the refugium

While cleaning up a bit today, I found a few books on medical self care. I am a retired nurse/nurse practitioner but I wanted to set aside some things for my family to use for when I am not here. I love “when there is no doctor” and “Survival medicine”. You might also want to include a book on herba...

Canned more quarts of pintos. Went to 99 cent store and actually found quite a few things for preparedness stockpile. Matches, some small rope bundles, canned food, soap bars, lots of hand sanitizer and more. Bought two bottles of vodka. We don’t drink but figure could be good for medicinal purposes...

Sorry for the double post Tiger. I wrote the first one and didn’t see it, so red wrote it for you. Same info. Hope it helps

Growing up in the 60s that was how all my Nebraska farmer relatives stored lard. I ate tons of it as a child and am still alive and well! Never went rancid as I remember, however they stored everything in a cool root cellar. BTW saw a great video on YouTube about food storage that was a presentation...

Thank you. The kit was a gift, so I didn’t get to pick the type. I might have access to cherry or walnut logs.. it any idea how fresh they must be?

Thanks guys. I will look into the wind basket, it would be perfect at my home because we have a slight breeze all the time. Of course I live in the Peoples Republic of California, and the city I live in is very restrictive. I will have to check if it’s allowed. Andy I hear you on your kids. I don’t ...

Hi Tiger! I too live in So. California and know in some ways our experience is different than those on the forums who live in areas with benefits (accessible fresh water and wood for fuel) that we don’t have. But we have a longer growing season than most of the US and a rich history of agriculture i...

I am new to this forum but have been watching Christian videos a while. I live in So Cal just miles from the beach, and in my 59 years I have always lived within a 17 mile radius. One of the benefits of this is being very in tune to weather patterns over a long period of time. In my lifetime I have ...

New here but will post intro later tonight. I didn't do much but did can 16.pints chicken thighs, plant some tomato and onion starts and started to catalogue my food storage.

The mushroom kit is Shitake. I live in So Cal palm tree area so don't have access to fresh cut log. Any other thing I can use?