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Though I have no flower child nor a daisy covered VW ;) It does kindly sound like something out of the 60s.

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme......
 
i got me 2 lil oil lamps for $1.00 today..i figure they'll work great in the bathroom during a power outage.. 2016-05-05 001.JPG
 
I'm not much of a baker, but it's probably a good skill to learn if shtf. Right now I can just go to Walmart and buy a pie crust. I believe there's a good chance that won't be an option one day.
I think actual lard makes for a better pie crust myself. . . I like the fact that we use all that we can from the animals that get slaughtered and not just the meat. It only cost me some time and the energy it takes to render.
 
good luck with the garden and book..

gonna be doing our primary shopping for the month today..in which i'll be be keeping a eye on things,that can be used as a prep untill i get my shopping done.then go from there on what to do,and not do..
 
working on my first vegetable garden. I'm keeping notes to know what to do better next time! And, I found a Guide series 0 degree flannel lined back for $8 at Goodwill store
Be fore warned, gardening is addictive. I first just wanted a few fresh tomatoes, now I could do it full time!
 
Since I had a bronchitis attack in 2012 because of the smoke house thus under doctor orders not to enter the smoke house and enforced by the Wife, we tore down the old smoke house and put in a more modern smoker. The dent is from a 14' log (choker broke) didn't hurt the inside, smoker will be tested this fall.

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Since I had a bronchitis attack in 2012 because of the smoke house thus under doctor orders not to enter the smoke house and enforced by the Wife, we tore down the old smoke house and put in a more modern smoker. The dent is from a 14' log (choker broke) didn't hurt the inside, smoker will be tested this fall.

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Nice smoker. I have a Cookshack smoker about half the size of yours. Before Fall I hope to build a walk-in smoker.
 
i finally started putting my pile of mulch into my garden..2-5 gallon buckets sure do come in handy at times like that.seeing how that allows me to get it done ,without messing up any crops..
 
Be careful of the walk-ins, that's what got me in trouble after years of using the walk-ins. In any case I still prefer walk-ins :)
The walk in kind is what hunny and I will eventually be putting in. . .We have it, just need to put in the pipe work now. One of those things he bought from the salvage yard and yet it sits still in progress. It would be nice to have when we slaughter the pigs for certain cause there is a lot of sausage to make up!
 
Not as much wood there as you would think, roughly about 1 3/4 cords ;) We cutting up more, the wood in the picture is for the smoker and fire pit. Generally I have around 11 cords of wood divided in three locations for heating and cooking.
I've often thought of how much wood and kindling would be needed without electricity. Not to mention having to cut and haul it all by hand. It's admirable how tough our ancestors were.
 
I've often thought of how much wood and kindling would be needed without electricity. Not to mention having to cut and haul it all by hand. It's admirable how tough our ancestors were.

Normal times I go through about 5-6 cords a year, if we lost propane and electricity I would reduce the amount of wood burning and bundle up more thus not needing to heat the whole house. In reality I can live comfortable with 3-4 cords of wood given our stoves is far more efficient than a pit or open fire place of the past though I think our ancestors were far more conservative in wood usage thus as needed basis, even so that's a lot of wood cutting without the use of power tools. My dad and grandfather talked of bundling up more also most homes back in the day were built with the bedrooms just off the source of the heat (no hallways) such as the bedrooms right off the living room for easier heating during the winters. In my home I would close off the upstairs and use only downstairs if need be.
 
Normal times I go through about 5-6 cords a year, if we lost propane and electricity I would reduce the amount of wood burning and bundle up more thus not needing to heat the whole house. In reality I can live comfortable with 3-4 cords of wood given our stoves is far more efficient than a pit or open fire place of the past though I think our ancestors were far more conservative in wood usage thus as needed basis, even so that's a lot of wood cutting without the use of power tools. My dad and grandfather talked of bundling up more also most homes back in the day were built with the bedrooms just off the source of the heat (no hallways) such as the bedrooms right off the living room for easier heating during the winters. In my home I would close off the upstairs and use only downstairs if need be.
When I was a kid we heated with wood only. We cut all of our firewood with an old hand saw, kind of like a crosscut saw if I remember correctly. It was a lot of work cutting and splitting wood by hand, although at the time I didn't know any better way. It's just the way it was. I think I was around 13 before dad got a chainsaw. What a time saver that was! Of course we still split with a maul and wedge. Like the old saying goes, wood heats you twice, once when you cut it and again when you burn it.
 
When I was a kid we heated with wood only. We cut all of our firewood with an old hand saw, kind of like a crosscut saw if I remember correctly. It was a lot of work cutting and splitting wood by hand, although at the time I didn't know any better way. It's just the way it was. I think I was around 13 before dad got a chainsaw. What a time saver that was! Of course we still split with a maul and wedge. Like the old saying goes, wood heats you twice, once when you cut it and again when you burn it.

I remember using the old cross cut saws and still have a few 4, 8 and 10 footers here, kids still like using the splitting mauls even though I have pneumatic splitter but I don't think the kids would like the cross cut saws. ya a lot of hours doing it all by hand.
 

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