Solar Buying Plan

I just read a pretty good recommendation on Wretha’s Adventures Living 100% Off Grid blog and it has to do with buying equipment for going off grid…

Electrical ‘Smart Grid’ Not Yet Smart Enough to Block Hackers

President Obama’s plans to accelerate the development of an electrical “smart grid” could leave the nation’s power supply dangerously vulnerable to attacks by computer hackers, security analysts are warning.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,511648,00.html

Hmmm, sounds like the same “smart grid” I was complaining about with a twist.  I have worked for 6+ years in Internet and Computer Security and if you think this is far fetched, think again…

Home Plans

Being that this leg of the venture is so far off we really haven’t delved much into home plans and designs yet, figuring we have plenty of time.  We do have a couple of initial ideas and we’ll share those with you and get your thoughts…

M.I.A. – Thorny Blackberry Bushes

Sometimes it’s good to keep little nuisances around.  By that I mean I have had the worst time locally trying to find thorned blackberry bushes.  Everywhere I go I find thornless blackberry bushes.  Don’t want those, want big, gnarly, pokey thorns please…

Survival Philosophy That Should Be Stressed

As I was saying in the post about the Byron Kerns school there were a lot of philosophies of mine that have changed.  That’s what I want to talk about today…

Byron Kerns Survival School – Bodacious

I have been rolling this writeup around in my head ever since I left Byron, Francine, and my fellow survival 101ers on Sunday.  There is no short and quick way to describe the experience and do it justice at the same time.  I guess what that means is jump into your slippers, grab some coffee, poke the fire, and relax a while as this may take a bit.  And the title?  Well, it is an appropriate description, with meaning…

Garden and Rain Catchment Update

We have a couple brief updates for you today, mainly arising out of our own excitement…

Surviving We Will Go, Surviving We Will Go…

Well at last the time is upon us, ’tis the weekend I tiptoe into the big scary woods a neophyte and storm out triumphantly a survivor…

Garden 4 Planted, 4 New Blueberry Bushes

Except for closing in access to the garden area I believe all structural and bed work is done for this planting season.  I managed to get the 4th raised bed put in this weekend…

Bed Three And Banana Tree In, Bed Four Built And Ready

We skipped the scavenging route yesterday in a quest to complete our raised bed lineup.  Although, we did use the nails we pulled out of the boards scavenged for the first raised bed…