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Post by Fractus on Jun 3, 2015 6:23:17 GMT 10
Chooks are great way to harvest from surrounding environs and can get by without supplementary foods (not recommended unless unavoidable) eggs are an ideal pre packaged long life food.
Yes there are down sides. Foxes, noise, theft etc etc. but in a fierce down turn they are ideal. In shtf there are some obstacles to be overcome but they tick many boxes for self sustainabilty
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Post by Fractus on Jun 1, 2015 21:24:31 GMT 10
I love Hindustan
Also they sell canned butter ( ghee) and the price is comparable to other types of chemical spreads. Ghee is pure butter with all the moisture taken out. Good for cooking.
I have managed to convert wife and children over to it ( unsalted)
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Post by Fractus on May 22, 2015 19:06:34 GMT 10
Fortunately prisons are mainly west and north of melbourne. The closest would be Melb custody centre.
There are 6 prisons between melbourne and Geelong. Including our two max sec ( allegedly )
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Post by Fractus on May 22, 2015 18:58:09 GMT 10
Flock of chickens
Banana Palm
Knife
Paracord
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Post by Fractus on May 19, 2015 16:15:08 GMT 10
Due to pretty disgusting illness circling our house we did not have the energy or inclination to cook. Out came a litre of spaghetti Bol sauce. Bottled in early January and it was very tasty. I could not taste it was bottled even though I was looking for differences. Apart from set up the preserving gear. ($$$) the actual product is as cheap as you want to make it. You can use aldi australian tomato or if your budget w not allow that imported Italian for under 70c can
best time to learn this and get over the aussie resistance to bottled meats is to begin now. Well worth the effort.
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Post by Fractus on May 6, 2015 20:05:37 GMT 10
Shot show Melbourne may 23 A must!!! Any Vic's want to meet? Gasman, I'll second that motion. I'll be there on Sat, should we learn a secret sign so we know each other lol. Obviously a certain spot and time, it's at the Showgrounds and my immediate instinct is to meet where I went as kids [assuming it's still there] the pie in the sky! Shinster not sure if it is actual Showgrounds. I think it was outside area last time, but I could be miss remembering.
i would be more than happy to meet there. How is Saturday for you gasman?
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Post by Fractus on May 5, 2015 15:00:56 GMT 10
I gave the survey a go and it did not seem weighted to get an unbalanced perspective.
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Post by Fractus on May 3, 2015 20:46:40 GMT 10
A simple recipe. You can use your dried red kidney and canelli or use canned. I did a mixture. 2 cans Aldi 5 bean mix 75c 6 cans aldi crushed tom. 59c for Italian. Aussie about 1$ 3 cans or equivalent dried cannelii 75c 4 cans red kidney dried or equivalent 75c I used dried for red beans 3 or 4 rasher bacon or equivalent type of flavourful meat. Next time I will try chorizo. 2 onions garlic. tsp chilli tsp of paprika cook dried beans after soaking or drain canned beansetc. fry onion garlic and bacon in big pot. Add all the tomatoes and drained beans , spices and cook. salt to taste makes about 5 litres 1 litre gives 3 medium meals and of course can be extended with pasta or rice. i also added some dried peas to absorb some liquid as I was too impatient to render it down. i pressure canned 4 litres and we ate the rest. |
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Post by Fractus on Apr 22, 2015 22:19:17 GMT 10
Joji, my longer term plans include setting up a small farm that is as self sufficient as possible. Accordingly rabbits looked very attractive, particularly with the US successes. They don't like the heat, a problem if you're going to keep them in cages and when we looked at the impact of and how easily it's caught of disease we have in this country, at least for myself the sums didn't win out. Too much risk at loosing a whole colony even with insect protection and immunization is possible but costly. From what you might gather of the mindsets here, I'd also be looking for post SHTF sustainability, to which immunization isn't and keeping rabbits cool is tricky [you can keep them in underground burrows I suppose]. I came to the conclusion that chooks are the better option considering climate, feed cost and output. Do your own research of course, your circumstances will be yours. This is my goal also. I have the chickens but rabbits are nearly as much work unless you have a large free range setup and don't give me eggs also. Plus from what I read rabbits have great protein levels but not sufficient fat so would be best as supplementary to other live stock. alos you can begin keeping chickens in any place that has even a tiny yard so learn now while there is no pressure. also pigeons would be good as they come in several meat bird varieties and in theory forage for them selves mainly. They breed like rabbits and don't get callisi or myxo. Although there is the bird flu to be considered. sorry a bit off meat rabbits |
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Post by Fractus on Apr 16, 2015 9:36:50 GMT 10
Sorry wrong section
This is correct
S.462a A Use of force to prevent the commission of an indictable offence
A person may use such force not disproportionate to the objective as he believes on reasonable grounds to be necessary to prevent the commission, continuance or completion of an indictable offence or to effect or assist in effecting the lawful arrest of a person committing or suspected of committing any offence.
