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Still waiting for the electrician.
We’re using a bucket with a rope to get water from an old well on our property to flush the toilet, so as not to waste the drinking water in jerry cans 🪣 🪢
#prepping
We’re using a bucket with a rope to get water from an old well on our property to flush the toilet, so as not to waste the drinking water in jerry cans 🪣 🪢
#prepping
Partial power failure, mostly affecting the water pump which doesn’t work. Also some outlets and the oven.
Fortunately we have jerry cans with water so we can wait until normal working hours before calling an electrician 🙂 #prepping
Fortunately we have jerry cans with water so we can wait until normal working hours before calling an electrician 🙂 #prepping
If someone gave you a spinning wheel, a loom and a sheep, you COULD make your own clothes. But it would probably take you years to teach yourself how and you would be freezing and in rags before you figured it out. However, if you were also friends with someone who knew how to look after the sheep, shear it's wool, clean, card and spin that wool, weave the threads on the loom and then show you how to cut and sew a garment, it would go much faster.
Now if you ALREADY had those skills when you had the leisure time, money and people/resources to learn, you would not only be way ahead of the game but you could sell or barter your product and your knowledge as the needs arise.
Think about all the things you have and use that you have no idea how they were produced or where they came from. Think about all the people in your community with different skills and talents that you could learn from or trade and barter from.
The point is, learn some primitive skills now. Find out what you have inherent talent in. Experiment. Look for local resources. Find your people. Learn all kinds of different ways to look after yourself and your family when things collapse. Our high tech world is fragile and not sustainable. People are going to be shocked at how fast things fall apart and break when the means to continually consume, replace or repair are interrupted.
#GetPrepared #Prepping #collapse
Now if you ALREADY had those skills when you had the leisure time, money and people/resources to learn, you would not only be way ahead of the game but you could sell or barter your product and your knowledge as the needs arise.
Think about all the things you have and use that you have no idea how they were produced or where they came from. Think about all the people in your community with different skills and talents that you could learn from or trade and barter from.
The point is, learn some primitive skills now. Find out what you have inherent talent in. Experiment. Look for local resources. Find your people. Learn all kinds of different ways to look after yourself and your family when things collapse. Our high tech world is fragile and not sustainable. People are going to be shocked at how fast things fall apart and break when the means to continually consume, replace or repair are interrupted.
#GetPrepared #Prepping #collapse
Live frugally and resourcefully. Here are a few tips:
-replace zippers in coats, it’s easy, take your time, save a ton of money. Even if you have to hire someone to do it, it is way cheaper than buying a new coat.
-don’t buy packaged or over-packaged food, learn how to cook, bake bread, make things from scratch
-educate yourself on quality, buy beat up used furniture and refinish, you can end up with a great piece of furniture with only a little bit of work for next to nothing
-repair your computers and devices or find someone local to do it.
-if you MUST replace appliances, buy basic hardworking non-computerized, metal component items either new or used. In future, you will be able to repair yourself and chances are they will last much longer. Unless you are a tech pro, you won’t be able to fix computerized parts in appliances. I replaced a computerized sewing machine that cost as much as a used car when IT was used with a basic non-computer new one. It will last until I’m long dead and cost a fraction of the price.
-find better ways of doing things such as using a metal or wooden soil blockers for starting seedlings in stead of plastic sectioned trays that only last a season or 2 then end up in the landfill.
-in the ethnic sections of grocery stores you can buy bulk packages of single spices and herbs way cheaper than little bottles to make your own blends such as curry powder, taco seasoning, meat rubs, etc. Use mason jars to store everything in. If you have a bulk barn nearby you can even reuse your own bags to buy in.
-put your leftover meals in the freezer in portions right after dinner. You avoid forgetting to use them and having to throw out food. End of the week, you have healthy ready-made food and spreading out the meals so that you don't have to eat the same thing multiple days in a row.
-you can get a lot more wear out of old runners by only replacing the insole
-I just rebuilt my home first aid station. I have quality bought kits for the vehicles but for at home, the ready-made kits have lots of unnecessary fillers. I bought various sized gauze pads, tape, rubbing alcohol and hydrogen peroxide, cotton balls, bactine spray, polysporin, big packs of bandaids, etc. as these are the things we use at home. I keep ice packs in the freezer and a heat pad for muscle stuff. Consider the usual type of injuries with regards to your lifestyle and stock accordingly.
-learn how to replace handles on axes, shovels, garden tools etc. And when buying these tools, make sure they have replaceable handles as some new plastic or hastily welded ones are not replaceable.
-I NEVER throw out a scrap of wood, ever. I have used every single little piece in some place, somewhere on my property.
