This was great Rob. I would like to add home remedies. I watched a woman named Barbara O'neill on youtube. She has a great episode titled "Home Remedies". You will learn a lot of useful information that our grandmothers and older generations knew. She covers all kinds of things that can be cured by using simple things like a potato, ginger, lemon, onion, garlic, castor oil, cayenne pepper and charcoal.
Hey Rob, very useful podcast -- thanks! I'm not that much of a podcast person, but enjoy informative ones. Thanks for some good ideas I hadn't thought of.
Oh, and about the birds and bugs ... the last decade or so, our area at least (southern MI), has lost a lot of pollinators.
Plus we keep getting massive numbers of one type of bug a year, kind of freaks me our because it reminds me a little of the plagues of Egypt.
Like one year we'll get vast number of stink bugs, then next year hoardes of those non-native things that look like lady bugs, then another type of beetle, a certain type of horsefly, etc.
As for the pollinators, we've got tons of hornets and wasps, but few honey-bees. Some butterflies, but we should have many more!
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As for being prepared, l am nearly obsessed with water and sanitation. Our water table's pretty high here, and we've got a deep well, and we've even got a smallish solar battery setup with portable folding panels, which is enough to keep us in running water when used sparingly for evrything else, but if that electric pump were to break ... no water. Think I'll ask my hubby to look into whether there's any sort of gadget we could get to convert easily to hand pumping (in case of pump failure).
Oh - handy reminder for folks working on stashing dry goods.... beware too much UV direct light on your stored goods, and too much heat.
Thanks Perplexity! I'm glad I was able to provide a few new tips. As far as converting to a hand pump... I believe it's a bit expensive, but you could actually purchase the items needed (the hand pump, tubing etc) and have it stuck away just in case. Water and sanitation is key to staying healthy anytime in life, but especially if there are really tough times. Thank you again for stopping by. :)
Haha. Well, from what I've read, sanitation can be more important than a lot of other things. Back when we had animal dung in the streets and no sewers, etc people were always diseased and dying. Look at India where they still poop, pee, bathe and put their dead in the Ganges river... they still deal with leprosy and other diseases we never see in countries with good sanitation. You are blessed to have a well. I live in a tiny town and I believe I could get a well put in, but the cost is outrageous because our water table is so deep. Let's hope it doesn't get that bad Perplexity.
As for being prepared, l am nearly obsessed with water and sanitation. Our water table's pretty high here, and we've got a deep well, and we've even got a smallish solar battery setup with portable folding panels, which is enough to keep us in running water when used sparingly for evrything else, but if that electric pump were to break ... no water. Think I'll ask my hubby to look into whether there's any sort of gadget we could get to convert easily to hand pumping (in case of pump failure).
Oh - handy reminder for folks working on stashing dry goods.... beware too much UV direct light on your stored goods, and too much heat.
This was great Rob. I would like to add home remedies. I watched a woman named Barbara O'neill on youtube. She has a great episode titled "Home Remedies". You will learn a lot of useful information that our grandmothers and older generations knew. She covers all kinds of things that can be cured by using simple things like a potato, ginger, lemon, onion, garlic, castor oil, cayenne pepper and charcoal.
Thanks for adding to the conversation! :-)
Hey Rob, very useful podcast -- thanks! I'm not that much of a podcast person, but enjoy informative ones. Thanks for some good ideas I hadn't thought of.
Oh, and about the birds and bugs ... the last decade or so, our area at least (southern MI), has lost a lot of pollinators.
Plus we keep getting massive numbers of one type of bug a year, kind of freaks me our because it reminds me a little of the plagues of Egypt.
Like one year we'll get vast number of stink bugs, then next year hoardes of those non-native things that look like lady bugs, then another type of beetle, a certain type of horsefly, etc.
As for the pollinators, we've got tons of hornets and wasps, but few honey-bees. Some butterflies, but we should have many more!
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As for being prepared, l am nearly obsessed with water and sanitation. Our water table's pretty high here, and we've got a deep well, and we've even got a smallish solar battery setup with portable folding panels, which is enough to keep us in running water when used sparingly for evrything else, but if that electric pump were to break ... no water. Think I'll ask my hubby to look into whether there's any sort of gadget we could get to convert easily to hand pumping (in case of pump failure).
Oh - handy reminder for folks working on stashing dry goods.... beware too much UV direct light on your stored goods, and too much heat.
Degrades plastics and food stuffs alike.
Thanks again Rob, very helpful!
Thanks Perplexity! I'm glad I was able to provide a few new tips. As far as converting to a hand pump... I believe it's a bit expensive, but you could actually purchase the items needed (the hand pump, tubing etc) and have it stuck away just in case. Water and sanitation is key to staying healthy anytime in life, but especially if there are really tough times. Thank you again for stopping by. :)
I asked my hubby about the conversion kit idea, and he said he thought he saw someplace that there was one you could put outdoors, on the well cap.
Not super convenient for in-house use, but hey, water available would be a great blessing.
Hopefully our pump won't die anyway. Nothing like an older lady to obsess over sanitation more than food. lol
Haha. Well, from what I've read, sanitation can be more important than a lot of other things. Back when we had animal dung in the streets and no sewers, etc people were always diseased and dying. Look at India where they still poop, pee, bathe and put their dead in the Ganges river... they still deal with leprosy and other diseases we never see in countries with good sanitation. You are blessed to have a well. I live in a tiny town and I believe I could get a well put in, but the cost is outrageous because our water table is so deep. Let's hope it doesn't get that bad Perplexity.
We're very blessed to have a lot of lakes and a high water table here, if our gov. doesn't make it impossible to stay.
That's another whole ball of wax -- The Gretch.
Ugh. Yes. The Witch. I can almost feel the evil seething from that "person".
Yeah, she scares the heck out of me.
As for being prepared, l am nearly obsessed with water and sanitation. Our water table's pretty high here, and we've got a deep well, and we've even got a smallish solar battery setup with portable folding panels, which is enough to keep us in running water when used sparingly for evrything else, but if that electric pump were to break ... no water. Think I'll ask my hubby to look into whether there's any sort of gadget we could get to convert easily to hand pumping (in case of pump failure).
Oh - handy reminder for folks working on stashing dry goods.... beware too much UV direct light on your stored goods, and too much heat.
Degrades plastics and food stuffs alike.
Thanks again, Rob. Very sensible and helpful!