Time for a Victory Garden

During this global pandemic, food is still being farmed and manufactured, but while we sit, stuck in our homes or at bug out locations, many people are eating junk to comfort themselves. After the expected months of this, our bodies will be in even worse shape...from battling the CV-19, other health concerns, too much TV watching or other sedentary activities, etc. 

We are going to need the activity of gardening, and the healthy food it will produce.

Figure out how much space you have (even a few pots on a windowsill can yield constant salad greens and some strawberries.)

So plan your garden, order seeds, potting soil and pots...whatever you need. Get started on those seeds now so you can benefit from the 'fruits of your labor'.

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I will soon be writing a book about this, and using methods like Square Foot Gardening.

Stay Safe

I was a prepper for a long time, but when I moved from my farm in Colorado to this tiny apartment in.KY, I had to downsize. Yes, I absolutely regret getting rid of things...like a whole box of R95 masks.

We are only about four months into this pandemic. People are dropping like flies. Health care systems are understaffed, under-supplied and overworked. These medical workers  have cracked hands from so much washing. Their faces bear near-permanent marks from constant mask wearing. They can't see their families. They can't get tested.

WHAT CAN YOU DO?

1. Stay at home. Learn something, like cooking or a language. Exercise. Make masks. Teach your children. Anything. Just stay at home.
2. Write the idiot Florida governor telling him to close everything or face a class action suit from RESIDENTS who contract and die from the CoVid-19 from Spring Breakers...all because he is a politician and a dick.
3. Order seeds, pots, dirt, grow bulbs.  Plant a little garden indoors ... lettuce, radishes, carrots, herbs. If you have space outdoors, do tomatoes, potatoes, the three sisters (corn, winter sqash like butternut and pumpkin, as vining green beans), berries, cucumbers, etc. You could be eating fresh food in just a few weeks!!
4. Take the time and effort to make face masks for your local clinics and hospitals.  (See:  https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4FB--BOyTiU )
5. Nap. Rest. Eat healthy. You deserve it.
6. Catch up on conversations even if it is just via FaceTime or Skype.

You get the idea. 

What are YOU doing with your quarantine time?

By the way...my prepping book is stuck in Amazon-land. I will figure something out.

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...And....I am sick. I won't get tested. (Why bother to try?! I am not a sports figure nor do I work in the White House.)  Will ride this out at home.

Mac and cheese

I don't understand people ripping boxed mac-and-cheese kits away from other people. Yeah, every food item is flying off of shelves because of social distancing and self quarantines (or just plain greed), but if there isn't boxed variations available, is it too much to ask that they make it from scratch?  Don't they know how super easy it is to make?!?

Instructions:

Boil pasta.

Drain.
Put back in bowl.

Add butter and grated cheese.

Stir until heat from pasta melts the butter and cheese.

Eat.

Sure, there are other ways to make it, other ingredients you could add, but still...come on!!

Pandemic Book

Completed writing this book and uploaded it to Amazon yesterday. It has a LOT of information on not only the CoVid-19 pandemic but also Ebola, Entero, and other health scenarios.

Good for preppers and concerned people of all kinds.

Am now waiting for Amazon and KDP to approve it for release. As soon as it is, I will provide links.

Homemade Face Mask Cover

Finally made my first! Did a test run with some old fabric. Used safety pins to hold the disposable in place. Can be taken off and washed.

(Sorry about the wrinkles...no iron!)

Once I finished seeing it and tried it on, sprayed thoroughly with rubbing alcohol and hung by front door.

I need to make three more and do the same.  Then will be ready to grab as we leave home.

(My special needs son is freaking. He forgot to put a mask on when he took the trash out yesterday. Poor sweet thing.)

Bug-Out Skills

According to www.thereadystore.com ...

A bug out bag is a portable emergency kit that should last you 72-hours. They're also known as 72-hour kits, grab bags, or go bags. The idea behind the bag is to be prepared in need of an evacuation. 

This doesn't address what SKILLS you need. You can't just go, pitch your tent, and sit.

If you decide to bug out “into the wilds” or a remote location while you wait for the Coronavirus (CoVid-19) to complete its run, what skills should you have?

Starter list:

·         Plant identification and food foraging

·         Hunting and fishing/dressing

·         Defense

·         Ability to camouflage yourself and campsite

·         Fire-starting

·         Cooking

What other skills should you have?  And how long do you plan to be out... away from society?

Book on CoronaVirus-19 Pandemic Prep

I am almost ready to release my comprehensive book on preparing for serious health situations.

When I first became interested in prepping, I gave a lot of thought to possible scenarios. So many possibilities, and the whole 'zombie apocalypse ' was barely thought.  I had started writing a whole series way back when, but life got in the way.

Since the attack of CoVid-19 / Coronavirus in 2019, I pulled out my partially-written manuscripts and started massively researching and then writing.

Thing is ... there is new information every day...from where it has spread, to deaths from it, to masks being stolen from hospitals, to India no longer exporting medications or ingredients to make same. Today I heard China is trying to lay the blame for the outbreak on the USA!

My book on pandemics and other health situations is almost ready. The goal is to release this book on Amazon this coming week. I hope you will find helpful information in it.