Vegetable Gardening

February 19, 2011 - "Vegetable Gardening" A class will be held on Thursday March 10, 2011 at 11 AM in the Carvel Meeting Room 3 in the Elbert N. and Ann V. Carvel Research and Education Center 16483 County Seat Highway, Georgetown, DE 19947, the Presenter for this class will be Linda Peters, Master Gardner. there is no cost for this class. The class will discuss the basics of starting the garden from scratch and will cover topics such as: location, soil, fertilizing, watering, etc. This workshop is a good basic discussion for new gardeners and a good review for experienced gardeners. Register here.

The Big Mistake

February 19, 2011 - "The Big Mistake" By Joseph Parish. As life may have it, my wife and I attended the Thursday afternoon, “Planning/Journaling in the Garden” presentation provided by the folks at our friendly Sussex County Master Gardeners. Click here

Tips to Improve Your Strawberry Banana Smoothie

February 18, 2011 - "Tips to Improve Your Strawberry Banana Smoothie" By Joseph Parish. Having survived the youthful desires of three young boys and now raising another thirteen year old, I have come to believe that I should have invested in the smoothie ingredient companies many years ago. I remember clearly our weekly visits to the fast food locations to grab one of these favorite drinks. Click here

CD's are available Now

February 17, 2011 - "CD's are available Now" Due to many requests we have created several CD's with some of the free e-books, etc from the website and others which have not been placed on the site previously. we have tried to make the CD's as cost affective as we possibly can. All CD's completely comply with all US copyright laws and come to you with a laser printed label on them telling you what the title is. we do not use a magic marker and write the title on it. To me this looks crude and unprofessional. Click here

Planning and Journaling in the Garden

February 17, 2011 - "Planning and Journaling in the Garden" At 1 PM on Thursday February 17, 2011 in the Elbert N. and Ann V. Carvel Research and Education Center 16483 County Seat Highway, Georgetown, DE 19947, Carvel Meeting Room 3, Jessica Clark will be holding a free gardening program to help in your planning of your physical garden. Garden is more than obtaining a soil sample, adding compost and fertilizer, planting in the right seasons. Your garden should be a place where the feeling of your hands in the dirt offers a deep, primordial connection with the earth, where you learn what can work for you in the physical garden and where it can work for you in your emotional garden as you journal your thoughts and feelings in the peaceful oasis that you create. Bring a notebook, some photos of your garden, and some ideas. We will be using some ideas from "Digging Deep" by Fran Sorin. Hope to see you there. Register here.

Modern Acorn Soup

February 17, 2011 - "Modern Acorn Soup" By Joseph Parish. Most people who know me understand that I have a great deal of respect for the Native American and their ability to survive under adverse conditions. They have managed to make use of what they have readily available at hand while wasting nothing in the process. If there were ever one group of natural survivors it would have to be the native tribes of North America. Click here

Girl Scout Thin Mint Cookies

February 16, 2011 - "Girl Scout Thin Mint Cookies" By Joseph Parish. The other evening my wife and I were out and about and we stopped briefly to grab some refreshments. Apparently the owner of the shop were we stopped had a daughter who was a girl scout for we could readily see box after box of the Girl Scout Cookies stacked and awaiting purchase. Naturally after my wife caught the Girl Scout logo on them she quickly made her way to the counter. Click here

Bicycles and Prepping

February 16, 2011 - "Bicycles and Prepping" By Haystacks Theobald, Townsend Prepper. I guess this particular AHA moment was inevitable. Having been an avid bicyclist for many years and an active prepper for two years or so now, it was natural for me to eventually connect these two dots. I won’t get into the role bicycles play in physical fitness or the lessened environmental impacts they make, no, those are related but are side benefits outside our primary focus here. From a pure prep / survival perspective, the bicycle will be invaluable. Click here

Raising a Portion of your Food

February 15, 2011 - "Raising a Portion of your Food" By Joseph Parish. Have you taken notice of the increased emphasis being expressed upon raising your home food lately? We now see weekly articles in the home section of our Sunday newspaper, we view television shows which stress the value in growing our own agricultural products and we often hear our neighbors talking amongst themselves as to their springtime plans for small garden plots. All over we see and hear new revelations about home food production. Click here

Quick Hippy Bread

February 15, 2011 - "Quick Hippy Bread" By Joseph Parish. Growing up in the 60’s was really a rather beneficial experience for me. Not only did it afford me an opportunity to become a bit self reliant but it also gave me the background needed to feel secure in any endeavor which I undertook. In those days money was not a very plentiful asset and I often found it necessary to skimp on living expenses. Here is the result of one of my best means of saving money. click here

