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What a find; this book covers all kinds of topics for self-sufficient living from gardening, canning, logging, fishing, recreation, crafts, cabin construction, making beer and wine, butchering...you name it. Nicely laid out with good illustrations, too. Would make a great addition to your homeschooling library.
If you don't like Amazon, try other used book sellers, such as:
half.com
abebooks
alibris
Make sure you get the one published in 1981; there is a newer version which they made 'PC' by removing the word 'American' from the title.
C2N14... because life is not energetic enough. מנא, מנא, תקל, ופרסין Daniel 5:25-28... Got 7.62?
Not Depressed enough yet? Go read National Geographic, July 1976 Gott und Gewehr mit uns!
If they weren't so dang Statist, I would like Mother Earth News & Mother Jones as well... (OK, I occasionally read them for the Articles, but never look at the Politics...)
I have a pretty good stash of pre-1950 "how to farm" books too - including a really good one published in the 30's by John Deere...
C2N14... because life is not energetic enough. מנא, מנא, תקל, ופרסין Daniel 5:25-28... Got 7.62?
Not Depressed enough yet? Go read National Geographic, July 1976 Gott und Gewehr mit uns!
What a find; this book covers all kinds of topics for self-sufficient living from gardening, canning, logging, fishing, recreation, crafts, cabin construction, making beer and wine, butchering...you name it.
Good information to have. But doing most of these things is probably illegal now, especially the being self-sufficient part.
Joe
***Be sneaky, get closer, bust the cap on him when you can put the ball where it counts .***
What a find; this book covers all kinds of topics for self-sufficient living from gardening, canning, logging, fishing, recreation, crafts, cabin construction, making beer and wine, butchering...you name it.
Good information to have. But doing most of these things is probably illegal now, especially the being self-sufficient part.
Joe
Not necessarily yet (barring Building Codes etc) but maybe soon enough. However, the book's info on Looms, beermaking, cabinetry, composting, etc are certainly useful, even if you don't follow their instructions on making Adobe &/or Log homes...
C2N14... because life is not energetic enough. מנא, מנא, תקל, ופרסין Daniel 5:25-28... Got 7.62?
Not Depressed enough yet? Go read National Geographic, July 1976 Gott und Gewehr mit uns!
It's a great book and I often read mine. It has no section on firearms(at least muzzleloading should be in there?) but they do show a way to skin a rabbit. Still...much enjoyment in there.
But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8
Old Ironsights wrote:If they weren't so dang Statist, I would like Mother Earth News & Mother Jones as well... (OK, I occasionally read them for the Articles, but never look at the Politics...)
I agree wholeheartedly - I never figured out why so many of those who respect 'the environment' can be so completely ignorant when it comes to human interaction such as politics.
I don't understand how anyone who understands biodiversity and the unintended consequences of pesticides and large scale mono-cropping and so on can be anything other than a complete capitalist...
Or how a physician or minister or law enforcement officer or nurse, who is supposed to hold life especially sacred, can support 'gun control'...
I could go on...
and on...
and on...
Doctors for Sensible Gun Laws "first do no harm" - gun control LAWS lead to far more deaths than 'easy access' ever could.
For magazines try looking at Backwoods Home. they have a website with forums as well. From a political standpoint they are more Libertairian.
Another great book to have is "A Country Encyclopedia" by Carla Emory. She covers everything from birthing your young to how to bury your dead and everything in between.
If you're gonna be stupid ya gotta be tough-
Isiah 55:8&9
It's easier to fool people than it is to convince them they have been fooled.
Rusty wrote:For magazines try looking at Backwoods Home. ...
I do like that one. I buy it occasionally. (More often than either Mother rag...)
C2N14... because life is not energetic enough. מנא, מנא, תקל, ופרסין Daniel 5:25-28... Got 7.62?
Not Depressed enough yet? Go read National Geographic, July 1976 Gott und Gewehr mit uns!
Old Ironsights wrote:What a find; this book covers all kinds of topics for self-sufficient living from gardening, canning, logging, fishing, recreation, crafts, cabin construction, making beer and wine, butchering...you name it. Nicely laid out with good illustrations, too. Would make a great addition to your homeschooling library.
I really like the Foxfire books, I wish I owned them. My uncle let me use some of his when I was younger to build my first distillery. I learned a lot from them. I might build a new still just for old times sake.
I really like the Foxfire books, I wish I owned them. My uncle let me use some of his when I was younger to build my first distillery. I learned a lot from them. I might build a new still just for old times sake.
Steve
A Still will be one of the single most useful items one can have when the Collapse comes.
Alcohol is your friend. It is a highly tradable commodity.
C2N14... because life is not energetic enough. מנא, מנא, תקל, ופרסין Daniel 5:25-28... Got 7.62?
Not Depressed enough yet? Go read National Geographic, July 1976 Gott und Gewehr mit uns!
Speaking of "Backwoodsman" magazine, the Sept/Oct 2013 issue has an article where the author has done to his Mosin almost exactly what I did to mine.
C2N14... because life is not energetic enough. מנא, מנא, תקל, ופרסין Daniel 5:25-28... Got 7.62?
Not Depressed enough yet? Go read National Geographic, July 1976 Gott und Gewehr mit uns!
There are some pretty amazing refraction stills you can buy on the internet for fairly reasonable money (for that they can do).
Of course, they are sold as "alcohol fuel stills" but they still use food grade metals...
C2N14... because life is not energetic enough. מנא, מנא, תקל, ופרסין Daniel 5:25-28... Got 7.62?
Not Depressed enough yet? Go read National Geographic, July 1976 Gott und Gewehr mit uns!
Is it illegal there to have a still for the purpose of making your own liquor? Here I can legally make as much as I want as long as I don't try and sell it. Same with tobacco.
"It is self evident that access to intoxicating liquors is a necessity in a free state, the right of the people to brew, ferment and distill alcoholic beverages shall not be infringed"
Pity your founding fathers did not come up with that one!
I really like the Foxfire books, I wish I owned them. My uncle let me use some of his when I was younger to build my first distillery. I learned a lot from them. I might build a new still just for old times sake.
Steve
A Still will be one of the single most useful items one can have when the Collapse comes.
Alcohol is your friend. It is a highly tradable commodity.
I never really thought about that, but you are so right. Might just build a couple, copper is pretty expensive now, but high temp glass and a propane heat source would be the easiest and cheapest way to go now.
Maybe Pitchy can come up with some prototypes for us??
KiwiKev wrote:Is it illegal there to have a still for the purpose of making your own liquor? Here I can legally make as much as I want as long as I don't try and sell it. Same with tobacco.
"It is self evident that access to intoxicating liquors is a necessity in a free state, the right of the people to brew, ferment and distill alcoholic beverages shall not be infringed"
Pity your founding fathers did not come up with that one!
The lib-tards here would ban the evil alcohol,(yes, I do remember prohibition, but I am being facetious) could you imagine the names of the groups that would be for alcohol control...................................................
KiwiKev wrote:Is it illegal there to have a still for the purpose of making your own liquor? Here I can legally make as much as I want as long as I don't try and sell it. Same with tobacco...
The revenooers here presume that any distilled alcohol you produce in excess of a very small net amount is destined for illicit (untaxed) sale unless denatured.
Prohibition never really ended.
C2N14... because life is not energetic enough. מנא, מנא, תקל, ופרסין Daniel 5:25-28... Got 7.62?
Not Depressed enough yet? Go read National Geographic, July 1976 Gott und Gewehr mit uns!
