A Case for the missing fertilizer

March 11, 2009 - "A case for the missing fertilizer. By Joseph Parish. Recently the world has been experiencing a rash of thief’s that center around common but dangerous farm chemical fertilizers. Please note, that I stress chemical based fertilizer as opposed to the “good ole” Elsie the cow type. Click here

Sharing articles with other Blogs

March 10, 2009 - As several other Blogs are well aware of it, I fully believe in sharing the written material that I have created with other like type blogs. A search of the internet will find many of my articles scattered all over the nation. I do in fact grant permission for any blog to copy and use the materials on this site if they leave my copyright notice as well as a link back to my web site or its associated blog in the entry. My attorney says that I need to make this offer available only to non commercial web sites. If you have a commercial site and would like to use any of my material please contact me. Please keep in mind that I make my living by writing. This does not however include those articles that are written and purchased by other organizations - only those on here. We are in this all together and the more we help each other the better prepared we will be.

Can Jocks get away with anything?

March 10, 2009 - "Can Jocks get away with anything?" By Joseph Parish. Give me a break! They are claiming that Charles Barkley is not receiving any sort of special treatment as he serves his 3 days in jail. Three days! Wow. Somehow that doesn’t seem like much time when you stop to consider the number of days that a victim from a drunken driving accident will spend in the grave. Click here

How your Spouse feels about your preparedness efforts

March 10, 2009 - "How your spouse feels about your preparedness efforts" By Joseph Parish. Years ago as I began to store up on food my family looked at me with strange glances. They really thought I had lost my marbles. Along came Y2K and as I increased my preparedness efforts the looks increased drastically. The going joke in the home was that the food being stored was my children’s inheritance. (Think about that statement for a few minutes and you will see the true value in it). Click here

Are we seeing the end of Lead Ammunition?

March 9, 2009 - "Are we seeing the end of Lead ammunition?" By Joseph Parish. It was Friday evening and my friend Wayne and I were having one of our usual survival topic conversations and the topic eventually got around to lead shot for shells. It seems that Wayne had notice something somewhere which stated that many of the states are considering banning Lead content in bullets and shotgun shells. Click here

On the value of MP3 Players in Bug Out Vehicles

March 9, 2009 - "On the value of MP3 Players in Bug Out vehicles" By Joseph Parish. When we reach the point of no return and have to make that ultimate decision as to stay or go we want to do so with as little discomfort as possible. I know this sounds a little petty however lets consider for one moment the amount of time that we could perhaps be in hiding. One month? Perhaps several months? Maybe even as much as 6 to 12 months. In a case like that I could just about guarantee that radio stations will no longer be broadcasting. Television will certainly be non-existent at this time. Even if the infrastructure was still present most operators and maintenance people would be with their families and not at work. Click here

Predicament of the Army mom

March 9, 2009 - "Predicament of the Army mom" By Joseph Parish. Here we have a grave situation. We have family responsibilities resting on the one hand while civil commitments lie squarely on the other. Usually both tend to balance each other in the proper manner and all works out well, however in the following case that scenario did not occur. Click here

Rhubarb Lamb Rub Jelly

March 8, 2009 - "Rhubarb Lamb Rub Jelly" By Joseph Parish. Every Easter my grandfather would make his lamb and without failure he would coat it with mint jelly. Needless to say I grew to dislike mint jelly greatly. As an adult I figured it was high time to come up with something a bit different then that which my grandfather used so I now use a Rhubarb jelly to do what the mint jelly did previously. Click here

Homemade Cat Food

March 7, 2009 - "Homemade cat food" By Joseph Parish. Many people have to make provisions to tend to their pets when TSHTF so here is one idea for the feline sector. It was not unusual for my wife to awaken early in the morning and make our shar pei dogs Bubba and Bubbles a warm breakfast of oatmeal. This was just about a daily experience for these dogs. Bubba and Bubbles are now gone and we no longer have dogs to cater to. Click here

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Fresh Home Curing Olives

March 6, 2009 - "Fresh Home Curing Olives" By Joseph Parish. Being from a Greek family and my wife’s step father being Italian we both enjoy some good olives when we can find them. Usually we like those that are still in the brine and not so much the ones that you purchase in the jars. However in a pinch either will do just nicely. Click here

We Certainly Make it Easy for the Refugees

March 6, 2009 - "We certainly make it easy for the refugees" By Joseph Parish. Everyday I receive updated notices from the United States State Department and generally I merely delete them however this one listed below has managed to catch my attention and hold it for a while. Here we have a group of people who hate us and would like nothing better to do then to eliminate our way of life. Our homeland security does not seem to have any concern what so ever at allowing these Iraqi refugees into our country. It is no wonder that we have the terrorist attacks that we do as we seem to invite them to come to America. Click here

Can you still find Fogs to eat?

