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forgotten/lost art of basic human survival.
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Back To Basics
* Pioneer Essentials
Even if cash-poor, ranchers of the Old West coveted a rack of shiny pots and pans, preparation standards of the day didnt allow fixing a meal with anything but the most basic cookware.
* Building an Open Fire Pit for Cooking
* Soap Making Soap for good and vibrant health is a vital item in any home.
Without soap we would not be able to have clean bodies or clean clothes.
* Making Charcoal Why Charcoal? The many uses of charcoal is very important to your survival.
* Tanning Hides The Indians tanned hides in several ways and by different substances according to the tribe. Hides were used for clothing and blankets.
* How to Wash on a Washboard
* Rendering Lard While lard isn't considered a food, it was vital to the cooking process for many years.
* Time Saving Sewing Shortcuts
Food
* Preparedness
Pioneer Livings No. 1 Investment Pick For 2009
And Still Our No. 1 Investment Pick for 2010!
Number 1 investment for 2009? Your answer should be….. Food. Millions of Americans
and people around the world lost their jobs these past few years. Are you prepared if you suddenly lost your job?
* Recipes Chuck-wagon Chow With all the modern conveniences we have today it seems we have little
appreciation for our early ancestors efforts to make even the most basic foods interesting.
Despite our capacity to bake in the world's most advanced and well-equipped home kitchens, we
often do less than a pioneer did with just a campfire.
* Food Storage The storage environment, storage containers, root cellars, rotating your stored foods
are all important to ensure your family is fed year round.
* Canning and Preserving Canning 101
* Food Storage (Grains) Storing grains and preserving
* Return of the Root Cellar
Gardening
* Gardening Basics Ok, maybe you have dreamed it but now it is time to get educated and learn a few basics of gardening, your life may depend on it.
* Organic Soil Prep In the fall you can relax? Wrong! Now you must prep your soil for next years garden.
* Superfoods Power packed nutritional food
* Composting Composting is the single most important item in Organic gardening. It is natures continuous recycling process.
* Bug Control
* Companion Planting
* Solutions for City Dwellers, Suburbanites
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* Homesteading\Stories
* A City Girl with Country Dreams
* Basic Animals Before buying animals, learn as much as you can about them, but dont expect to become an expert just by reading.
* Equipment/Tools/Utensils
* Use and Re-Use
* Basic Property Layouts
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A Little Land - A Lot of Living." We can learn a lot from older generations. Those who went before were just as interested then as you are now in fresh air, sunshine,
green grass and wholesome food. Ed and Carolyn Robinson were one of the few that took the
time to lay down a blueprint for making it all happen. A Classic 1940's Must Read!
* Foraging For Food Food is a very important part of life that you must have to survive.
In an extreme situation you must do what ever it takes to keep you and your family alive.
* Beating The Cold Did you ever wonder why the Indians could travel so light without freezing to death? Or why they only built a small fire?* Shelters
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A City Girl with Country Dreams:
Here I am sitting at my computer in the middle of a big city in Idaho with an itch that simply will not go away to put my hands in dirt and plant something, anything! Water it, nurture it and watch it grow.
By trade I am a writer, clothing designer, artist and all around absurdly busy mama of 6 children with another on the way. A great big family was never my intention, it just sort of happened! In fact I vividly recall when I was a teenager saying ‘I will NEVER have children!’ well, so much for that idea! Although I wouldn’t trade a minute of it. They have been my teachers, my companions, my comedians and my reality checkers from day one and the amount of love I have for them could cause the earth to stop spinning.
So with all that I have going on, naturally, why wouldn’t I want to add more to my list of things to do? Let me elaborate. For a very long time, or at least since the number of little feet in my home began to multiply, I have daydreamed about living on a farm, not just any farm, a family farm. One that would sustain me and any of my family members that chose to take on the insanity of daily farm life. The early mornings, the noise of the animals, the long days, the hard work in planting and maintaining a massive garden, not to mention all that poop! Despite my warning of how much time and effort would be put in to this complete lifestyle change, several of my family members jumped at the idea calling it a ‘little piece of heaven’. My feeling exactly.
My ideas didn’t stop there though. My day dream grew and grew over the years and is now a full fledged obsession. My days are consumed with looking for large parcels of land, 500 acres or more, spending time reading more ‘back to basics’ books than I believe there are hours in a day. I have studied everything from planting a basic garden to building a full irrigation system from scratch. And read books about chickens, pigs, sheep, horses even bison and llamas! I have drawn out plans, sketched ideas, doodled countless fun things. I have crunched numbers, researched land, been kept awake many nights by the hundreds of wonderful ideas buzzing around in my head. I have made it my constant priority to find the best information out there on everything related to self sufficient farming. And boy have I found a LOT!
Not only has my dream grown in to an obsession it has grown in to wanting to help not just my family but anyone willing, ready and able to put in the hard work and time to make a self sufficient community a reality. I have mapped out a rough estimate of what each family would need to come up with in order to become a part of this back to basics community. And for a surprisingly small amount (between 5000 and 10000) each family would get at least one acre of land, several dozen trees, shrubs and flowers to plant on their land not to mention the help of the community in building their own home and livestock pens.