The Turkey Class

February 14, 2011 - "The Turkey Class" By Joseph Parish. Once again I openly encourage people to take advantage of the free educational opportunities which our various state governments so readily supply. In this case it was a course provided by the Delaware Department of Fish and Wildlife. The particular class which I attended was the “Turkey Hunting Class”. This is a state mandated course for anyone wishing to hunt for turkey in the state of Delaware. Click here

Raising Garlic

February 13, 2011 - "Raising Garlic" By Joseph Parish. My wife and I recently attended a seminar on Growing Garlic sponsored by our state agriculture services. Needless to say we had placed some cloves of garlic in pots just a week earlier only to discover that every step of the way we were wrong in what we had done. It’s amazing what you can learn from a get together session. In this short article I would like to pass on some of the information which we gain from the class. Click here

Saudis Warned Obama Not to 'Humiliate' Mubarak

February 12, 2011 - "Saudis Warned Obama Not to 'Humiliate' Mubarak" By Fox News. Saudi Arabia has threatened to prop up embattled Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak if the Obama administration tries to force a swift change of regime in Egypt, The Times of London reported Thursday. Click here

Inexcusable delay on TSA body-scanner safety reports

February 10, 2011 - "Inexcusable delay on TSA body-scanner safety reports" By Alison Young. The Transportation Security Administration has told members of Congress that more than 15 million passengers received full-body scans at airports without any malfunctions that put travelers at risk of an excessive radiation dose. Despite the reassurance, however, the TSA has yet to release radiation inspection reports for its X-ray equipment — two months after lawmakers called for them to be made public following USA TODAY's requests to review the reports. Click here

The fine art of Caching

February 9, 2011 - "The fine art of Caching" By Joseph Parish. America is feeling the full affects of winter at this time of year and the wind is bitterly cold while the ground is frozen solid. In some portions of the country we find an abundance of snow piled up with weather forecasts continually predicting addition inches in the near future. Suppose that we encounter a severe emergency and find that we must escape our present location and head somewhere else. Are we confident that we can get from one caching location to another with very little difficulty? Click here

Nothing fancy about these preps

February 9, 2011 - "Nothing fancy about these preps" By Joseph Parish. My oldest son is an easy going individual who is a firm believer that nothing is going to happen which would require preparations. He appears to lack the insight to see exactly what the future will hold concerning our personal liberties as well as our survival. He never has been able to get intricately involved in any sort of survival details and his level of preparedness is exceptionally low. Does that mean he is doomed when the balloon goes up and we need to rely upon our resources? Not necessarily, I would like to present the simplest preparedness program in existence. Click here

The key to urban survival

February 7, 2011 - "The key to urban survival" By Joseph Parish. While talking to a newly found homeless friend nicknamed Samuel on the dangerous streets of New Jersey recently I was informed that his utmost asset for surviving lied in his ability to maintain a low profile and operate in a “stealth” mode. Not everyone is compassionate for those who are unemployed or lacking any means of livelihood. These people are frequently look upon as non-human and must continually be vigilant in the event that the wrong person would discover that they were residing in their BOV. It doesn’t matter to some that these conditions were imposed upon the person by our current economic conditions and their only thought is to do something malicious towards the homeless individual. Click here

Proof that Urban Survival is Possible

February 7, 2010 - "Proof that Urban Survival is Possible" By Joseph Parish. In view of the developments which are currently taking place in Cairo one has to wonder if urban survival is possible during such turbulent times. Rioting and looting seem to have no restraints as a crisis situation looms overhead. Not only are these dangers present during a possible infrastructure breakdown but they are clearly visible during earthquakes, floods and hurricanes. With our economy reaching an all time low there are greater chances of people becoming homeless and having no recourse but to live on the street. They will have no recourse except to live in various parking lots or on lonely side streets since shelter space is rapidly becoming a rare commodity. Click here

Introduction to Fly Fishing

February 7, 2011 - "Introduction to Fly Fishing" Put this one on your list of things to do for this month. Introduction to Fly Fishing will be a free class offered by the White Clay Creek State Park in Newark Delaware on February 28th. The program will kick off at 7 PM. Join Ed O’Donnell and Sam Palermo of the Friends of White Clay Creek State Park to learn about the equipment and the basics of fly fishing. Bring any equipment you have. This program meets at the Judge Morris Estate. See you there.

Can Egyptian unrest spread to America

February 4, 2011 - "Can Egyptian unrest spread to America?" By Joseph Parish. As American survivalists it would do us good to monitor and survey the Aljazeera television broadcasts as the drama unfolds in the current Egyptian unrest. Keep a careful eye tuned as the country falls apart during its turbulent days of a new revolution. So far in this grime chapter of mid-east history there have been over 100 people who have lost their lives while several thousand are seriously injured. I imagine the question being posed in many American circles is, “Can this happen here in America?” Click here