"Preppers", Thieves oil Pg 10, Herbalist Dr. Shultze Plague Remedy Pg 4.

I'm not Michael and he seems real clever with solutions, so he'll probably have better input, but would like to share mine.

If it were me, I'd use straw, not hay. Hay has food value. The food value draws bugs and mice. In baling, the hay dries in the sun and bugs have mostly abandoned it for fresher food. Have never had bugs in mine.

That said, I'd still use straw. Hay will collect moisture. In the best case, it can mold, causing nasty breathing conditions and make it no good for feed. In the worst case, it can spontaneously combust. Every few yrs. a farmer loses a barn from it for putting hay away and packing too tightly before it's totally dry. Farmers continually check hay to avoid that. Stick your hand in the middle of a bale and if it's warm, pull that bale because it's going to eventually catch fire.

Straw is SO much lighter than hay and with no muscle to help, it makes a big difference real fast. A bale of straw usually goes from 25-30 lbs. A bale of hay is usually at least 35/40 to 70/80 lbs. and up. It's a whole lot easier handling straw.

Last, if your garage attaches to your house, or if you park a car in it, I'd really rethink having hay or straw in it.

Thanks!

I was thinking pine needles could offer the same insulation?

Humidity/moisture really is not much of an issue here- high desert, we're usually @ 10%

Gee.....much thanks for yet another compliment.
It's like I told Ray this past week. He's paying me $20 an hour cash to work on his truck and some other things.
Got the truck fired up too! Bugger sounds great! Needs an oil change and install my fabricated fuel control cable.

The Appreciation I feel is a real morale booster!
He brags me up all the time! He signed his book for me "To Michael, The Man that can fix anything!"I went to the Mormon church he attends......
Even bragged me up at church today!
Dang! That's one of my biggest personal brags, I actually make that claim and he has never heard me say that!!!!

Kinda strange/funny/interesting.....
The man at the podium when I showed up late is one of my few young friends.....VERY smart. Announced my name to the Congregation as I walked in.... didn't know whether to be flattered or scared!
I only know him from the auto parts store. We talk about prepper stuff and the Martial Law stuff and even Ebola just yesterday......
At the auto parts store........

did not know he is Mormon and did not have any way of knowing he is one of the Key "leaders" in this church!
He's only about 30!!!

My first time in this church. I am friends with many of the members.

Dammit my knee hurts! Winter is going to be baddddddd.
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Didn't know that about hay combusting, thanks!

A rancher I met a couple years ago at Flea Market offered me old straw free...2 weeks ago..it builds up I guess and he would like to just get rid of it....free labor removing it for him!

I mentioned doing a "Cobb" addition. Using the free sawmill scraps from my Amish buddy and a load of sand and a load of clay. Mix, add straw.....I've seen some fantastic 18"-2' thick walled homes around here. Last one I saw was 2' thick walls and 2 story!!!
almost 40' tall, big family. About 40' round.

Almost impregnable walls, super insulation value!

If I had done the addition and Rie had gotten the Art Studio I promised.....she would have never left.....

I had 300 cinder block I got screwed out of by the landowner......

He needs to make amends.
I may be doing a mechanic's lean on the Bobcat and Carpenter lean on this house.

I'm up to 2 pages of things he has broken his word to me on.......virtually EVERY TIME.

I am really reluctant to put any more time or money or labor into a structure that he will now not sell me.
Asshole he is.

thank you :)

I wish, he's a cool doggy.

tons of stuff on scouts head pics here.

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Toilet paper.

Antibiotics for fish from the pet store=just as good if not better than the 'human' ones.

Rechargeable batteries and a solar charger.

Lamp wick, lamp oil, lamp oil, lamp oil.

Books, books, books.

YW. Sorry but I don't know enough about insulation and your night temps.

It's an interesting idea. Desert makes me think of sand, and some sand in front of glass seems like it would be pretty awesome. The sun could heat the sand and give off heat at night? But, would it burn it in the day? Also, you'd be sacrificing light for heat and to provide light would cost more than buying potatoes.

