Before the SHTF, I will be stocking up at Costco on staples (rice, dried beans, wheatberries, etc), and buying enough garden seeds to see me through the next several years. <br />I'll put in as much hay as I have storage for - say, 200 bales. <br />Buy plenty of rennet, cheesecloth, pectin, canning lids and rings, stuff like that. Oh yeah, bleach for water purification. Medicines, aspirin, bandaids, etc.<br />My husband makes biodiesel and we have lots of veggie oil stored, but I'd like to fill up on the chemical inputs. <br />A few gallons of vodka (good for making herbal medicines as well as getting stinkin' for tooth pullings and the like) <br />a serious whetstone for knife sharpening.<br />hand grinder for wheat, meat, and suchlike.<br />plenty of rechargeable batteries. Already have a solar/dynamo battery recharger, radio, lantern, etc.<br /><br />extra warm clothes in sizes going up a few years for the kids.<br /><br />I'm sure I could think of more in 21 daysAimeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06358194304460170717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8328992626141249699.post-15898070146114875802008-09-22T11:50:00.000-06:002008-09-22T11:50:00.000-06:00I'm late but I'm in. Tick tock tick tock tick toc...I'm late but I'm in. Tick tock tick tock tick tock...ACK!Chilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11406176434011890590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8328992626141249699.post-57901952126594722902008-09-20T08:24:00.000-06:002008-09-20T08:24:00.000-06:00I feel we are pretty well prepared, but it has alw...I feel we are pretty well prepared, but it has always seemed like this was off in the distant future somewhere. Our concerns would be keeping our cattle herd safe from mauraders and the like.<BR/><BR/>But, being a procrastinator I think I will never be totally prepared. Thanks for the great post!Throwback at Trapper Creekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12418370592659531735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8328992626141249699.post-37212764257475235712008-09-18T21:32:00.000-06:002008-09-18T21:32:00.000-06:00I have to say that the area that we are furthest b...I have to say that the area that we are furthest behind is in water. We did choose the area we moved to for the water sources (springs), but I think we should get a filter.<BR/><BR/>I also need to build on our first aid supplies. Doctor in the house and our supplies are horrendous!<BR/>1 - allergy meds (for all ages)<BR/>2 - eye drops<BR/>3 - bandages<BR/>4 - hydrogen peroxide<BR/><BR/>I need to ask DH what else we need. Yes, we do have a general first aid kit, but there are things that are missing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8328992626141249699.post-55670222465452577292008-09-18T14:01:00.000-06:002008-09-18T14:01:00.000-06:00Thanks for the challenge. I needed something like ...Thanks for the challenge. I needed something like this. I was getting stuck and just couldn't do anything. Now I am set to go. I have been making a list of to buy and to do while I have been reading the posts and comments. I think we need more rain barrels. We have been trying to hand drill a well to attach a hand pump to, but it isn't going well. We need to try again. Do metal garbage cans really keep the mice out of the chicken feed? I do have mice in the chicken shed, so I keep the feed in the house. I need to get my kerosene lamps working.<BR/>Cindy in FLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8328992626141249699.post-28663949183291554462008-09-18T12:00:00.000-06:002008-09-18T12:00:00.000-06:00The next twenty-one days will be an incredible adv...The next twenty-one days will be an incredible adventure of planning and preparing, and since we've been warned, taking action will trump any fears we might have ;).<BR/><BR/>Collapse: T-Minus 21 days ... and counting!Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04642417312794814066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8328992626141249699.post-81577199370538549942008-09-18T08:21:00.000-06:002008-09-18T08:21:00.000-06:00Meadowlark, thank you for those links there is a l...Meadowlark, thank you for those links there is a lot to be gleamed there. <BR/><BR/>Anita, I remember your blog now. <BR/><BR/>Great ideas here. Lisa, good point that anyone might need to bug out.Conniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06717388726735528462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8328992626141249699.post-30507837930734823892008-09-18T05:59:00.000-06:002008-09-18T05:59:00.000-06:00Ooh, thanks for the challenge Verde!Here's what I'...Ooh, thanks for the challenge Verde!<BR/><BR/>Here's what I'll do:<BR/>-triple our water supply (I only have about 15 gal. stored now)<BR/>-get 4 backpacks and fill w/ bug-out gear<BR/>-buy one more gas container and fill both of them<BR/>-set up a better 1st aid kit<BR/>-buy stove fuel<BR/>-finish window quilts (and buy materials, maybe velcro, to hang them)<BR/>-buy 100 lbs. chicken feed<BR/>-and a metal trash can to hold it<BR/>-maybe buy pieces to make a chimney for the wood stove in the shed (that's iffy--going very far IMO)<BR/><BR/>21 days! I'll do it.<BR/><BR/>LisaLisa Zahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17491596171533559615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8328992626141249699.post-21777249642151023562008-09-18T04:12:00.000-06:002008-09-18T04:12:00.000-06:0021 days? Get the whole house generator, purchase t...21 days? Get the whole house generator, purchase trailer hitch and small trailer for the car, top off the propane tank and set up solar for the well pump. Oh, and buy a few month's advance supply of food for the critters. We've currently enough food for about six weeks, maybe three months of we eat mindfully/lightly. <BR/><BR/>Huh... had been feeling stuck on what next steps to take, think this challenge just got me unstuck! :-)d.a.