Well, folks, I’m happy to let you all know that this site is growing at what I consider a spectacular rate with a DAILY average of over 100 people signing up for our newsletter/site updates!
Yes, you read that right! Over 100 per day… every day… this is great! The goal of any site owner is to get more readers, because well if no one is reading then there really isn’t any use in writing.
Writing without readers… well that’s like talking to yourself just to hear your own voice with no one else in the room.
Thankfully, that’s not the case here on MDCreekmore.com because our readership is growing and our subscriber numbers are too…
I’m also happy to say that sales of my Bulletproof Survivor CD have been phenomenal with a large number ordered in the past seven days!
I’ve been working 12 to 15 hours a day trying to get all of the orders packaged and shipped out!
If the orders keep coming in at the current volume I’m going to have to make it unavailable for new orders until I can catch up with the demand. Thank you all for your support and patience it’s greatly appreciated.
As for preps and homesteading progress this week I didn’t get a lot done (but I did mail over 500 copies of The Bulletproof Survivor), other than planting more tomatoes and peppers.
I also ordered a copy of Prepper’s Natural Medicine: Life-Saving Herbs, Essential Oils and Natural Remedies for When There is No Doctor.
By the way, if you’ve not signed up for my FREE courses then please do that at the links below:
And, just in case you missed it… I published parts one and two of my alternative power sources articles this week:
- Alternative Energy Sources For The Homestead Part One – Solar Power
- Alternative Energy Sources For The Homestead Part Two – Wind Power
Parts three and four will be published next week… I hope you enjoy and find those useful.
And, as always, if you have any questions feel free to email those to me. I do my best to answer every email but please be patient because sometimes I get behind and it can take awhile to catch up. Thank you.
Okay, now over to you…
This Week:
Nearly everyone here is distressing over a problem with the water supplier. Hotels, restaurants, bakeries, etc. had to close due to lack of water, and everyone has been asked to conserve water. Many people have no water at all. It’s been quite the wake-up call.
-Added to the stockpile: bottled water, paper plates, powdered sugar, brown sugar, condiments, syringes and hypos, batteries,
-Goats: Nursed a doe back to health after having bloat.
-Chickens: Picked up more egg customers. I’m not trying to make money (I don’t think this is possible.), but it’s nice to have some chicken feed money.
-Home: Lots more cleaning and organizing.
-Garden: *The bugs have already found my beans. I can’t believe it’s already started. They’ve just sprouted!
*Everything except the carrots planted last have sprouted.
-Information: Ordered our host’s CD, and received it VERY soon after ordering. I look forward to digging into it during my summer break from teaching. Thanks for all you do.
-Health: I think the doctor has found something to get rid of my hip pain. Woo hoo!
-Skills: Learning more home veterinary skills, specifically with my goats.
Be prepared. Stay safe. He’s in charge.
Prepared Grammy,
Thank you very much. I hope that you find the CD very useful and I think that you will. Thousands of pages of information.
Good job saving your goat from bloat! Never have had it happen on my farm, but know to keep baking soda and olive oil on hand, just in case!
Thanks. The vet told me how to puncture with a hypo to relieve the gas, but I’m glad I didn’t have to do that. However, I did document how he said to do it in case I have to some time. I try to look for the silver lining. I’m glad I learned what to do during easy times so I’ll know what to do during hard times.
PG – generally, what area r u in?
Southern Illinois. The Shawnee National Forest area.
thank u!
PG,
Why are you (the town) running out of water?
There’s plenty of water, but there was a huge pipe in the plant that broke. They’re now realizing they need some redundancy in their delivery system.
hesouthern.com/news/local/governor-declares-southern-illinois-counties-disaster-areas-as-water-supplies/article_1ca18627-59de-5abd-9326-2d58c02b30c4.html
Prepared Grammy ,
Wow. We’ve had more than usual rain this spring and summer and our water problem here in some places is either flooding or excessive mud. I know several farmers who are just now starting to get into the fields to plant. Wish we could send some your way.
OP,
We have plenty of water. We had a 36″ pipe break. So, plenty of water. No way to get it to people.
PG – our water infrastructure was built in the 1950s and 1960s. We’ve already experienced two major repair issues in the last 3 years. What hasn’t been replaced already is on a long list to be replaced and being prioritized. I was already keeping water on hand prior to the first problem and started using my countertop filter after the second problem – it’s not an if, but when situation waiting on the next one. I also figure since many of the old pipes had asbestos in them, the extra filtering can’t hurt.
GA Red ,
I think a lot of our countris infrastructure was build then or earlier and it’s one of the things that angers me about some holdouts in congress, who know about our aging infrastructure and would rather play politics than fix it.
