How to Survive the End of the World as We Know It In How to Survive the End of the World as We Know It, James Rawles, founder of SurvivalBlog.com, clearly explains everything you need to know to protect yourself and your family in the event of a disaster-from radical currency devaluation to a nuclear threat to a hurricane. Rawles shares essential tactics and techniques for surviving completely on your own, including how much food is enough, how to filter rainwater, how to protect your money, which seeds to buy for your garden, why goats are a smart choice for livestock, and how to secure your home. It's the ultimate guide to total preparedness and self-reliance in a time of need.
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Читать полностью…Carrots are great vegetables to grow. I always have some in my garden, usually next to my radishes. They two grow well together.
While not as rapidly maturing as radishes, carrots (which take about 10 weeks to mature) are more nutrient and calorie dense. You can also candy them, and damn are they good candied.
Carrots prefer sandy loam with a pH of 6.3 to 6.8, with temperatures between 60f and 70f. The soil should nbe moist, but not flooded. They grow best in full sun, but will tolerate a small amount of shade.
Plant them a 1/2 inch deep and 1 inch apart. Rows should be 12 inches apart, but 18 inches is ideal. Thin them as needed, and cover the crowns if they pop up above the soil.
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Living in modern society, we have become increasingly disassociated from the earth, from the essence of ourselves, and the need is awakened in us to return to the wilderness--physically and emotionally. We long to feel a sense of connection with our ancient roots.
This urge is what has prompted man's fascination with primitive skills: producing objects from natural materials using methods similar to prehistoric cultures.
Primitive Technology: A Book of Earth Skills is a sharing of ideas--the philosophies, the history, and the personal stories by the authorities on primitive technology from the pages of The Bulletin of Primitive Technology.
Included are instructions for creating fire and tools of wood, stone, and bone, as well as fiber adhesives, projectiles, art, and music.
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💦Drink water from the spring where the horse drinks. A horse will never drink bad water.
😸Make your bed where the cat sleeps.
🍎Eat the fruit that was touched by the worm.
🍄Freely pick the mushrooms on which the insects sit.
🌳Plant your tree where the mole digs.
🏡Build your house where the snake suns itself.
🐣Dig your well where the birds build their nests in hot weather.
😴Go to sleep and wake up with the chickens and you will reap the golden grain of the day.
🥗Eat more green vegetables, and you will have strong legs and an enduring heart.
🌊Swim more often and you will feel on land like a fish in the water.
🌤Look at the skies more often and not at your feet, and your thoughts will be clear and light.
🤫Keep silent more often, speak less, and silence will reign in your soul, and your spirit will be calm and peaceful.
📝 St. Seraphim of Sarov in Georgia
Anyone eager to master survival skills for outdoor vacations, or simply to find a fun new family activity for a Saturday afternoon, will be educated and inspired by the practical advice presented here by archaeologists, anthropologists, primitive practitioners, craftsmen, and artisans.
These experts help modern readers rediscover the skills that have served humanity for millennia:
Fire-making
Camp cooking
Basket weaving
Pottery making
Animal tracking
And much more
You can even learn how to turn seashells into arrowheads or make glue from yucca plants. Plus, there’s intriguing information on the benefits of a hunter-gatherer diet. More than just a how-to, this handbook provides inspiration to live life to the fullest.
Trauma supplies are something you can't buy locally often so I'll make a list for a good blowout kit so you can order online if you want. We have maybe 2 weeks to a month at most before supply disruptions happen so now's the time to throw one together if you have already squared away food, bug out bag and rifle/mags/ammo. If you are wondering why I recommend basic first aid kit items in an ifak/blowout kit it's because it forces you to open it up a few times a year so you are familiar with it.
Basic compact kit:
NAR s fold guaze or H&H compressed guaze
CAT tourniquet or recon medical 3/4 gen tourniquet. The NAR version is genuine but the newest knockoffs from recon medical are arguably better.
Quickclot guaze
Nonstick guaze pads (2x3 and 3x4)
Duct tape folded into credit card size
Triple antibiotic, hydrocortisone, and burn gel packets.
Band-Aids of several sizes
Steri strips
Alcohol wipes
Suture needle with monofilament thread
Amoxicillin and Cipro antibiotics (thomaslabs fish antibiotics is a good source)
Acetaminophen/ibuprofen
Diphenhydramine
Anti diarrheal tablets
These items are a bare minimum, designed to take up no more space than a rifle mag pouch. All items are available online from either Amazon or medical supply store. They are designed to accommodate a 3x5 inch space (about the dimensions of a 20rnd rifle mag). None of these items require expertise to use. The tourniquet is stored separately away from the rest of the kit. For basic wounds use a nonstick pads and some triple antibiotic and secure with duct tape or medical tape. If small enough is a bandaid. Rashes get hydrocortisone. Burn gel is used to numb pain on the skin and for burns. Antibiotics are used for larger wounds. Tourniquet limbs which have bleeding that doesn't stop when pressure and guaze is applied. If not on a limb use quickclot (which can be used on limbs as well). Remember to write the time on tourniquets and release pressure slowly every 15-30 minutes to see if bleeding has stopped. Sutures are used for wounds that have stopped bleeding and need to be closed and can be removed after a week. Steristrips are used to close wounds that need more than a bandage but don't need sutures. Any deep wound would be a good time to administer moxifloxacin or easily available amoxicillin.
If you have a larger space for an ifak consider adding:
Trauma sheers
Extra compressed guaze
Oleas/Israeli bandage
Stretch bandage
Foreceps
Tweezers
Saline rinse
Celox granules
Hydration electrolytes
Space blanket
NPA
Decompression needle
Halo chest seal
And items to have in a large kit or at home:
The books "where there is no doctor", "where there is no dentist", and "emergency war surgery".
Dental tool kit
Tooth extraction foreceps
Temp dental repair/filling
Surgical kit
Sting eze numbing pen
Tons of guaze and nonstick pads
Petroleum jelly
Aspirin/acetaminophen/ibuprofen
Splints
Cold packs
Medical tape
Nasal spray (decongestant)
Mucinex
Cough suppressant
Colloidal/ionic silver solution
Zicam
Sambucol
Multivitamins
IV lock kit and saline bags (look on ebay or vet supply stores. Definitely do tons of research and education before attempting.)
With winter in full swing, you fellas ought to know about snow shelters. All the snow around can be incorporated into your shelter if need be. Snow caves, tree pit shelters, and snow trenches are all good options which lend themselves to concealment as well. In a pinch, they could be used to cache supplies for short periods of time during cold weather.
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We're not just losing the wild world. We're forgetting it. We're no longer noticing it. We've lost the habit of looking and seeing and listening and hearing.
But we can make hidden things visible, and this book features 23 spellbinding ways to bring the magic of nature much closer to home.
Mammals you never knew existed will enter your world. Birds hidden in treetops will shed their cloak of anonymity. With a single movement of your hand you can make reptiles appear before you. Butterflies you never saw before will bring joy to every sunny day. Creatures of the darkness will enter your consciousness. And as you take on new techniques and a little new equipment, you will discover new creatures and, with them, new areas of yourself that had gone dormant. Once put to use, they wake up and start working again. You become wilder in your mind and in your heart.
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