Well your into preparing for emergencies. It can
be from a simple power outage to the End of the World as We Know It.
Like it or not none of us know everything. Just ask my kids. The nice
thing is there are resources that you can buy to help you. They are
called books! Here's a few from my library that I've collected over the
years.
Gardening,
Sunset Western Garden Book, Texas Gardening The Natural Way, Texas Gardening, and The New Square Foot Gardening. All have good information on general gardening. The two Texas ones are specific to my area where I live. Many times I've looked up a plant available in the big box stores and found out that the plants don't grow well in my area, or only certain varieties do.
General books,
The Wisdom books. These books are filled with good old country know how. Just know that they are not region specific.
Next are some of my Favorite old books, Tom Browns field guides. I've bought these years ago during my survivalist period. (yes there's a difference)
.
If its a case of bugging out and living off the land you will want to take these books with you. These are now hard to find but well worth having. Another old collection to have are the foxfire books. You can get them used from amazon. There are 12 volumes. You can get them digitalized and save them to a thumb drive. These are the books that your great grand parents lived! They are on my must buy list. Here's another of good books to have if you just getting out of town,
James Rawles book, "how to survive the end of the world as we know it". Next is a book I bought when I was in the Coast Guard and dreamed of just sailing away from it all, Sailing the Farm. Lots of info on frugal living abroad, solar water still, solar drying food, making a living off the grid and on the water. This book is a hard find now. Last time I saw it on the internet it was 70 bucks! Still a dream for me, but the wife is a land lubber. Since I'm kind of attached to her it will remain a dream, and no you can't have my copy.
Lets not forget Magazines! Mother Earth News has been around for years. I have copies of their magazines on cd as well as their new editions. Their guides alone are worth having hard copy of. I think there are now nine or ten subjects out now. Time to get new ones and give these to a friend. You can add to these titles like, Back Woods Home, Grit, and more! Check your tractor supply store and such.
Can you have enough cook books? I didn't think so. These are mine on cooking with my cast iron skillets and dutch ovens. As I've just started getting into cast iron these are kind of a bible for me.
Well if the grid goes down or gas just gets to high now what?
I got all these books from knowledge publications. This is pretty much your alt energy source. My favorite one is Alcohol can be a Gas! The book was written way back in the 70's and is still good today. This is the place that I bought my small still from to learn how to make pure alcohol that I can put into my car. at around a 1.50 to make it will stretch my fuel dollars a ways.
Lets talk of emergencies now,
OK, for the record I'm a paramedic. That doesn't mean you can't use these books. We are taking about basic medicine here to save a life until you can get to a hospital. Some can be used for much more. I just picked up Survival Medicine Handbook at the Self Reliance Expo. I'm about halfway through it and it will make in into my must take pile. You can get, "When there is no Doctor", and "When there is no Dentist" and lastly "When there is no Midwife" for free on line. You can get all kinds of military medical, survival, maintenance, and others on line for free as well.
Speaking of your BOB,
Most book stores have these quick guides on all kinds of subjects They can easily fit into your Bug Out Bag. Small pocket guides can fit very easily into your pocket. Wow, truth in advertising.
Last but in no way least, enough said, really!
Peace, Ken
Gardening,
Sunset Western Garden Book, Texas Gardening The Natural Way, Texas Gardening, and The New Square Foot Gardening. All have good information on general gardening. The two Texas ones are specific to my area where I live. Many times I've looked up a plant available in the big box stores and found out that the plants don't grow well in my area, or only certain varieties do.
General books,
The Wisdom books. These books are filled with good old country know how. Just know that they are not region specific.
Next are some of my Favorite old books, Tom Browns field guides. I've bought these years ago during my survivalist period. (yes there's a difference)
. If its a case of bugging out and living off the land you will want to take these books with you. These are now hard to find but well worth having. Another old collection to have are the foxfire books. You can get them used from amazon. There are 12 volumes. You can get them digitalized and save them to a thumb drive. These are the books that your great grand parents lived! They are on my must buy list. Here's another of good books to have if you just getting out of town,
James Rawles book, "how to survive the end of the world as we know it". Next is a book I bought when I was in the Coast Guard and dreamed of just sailing away from it all, Sailing the Farm. Lots of info on frugal living abroad, solar water still, solar drying food, making a living off the grid and on the water. This book is a hard find now. Last time I saw it on the internet it was 70 bucks! Still a dream for me, but the wife is a land lubber. Since I'm kind of attached to her it will remain a dream, and no you can't have my copy.
Lets not forget Magazines! Mother Earth News has been around for years. I have copies of their magazines on cd as well as their new editions. Their guides alone are worth having hard copy of. I think there are now nine or ten subjects out now. Time to get new ones and give these to a friend. You can add to these titles like, Back Woods Home, Grit, and more! Check your tractor supply store and such.
Can you have enough cook books? I didn't think so. These are mine on cooking with my cast iron skillets and dutch ovens. As I've just started getting into cast iron these are kind of a bible for me.
Well if the grid goes down or gas just gets to high now what?
I got all these books from knowledge publications. This is pretty much your alt energy source. My favorite one is Alcohol can be a Gas! The book was written way back in the 70's and is still good today. This is the place that I bought my small still from to learn how to make pure alcohol that I can put into my car. at around a 1.50 to make it will stretch my fuel dollars a ways.
Lets talk of emergencies now,
OK, for the record I'm a paramedic. That doesn't mean you can't use these books. We are taking about basic medicine here to save a life until you can get to a hospital. Some can be used for much more. I just picked up Survival Medicine Handbook at the Self Reliance Expo. I'm about halfway through it and it will make in into my must take pile. You can get, "When there is no Doctor", and "When there is no Dentist" and lastly "When there is no Midwife" for free on line. You can get all kinds of military medical, survival, maintenance, and others on line for free as well.
Speaking of your BOB,
Most book stores have these quick guides on all kinds of subjects They can easily fit into your Bug Out Bag. Small pocket guides can fit very easily into your pocket. Wow, truth in advertising.
Last but in no way least, enough said, really!
Peace, Ken
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