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1. This week I finally finished our ‘Grid-Down Plan’ listing our supplies and exactly where they are. Yes we printed it!

   My wife is very familiar with all preps/procedures and could execute this plan even if I was not present. Plan A proves emergency power for 12 hours per day for 1st week using our Honda 2000i inverter. Then Plan B kicks in and life will get harder.

   The categories addressed are: Cash , Water, Water purification, Food, Cooking, Lighting, Flashlights and headlamps , Candles, Batteries, Emergency power, Fuel for Generator, Heating , Cooling, Communications, Emergency medical supplies including antibiotics, Prescription medications, Sanitation/Hygiene , Cleaning , Tarps/laths , Safety/Security, Pet preps, Bug-Out (only for a local life threatening event).

2. Central/western Wisconsin: tomato and pepper plants are in. Also red onions and potatoes, beets carrots radishes and beans. When the garlic is harvested that will be sowed with something. More asparagus plants planted also.
   Running low on garden area we purchased grow bags and planted more peppers in those, which can be taken in this fall.
   Recognizing the advantage of having a light-duty quiet cordless chainsaw a 20 volt model is now mine, very sturdy and uses the same batteries as compatible tools such as a drill.

3. Arkansas pulled carrots and canned, and pulled garlic to hang and dry. started small tool shed for raised bed area. planted sweet potatoes. baby chicks and ducks 1 week old and no deaths yet. be aware ups drivers may go on strike after their contract ends the last day of july. shipping may be delayed +/or more expensive

4. re:
   Sweet potatoes

   Spirilized == blanched, topped on a salad. If you consume nightshades, spoodles topped with marinara.

   Spirilized, pattied or pancaked. Topped with a savory gravy.

   Thick slices on the BBQ.

   Nutrient dense all the way!

5. Thankful your homestead survived HJL.

   I emptied the rain barrel watering transplants and am now waiting for a rainy day for a refill. I’ve transplanted some current bushes that I erroneously thought dead last fall. They need more light. Planted some peppermint, perennial flowers, lemon balm, and a few more revived Regusa Rosa. Continue to battle Knotweed!

   Finally managed to get a truckload of trash to the transfer station. The extensively wet spring allowed me to dig out some trash from before our time.

   Still painting away to spruce up the old buildings.

   I bought a small rechargeable weed wacker that is lightweight and quick to use. We still have the push weed wacker for more serious jobs.

   Broke my larger shovel this week and realized how important having backup tools can be. I have put extra shovels on my list.

   Am hauling rocks to build some stonewalls up again and use to terrace a few small gardens.

6. Set most of peppers out and emptied one compost bin here in the Peoples Republic. Spent some time at new house in Redoubt Northeast painting, repairing trellis, assessing sun situation for next summer planting. Made up beds there as, after we take our grandkids to Niagara Falls and on a sleeper train in Canada, family will gather for a first look at the place.
   Investigated chainsaws.

7. Planted 66 more sweet potatoes last week. Probably have somewhere near 75 or so in the ground.
   Went fishing yesterday and caught 40-50 crappies (lost count) and 19 bullheads that weighed 1 1/2 to 2lbs each. haven’t seen bullheads that big since I was a kid. Lots of fish in the freezer now!

   Clobbered 3 large bass too, cain’t keep those out of that pond according to the owners rules. They probably went 3 to 5 lbs each and fought like the devil, big jumps and dives. lots of fun.

8. Here in n.w. redoubt planted 2nd bed red potatoes ,pruned trees , weeded medicinal bed , and always fun cleaned chicken coop lol. Got some fishing in on the river .

9. Yooper zone – all of garden is in plus 9 face cords of firewood cut, hauled, split, and stacked this week. Oh, my achin’ back. Getting old.

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