I’ve been on well water for nearly 4 decades and often forget that some people still rely on government infrastructure for water an sewage.
This is just a smart thing to do, since often contaminants are in the water for a while before the public is informed. I have a friend who runs water & sewage plant for a small town and the stories he tells are interesting. They can pump water from the city wells out of the ground; but, may not discharge that same water without treatment. EPA mandates come down with no reason, other than some bureaucrat demanded it. People like my friend are conscientious; but, are often stymied by layers of bureaucracy that make the job harder.
True, a lot of the old concrete pipes had asbestos filler for strength and while the treatment plants are supposed to remove asbestos and other harmful things, better safe than sorry.
Always better safe than sorry, especially since the pipes being replaced are the ones delivering the already treated water to homes. Oh how I wish I had a well, even if it weren’t for every day use. It would cut down significantly on the watering bill for our garden. Rain barrels only go so far.
GOODMORNING from a wet SEATTLE,WA. ! Prepared Grammy I know about “PAIN” I had 4 hip replacement a knee a shoulder YES I know about pain all the damn DR. likes to give shit the damn side effect is real bad for my old age ! 3 months ago I started tacking “CBD OIL” DAMN get read of the pain sleep better! and able to do stuff “WOW” cant believe how well it does!
AND I just got from “AMAZON” a little sewing kit to put in my STUFF it not much ever little helps
Not much done this week. Kidney stone was so painful I had to go to the ER and also get an ultra scan done. I’m on meds now until it passes and have an appt with a urologist next week.
Between pain sessions I got some veg plants in the ground. Not all of them yet, only what i could manage and what the still cool temps allow. Stupid birds are still sneaking under my mesh covers and pulling out onion bulbs.
ODS spoke with his beekeeper friend this week and learned the guy lost 3/4 of his 1100 hives this past winter due to a wet summer and very cold winter. Even for him that’s very serious and he won’t be able to sell us a couple of replacement nucs. The Canadian Beekeeper’s Association sent out a survey to members asking how bad their losses were. Sadly, many members are now totally out of the business. My province is expecting another wet, cool summer which will make things worse. Guess we’ll be hunting for swarms this year. Thank goodness Mother Nature keeps rolling along.
It figures that while I’m in pain that I was offered a 5 day job with advance poll Elections. I accepted because we need the decent money to cover unexpected expenses for repairs to 3 cars and upcoming surgery for dog’s tooth extraction. I’m very glad that I’m still basically quite mobile to work when possible. You do what you have to do.
I’ve been watching the home medicine summit and really enjoyed the one on worm composting in an old insulated chest freezer. I hope to try a version of this eventuallyl
Kidney stones are just awful… Will be praying for you. Get well soon!
I’ve had kidney stones too, and they’re awful. I hope you’re better soon.
Kidney stones suck big time I hope everyone who has them pass them easily. I taught a kid how to use a tire patch kit last week. He had a flat tire and did not have a socket to fit his spare so I fixed the flat tire with him helping me. We had compressed air so that was good. Hw=e bought me lunch for doing it that was nice of him .I got my 10/22 back together ,I refinished the stock. I used stain on it then I linseed oil on it. I have about 5 coats on it now. It looks good better than the crummy stuff the factory uses. At least as far as I like. My son is going to Iraq on the 27th. I was worried for awhile than I realized it is people in Iraq that should be worried.
Axelsteve,
I bet that kid won’t ever forget your kindness.
Prayers for your son.
Thank you Almost there. He also learned that when you have aftermarket rims to make sure you have the adapter to get the tire off the rim.
Axelsteve; I will definitely put your son on my prayer list. My oldest son did 5 tours in Iraq and 1 in A’stan. Let us know if your son would like or need care packages. Or…at the very least a little pick me mail.
Thank you Izzy I will.
Hope that stone passes quickly so you can be pain free. Horrible news about bees.
Thanks all. The urologist the ER doc spoke to said the stone would pass in a day or two. That was Tuesday. Little beast is still hiding in there causing frequent havoc. The urologist would also like me to catch the stone when it comes out so he can analyze it. Hah! I have to stretch out my use of ibuprofen so it doesn’t affect my other organs. It’s the only pain reliever I can take. The prostate med I must take to help open canals, veins and arteries makes me a bit nauseous and dizzy. By the time the stone finally passes I should be ready to build myself a humdinger mancave LOL
Ha! Ha, Let’s hope that doesn’t happen.
