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Post by Fractus on Jan 27, 2015 16:24:50 GMT 10
I like cordless " ryobi one" gear. From bunnings and has a 2 year replacement warranty which they have always stood by even when we returned the impact wrench in really poor condition from heavy industrial use. Also a good price. bosch blue is well regarded but they are bad on warranty returns and they repair not replace.( as most do). We use it at work and I use it at home.  |
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Post by Fractus on Jan 22, 2015 19:47:32 GMT 10
Prior to the peninsula we had 70 acres with altitude,creek, we ran sheep, steers, and chooks. Had a house etc etc. as pete 42 said it was hard to get kids up there and growing vegs was impossible. Now our location is not perfect, but at least we have all we need to survive most serious situations.
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Post by Fractus on Jan 20, 2015 19:44:23 GMT 10
Bacon and ham are safe.
So we have beer, chips, bacon and quail eggs.
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Post by Fractus on Jan 18, 2015 9:21:55 GMT 10
Thanks for the input there crrrock. Why does everything have to be so hard?  Beer is good for you so are spuds. Could not be better?  . The list of foods that are good for me is coming along nicely! |
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Post by Fractus on Jan 18, 2015 9:16:53 GMT 10
Good to hear. That make my hangover healthy
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Post by Fractus on Jan 16, 2015 12:23:43 GMT 10
I am very keen to know how it goes but it was pete 1942 who suggested it ? |
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Post by Fractus on Jan 15, 2015 20:36:40 GMT 10
A few years ago I picked up a chilli plant at a market. It had beautiful red chillis that looked like perfect juicy tomatoes. Seller said it was a tomato chilli. I bought two plants. When I cut open the ripe red chilli the seeds were black not white. A quick Google and it turns out it is a manzanno/rocotto. It is a tree chill and the one in the photo is about 3 years old. It was heavily pruned and transplanted when I moved here. It is one of the most cold resistant of chillis but it is not frost tolerant when young. It produces for a really long period, sometimes six months. It is very hot and requires very little to heat a dish. Think of habanero but rocotto is not quite as hot. I will let you know when I have seeds if anyone wants them. .  |
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Post by Fractus on Jan 14, 2015 21:17:09 GMT 10
Quail tastes really good. You butterfly and cook in a sandwich press.
A mix of birds is good, ducks chickens geese etc as there is an overlap in the food required but varied enough to be useful. But geese can kill chooks and turkeys can transfer a disease they from slugs get to chickens. I think it is called blackleg
Eating pidgeons is also a handy food as they will travel a little way to forage if they are not too fat.
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Post by Fractus on Jan 11, 2015 10:09:41 GMT 10
I bait my fox trap with Indian mynas. Win win.
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Post by Fractus on Jan 11, 2015 10:09:05 GMT 10
Hmmm. Dead foxes.. There will never be enough dead foxes. Never ever ever!!!!
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Post by Fractus on Jan 10, 2015 15:51:20 GMT 10
Mathilda, did the green grubs have a pair of lighter lines length wise? That was what the grubs on my taters had. Tomato an potato are closely related, so may be same. There is a lot of info on tomatoes and yellow leaves. I think it has to do with air flow and if you trim leaves from the bottom as they grow you get a longer productive cycle. Saw that on vasilli's garden show.
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Post by Fractus on Jan 9, 2015 19:04:39 GMT 10
Thanks good to know
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Post by Fractus on Jan 8, 2015 14:22:49 GMT 10
Current poultry stock. 2 laying brown hyline and 11 isa brown. Not sure if there is any real difference? Lost one to the female goose who got it by the neck and held on. Plus we have 2 silver laced wyandotte hens which we intend to breed and sell as pullets. And of course we have the 2 geese which are lovely but pests at times. They follow me everywhere and they shit continuously. Every 5 minutes,,, plop plop.
Current plan is to put the Wyandotte over the layers as well. We want to try selecting for improvement to the wyandotte's egg numbers. Mostly for fun.
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Post by Fractus on Jan 8, 2015 14:05:48 GMT 10
Damn it. I better get a card with a high limit and have as emergency? My current card only has $500 limit,even though they have tried to raise the limit. Worst case scenario I will have to pay back a debt with cash when there is no food to be bought anyway. Win win.
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Post by Fractus on Jan 7, 2015 14:33:50 GMT 10
I have not used a powered machine in either the orchard or garden areas for several years and this brings me to a comment I have made on more than one occasion, ‘It would be the full time job of one person of a family to supply that family with their nutritional needs’. At certain times of the year that person would have to be assisted and these would include sowing, harvest of some items, preserving and watering in times of extended dry periods. This is something that concerns me a bit. To ramp up production to supply sufficient we would have to work quite a bit of new ground and that would be slow and hard without machines. Using tubs and beds is one way to avoid breaking new ground but again needs to be already happening not a start when shtf occurs. |
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Post by Fractus on Jan 7, 2015 14:21:24 GMT 10
Part 2 Day 8 China has seized 9 of our tankers and taken control of the Timor oil platforms. This leaves Australia with 12 days of reserves which the federal govt has seized under their defence powers for strategic purposes. They allow a trickle through for emergency services. Based on your answers to part 1 what are your next steps? Did you plan well? Part 3 next Muh haha ? |
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Post by Fractus on Jan 6, 2015 17:12:55 GMT 10
Auspost do a deliver to a usa address and forward to you. My kids use it and it sounds reasonably priced. |
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Post by Fractus on Jan 6, 2015 17:08:48 GMT 10
My preps for part 1
Fill up all jerry cans and tanks of all vehicles.
As fuel is going to sky rocket in price, food will get very expensive and some essentials.
Because this appears to be long term I am thinking fuel is a temporary commodity. I buy a couple of solar panels and a spare couple of 12 volt car batteries so I can run my inverter and charger all the 18 v hand tools I have.
I have time so I book in a large walk behind rotary hoe so I can increase my vege patch enormously. To be fully self sufficient in veges. But as it is so hard to initially prepare the ground I will do it easiest way for now.
A redraw on the mortgage and leave it in an offset account so it is not costing but I have access.
Big buy at bunnings on handles and tools screws etc so I can build stuff later.
Again not urgent as even with no fuel we will still have electricity.
Go through food stocks and buy more canned tomatoes and rice and lentils.
Purchase a couple of boxes of big mason jars and orders gas delivery for the main gas bottle ( no mains gas here) so if required I can preserve my frozen food.
Have a serious talk to the people I expect to come to me. Tell them what is extremely likely to occur and where they can source the info for themselves.
This is the hard part. Tell them that they are welcome to come but they must bring a lot of food and other necessities. If they choose not to believe me don't bother coming with empty hands.
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Post by Fractus on Jan 3, 2015 19:50:41 GMT 10
Plain old mains is cheap but they may have to dig a trench. This costs. If your 18 yo and you dug them you may save money.
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Post by Fractus on Jan 3, 2015 19:39:12 GMT 10
Sorry all about cast iron and water was a poor joke
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