Mountainman’s Travel Log Part 1

Tornado Issued at 6:59 PM Wednesday 24 August 2011 Importance: High Recommended Action Recommended Actions: Emergency Management Ontario recommends that persons in the area described above IMMEDIATELY shelter. Everyone in this area should immediately move indoors, and away from doors and windows, preferably into a basement area if that is possible. Do not pick up…

Here is the second of three reviews I am doing for this author.  I suspect this one, Living On The Edge, A Family’s Journey to Self Sufficiency, will be my favorite.  I must admit that I hardly ever read book introductions.  I find that they are usually just a blurb spewed out by the author…

Many of us grow at least some of our own produce. Summer gardens can produce enough veggies to feed us through the season and perhaps even enough to put some up for the winter. Tomatoes, beans, squash, corn, and greens are common veggies grown in our back yards, but have you thought about fruit trees?…

There is a new trend developing in the prepper community in regards to portable power.  A multitude of new products promising to deliver renewable,portable power have emerged onto the market including this one:  the Waka Waka power.  This is the big brother to the Waka Waka, which is essentially an LED light with a solar…

As part of my interest in prepping, I regularly search the internet for wind power projects.  I plan on building some sort of wind generator in the near future.  My searches led me to this site…not exactly te scale I had in mind, but seems like a handy and useful project to do.  I may…