March 5, 2009 - "Can you still find frogs to eat?" By Joseph Parish. I recently read that the high demand for frog legs for human consumption has been making these creatures a bit on the scarce side. It appears that there is a vast decline in frog population in the wild due to over exploitation of them for foods both in America and Europe. It will not be long before the number of catches that you can have will be limited. In fact I fully expect that you will be required to have a Frog license just the same as a fishing license is currently required. Click here

Oh Fiddleheads

March 4, 2009 - "Oh Fiddleheads" by Joseph Parish. Few people may know what a fiddlehead is however if you do not you should make it a point to find out because you are missing a very delightful treat. Fiddleheads are young fern leaves which grow in a coil. They are approximately one inch in diameter. They originate from the ostrich fern. Keep in mind that all ferns develop fiddleheads however the best and safest are those from the ostrich fern. Click here

Food Preserving at Home

March 4, 2009 - "Food Preserving at home - A self study" Announcing a free, self-paced, online course for those wanting to learn more about home canning and preservation. This course will cover the following areas: Introduction to Food Preservation, General Canning, Canning Acid Foods and Canning Low-Acid Foods. Click here

A Can of Heater

March 3, 2009 - "A Can of Heater" By Joseph Parish. We haven’t departed company with ole man winter as of yet. Spring and summer are still several months away and we still need to think in terms of emergency heat during a crisis situation. Click here

Obama’s wasted tax Dollars at work

March 2, 2009 - "Obama’s wasted tax Dollars at work" By Joseph Parish. It even seems like the National Basketball Association wants their share of the Obama hand out money. I read with unrestrained interest the recent news article concerning the borrowing of 175 million dollars by the NBA to serve towards teams which might be in financial difficulties at this time. They blame the weak global economy for the issue however let’s review how much these players actually take home. click here

H.J.Res.5

March 1, 2009 - "H.J.Res.5" Here we have another of the new administrations dangerous bills. This bill is proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to repeal the twenty-second article of amendment, thereby removing the limitation on the number of terms an individual may serve as President. We are also tracking this bill on the left side of your screen. Click here

FEMA and CERT Classes

March 1, 2009 - "FEMA and CERT Classes" By Joseph Parish. I have taken both FEMA classes and CERT courses and feel that both were very useful in preparation for eventual emergencies of any sort. One of Delmarva Survival Trainings main goals is to prepare our people to handle emergencies on their own and not be left at the mercy of our government to help them. As such we are gearing up for the spring time and would certainly like to have some actual hands on classroom style FEMA or CERT training. Click here

Animals in Emergency Shelters

March 1, 2009 - "Animals in Emergency Shelters" By Joseph Parish. Often people complain that they can not take their animals into emergency shelters. As many persons become displaced from their homes during times of crisis and they are relocated in evacuation centers one of their major gripes is not being able to bring their pets with them. Click here

The X Cargo Roof Top Carriers and bugging out

February 28, 2009 - "The X Cargo Roof Top Carriers and bugging out" By Joseph Parish. Often times we drive down the highway and make a mental note of one of the cargo roof top carrier which appears on many of the vehicles that we pass. At once we start to wonder as to the value of these items during a possible bug out situation. Would they benefit us? Do they have any sort of merit in survival? These are questions which we need to answer. Click here

What do you want?

February 27, 2009 - "What do you want?" By Joseph Parish. I had an informal meeting the other day with several of my friends and the main topic of conversation centered on what people would want to see in the way of the web site. Are they interested in chat areas, perhaps they would rather see product reviews. Or just about anything that they wish to have on the site. Do you want a classified section? Would you use it? Click here

Severe Weather Week Begins

February 26, 2009 - "Severe Weather Week Begins" By Joseph Parish. It is that time of the year again! Around the nation many of our cities and states are making the necessary preparations to launch the severe weather week. Sever weather can strike just about any location in our nation and does so usually without warning of any sort. It is not restricted to the southern portion of our country or to the Midwest. We can at any time encounter hurricanes, tornados, flooding and a host of other inflections from mother nature without so much as a simple warning. Click here

Winter Bug Out Exercise

February 25, 2009 - "Winter Bug out Exercise" By Joseph Parish. When a crisis is about to befall us we can never know what time of the year it will occur and as such we must be prepared. We would all hope that if and when it happens we will have fair weather but that is certainly one thing that we can not count upon. Click here

