Hi Orion,Jump on in there, sounds like you could be a great voice of experience for many of us as well! looking forward to reading you around the boar...

Nice to meet you Conscious Water. There is quite a few gardeners hanging around on these boards so you will be in good company. Have heard some good s...

Hi mamizzy and welcome! Sounds like we might have had similar backgrounds, I grew up around a lot of self sufficiency too. Good on you for surviving y...

Since I moved back here, the only people I have spent any time with are my family and Vanislemom ( friendship going back 15+ yrs or so? ) and I have 2...

Every stove you can think of... we have been onto the home-made rocket stove idea, but I hadn't realized that a wood stove could be worked safely into...

I wish I had known about that salve when I was living on the prairies! We had cottonwoods everywhere, it was the dominant tree there, that and weeping...

You could build a very quick and decent underground, root cellar to store a lot of your food in. Line it with rocks and or bricks. If you search out t...

Hi I am a new member.You can purchase some Mountain House and Thrive Freeze-Dried products in # 10 cans online from Costco.ca. Delivery and shipping i...

Well, like Vanislemom ...I am here in Victoria. I'd like to meet up with some others if the opportunity came about. Even a casual coffee somewhere cen...

Hey FV, i'm single but all my friends have a good laugh whenever i bring up the MegaQuake..the topic then always shift over to orgasms!LOL! Best reply...

This is off topic, but Listen2Me, you sent me a PM however, I was unable to reply as your PM feature is not activated. Anyway, to answer your questio...

Listento me and DaScribbler : I would wonder about temp extremes from very hot to very cold in the same space but if it is more of a range from chilly...

Good link, I actually did series of paintings around these issues in the late 90's ... 12-13 years later there is still not enough change happening, ...

I have made great progress on my medicinal herbs and home remedies notebook , may start a thread here on it once it is closer to completion. I have ha...

...and I had no idea that a woodstove or rocket stove could work in an RV!! The wheels are turning ... I want to know more!