On top of the help from the community each family will have access to a large community garden that each person will contribute to the upkeep and harvesting of. There will be a community pavilion and outdoor canning area. Also a large park for community holiday celebrations such as Fourth of July parades complete with horses and wagons decked out in ribbons and streamers, not to mention the radio flyers the kids get to decorate and proudly march alongside. There will also be a Fall Harvest festival, Thanksgiving feast, Spring festival complete with a maypole and many many more activities that each family will have the opportunity to share in the preparation and planning of.
Each family will be assigned a specific task with those proficient in certain skills contributing in the training and education of others in that skill. Tasks will include such things as weeding the garden, feeding the livestock and cleaning out stalls for the younger ones and for the adults such things as carpentry, plowing, building, cooking, canning and shearing. There are many other tasks, even things such as event planning and coordinating and plant research. Each family will share in these tasks so that no one is overwhelmed but each person will receive the benefits and rewards of maintaining a self sufficient farm without having to do all the work by themselves.
So I will continue planning and spreading my ideas as far and as fast as I can so that those who think the same way I do and understand the need for a self sustaining existence can find me. Then the planning, sowing and harvesting can begin! I have to admit though, I am most excited about the Holidays. Think of all that yummy food!
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A City Girl with Country Dreams:
Here I am sitting at my computer in the middle of a big city in Idaho with an itch that simply will not go away to put my hands in dirt and plant something, anything! Water it, nurture it and watch it grow.
By trade I am a writer, clothing designer, artist and all around absurdly busy mama of 6 children with another on the way. A great big family was never my intention, it just sort of happened! In fact I vividly recall when I was a teenager saying ‘I will NEVER have children!’ well, so much for that idea! Although I wouldn’t trade a minute of it. They have been my teachers, my companions, my comedians and my reality checkers from day one and the amount of love I have for them could cause the earth to stop spinning.
So with all that I have going on, naturally, why wouldn’t I want to add more to my list of things to do? Let me elaborate. For a very long time, or at least since the number of little feet in my home began to multiply, I have daydreamed about living on a farm, not just any farm, a family farm. One that would sustain me and any of my family members that chose to take on the insanity of daily farm life. The early mornings, the noise of the animals, the long days, the hard work in planting and maintaining a massive garden, not to mention all that poop! Despite my warning of how much time and effort would be put in to this complete lifestyle change, several of my family members jumped at the idea calling it a ‘little piece of heaven’. My feeling exactly.
My ideas didn’t stop there though. My day dream grew and grew over the years and is now a full fledged obsession. My days are consumed with looking for large parcels of land, 500 acres or more, spending time reading more ‘back to basics’ books than I believe there are hours in a day. I have studied everything from planting a basic garden to building a full irrigation system from scratch. And read books about chickens, pigs, sheep, horses even bison and llamas! I have drawn out plans, sketched ideas, doodled countless fun things. I have crunched numbers, researched land, been kept awake many nights by the hundreds of wonderful ideas buzzing around in my head. I have made it my constant priority to find the best information out there on everything related to self sufficient farming. And boy have I found a LOT!
Not only has my dream grown in to an obsession it has grown in to wanting to help not just my family but anyone willing, ready and able to put in the hard work and time to make a self sufficient community a reality. I have mapped out a rough estimate of what each family would need to come up with in order to become a part of this back to basics community. And for a surprisingly small amount (between 5000 and 10000) each family would get at least one acre of land, several dozen trees, shrubs and flowers to plant on their land not to mention the help of the community in building their own home and livestock pens.
On top of the help from the community each family will have access to a large community garden that each person will contribute to the upkeep and harvesting of. There will be a community pavilion and outdoor canning area. Also a large park for community holiday celebrations such as Fourth of July parades complete with horses and wagons decked out in ribbons and streamers, not to mention the radio flyers the kids get to decorate and proudly march alongside. There will also be a Fall Harvest festival, Thanksgiving feast, Spring festival complete with a maypole and many many more activities that each family will have the opportunity to share in the preparation and planning of.
Each family will be assigned a specific task with those proficient in certain skills contributing in the training and education of others in that skill. Tasks will include such things as weeding the garden, feeding the livestock and cleaning out stalls for the younger ones and for the adults such things as carpentry, plowing, building, cooking, canning and shearing. There are many other tasks, even things such as event planning and coordinating and plant research. Each family will share in these tasks so that no one is overwhelmed but each person will receive the benefits and rewards of maintaining a self sufficient farm without having to do all the work by themselves.
So I will continue planning and spreading my ideas as far and as fast as I can so that those who think the same way I do and understand the need for a self sustaining existence can find me. Then the planning, sowing and harvesting can begin! I have to admit though, I am most excited about the Holidays. Think of all that yummy food!
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Kristen Grimes-Files
503-569-2627
'Your Dreams, Your Business'
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