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10701833441665984965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8328992626141249699.post-84134025526477577032008-09-17T22:09:00.000-06:002008-09-17T22:09:00.000-06:00Sorry. Wish I could consolidate these. http://www....Sorry. Wish I could consolidate these. http://www.cd3wd.com/CD3WD_40/CD3WD/INDEX.HTM<BR/>It truly was a task, slogging through all of these to decide what to download. This page gives a better overview, but I think it's only a partial list. <BR/><BR/>Peace to you.It's mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02030081794655766175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8328992626141249699.post-25742547015390543302008-09-17T22:06:00.000-06:002008-09-17T22:06:00.000-06:00Here I am:http://kirbanita.typepad.com/take_joy/Al...Here I am:<BR/>http://kirbanita.typepad.com/take_joy/<BR/><BR/>Also: make sure cats (or whatever) have up-to-date rabies shots. Ours are due the end of this month . . .anitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07945200318776775991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8328992626141249699.post-70732441084186921322008-09-17T22:02:00.000-06:002008-09-17T22:02:00.000-06:00Found some here at home:http://www.cd3wd.com/CD3WD...Found some here at home:<BR/>http://www.cd3wd.com/CD3WD/index.htm<BR/><BR/>http://journeytoforever.org/farm_library/<BR/><BR/>A lot of it is focused on the tropics, but content is everything from small animal husbandry, simple rope pumps, soap making, etc etc etc... quite extensive, I thought.It's mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02030081794655766175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8328992626141249699.post-66807400169671774852008-09-17T20:38:00.000-06:002008-09-17T20:38:00.000-06:00Ummm. This sounds much like the preparations my ex...Ummm. This sounds much like the preparations my extended family has been doing over the last few weeks in relationship to hurricanes. Thankfully few deaths, but you can go get ideas from the news about how people are coping in Houston, Galveston, and Port Arthur.mid-life rookiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07477633857058924514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8328992626141249699.post-70725764360893083032008-09-17T19:51:00.000-06:002008-09-17T19:51:00.000-06:00Great everyone here we go! Meadowlark is there so...Great everyone here we go! Meadowlark is there somewhere we can access those lists?<BR/><BR/>Anita, which is your blog?Conniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06717388726735528462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8328992626141249699.post-58208256840559492892008-09-17T19:40:00.000-06:002008-09-17T19:40:00.000-06:00When I get to work tomorrow I'll look for the addr...When I get to work tomorrow I'll look for the address. Basically, it's a site that keeps the pdfs of books and stuff online so that the information can be used to better the lives of others. I also think it would come in handy for bettering the lives after whatever comes to pass.<BR/><BR/>The only one I have here with me is http://journeytoforever.org/farm_library/device/devicesToC.html#contents which I actually bought paper and printed out as a reference. It's a different kind of source though.It's mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02030081794655766175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8328992626141249699.post-60113465586555850822008-09-17T18:25:00.000-06:002008-09-17T18:25:00.000-06:00Meadowlark - is there a place to download these ho...Meadowlark - is there a place to download these how to for a third world country? They sound like they could be very useful.Christyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14920326845870515381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8328992626141249699.post-36899046663449990352008-09-17T18:24:00.000-06:002008-09-17T18:24:00.000-06:00This is a great exercise. We are moving at the en...This is a great exercise. We are moving at the end of October so I've been putting off a lot of my prep stuff until after we move so we don't have to move it all. I sure hope we have more than 21 days!Christyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14920326845870515381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8328992626141249699.post-27019226048623659622008-09-17T16:43:00.000-06:002008-09-17T16:43:00.000-06:00I can feel the adrenaline surge already! I'm goin...I can feel the adrenaline surge already! I'm going to get out the spreadsheet now. And thanks for the water reminder - I have had 7 gal. plastic cans sitting around for months now but have not filled them up!Peak Oil Hausfrauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10474901509039914502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8328992626141249699.post-53972436824907281882008-09-17T16:38:00.000-06:002008-09-17T16:38:00.000-06:00First off, John would pull the well pump and repla...First off, John would pull the well pump and replace it—it's been limping along all summer, and that's the next thing on our list anyway. It's electric, we have a generator and some gas, but it also has a manual pump which isn't working and we aren't sure whether it's the pump or the water table dropping. We're pretty OK with stored food (and we have several gallons of water, but I'd *really* like to have a rainbarrel, but I suppose I'll just buy some more water for now). We just bought winter hay, so that's OK, but we'd need some more chicken feed (we usually buy a month at a time since it's gotten so expensive) and several more big bags of cat food (and a metal can to store it in). Once those are squared away and everything has food and water stored, we can work on the rest.anitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07945200318776775991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8328992626141249699.post-16491980467219385182008-09-17T16:27:00.000-06:002008-09-17T16:27:00.000-06:00The ticking clock certainly does set one's heart a...The ticking clock certainly does set one's heart a pounding.<BR/><BR/>I'm not ready. I'll fill some more jugs tonight, print out the "how to's" on emptying the hot water heater. Make a trip to Dufur to Azure Standard. Check out my woefully inadequate first aid supplies. Buy a case of paper and start printing the "how to's for a third world country" that I have as pdfs. Get a solar charger for laptop so I can access said pdfs. Pray. Propane. Chainsaw chains and sharpener. Gasoline. Another water barrel. Cash. Nag family. Stockpile watermelon bubblegum and liquor. Check out library books that I'll never return. Hide a few bottles of champagne because there will be cause for celebration at times. Dental floss. <BR/><BR/>Crud. I'm so not ready.It's mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02030081794655766175noreply@blogger.com