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One hundred year old barrel method to filter water

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When you print money!
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Just saw this posted and it's all wrapped up in a short video.

How to prepare for a pandemic.

Good one. Hope you also put it in the ebola thread.

I've had to adapt recently since a farmer three miles north of me contracted EEE (Eastern equine encephalitis) through mosquito exposure. Mostly I stay inside in the evenings and make sure that I apply mosquito repellent if I do go outside. Education about the disease helps you avoid exposure and recognize symptoms early if they develop.

Can't wait for winter.

(Who just said that?)

It's in your state? I had no idea!!! Thank goodness you are taking great precautions!!!

Very unfortunate development happening here.

I purchased my farm for CASH planning to stay here until I am gone. But...

A larger nearby city is going to annex our small town.

They plan on turning the country road in front of my homestead into a 4 lane highway heading up into Houston. They will take out my garden and fruit trees in the front yard.

We are going to MOVE before this happens.

I am looking at acreage North of Houston in the piney woods or West into the farmland.

Its not all bad.

Wifey has only ONE condition: She wants to be able to shoot off fireworks! Her father, an entrepreneur in the Old Country, owned a fire works factory.

First, will use Texas Vets Land Loan to buy property. Then, will put in a large barn and a Tornado Magnet (mobile home). Then, when my old farm is sold to become a new housing development, I will build Wifey a wonderful new home.

I am just glad this happened while I am still in my 70s and can work hard outdoors on the new farm.

BTW, I have planted Moringa trees which do OK here. Wifey says the leaves are very healthy to eat.

I asked her how she knew.

She said, "Mi Abuelo ate Moringa every day".

I asked, "Well, was he healthy?"

She replied, "He was 109 years old and got drunk and fell off his horse. That's what killed him".

So, I gotta eat Moringa leaves every day.

Thread: The miracle tree, Moringa

Sorry I feel for ya,
I am in similar as the city has encroached upon me.
We were out of town now we are in it!

Good luck with the new place! You can use all the things you learned and improve everything! And a new roof will out live ya!!! I an in the middle of replacing a clay tile roof as we speak!!

It seems as though we are going to be in for a rough winter, so I started searching for SHTF type heating systems in case of power outage. For indoor heating propane could be dangerous, just like kerosene. So, this seems to be safe, cheap and easy to use.

This is made with 4 tea lights, 2 clay pots and a muffin pan.



There are plenty of these types of heaters on youtube, so you can search out what works best for you. Also, research the safety as I only did a small search but not an in depth one.

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I have six terra cotta pot heaters for just in case and a box of candles.

Have to be careful that they never get knocked over though.

New prepper card radio I just got.

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Darth, I am unable to speak, nearly, at the very thought of this. Every one of us could put ourselves into your position and understand the feelings of encroachment, invasion, assault of our very life plans - while I am thankful you can see some good in it and move forward - I still see this as horrific abuse of a tax-paying, landowning citizen. How dare they? No grasp whatever of a person's life, age, plans, health, nothing at all. "We want - therefore we take" - Period! I'm so sorry, Darth. Ugliness entirely!

Will they pay for what they are taking? Are you able to get such a loan at your age? Why can't we elders just be left the hell alone, or even assisted in some way - not harrassed, moved, all of it.

As to the moringa leaves, I'm not so sure that's a good idea. Obviously, they will give you delusions of being a horse-back rider, which could come to a bad end.

ROfl - are you shipping moringa leaves to all your friends here?

Eight reasons why plants love cinnamon [These really work!]

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Love you, NolaAngel!

Honey, these are pretty dangerous, I fear. Please do not even consider if you have a dog or cat. You know how they get sometimes, and one playful moment could mean your home burning down. Those heaters also are not very warming, from what I have read. If that is what you choose to do, get cement blocks or red bricks to stack around three sides of the ceramic dish heater, because they will absorb some of the heat and reflect it back into the room long after the burning stops.

I've searched, too, for the best answer for heating since mine is all electric. I talked to a number of knowledgeable people, one especially who knows everything there is to know about prepping, even though he tells me he learns more every day.

What I settled on, with good advice, is [link to www.amazon.com (secure)]
I will be using a forty-pound propane tank, believe it or not, just because I have two. I asked very seriously and carefully what the dangers are for using propane in the home, and then what the dangers are for using a larger tank in the home, larger than the one pound tank.

