Thread: BASIC LIST / SUGGESTED ITEMS FOR LONG TERM SURVIVAL

How To Build A Transportable Rope Bed & Mattress Project

DIY Projects, Home
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greydragon.org

Grey Dragon website shares a detailed directions and pictures how to build a rope bed that can bed taken apart and reassembled in another location. This design is very similar to bed frames used in the past with a straw or feather stuffed mattress.


Click here to read article:
http://www.greydragon.org/furniture/beds/ropebed.html

small-scale

The Year Of Mud:Cob Houses & Natural Building blog shares how to make a mattress from traditional materials.Click here to read article:
http://www.small-scale.net/yearofmud/2009/09/11/how-to-make-your-own-35-straw-mattress/#.UUKSR1fm9A4


How To Build A Transportable Rope Bed & Mattress Project » The Homestead Survival

Surgical Disposable Sterile Skin Stapler With 35 Preloaded Staples For Your First Aid Kit

Bug Out Bag, Featured, Products
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This skin stapler is affordable and simple. It’s simplistic design and quality construction provides consistent and reliable performance. It fits comfortably in your hand to enhance control and also reduces surgery time. Comes with 35 staples, non-reloadable.

Skin stapler dispenses one staple each time the instrument trigger is activated. The staples first penetrate the skin and are then formed, holding the tissue together.

Anyone you has a serious medical first kit needs this…. 8.99 is totally affordable.

Product Features

• This skin stapler is affordable and simple. It’s simplistic design and quality construction provides consistent and reliable performance
  
• It fits comfortably in your hand to enhance control and also reduces surgery time
  
• Comes with 35 staples, non-reloadable
  
• Each stapler is individually sealed sterile until opened
  
• Non reloadable
  
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• It is used in Tattoo Parlors to reduce pain while being repeatedly punctured by a needle….. it also can be used when having to use a skin stapler.
  
  
  
  • Active ingredients: 4% Lidocaine HCI, 2% Tetracaine HCI, 12% Benzocaine
    
  • Directions: Apply sparingly to desired area for 15-30 minutes prior to the procedure. Repeat as needed.
    
    
    Surgical Disposable Sterile Skin Stapler With 35 Preloaded Staples For Your First Aid Kit » The Homestead Survival

Great Gardening Idea Links To Inspire Us !

Gardening
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Ed That Matters website shares all his favorite gardening links. We all love great ideas to inspire our gardening hobby….well for me it’s a lifestyle,lol.

Click here to read and enjoy: Gardening Link Bomb | Ed That Matters

Great Gardening Idea Links To Inspire Us ! » The Homestead Survival

Easy Raspberry Lime Freezer Jam Recipe

Canning, Water Bath Canning
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within the kitchen

Within The Kitchen blog shares a easily made but incredibly delicious raspberry lime freezer jam that is sweet with the little zesty zing.

Once you have sampled it, it will surely become a household favorite at breakfast time.

Click here to read the recipe:

Within the Kitchen: Easy Raspberry-Lime Freezer Jam

Easy Raspberry Lime Freezer Jam Recipe » The Homestead Survival

How To Clean That Greasy Stove Hood Filter

Cleaners
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one good thing by jillee.

One Good Thing By Jillee website shares a clever way to clean a greasy stove hood filter.

After reading this article, I had a moment where I thought – ” Why did I never think of this ” ?

I absolutely love One Good Thing By Jillee website…. in my top 5 favorites blogs.

Click here to read the article: How To Clean That Greasy Stove Hood FilterOne Good Thing by Jillee | One Good Thing by Jillee

How To Clean That Greasy Stove Hood Filter » The Homestead Survival

Mullein: Heal The Earth With Cowboy Toilet Paper

Herbal, Natural Remedies
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Mullein is drought tolerant and likes compacted soil. They reproduce solely by seed.