Communications Capabilities

February 24, 2009 - "Communications Capabilities" By Joseph Parish. One of the foremost questions that many people ask is what they can do about obtaining valuable information and communicating with other people during times of crisis. Let’s face it our cell phones may not be much use to us after the emergency generators that operate the cell phone towers run out of fuel and are effectively dead. Click here

The Fate of the Elderly during a Crisis

February 23, 2009 - "The Fate of the Elderly during a Crisis" By Joseph Parish. We often wonder what will be our reactions during some type of major disaster or crisis. Will we behave as we expect ourselves to? Will we do everything by the book as we had planned? Will we be able to provide for our loved ones properly? There are more questions then we have answers for. Under the expected circumstances all we can do is guess as to what our actions will be. Click here

Butter when you need it

February 22, 2009 - "Butter when you need it" By Joseph Parish. During extreme times of crisis and under emergency conditions you can certainly bet that you will not find any sort of butter in your local food stores. Butter will tend to become a valuable commodity in those particular times. Click here

Is there a difference between short term and long term food storage

February 21, 2009 - "Is there a difference between short term and long term food storage? By Joseph Parish. When sitting among the various survival groups you often hear it said that someone is storing this or that for their short term storage and this and that for their long term storage. This is actually utter nonsense as the only difference in the short and the long term storage should be the quantity of products that are being stored. Click here

Using the Reynold's Handi-Vac System

February 20, 2009 - "Using the Reynolds’s Handi-Vac System" By Joseph Parish. A while back I was fortunate enough to locate one of the Reynolds’s Handi-vac systems in our local Wal-Mart department store. It was not a costly item and so I decided to pay my ten dollars or so and give it a try. At the same time I put in another ten dollars for 9 gallon bags that are used in conjunction with the machine. Click here

Using the Reynold's Handi-Vac System

February 20, 2009 - "Using the Reynolds’s Handi-Vac System" By Joseph Parish. A while back I was fortunate enough to locate one of the Reynolds’s Handi-vac systems in our local Wal-Mart department store. It was not a costly item and so I decided to pay my ten dollars or so and give it a try. At the same time I put in another ten dollars for 9 gallon bags that are used in conjunction with the machine. Click here

Storage of Oil used for Cooking

February 19, 2009 - "Storage of oil used for cooking" By Joseph Parish. It wasn’t too many years ago that I was employed at a local oil refinery. Not the kind of refinery which processed crude oil into oil which is used in our vehicles but rather the kind of refinery which makes cooking oil. This particular refinery specialized in soybean oil. My job there was to ensure that the product that was being made was top quality and completely fit for human consumption. Click here

The American People are being taken for a ride

February 19, 2009 - "The American people are being taken for a ride" By Joseph Parish. All the money that our government has been stuffing into General Motors and Chrysler and they are still no better off then they were initially. In fact Chrysler has just recently requested an additional 5 billion dollars to continue in business and to prevent them from entering bankruptcy. Click here

Food Storage Recipe Contest

February 19, 2009 - "Food Storage Recipe Contest" Perhaps you will be interested in this contest. Just found out about a Food Storage Recipe Contest that the people at Shelf Reliance are having. Take a look at the fun prizes you could win. All you need to do is send them a great-tasting, nutritional recipe using food storage to be entered for a chance to win. Check out the details below. Click here

Our current time of crisis makes Bugging out Difficult

February 18, 2009 - "Our current time of crisis makes Bugging out Difficult" By Joseph Parish. Our current financial struggle here in America is on the verge of making an emergency bug out difficult at best. Predictions have been revealed that state our workforce will be at just about a stand still by the end of 2009. In short there simply are not enough jobs for the people. Ninety-five percent of our nation's metropolitan cities will have far fewer job positions available as the year ends than those that they had at the beginning of the year. Click here

Saving Food by use of Oxygen Absorbers

February 17, 2009 - "Saving food by use of Oxygen absorbers" By Joseph Parish. All true survivalists have found that at one time or another they have encountered various problems relating to their food storage. Perhaps they merely run out of space or even worse their containers of grin became buggy. We can’t do much about the first problem but there is plenty that we can do concerning the later one. Click here

Storing Bulk foods in Five Gallon Containers

February 16, 2009 - "Storing bulk foods in five gallon buckets" By Joseph Parish. If you are looking for an inexpensive and simple way to store your bulk foods then search no longer. For several years now I had started obtaining the five gallon icing buckets which were used by cake decorators for storing cake icing in. These buckets are food grade products so they are safe for just about any type of food. Click here

Talking to your children about Emergency Preparedness

February 15, 2009 - "Talking to your children about emergency preparedness" By Joseph Parish. If you experienced an emergency of any sort from a fire to an earthquake would your family survive? Would each member of your family know and choose the appropriate course of action in order to save their lives? Do all family members know what your emergency action plan is and how to implement it? Click here