The danger turns out to be bad connections, allowing leaking propane around the heater and/or tank. That's so easy to detect = use soapy water on every place of connection. If ANY bubbles blow, take it apart and redo that connection, then recheck. If still blowing bubbles, purchase new parts for the connection.

Thus, this is my plan.

Purchasing multiple one-pound canisters of propane to keep the heater going is very expensive and wasteful. There is a connector that would fill the one-pound from a larger tank, and that's do-able. However, I asked my exquisitely knowledgeable friend why I shouldn't do that, and he said because there isn't more chance of explosion with a larger tank than a smaller tank. Only difference is size of explosion. Even if you used a smaller tank, you would still be wise to check connections with soapy water.

Do whatever seems safest and most efficient to you, my dear. We want safety most of all, followed by efficient use of our money.

Back to my apples. Hugs for you!

Really glad you are in this thread, Lance. Hugs for you, and thanks for this reference!

Pooka can you reply in the affirmative if my PM got through?

Why do you call this radio a "prepper card"? It adds nothing about preps that I can see.

JD, this radio will only serve you as long as power is on, cell towers work, etc.

When I saw the word "radio" in your title,I thought sure you had purchased a ham radio for communications when SHTF.

This radio will be lovely on your trip, and didn't cost very much, so no harm done, as long as you understand it is not a prep and has nothing to do with preps.

Alrighty them.

USB port to charge items, iPad, keyboard, phone, computer. SD card can hold vital information and hidden in plan site while listening to REM it’s the end of the work over and over. LoL

Pooka:

Continuing to watch and learn from this thread as I have from page one. Continued thanks!

I ran across this link today. Not a Mormon, but found their preparedness list to be the most detailed, comprehensive list I have run across to date with 222 pages.

Anyways, for anyone interested here's the pdf link:

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Glad for you to have your new radio, JD! Especially since you are about to embark on a long trip and can use your cellphone hands free!!

I'm just pointing out it has nothing to do with a prepper or preparation - you require an engine that will still run after an EMP or CME - and you need access to a great deal of gas, which of course will not be available after a grid down situation, because power is required to pump gas.

So many things can keep a vehicle useless, and if a person has a vehicle that runs after grid down, it will be stolen almost immediately by a group with guns.

This is great for your trip, JD, and a wise purchase for that! It is terrific addenda to a long cross-country trip, but it isn't preparing for anything but your trip! See what I mean?

Wishing you great caution and safe travel - and some real joy along the way - nice people, surprisingly good food when you stop for a meal, and the best of blessings on your arrival at the other end!

Thank you Pooka so much support from good friends =)

The LDS [Mormons] are the very best at stocking for a year, as it is a requirement in their church.

AC7840, I am delighted you are enjoying this thread so much, and in great hopes you are preparing your family very well!

LDS have great "kitchens" in certain areas across the country, where non-LDS people are allowed in to use their equipment and can their own purchases, after the LDS folks are done for the day.

LDS will also bring foods from their cannery to you general location, if you live a distance from the cannery, as I do. Order and pay. They will call you when they have brought the latest load, and you go get your items.'

LDS has the lowest-cost preparedness foods of anyone in the country. You have happened onto a treasure, indeed!

I grabbed it Pooka ok

Received both PMs and replied - you did not receive replies? I am awaiting your response.

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Pooka, thanks for the kind words.

The motive involved is MONEY.

The big developers to the South of us keep throwing up houses on every available piece of land. The people moving to the new houses need to get to jobs in Houston. They need the new 4 lane highway because the other routes are too crowded.

The city that is annexing us wants more property TAX money. Therefore, they want residential property everywhere.

I don't know how much they will pay to take out 1/2 acre of my front yard, but I will get an attorney to make sure we are fairly compensated if necessary.

As for a loan at my age, it will be temporary. When I sell my place to the developers, I will get enough to pay off the new place.

As for morninga, no, not selling or shipping them. However, I am eating them.

Ref the horse, my daughter has a good one, but I don't ride him. At my age, I don't want to break anything.

That guy I camp with in Upper Michigan usta write for these guys.