Something I read a couple years ago and tried it, and it worked! I was diagnosed with kidney stones about three years ago. Went to ER cuz I was in such pain. Once diagnosed, I went home and looked up how to dissolve them. Our water has lots of calcium in it( limestone). So I put two or three tablespoons full of apple cider vinegar(Braggs) in a 6 ounce glass, filled it with filtered water, and drank it over the course of 30 minutes. It dissolved the stones( there were several ), pain went away, and has never come back. I do this about every 6 months as a maintenance treatment. Told the doc and she was interested.
Corn silk capsules work as well. make them break up into a fine sand and they are passed , urine becomes frothy and white… one bottle was sufficient for DH’s. on e bottle lasted 2.5 weeks taken by directions on bottle..
Babycatcher,
Ours does also, which is why we invested in a good water softener (Kinetico) when we bought this place back in 1986. Other than adding salt, the softener still works fine. The soft water also makes things like showering, hair washing, clothes washing, and dishes a lot easier.
For those who may not like the vinegar, Cranberry Juice (cocktail) can do the same thing. I drink some each week, switching between OJ, and other drinks for variety..
BTW, since you are posting here, I assume you did not make it up to Hamvention. I skipped this year also due to tons of rain. Some of the local crew attended and found a few bargains; but, the rain and the mud were evidently rather horrible.
Today is the final day & it’s raining again; but, that is Hamvention tradition.
It’s funny you should mention that! I talked to a couple people here and one was actually in. The Boneyard! There were several from our group who went. We had too much to do here to go. Next stop Knoxville Hamfest. We have a booth.
Babycatcher,
I’m not sure what you’re calling the Boneyard; but, we had numerous folks go for at least one day. Had you and your DH been there I would have made it to say hi; but, since I didn’t hear from you and it was forecast to rain the entire time, I stayed home and it did rain the whole time. People were being hauled to and from the busses on wagons hauled by trailers; however, this is not uncommon among many of the local county fairgrounds, generally when dealing with 4H, FFA, and animals.
I never missed the Hamvention in Dayton from 1974 until 2000 and in the 1980’s usually spent all three days there, in part to man the MARS booth; but, with my vision issues starting in 2003 and a lot of pretty good local Hamfests along with Amazon Prime, it’s not nearly as critical as it once was, and with age, I tolerate crowds and sleepless weekend adventures, less than I used to.
I have a friend who went all three days and is a bit of a Hamfest junkie who has traveled great distances to some Hamfests. I’ll check with him to see if he’s going to Knoxville and perhaps com along.
June is already busy here with our local (2nd annual) Hamfest / trunk fest on Saturday June 9, and field day on the weekend of June 23-24 so we’ll just have to play by ear with Knoxville on June 16 since I don’t drive.
I did this treatment on Sunday morning and Sunday evening and it seems to have worked, Monday morning I’m relatively pain free. Don’t know if the stones dissolved or simply shifted elsewhere but the urologist will be able to tell me. I also stopped taking the prostate med that made me nauseous and dizzy. It’s nice to be able to eat again and feel relatively normal.
I regularly drink pure cranberry juice but it doesn’t seem to have worked for me. The apple cider vinegar definitely does so I plan a 3X a year maintenance flush to keep things cleared.
Gloria – I’ve watched some othe home Medicine Summit too. I really enjoyed the one on bees and the one on gout. I’m going to work on incorporating some of the ideas for the bees. The information on curing gout was interesting too because it talked a about keeping your kidneys healthy with the foods you eat so that your body doesn’t have gout. Some of those ideas may help with the kidney stones too. Just an idea.
Hey, PG! I almost got to take “first” off my bucket list Well?, can’t think of any one I’d rather “lose” to!
I got lucky. I checked the site between jobs I’m trying to get done at home, and posted.
And I almost beat PG but I was watching a video on blueberry bushes. LOL But at least Jean beat Thor1. He didn’t even place.
Toi funny, y’all!!
Gloria, if you won again I would be saying…….LOCK HER UP !!!
LOL
Good morning everyone. Finely got All Of the. Garden in this week, lots of work done, so I’m feeling good. Everyone else getting as much rain as I am? Everyday!
The girls must be up early today. 3rd again..
I checked at 7 my time, 8 ET and it wasn’t there. Come back from the farmer’s market and there are 18 posts…
Jean ,
I don’t know about everyone; but, here it seems to nearly never stop. I finally got my Greenhouse assembled this past week and Friday morning we used a 10×10 popup to shield us a bit; but, then just got wet. I found out once again that I’m not sweet enough to melt, so all is well, LOL.
Getting a decent amount of rain here this week but not quite every day. I had to water the garden and fig trees yesterday. We still need to plant two watermelon plants and water the plums.
Would you be willing to come down and help me get mine up? Free room and board! Also tourist side trip.