A Penny Saved is Several Pennies Earned

February 14, 2009 - "A Penny Saved is Several Pennies Earned" By Joseph Parish. We have previously discussed saving money for emergency bug out situations. That money would be used towards gasoline, tolls, etc as you head to your emergency survival retreat. Now we are going to talk about saving a few cents for those emergency times that may be in our future. When I say a few cents I literally mean pennies. Click here

Ready for that Road Trip

February 13, 2009 - "Ready for that road trip?" By Marcus Parish. There is no better time to practice survival then now. Summer is right around the corner and people will start taking the family road trips and why not combine a survival retreat exercise with your planned road trip. For some people this might be their very first road trip to the wide open country side and as such they will want to make sure that everything is just right particularly if they have young children with them. Here are a few important things which you might want to consider checking twice. Click here

Build an emergency fort in the woods

February 12, 2009 - "Build an emergency fort in the woods" By Marcus Parish. Let’s face it as survivors there just might be a time when we would need to build a fort out in the woods away from prying eyes. The problem that we might encounter is how do we start? One point worth keeping in mind with this project is the more brush and trees that you use in its construction the better you will be. Click here

Urban Survival - Pet care in a Survival Situation

February 11, 2009 - "Urban Survival - Pet Care in a Survival Situation" By David Hardin. While you are preparing your home and family for disaster, do not forget to make preparations for your pets. Click here

Coins for a Survivalist

February 10, 2009 - "Coins for a Survivalist" by Joseph Parish. In the event of an emergency it is extremely important that one have a tank full of gasoline, all the necessary survival equipment and a good supply of money prior to bugging out. This supply of money should include not just small bills such as ones, fives and tens but also a healthy amount of coins. Click here

Survival Tips - Ten Life Savers

February 9, 2009 - "Survival Tips - Ten Life-Savers" Let's face it surviving is a lot like camping in the sense that there are many similar tasks needed in order to survive. Here is an article on ten life savers when a person goes camping. Click here

Like Minded Folk

February 8, 2009 - "Like Minded Folk" by Joseph Parish. Many people have asked me over the last several years about getting a group of like minded people together just in cases one of our worse case scenarios come to past. To this I can only say that I would put the feelers out and see what I get back. Click here

United Nations threat: No more parental rights

February 7, 2009 - "United Nations' threat: No more parental rights" The following pact would ban spankings, homeschooling if children object. A United Nations human rights treaty that could prohibit children from being spanked or homeschooled, ban youngsters from facing the death penalty and forbid parents from deciding their families' religion is on America's doorstep, a legal expert warns. Click here

How to make your own worm bin

February 6, 2009 - "How to make your own Worm Bin" You never know when you may need some worms to catch those large fish. Here is a video that explains to you how to make your own bin so that you have a handy supply always ready. Click here

What Now Mr. Obama?

February 5, 2009 - "What now Mr. Obama?" By Joseph Parish. Since I am a retired military member perhaps my loyalties lie more with my country then someone who was raised in some foreign nation that is notably unfriendly to the US. With Obama’s recent idea to appease the liberal elements within our society as well as the Muslim fraction it did not take him long to close the gates to Cuba's Guantanamo Bay detention facility. He was quick to issue orders to close this jail area down however he failed to consider where he would place the 250 terrorist suspects after he does so. Click here

How Dangerous is MSG

February 4, 2009 - "How dangerous is MSG" By Joseph Parish. I always manage to develop breathing difficulties whenever I ate at many specialty restaurants, in particular those which served oriental style foods. Several years back I began to realize that there was a very good likelihood that I was experiencing some sort of a reaction to the MSG which the chef must have used in the food I was served. Click here

Civil Unrest during crisis situations

February 3, 2009 - "Civil Unrest during crisis situations" By Joseph Parish. All survival conscious people should provide due thought towards the probability of civil unrest during those times of impending disasters and emergency situations. It goes without saying that when the law is running thin the lower level trash will attempt to take over the masses. Click here

Flu Pandemic Stock Up List

February 2, 2009 - "Flu Pandemic Stock Up List" What kinds of things should you store away for a possible flu pandemic? Keep in mind that there are other possible threats too. We could have some kind of bio warfare in the future that causes some unknown sickness. You could also just be isolated somewhere without medical help - so it’s good to think about these things ahead of time and stock up. Click here

RV Food Storage

February 1, 2009 - "RV food storage" I did cover this before, but I understand that my huge reader growth, rivaling that of the birthrate of an infertility clinic, dictates that I cover this again. Click here