Provident Living

Square Foot Gardening: How to Install Drip Irrigation

jared — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:05:02 +0000

Patti Moreno, the Garden Girl, installs her square foot garden with drip irrigation. To set up your own system, check out http://www.dripworksusa.com

For more sustainable DIY: http://www.gardengirltv.com

Duration : 0:9:12

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Wendy Dewitt — Food Storage Seminar, Part 3 of 9. “Worst Case Scenario”

jared — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:05:01 +0000

Food Storage Seminar — Part 3 of 9. “Worst Case Scenario”. For more information, visit http://everythingunderthesunblog.blogspot.com
Recorded November 2008.

Duration : 0:8:36

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Emergency Disaster Preparedness BOB (Bug out Bag) How To

jared — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:10:00 +0000

This video should help you prepare and make an emergency bag. Do it today. Whether it’s Marshall Law or some other emergency it is YOUR responsibility to be ready to defend and save you and your family, not the governments.

The checklist of items:
Emergency Backpacks
Medical Supplies
Glasses and/or Contact lens stuff
Coats
Guns & Ammo
Gold & Silver
CASH!!!!
Extra Gas
Extra Water
Extra Food
Extra survival supplies ( if time allows)
Stuff for Kids
Extra Blankets
UPDATES FROM COMMENTS:
Noodles without the cups
Good Knife ( not walmart brand )
camouflage stuff
magnesium fire-starter
Rope
Extra Socks
foot powder
map and compass
survival manual ( us military )
multitool like a leatherman

MSR Filter and Stoves ( http://www.msrgear.com/ ) If I could buy all MSR stuff I would. It is high quality and I had a filter crack for no reason and they replaced it for no charge. Great company.

My Filter: http://www.msrgear.com/watertreatment/sweetwater.asp

My Stove: http://www.msrgear.com/stoves/pocketrocket.asp

Duration : 0:10:0

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Container Gardening Techniques

jared — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:09:59 +0000

Horticulturist Mimi Shanahan demonstrates flower planting in a clay container.

Duration : 0:14:22

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Pressure canning beans , food storage

jared — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:09:58 +0000

Short video showing the basics of pressure canning green beans. One of the goals to work for with self-sufficiency, homesteading and/or preparedness is growing and putting up (preserving) enough food to last from one season to the next. This is how the pioneers and early settlers did it. They grew enough in the spring and summer not only for fresh eating during that time period, but enough to put up to keep them through the winter and till the next harvest. That should be our goal as we work towards self-sufficiency. Every little bit counts!

Preserving food by water bath and pressure canning should be a critical skillset for serious survivalists, homesteaders and all those seeking more independence in there life.

Growing a serious amount of food is a skill that takes time to develop. No one becomes “Farmer Jones” overnight. It has taken us 8 years to get to roughly 70% self-sufficiency with our food. That doesn’t mean just having buckets of Long term food storage around, that means growing vegetables, grains, legumes, having fruit trees, raising rabbits and chickens for eggs and meat, etc. These skills have taken us a long time to hone and still we are no where near where we would like to be. Reason I say this is to squash the common idea amongst survivalists that after there storage food runs out, they will “just plant a garden” and everything will be hunkey-doree. If you do not have year to year experience growing 50% or more of your own food, as well as the infrastructure in place to be able to do so OFF GRID then my advice would be to begin developing those skills as well as adding to your food storage stocks.

Get out there and DO IT. Reading books is great, watching videos is great but EXPERIENCE is what counts. Good luck and thanks for watching!

www.survivalreport.net

Duration : 0:8:20

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