IIThe AquaSprout Indoor Aquaponic Garden As the summer gardening season winds down many of us are now looking toward off season gardens. You might find this aquaponic small indoor garden to be just the ticket. If you don’t have a large enough backyard for a greenhouse or perhaps no backyard at all the AquaSprout Garden …
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DIY 8X8 Greenhouse
DIY 8X8 Greenhouse Now while the weather is fair in most parts of the western world is when you need to be thinking and planning for the harsher weather to come. If you simply love gardening, rely on the food security of gardening or are making sure you are fed in an emergency scenario when …
Uses for Corn Silk With Recipes
Uses for Corn Silk With Recipes (3 links) I love making use that we would ordinarily throw out! Corn silk is the hair that is between the corn husk and the corn kernels. It can be annoyingly difficult to remove. I have spent hours of my life picking corn silk off freshly husked corn. Until …
DIY Dog’s Backpack/Bug Out Bag
DIY Dog’s Backpack/Bug Out Bag The majority of pet owners take their pets with them on hiking or camping trips and definitely plan to take them with them if they have to bug out. But we already have enough to carry when dealing with supplies for ourselves and even in some cases small children. Like …
DIY Coop-Style Greenhouse
DIY Coop-Style Greenhouse I really just like the coop-style of this greenhouse. It could fit into any landscape and handle a small number of plants. Good prep or preservation of the less cold resistance plants from your garden. It’s rated as a beginner to intermediate skill level and the plans are free. Linked below from …
The Pocket Chain Saw
The Pocket Chain Saw The pocket chain saw is a repeat item on my gear wish list. Until this last season I had one I purchased several years ago. This last trip out into the woods, my daughter and grandchildren were using it to collect and cut kindling for the fire. After using it to …
Considerations When Preparing to Bug Out With a Dog
Considerations When Preparing to Bug Out With a Dog Many of us have made emergency preparations for bugging out with our family pets. Primarily a dog. They are members of our family and leaving them behind or not preparing for them would be akin to abandoning a child. But as with children we need to …
John Hopkins ran a simulation pandemic in 2018. How did we do?
John Hopkins ran a simulation pandemic 2018. How did we do? John Hopkins Hospital is one of the most well known research hospitals in the United States. They created a simulation of a pandemic based upon a new factious disease they called Clade X which was classified as an influence type virus. Then they followed the …
The 3-in-1 Military Folding Camping Shovel
The 3-in-1 Military Folding Camping Shovel This is one of the pieces of equipment that I recommend keeping in the trunk of your car. I have a similar folding shovel that doesn’t have the additional tools that are included as part of this one. I have used mine during the winter to dig out a …
Mosquito Repellent Device
Mosquito Repellent Device This is another of my recent gear considerations. My daughter’s have been bugging me to get a couple of these for several camping seasons. I felt that if they stopped with the scented products while we were in the woods or near the water, they wouldn’t suffer so from mosquito bites and …