This last week I spent 3 days at Girls Camp. I love Girls Camp. Girls Camp is part of our church‘s program for teenage girls, and each ward (congregation) is encouraged to hold girls camp once a year. There are camp manuals with various camping/outdoor skills the girls need to learn and pass off each […]
Archives for June 2009
Bust Out Your Printer
Here’s another quick heads up–MD Creekmore over at the Survivalist Blog has rounded up a boatload of fantastic free preparedness downloads on his site. Print off the ones you are interested in and put them in a binder. Build up your library for the cost of paper and ink! :) Keep preparing! Angela *************************************************************** Subscribe […]
Piggies, Camping, and Albino Corn???
A quick one today to let you all know I’m still alive. I have lots to post about and no time to do it–other things on the burner first, so I’ll have to do a real catch up post when I’ve got a little time. We’ve built a pig pen and remodeled a shack that […]
Resourcefulness and the Ugly Birthday Cake
You know usually I put up some sort of information I deem useful. I’m just like that. I’m prone to action rather than much thought (hey, don’t take that too far–you know I think occasionally . .). Something happens and I think, “What can I DO about it?” and get busy instead of fretting over […]
Cooking Trout–A Good Day Fishing
This post is not for the squeamish. If you don’t like seeing your food in the shape of the original animal, this is not for you (I know you’re out there). However, if you want to know about the easiest way to cook and debone trout, read on (or skip to the video at the […]
Freezing Spinach
I had some spinach in the garden that was still green when I cleaned out the garden last year, so I left it in just to see what it would do. Come to find out that spinach is a biennial, so it’s perfectly happy to live through the winter if it’s not too harsh of […]
Firearms Basics Part 3: Long Gun Actions
Today we’re going to cover long gun actions. The Action is the part of the gun that manipulates the ammunition. It secures the cartridge for firing, then ejects the casing to load the next round. (We’re using firearm lingo already–if you have any questions, please ask!) There are manual actions, where you have to move […]
Amazing
Couple of quick chicken updates. The kids and I went out last evening to toss the chickens in their house (the kids actually really enjoy this) and were shocked to find them all already IN the house (with the door still open). Strange. The kids were sure dad had snuck out before us and put […]
Free Chickens!
No, I’m not giving chickens away–sorry. They’ve just been freed from their tool box and are now happily peeping about their big new yard. Sweet husband took most of last week off to use up some excess vacation time before he lost it and we were busy in the yard and garden most every day […]