Tea: An aromatic tea can be made by boiling 1 tablespoon of dried leaves or root to one cup of filtered water for 6 – 10 minutes. A sweeter tea, you can add a piece of dried orange zest into the mixture. Mullein oil: Use flowers, leaf and root. Place in blender to crush , fill jar, cover with olive oil with an inch of oil covering mixture, set in warm place for 2 weeks. Strain before use. Great for throbbing ear infection.Mullein Leaf: fresh leaves can be slightly crushed used as a temporary dressing over an abrasion to prevent infection.

photo credit commonsensehome.com

Common Sense Homesteading has an interesting and insightful article… Click below to read it:

http://www.commonsensehome.com/weekly-weeder-13-common-mullein/


Mullein: Heal The Earth With Cowboy Toilet Paper » The Homestead Survival

“Wow – I Could Have Made My Own V-8!” Can Your Own Hot and Spicy Tomato Juice

Canning, Food Storage & Skills, Water Bath Canning
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photo credit oldworldgardenfarms.com

Old World Garden Farms website shares a spicy tomato juice canning recipe. If you like v8 juice and grow your own tomatoes. Old world garden farms has a recipe for using up all those tomatoes and making your own hot and spicy tomato juice.

Click here to read recipe: http://oldworldgardenfarms.com/2012/08/24/wow-i-could-have-made-my-own-v-8-can-your-own-hot-and-spicy-tomato-juice/






Thank you Judy S.W for sharing this lovely picture using the recipe above.


“Wow – I Could Have Made My Own V-8!� Can Your Own Hot and Spicy Tomato Juice » The Homestead Survival

Hosta Montana – Known as Urui – Japanese Cooking – Foraging

Recipes WIld Food, Wild Food Foraging
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shizuoka gourmet

Shizuoka Gourmet shares pictures from the store all the way to the dinner plate of Hosta/ Urui.

Hosta shoots, leaves and flowers are edible.

It is funny how everyday we walk out of our homes and within a one mile acre there are at least 20 edible plants, herbs, vegetables and trees.

The funny thing is a lot of 5 star restaurants use wild foraged food in their upscale dishes and people pay top dollar for their meals. They could be eating the same way in their own homes for pennies…. sort of funny, huh?

By learning how to safely identify wild food sources – you can eat healthier, reduce your monthly food budget and add variety to your diet.

If your have a mind set of being prepared, turning your yard into a hidden edible landscaping can give you a more options in case of an economic collapse. Food will be more expensive and harder to come by. It also can get around city regulations & neighbor associations that try to control front yard gardening.

Click here to read the recipe: http://shizuokagourmet.com/2009/03/03/new-vegetable-uruihosta-montana/

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Hosta Montana – Known as Urui – Japanese Cooking – Foraging » The Homestead Survival

Cut & Come Again Lettuce Varieties

Garden Beds, Gardening, Vegetable & Fruit
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It may be Winter (in USA & Canada ) but we are all dreaming of our spring gardens.

I am planning, buying seeds and making sketches of where I am going to plant.

Companion planting for health and best taste of the vegetables takes some thought and planning.

The 2012 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map is the standard by which gardeners and growers can determine which plants are most likely to thrive at a location. The map is based on the average annual minimum winter temperature, divided into 10-degree F zones.

USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map

Click on each state for a more detailed view. http://www.vegetablegardener.com/item/2961/cut-and-come-again-lettuce-sampler


Cut & Come Again Lettuce Varieties » The Homestead Survival

10 Sources Of Water Post Disaster – You May Have Not Thought Of

Disaster Reality, Emergency Preparedness
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home repair.about

The Weekend Prepper website shares 10 possible sources of water that you could find after a disaster once your local municipal water supply has quit delivering water through your pipes in your home.

You can only 3 minutes without air, 3 hours in bad weather without shelter, 3 days without water and 3 weeks without food.

Water is in the top 4 needs in staying alive.

Click here to read the article: 10 Sources Of Water Post Disaster | The Weekend Prepper

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Many people may not know how to open and get water from their hot water heater in their home – About.com shares how to do just that.

Click here to see a tutorial: http://homerepair.about.com/od/plumbingrepair/ss/Draining-An-Electric-Water-Heater.htm


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