New articles section

The people over at the survival gear forum have opened a new articles section. Some of the topics include general disaster prepardness, wilderness survival, hiking and camping and several other topics. The layout is pretty straight forward with a 2 column layout.

The articles section was opened in response to members asking for a place for important forum post to be stored. Instead of each section of the forum collecting stickies. The outstanding threads will be copied and posted into the articles section. The article will then have a link going back to the forum thread.

Its kinda like going through a book collection, picking out the best ones and putting them into a library. All of the magazines and general print stuff will be stored in the boxes.

That way, if a member is looking for an article on a certain topic, they can go into the articles section, browse through the categories or use the search feature to find stuff that interest them.

Besides articles, there is going to be a videos section. Where members of the forum can post their videos. Hopefully this will make a well rounded addition to the forums.

Considerations for urban survival

Surviving in the urban jungle is not so different then in the wilderness, you still need food, water and shelter. But instead of gathering berries or roots like in the wilderness, in the city you have to grow your own food. Instead of drinking out of a stream like in the wilderness, you have to have some kind of water supply in the city. And shelter should be a given with the house or apartment your living in.

One of the biggest problems is finding water. Some cities do not want people having their own water wells. So when the city water stops flowing, people have nothing to drink.

Options include living next to creeks, streams or rivers, or digging your own water well.

Fresh meat can be gathered with bird traps or small animal traps. Use something like a have a heart live trap so the animal is not harmed and can be released safely.

Visit the urban survival forum.

Almost time to plant your garden

As the warmer weather gets here, its time to plant the garden. My potatoes are a couple of weeks behind, but its no big deal. Around march 14th or 21st (probably on the 21st) I'am going to try and plant part of the spring garden. I'am looking at squash, cucumbers, snap beans and peppers.

I like planting the pickling cucumbers better then I do the straight 8s. There seems to be less waste and the seeds can be easily saved.

This year I'am thinking of planting at least 4, maybe even 8 jalapeno pepper plants, 4 bell pepper and 4 sweet pepper plants. This year I'am going to put up a lot more peppers then I did last year. My wife and I had to buy peppers from the store. Hopefully we will not have to do that this coming winter.