I live in Ohio and nothing is going to grow in an unheated garage in winter regardless of insulation. My best success with potatoes was growing them in a big trash can on wheels. Left it out through spring and summer and rolled it into the garage on nights there was frost. Also rolled it into garage in summer when there were heavy rains at a time the potatoes shouldn't have had much water. When they were finished, it was easy to just dump the can and pluck out the taters.

I like Michael's idea better though. Buy them. LOL. Haven't priced them this year, but seems like they'd gone up to 12.50 for 50 lbs. last year. In a cool place in a single layer, they last a long time. You've got some great ideas though. If you use any of them, let us know so we can learn from your work. 8)

The thanks goes to you. It's interesting reading what you're doing (except hunting and killing, lol) even when I don't understand it. Like the truck you'd fixed for someone, and how you got a truck out of the mud, etc., Didn't have a clue what all you were doing with the truck but was impressed with it. You know a lot about many things. You earned that "The Man Who Can Fix Anything," title.

That cob addition sounds awesome but it seems like a ton of work to put into a place that you aren't going to be able to buy, unless you have a lifetime lease. Have read things about them and it sounds like they are easy to heat. Wonder how they'd hold up in heavy rains.

Hard to imagine someone leaving over not getting an art studio but better you found out now rather than later that things are so important to her.

Hope you can get your issues with your landowner settled in a peaceful way that benefits both of you. It would be hard living with those resentments. 300 cinder blocks is no small thing, and neither is going back on a deal to buy the place. Ouch.

YW. Sorry but I don't know enough about insulation and your night temps.

It's an interesting idea. Desert makes me think of sand, and some sand in front of glass seems like it would be pretty awesome. The sun could heat the sand and give off heat at night? But, would it burn it in the day? Also, you'd be sacrificing light for heat and to provide light would cost more than buying potatoes.

I live in Ohio and nothing is going to grow in an unheated garage in winter regardless of insulation. My best success with potatoes was growing them in a big trash can on wheels. Left it out through spring and summer and rolled it into the garage on nights there was frost. Also rolled it into garage in summer when there were heavy rains at a time the potatoes shouldn't have had much water. When they were finished, it was easy to just dump the can and pluck out the taters.

I like Michael's idea better though. Buy them. LOL. Haven't priced them this year, but seems like they'd gone up to 12.50 for 50 lbs. last year. In a cool place in a single layer, they last a long time. You've got some great ideas though. If you use any of them, let us know so we can learn from your work. 8)

Thanks for both of your educated answers...

My idea was to grow potatoes indoors if need be. And to have an insulated storage space as well. Just a pipe dream at this rate, as I am sure the snow will hit before I have my arse in order!

The 'high desert' description my be a bit of a mis-nomer (think High Sierras/CA-NV). It *does* get plenty cold here in the winter, even summer evenings can get down to the mid-40's. We're at 6000' elevation, so the temperatures are very different from even the nearby Carson Valley...which I think is about 3-4000'
Growing up here is difficult because most of the dirt is made of decomposed granite and has a high acidity. I happen to be lucky enough to be in a meadow area, so my soil runs from sandy to loamy, I can usually make stuff grow okay, not great.

The hardest part right now is that this *is* a rental, and I hesitated to invest in the garden this year because I thought I'd move before winter...now I know I'm gonna be stuck for another 6 months, I wish I'd done more...

Oh well, it's all live & learn right?

Oh yikes, what a mess. Sounds like you have more going on than something that can be easily resolved. Sounds hideous and would make you feel unappreciated. Doubt that he's considered what he'd be losing if things don't work out. There's a high money value on all the things you've done. Maybe he'll start thinking about that. Hope so.

Thanks for the info on the cob house. Was wondering about that.I'd be worried it would turn into a mud hut and collapse on me. LOL.

Have heard some good things about straw houses too.

Must have been a good day for you. I love wildcrafting and it's great you're getting it at the right time of year for it to reseed itself.

