Actually, Book 6: The Summer of Wood & Iron has been available since November of ’24. I’ve been remiss in posting here. This book continues the series, picking up where Book 5: Critical Spring left off. Now the people of…
Book 6 is out
Author: Mic Roland
No Coop is Predator PROOF, but some technology can get you close
Even you constructed your chicken coop out concrete block, or perhaps welded plate steel, a determined predator can find a way in. There are always weak points. Think doors for you or the chickens. Weak point. Think air vents. Weak…
Apocalypse 101 episode
It’s Been A Year?
There’s been no posts here for exactly a year? What’s up with that? Had I fallen in a volcano? Eaten by cannibals? Or, more seriously, had I just thrown in the blogging towel? None of the above. Thankfully, especially not…
Bug-Out Vehicle: Improvising A Camper
The topic of a recent Prepper Zoom Meetup was: “If you had 30 minutes notice to bug out, what would you take?” I said, my Quick Camper Kit as emergency mobile shelter. A few of the attendees wanted to see…
Dismal Hatch & Mailorder
The very same day that the bobcat took our rooster, I started collecting eggs that the hens were laying. A hen can remain fertile many days after a mating, so I figured (hoped) that the eggs they laid that same…
Bobcat Strikes: Rooster Lost
A sad day at the homestead. Our rooster was taken by the bobcat, and in mid-afternoon too! I was in the house when he struck. I had been out in the front of the house, cutting up fallen branches with…
Lime-water Stored Eggs at 10 months: A Taste Test
The second dozen eggs I had stored in lime-water last May was now 10 months old. Time for the second taste test. How did they do? Read on. I tested the first of the two half-gallon jars of stored eggs…
Bringing Home The Bacon: Literally. Processing half a pig
This year, we bought a half a pig as an alternate food sourcing and storage exercise. These would be raised and butchered by ourselves. DIY meat. Here’s the story, from piglet to pork chop. Promoting The Idea Our pastor had…
Preserving Eggs in Lime water, 5 month test
Every spring, the hens lay more eggs than we can comfortably eat. This spring we tried something new (to us), preserving whole eggs in lime water. Today was the first taste test at 5 months. We regularly leave unwashed eggs…