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Post by Fractus on Apr 16, 2015 9:32:34 GMT 10
In Victoria it is complicated by the doctrine of self defense, which moves the onus onto the prosecution to prove otherwise. However the defence has to first convince the judge that there is a legitimate case for self defense. So it is not a true onus shifting.
Ie if you have time to evade ,escape call the police etc you instead get you legal fire arm and shoot the intruder you will find it hard work to convince the judge you are relying on slf defence.
A recent case in the media was a man shot an intruder from his bedroom at about 40 meters. He was convicted. Obviously a lot more detail but look it up as it is enlightening as to what you are allowed to do for self defense.
The crime act has a provision for a person to prevent or stop the continuance of an indictable offence. I think s.389. But it uses the reasonable man doctrine. And is not a blanket protection by any stretch.
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Post by Fractus on Apr 11, 2015 13:17:41 GMT 10
I just went to the funeral of an aged Russian lady. Her father was killed because he did not hand over his horse to the collective. Her two brothers starved to death and mother died of a broken heart. She survived on nettles and grass teas.. We have it so easy at the moment.
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Post by Fractus on Apr 8, 2015 17:25:44 GMT 10
Well, we moved our rabbit cages to another part of the garden (wire bottoms), and I added compost soil and more cow manure - planted brocolli, cabbage, radish, beetroot, spring onions and chives, as well as some more lemongrass in a pot. Next job is to trim back the chilli bushes when we pick the last chillis off them - they will last 4-5 years if you prune them back, much like a rose bush. We found they produce more fruit each year. What sort of chillis are they? |
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Post by Fractus on Mar 30, 2015 14:12:21 GMT 10
Bought my first 22 mag from the sports department at K Mart. They were displayed on the wall in a horizontal gun rack. A fun rifle. That was about thirty five years ago. They wrote my name and licence number in a ledger kept at the counter.
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EMP
Mar 26, 2015 5:50:49 GMT 10
via mobile
Post by Fractus on Mar 26, 2015 5:50:49 GMT 10
I saw a show on Nat geo where they found a metal garbage can worked best when the lid was taped to base with adhesive aluminium tape. I call it sarking tape but not sure if that is accurate name. Thanks, that gives me something to go looking for, any idea where I can get it from? Roofing supplies will have it in many areas. I have not looked but Bunnings may well have it. As I work at a roofing safety company we have lots of it but that does not help you up there. I am in Victoria |
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Post by Fractus on Mar 25, 2015 11:38:56 GMT 10
I saw a show on Nat geo where they found a metal garbage can worked best when the lid was taped to base with adhesive aluminium tape. I call it sarking tape but not sure if that is accurate name.
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Post by Fractus on Mar 22, 2015 17:43:14 GMT 10
China may invade us or not. But they won't like our resources being taken by another country, regardless of who. They may well intervene on their own behalf. Then leave a protection force behind for our benefit. Purely a magnanimous gesture. Like Russia invadeing oops I mean helping Hungary in the early days of the first Cold War.
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Post by Fractus on Mar 22, 2015 10:01:24 GMT 10
Ukraine is a victim of both super powers and the truth of the politics behind it all will only be known well down the road, if at all. It is all little boys with little peckers, playing with toys they should not have. Politics of the world are so convoluted and evil.
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Post by Fractus on Mar 21, 2015 19:36:30 GMT 10
Well that sounds like a grand plan fractus. Are you going to pursue this as an enterprise? It is all happening at once. One silver lace youngster has come of age and servicing the hens. One SL I hen is broody and started to lay. All 14 brown layers are laying and we get 13 eggs a day from them atm. If the hen settles properly on her eggs I will get a bunch of day olds from wagners and put them under next Wednesday night as that is when the day olds are available. |
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Post by Fractus on Mar 15, 2015 18:41:52 GMT 10
Bit off topic as well. I had and PayPal scheme tried on me. They would only pay via paypal but I had to forward some cash to their freight company. They thought ram was about computers. They did not realise that in Australia ram meant sheep with cojones.
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