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Image | SFG Visual Planting Guide
SFG Visual Planting Guide
by JW

A nice simple visual chart for helping plan your next square foot garden bed and determine how many plants in each square you can fit.

http://prepforshtf.com/square-foot-garden-planting-guide/

Get the updated book: All New Square Foot Gardening, Second Edition: The Revolutionary Way to Grow More In Less Space

SFG Visual Planting Guide
 by JW

A nice simple visual chart for helping plan your next square foot garden bed and determine how many plants in each square you can fit.

http://prepforshtf.com/square-foot-garden-planting-guide/

Get the updated book: All New Square Foot Gardening, Second Edition: The Revolutionary Way to Grow More In Less Space

Image | Introducing reCAP WIDE-MOUTH
Introducing reCAP WIDE-MOUTH
by JW

We highlighted the reCAP jar lid a while back as a great way to switch to glass mason jars for drinking and pouring your favorite beverages.  The only problem was they only had a regular mouth size available.  Well now they have the wide mouth size for us to enjoy and use on all our favorite sized jars (quart and half gallon).  My family has ordered 2 of them and they work wonderfully on the half gallon wide mouth jars we use to store our fresh goat milk.  No more drips in the bottom of the fridge and my 3 year old can now pour himself a glass of milk.  It can also be used as a jar seal with an airlock for fermenting foods.  The reCAP is a very handy item to have in the homestead kitchen. 

reCAP WIDE-MOUTH Mason Jar Pour Cap

 

Introducing reCAP WIDE-MOUTH
 by JW

We highlighted the reCAP jar lid a while back as a great way to switch to glass mason jars for drinking and pouring your favorite beverages.  The only problem was they only had a regular mouth size available.  Well now they have the wide mouth size for us to enjoy and use on all our favorite sized jars (quart and half gallon).  My family has ordered 2 of them and they work wonderfully on the half gallon wide mouth jars we use to store our fresh goat milk.  No more drips in the bottom of the fridge and my 3 year old can now pour himself a glass of milk.  It can also be used as a jar seal with an airlock for fermenting foods.  The reCAP is a very handy item to have in the homestead kitchen. 

reCAP WIDE-MOUTH Mason Jar Pour Cap

 

Image | Field Remedies For Poison Ivy
Field Remedies For Poison Ivy
by JW

A nice summary of what to look for in natural remedies in the field to provide relief from poison ivy, poison oak, and poison sumac.

http://survival.outdoorlife.com/blogs/survivalist/2013/04/field-remedies-poison-ivy

Field Remedies For Poison Ivy
 by JW

A nice summary of what to look for in natural remedies in the field to provide relief from poison ivy, poison oak, and poison sumac.

http://survival.outdoorlife.com/blogs/survivalist/2013/04/field-remedies-poison-ivy

Image | How To Back Up A Trailer
How To Back Up A Trailer
by JW

Knowing how to back up a trailer into place is a very useful skill to have when the need arises.  This tutorial will give you the theory of how to move your vehicle properly to get your trailer in the right spot. 

http://www.theprepperjournal.com/2013/04/29/how-to-back-up-a-trailer/

How To Back Up A Trailer
 by JW

Knowing how to back up a trailer into place is a very useful skill to have when the need arises.  This tutorial will give you the theory of how to move your vehicle properly to get your trailer in the right spot. 

http://www.theprepperjournal.com/2013/04/29/how-to-back-up-a-trailer/

Image | Interactive Fracking Map
Interactive Fracking Map
by JW

A great resource for visualizing and determining where the big gas fracking plays are occurring and help you determine what places may meet your overall homestead and resiliency building needs.  It is always good to know where growth and development are taking place and what impacts they might have in your long-term planning and quality of life. 

http://shalebubble.org/the-map/

Interactive Fracking Map
 by JW

A great resource for visualizing and determining where the big gas fracking plays are occurring and help you determine what places may meet your overall homestead and resiliency building needs.  It is always good to know where growth and development are taking place and what impacts they might have in your long-term planning and quality of life. 

http://shalebubble.org/the-map/

Image | Best Axe Ever!
Best Axe Ever!
by JW

If you are looking to get stocked up on firewood while the winter season is a distant thought and you need a splitting ax,  the Fiskars X27 Super Splitting Axe is a great choice.  I recently invested in this new axe after getting a free load of log rounds from a friend and I can't recommend it enough.  It is super sharp, relatively lightweight, nicely balanced, and splits like a dream.  So if you need a new axe as part of your resiliency tool set (for those with wood stoves and outdoor wood fired ovens), take a look at the Fiskars line of axes. 

Fiskars X Series Axes

 

Best Axe Ever!
 by JW

If you are looking to get stocked up on firewood while the winter season is a distant thought and you need a splitting ax,  the Fiskars X27 Super Splitting Axe is a great choice.  I recently invested in this new axe after getting a free load of log rounds from a friend and I can't recommend it enough.  It is super sharp, relatively lightweight, nicely balanced, and splits like a dream.  So if you need a new axe as part of your resiliency tool set (for those with wood stoves and outdoor wood fired ovens), take a look at the Fiskars line of axes. 

Fiskars X Series Axes

 

Image | The Sun Hive
The Sun Hive
by JW

An interesting bee hive design and management philosophy to consider for those wishing to help rebuild bee populations and have onsite pollination for gardens and farms. 

http://milkwood.net/2013/03/05/the-sun-hive-experiments-in-natural-beekeeping/

http://www.naturalbeekeepingtrust.org/sun-hive-biodynamic-initiative-0

The Sun Hive
 by JW

An interesting bee hive design and management philosophy to consider for those wishing to help rebuild bee populations and have onsite pollination for gardens and farms. 

http://milkwood.net/2013/03/05/the-sun-hive-experiments-in-natural-beekeeping/

http://www.naturalbeekeepingtrust.org/sun-hive-biodynamic-initiative-0

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