The last temporary visit of the local library yielded some useful videos on how to prepare for Humanity’s waterloo. There were two decent videos on how to build an enviromental house. From what I have seen so far, the community of people preparing for civilization’s curtains tend to be a conservative bunch. One place where [...]
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Update on How to raid your library- Green Building
Posted: April 15, 2011 in books, building, Phoenix, plan, power, security, solar, tribeTags: apocalypse, build, construction, green, preppers, research, solar
First attempt to build a solar oven
Posted: January 30, 2011 in building, food, garden, Health, meat, power, protein, research, solarTags: cooking, solar, solar oven, sun
Last weekend, I built a solar over and tried to make sun-dried tomatoes in them. Needed: Two cardboard boxes, one slightly smaller than the other. Aluminium foil. A piece of glass or clear plastic. I used clear plastic because I figured for first attempt best to learn on something that does not break easy. Glue. [...]
Now we are cooking without gas! – weekend plans
Posted: January 28, 2011 in animals, animals, animals, backyard, food, garden, garden, gophers, Health, meat, power, protein, research, solar, survivalTags: cook, cooking, solar, weekend, weekend plans
Despite the fact I have yet to even coming close to catching a gopher, much less killing, skinning, cooking and eating one, at some point I am going to have to think about cooking. If I lived in the Appalachian’ foothills of my youth then wood would not be a problem. But here in Phoenix [...]