Be careful with that Lobelia though. My memory isn't fresh, but I'm thinking that 1 gram is a toxic dose and 4 grams is lethal. If my figures and calculations are right, it would only take 1/7th of an ounce to kill you. It does have some remarkable properties, but so does mullein. On a risk/benefit ratio, don't you think Mullein wins, hands down? Get many of the Lobelia benefits without the risk. You can even smoke mullein for lung congestion.

Did you see any other medicinal herbs while you were gathering?

You have goldenrod there, right? It's a wonderful decongestant and the time is right to harvest. It's traditionally been used for colds, flu, tea, and has many benefits with few risks. People think the Goldenrod is causing their seasonal allergies, when it's actually ragweed doing it. Someone can be allergic to anything, but goldenrod has very few allergens and a reaction isn't common. It's been spared overharvesting because of the myth though. 8)

Please show some respect. Verbally abusive or inappropriate posts will be removed.

Smart asses with no purpose other than disrupt will be banned from my threads.
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This is the calm before several storms go full blown retard.

Get the last of your stuff put up now.

what I am up to:

As this starts, stock up on NANO SILVER.
I've made one gallon of very concentrated so far, need to do more and get more one gallon glass jars for that.
Decided to use canning jars. Big loss if a gallon gets broken. Been saving Heineken beer bottles and caps. Would make a good "giveaway" portion.
Pints are often given away by me. Canning jars I have on hand, gallon glass is hard to come by.

Bleach. Save your juice bottles. Fill them, store with 5 drops of bleach.
I filter my water, even flouride filters, even on well water.

The friggen chem trail poisons are now very heavy in well water in the country side.

Flouride filter even in the shower.......

Canning 3 bushel of tomatoes, all day yesterday. Just about to stuff 6-7 gallons into quart jars. Added one quart of dried bell and banana peppers from 2 years ago, about a bushel worth.
15 semi hot banana peppers, not sure the name, fresh "Ambrosia" sweet corn, 20 ears.

67 quart jars washed, scrubbed, sterilized waiting on the table.

Another bushel of ripe maters outside waiting for the sun. Another bushel of green spread out on plywood and saw horses.

So this effort will last for days!

Filling jars and pressure cooking is next.

Lots of work but you won't be able to buy food of this quality, ever.

I have clover and alfalfa growing in the yard.

Dried Black berry unripe berries, been drying for 2 weeks in the green house with leaves and stems....
I'll shred that in a food processor and make anti-oxidant tea.
Picked over 4 gallon of Black Berries this year, 25 pints of Jam, 3 are jelly made from juice only. Maqde with unrefined brown sugar!

Merrow? I forget the name..big plants about 4' tall..seed stalks and 30 big leaves are about dry.

Very medicinal. Those will also be shredded for herbal teas.

Busy, busy.

Venison is next next month.

No food in grocery stores soon. Stock up.

Get your heating fuels in now. Propane is $1.69 right now in South West Missouri. Filling a 500 gallon tank and getting a second tank first of week.

Propane will hit $8 per gallon in January.

"Prepare now, for the Time is Nigh"
Michael///KD0WSJ

HAHA. What a busy few days you've had.

Drooling over the berries. You think you missed them this year, or think they didn't bear fruit, or think some critter found them before you, or???

Some fresh stinging nettle (should be easy to find right now) will help those aching places. If you use gloves or handle it carefully by the lower stem, just brush the leaves across the painful area. You'll be glad you did.

Thankful to have a dog that hates flies as much as I do, so if they get in, they never survive here over a couple minutes.

Maybe you need a day off, sipping tea, nursing your aches and appreciating all your work.

Rice and beans put in 2 liter pop bottles with oxygen absorbers. Very few tomatoes this year the striped beetles ate the leaves and the blooms. They may make more tomatoes this fall but we are supposed to have an early hard winter so may not get too many.

My biggest concern will be how to keep the basement dry if there is no electricity to run the sump pump and I can not afford to buy a generator.