Episode-731- Preserving the Harvest

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from The Survival Podcast by Modern Survival

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Well the time is approaching rapidly that we will be in the full swing of fall harvesting and even planting the fall gardens.  With temps are or near 100 in many parts of the nation today it may seem a … Continue reading →

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Bartering for Survival - Bartering with Backups

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from Stealth Survival by noreply@blogger.com (riverwalker)

Quite often during a crisis or in a survival situation you will come up short on a needed item. Rather than struggling to make do with what you may have available there is always the option of bartering for that needed item. Sometimes a simple trade with someone else for that item can solve your problem.

When making a trade, you will always want to get the best deal possible. Unfortunately, it has to be a good deal for all parties involved before a trade can be agreed upon. Herein lays a basic problem that is encountered when bartering. You obviously will want to keep your most valuable items while trading those with the least value to you. Items with less value to you will also have less value to others.

This problem can be solved quite easily if you use a proper system of backups for your gear and other items. While beans, bullets and band-aids are basic essentials and should be considered non-barter items in most cases, most people have numerous other gear items and survival supplies that could be used for effective bartering.

A proper system of backups will give you those needed barter items without extra expense and shouldn’t endanger your supply of needed items. While most everyone strives to have the best quality and type of gear possible, in the real world of tight money and limited budgets, this isn’t always possible. In the process of looking for that ultimate piece of gear, many people accumulate extra gear and other items that are capable of getting the job done but may not be the best for their intended purpose. This is where your backup items can serve another purpose.

While backups are generally associated with use when something is lost, stolen or broken, they can serve an additional purpose for use when bartering. One simple example of this is knives. Most people have a lot of knives for use as a backup. Whether it’s a kitchen knife, a utility knife or a cheap pocket folder or an extra fixed blade, it can be of great value to someone else. Even a cheap pocket folder will have a good deal of value to someone who doesn’t have a knife.

As you work to build the best possible inventory of survival gear, remember that those extra gear items that are accumulated in the process can have a great deal of value in a barter situation and may have more value than you thought.

When bartering with backups, keep the best and trade the rest!

Staying above the water line!

Riverwalker

Tip of the Day: Zeer Pot/Clay Pot Fridge

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from TEOTWAWKI Blog by TEOTWAWKI Blog

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Need to cool down some brewskies after the collapse? How about keep food from rotting? Medicine from expiring? Ancient tech and simple science combine in the zeer pot. Pretty cool!

A Must Read - The Alpha Strategy

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from Survivalist Forum by freeak

This book, The Alpha Strategy By John A. Pugsley is a good read, actually a must read, especially for those who think government protects the individual from themselves and those evil businessmen. It's from 1980, but could not be more prevalent than today.



The first half of the books talks about our entire system: economics, business cycle, the fed, government agencies, lobbyist, regulations, etc. It covers it all and seems to break it all down pretty well.



The second half of the book essentially goes into the 'survivalist' mindset of stocking and preparing.



I have not got to the second half of the book yet, but reading just the first half alone is worth it.




Best of all, the publisher long ago released the book in PDF so it's free.



The Alpha Strategy

http://www.biorationalinstitute.com/...a_strategy.pdf

The Times They Are A Changin'

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from CANADIAN PREPPERS NETWORK by Denob

I'm not sure exactly what day it was, but something told me that the time to kick the preps into high gear had arrived.  Maybe it was the "back to school" specials. Perhaps corn on the cob season began.  Maybe even that it was a little less bright out at my 5:30 AM alarm clock time.  Whatever it was, one thing is for sure...fall is almost upon us.

As usual, a short summer will soon be giving way to a brisk Canadian fall and then on to winter.  This should signal most of us to kick it up a notch.  Do a thorough inspection of your home.  Clean the chimney, boost up the insulation, and caulk up all those cracks around the windows.  Start looking for sales on ice melter and be sure your snow shovels are in order.

Now is also a good time to tear apart the bug out bag.  Check electronics & batteries, food items, water condition and think about putting the warmer clothing in.  Get the hats, mitts, and scarves ready to pack into the bags, not to mention checking out the boots.  Replace what you need to and check the usual forums and blogs for a reminder of what you may have forgotten.

If you have wood for a backup heat system, make sure you have enough on hand.  Buy or cut up more as needed.  Winter storms can leave you wanting, so backup gensets should be tuned up and tested out.  Not to mention refreshing the gasoline by using your stored fuel and stocking up on fresh, treated gas.

If you start checking the sales flyers, you will notice that late season crops will be coming on sale soon.  Great time to check your canning supplies & dehydrator.  Not only do food preferences tend to change as the temperature drops, but you will be needing more calories soon too.  Hearty soups, stews & caseroles will be replacing BBQ steak & salad before you know it.

Now I don't want to be a killjoy, and I am sure there will be plenty of nice summertime days to come before the leaves begin to hit the compost pile.  But I want everyone to realize that there is a lot of prep work to do for the coming cold.  Get started now, before you get caught with your snow pants down.