#prepping #GetPrepared #Homesteading
-replace zippers in coats, it’s easy, take your time, save a ton of money. Even if you have to hire someone to do it, it is way cheaper than buying a new coat.
-don’t buy packaged or over-packaged food, learn how to cook, bake bread, make things from scratch
-educate yourself on quality, buy beat up used furniture and refinish, you can end up with a great piece of furniture with only a little bit of work for next to nothing
-repair your computers and devices or find someone local to do it.
-if you MUST replace appliances, buy basic hardworking non-computerized, metal component items either new or used. In future, you will be able to repair yourself and chances are they will last much longer. Unless you are a tech pro, you won’t be able to fix computerized parts in appliances. I replaced a computerized sewing machine that cost as much as a used car when IT was used with a basic non-computer new one. It will last until I’m long dead and cost a fraction of the price.
-find better ways of doing things such as using a metal or wooden soil blockers for starting seedlings in stead of plastic sectioned trays that only last a season or 2 then end up in the landfill.
-in the ethnic sections of grocery stores you can buy bulk packages of single spices and herbs way cheaper than little bottles to make your own blends such as curry powder, taco seasoning, meat rubs, etc. Use mason jars to store everything in. If you have a bulk barn nearby you can even reuse your own bags to buy in.
-put your leftover meals in the freezer in portions right after dinner. You avoid forgetting to use them and having to throw out food. End of the week, you have healthy ready-made food and spreading out the meals so that you don't have to eat the same thing multiple days in a row.
-you can get a lot more wear out of old runners by only replacing the insole
-I just rebuilt my home first aid station. I have quality bought kits for the vehicles but for at home, the ready-made kits have lots of unnecessary fillers. I bought various sized gauze pads, tape, rubbing alcohol and hydrogen peroxide, cotton balls, bactine spray, polysporin, big packs of bandaids, etc. as these are the things we use at home. I keep ice packs in the freezer and a heat pad for muscle stuff. Consider the usual type of injuries with regards to your lifestyle and stock accordingly.
-learn how to replace handles on axes, shovels, garden tools etc. And when buying these tools, make sure they have replaceable handles as some new plastic or hastily welded ones are not replaceable.
-I NEVER throw out a scrap of wood, ever. I have used every single little piece in some place, somewhere on my property.
#prepping #GetPrepared #Homesteading
#prepping #civilwar
Crimethinc publishes near-future hypothetical: survival-a story about anarchistys enduring mass raids
https://crimethinc.com/2025/03/21/survival-a-story-about-anarchists-enduring-mass-raids
LOTS of details in this about escape and evasion, survival, and the expected takedowns of communications infrastructure and the workarounds to bypass the takedowns.
A lot can be learned from this one! Seriouly folks, if you don't have a go-bag ready, stop reading and start preparing one RIGHT NOW
Crimethinc publishes near-future hypothetical: survival-a story about anarchistys enduring mass raids
https://crimethinc.com/2025/03/21/survival-a-story-about-anarchists-enduring-mass-raids
LOTS of details in this about escape and evasion, survival, and the expected takedowns of communications infrastructure and the workarounds to bypass the takedowns.
A lot can be learned from this one! Seriouly folks, if you don't have a go-bag ready, stop reading and start preparing one RIGHT NOW
Survival
A work of speculative fiction about anarchists enduring mass raids and the technological innovations via which they survive.CrimethInc.
#prepping #Trump #civilwar
Seriously folks: things are getting bad fast. In mid-March Trump bulldozed over two major red lines: detention without trial and open defiance of the courts. There is now talk of the Insurrection Act and martial law. All the open protests may or may not be able to deter this.
This is in some ways like a hurricane: some must evacuate, some cannot evacuate. On the other hand, you can't fight a hurricane and push it away, but you can fight fascism.
Run, hide, fight: whatever your plan is, know what it is, make important decisions now. Rehearse any specifics: you fight like you train and you also run like you train. Get your gear (especially vehicles) as reliable as you can make it. Assume any gear you can't trust with your life may have to be left behind. Know what you intend to do if food or medicine becomes unavailable.
Seriously folks: things are getting bad fast. In mid-March Trump bulldozed over two major red lines: detention without trial and open defiance of the courts. There is now talk of the Insurrection Act and martial law. All the open protests may or may not be able to deter this.
This is in some ways like a hurricane: some must evacuate, some cannot evacuate. On the other hand, you can't fight a hurricane and push it away, but you can fight fascism.
Run, hide, fight: whatever your plan is, know what it is, make important decisions now. Rehearse any specifics: you fight like you train and you also run like you train. Get your gear (especially vehicles) as reliable as you can make it. Assume any gear you can't trust with your life may have to be left behind. Know what you intend to do if food or medicine becomes unavailable.