Soap

I will experiment with different soap recipes this winter. I'm looking for one that rinsed out easily so I can conserve my water.,

Has anyone considered what they will do now that Ebola has been officially in the country?? Time to prepare our medical knowledge and supplies.

Be safe

Beans.

Carrying beans in a BOB or GHB is problematic. They need to soak before U cook them AaaaRRRRGGGHGG. 

I grind them into powder add onion and garlic powder and other spices , then grab a Soam Single. Put it in a food saver bag and take along. Add boiling water and chop up the spam and I have refried beans.

Travel

Does anyone besides me have a BOL a. Long way from home??? How many routes do you practice using?? I try to use 5. Of course my return to Florida trip this year will be Solo and I must eat the Whole box of Twinkies by myself.

Pain killers

Are u going native?? 

What do you do after the Tylonal runs out?? 

I make cottonwood bark tincture and same with willow bark. The willow seems to have better anti inflammatory properties but the city wood bark is stronger for pain. 

In the spring just strip the new growth bark( green) and chop it up and stuff s jar then fill in with Vodka. Let sit at least 60 days. Keep it under the cabinet out of the sunlight.

Pad

Mr Mike came to visit and he brought the needed stuff for my deer hanging thingy pad. We now have a pretty place to hang deer. Then he fixed the ATV and put up some lights and helped me frame a porch addition. Ha Ha I have a well organized Tornado in a human body for a friend and you all don't.

How big is your supply?

Do you store toilet paper? How about general stuff like soap and salt , sugar and spices. 

 How much do you save back? 

Solar

Panels up on the Camper and potty door installed . We officially have a "2 holer".

No deer again today . Did see a bobcat.

Trying hard to finish up this years projects with just one arm.

Never barter away your food or Ammo.

Almost

The old cabin is nearly empty . I will be cleaning it next week. I still have much to do here . Being in just one has been helpful. I move the latrine today.

Taking an hour or so to scout. Deer at the moment. The arm injury is serious and the Doc says surgery is my only option so I have that to look forward to.

Arranging

Holy crap do I have a bunch of Kitchen Junk. Getting things put away is no fun. Still plan to vacate the old cabin by this coming weekend. Injured does not mean excused.

Goodnight

We are now sleeping in the new cabin. Still have lots of stuff to move and put away and construction to do. Solar panels are up and charging. 

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I forgot to mention that the NICAD batteries do not last as long as the NiMH ones. I am replacing all the NiCads this year and the others are still fine. 8 years is not bad in my estimation.

After a bad hair day

Once u are living in a primitive BOL what are your plans for lights ??

Ive experimented with a couple. The best one are the sets from Lowes that have 3 lights and a panel. I have learned that in winter if I want a light in the Potty house all night I run the panel with a single light. One thing I've done with the spare lights is attach 4 together and then attach them thru a switch to a 6 volt rechargeable battery that has it's own tiny solar panel. This gives me plenty of light in the outdoor kitchens. The tiny solar panel and sealed battery come from the sporting goods at any Cabrlas type places.. They are used for cameras and feeders. So far the little 6 volt battery hD lasted 7 years.

Carpentry

Who had tried to do wood works with non powere tools lately.??? It just took me 6 hours to build a 32x50 landing extension with handsaws and hand drills and hand powered svmcrewdriver.

Fell

A board slipped out from under me and I'm rendered broken for the next few days. Good time to work on the wireing for lights and fans.

At my age and infirmary level a fall can really cause problems. So now I rest a bit. Still need to progress so to work I get.

H F

Harbor freight doesn't carry slot of high quality stuff , in my opinion. They do have good coupons. Having a dozen pairs of free sizzors or 2 dozens rolls of electrical tape at $1 per half dozen is a good thing. Today I bought 3 packs of super glue for.99 a pack. Also got some electrical connectors and rechargeable batteries that were  on sale. 

Frugal Tuesday.

Water

Tomorrow I hope to get some drums for my new water system. Because of lessons learned with the recent drought, I want to seriously up my capacity. I have more roof footage and will try to end up with a 1200 gallon capacity, for the cabin . I also want to set 100 gallons for the storage shed and 500 gallons for the camper. No way anyone could have to much water.