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[HSmom]

Do you do something or know something (along the lines of any Mrs Survival topics/forums) better or more in depth than the rest of us?

If so, we would LOVE to have you be our guest for a special chat. The Mrs S membership is always striving to learn more; and YOU can help!

Please post here - or PM me if you'd rather - and we'll set up a date and time for you share your knowledge with the community.

[Screaming Eagle]

PM sent.

[PureCajunSunshine]

Soon, I'm going to start a thread about this, but would also love to give it a go in chat: I'd like to explore the topic of sustainable preps. What do you do when you don't have an ideal supply of preps?

Sometimes very unorthodox ways can be our saving grace.

[Abigail]

You mean what's plan B, C, and D? It may be a little off topic from the original post...Is this what you mean?

For example: Ideally; I'd like to invest in a Berkey water filter, but what if the filters eventually give out/no longer manufactured (in a teotwawki event, for instance)

I have a huge crawfish pot for boiling it; cheesecloth and tons of coffee filters to filter it before boiling it, adding bleach, etc...but what if the bleach runs out, and so on...

I have printed out a number of different methods for collecting water, as well as different ways to purify it for drinking. Even if I don't use all of the different methods, I'll have the information available should I need to go to plan C or D down the road.

[Screaming Eagle]

Ab, I've got some extra Berkey filters stored just in case of that. Plus, the ones that come with it will filter thousands of gallons of water. And you can basically wash them off, and reuse them. Over a long haul (years) that might become an issue. Or if the Berkey gets crashed or stolen or something. You're absolutely right to have alternatives that are low tech.

[PureCajunSunshine]

Originally Posted By: Screaming Eagle

have alternatives that are low tech.

That's very close to the idea...

For example, sustainable agriculture would not entail going to the feed store to BUY a bag of bone meal or nitrogen for the garden. Although it is low tech, it is not sustainable because when the bag is empty, it is not renewable.

However, you could help sustain your garden if you made your own fertilizer. For example if you were to crush the fish bones from dinner and ammend the soil with this, along with the fish head (Native American style)...

Another example: Your garden could be more sustainable and not consumer dependent if you planted stuff that would enrich the soil with nutrients after it is tilled under...

Another example: Soil test kits. Are you dependent on those little indicator strips, or do you recognize which weeds indicate certain soil deficiencies?

...stuff like that.

Sorry 'bout the thread hijack...this deserves a thread all its own...I'll cook it up soon!

[Screaming Eagle]

Tell me about the weed thing, PCS. Or do we need another thread for that?

[PureCajunSunshine]

'tis good for a whole 'nother thread.

Look for a brand new experimental-type thread in the new forum The Best of MrsSurvival...

I'll use that forum to "cook" a top notch thread that might make it to the Gold Thread Awards...looksee!

Look in there for something on the order of 'Sustainable Preps', or something like that...

I'll post a link to it here when I get it done.

[Buttercup]

I nominate Mother!!!!
Braided Rugs
Outdoor Cooking
Pioneer Living
The list goes on folks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!




Oh Mother come out come out!!!!!

[Buttercup]

Does anyone make their own soap?? Make your own candles? Churn your own butter?

[Jewlzm]

I second that Nomination!!

[HSmom]

Actually, I already have Mother "booked" for a guest chat on a topic that is to be announced.

You give some good ideas Buttercup, but "Pioneer Living" is a very broad topic. We might want to think about narrowing that down to something more specific.

Wait a minute, Buttercup!! You weren't supposed to nominate someone else! You were supposed to offer your own expertise. Tsk tsk.

[HSmom]

Here: 1085" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.mrssurvival.com/forums/ubbthr...ge=0#Post181085 I made a place for topic 'requests'.

[Mother]

I've already agreed to be guest with Lois on a chat but I'll be glad to offer whatever I can.



((( )))

[Buttercup]

{{{Mother}}} I'd rather just travel the couple of hours to your house and sit at your feet and just absorb it all.

[HSmom]

Thank you Mother!

[Mother]

I wish you WERE closer so I could also learn from you Buttercup. We ALL learn every day if we are to grow and though I sure don't need to grow "physically" I always need knowledge. We're going to have such fun when we get together BC.