Last year I attended Preppercon in Utah I changed this video due to my poor panning. Hope nobody got sick and I will strive to do better. Here is that event, walk with me and I will show you around.
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#226 Tactical Transceiver Bag
I recently purchased a Yaesu FT 818-ND for use in the field with my ARES duties. I needed a pack that could carry the communications beyond a basic field deploument where you to move into an area with little support such as shadowing someone. Looking at all the bags that “could” do the job, I […]
#225 Chicken Nesting Boxes
One of the things I needed to build with the new Coop were the nesting boxes. Now finding the right ones can be a chore but I wanted to make something so in looking around I found one to make. The idea came from BlackDogIndy and a You Tube video he did. So I wanted […]
#223 Kits for Kids
We think about the BOB, Get Home Bag for adults, but the kids? So they need their own bags of course but what else should we think about? Glenda takes us down the road to what she does and the thought behind it.
#222 New Flock-New Coop
Growing anything generally means you need more room Well it’s no different with chickens. We started a new flock of the size we wanted long term. So I built a new coop, similar to the old one but larger with a larger run. Our new flock is designed for 30 birds, currently we have 27. […]
#221 To: SFC William K Lacey – Thanks is not enough
On this day I am looking back at a young man that I did not know but knew of William K Lacey was attached to the Blue Spaders, 1-26th, Apache’s out of Ft. Knox. So was my son Michael. They were deployed together to the Nangarhar province of Afghanistan in 2014. There was an IED […]
#220 SGT Major-I Need an EMERGENCY BROODER RIGHT NOW!
Ok, so I took a line from a movie but have you ever outgrown your brooder? So our new flock of birds adds up to 28. Brooder we started them in should have been fine, BUT. Weather and other factors are slowing my completing the new main egg layer coop. At the moment, the roofing […]
#219 Swale Update 4-29-15
The first look at the swales this spring! Everything is looking good so far. New trees and the existing are bustin out. I want to add more subspecies to the swales and will be going to the Nevada State Nursery when it opens in May to get some more planting. Will get you some video […]
#218 April Fools Day Radio NET
This year we decided to do a War of The Worlds themed NET on 2meters. The show was rehearsed by the NNPG players and went really well, here’s the tape of the NET.
#217 The Survival Tin-Kit
So what is in this kind of kit? Jerry with our NNPG will explain just how many ways you can do a survival tin so pay attention…. Here is the link to the document so that you can follow along: Tin Can Survival