Preparedness Notes for Tuesday — March 16, 2021

Today is the anniversary of the Battle at Pound Gap Kentucky. (1862) — SurvivalBlog Writing Contest Today we present another entry for Round 93 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. The prizes for this round include: First Prize: The photovoltaic power specialists at Quantum Harvest LLC  are providing a store-wide 10% off coupon. Depending on the model chosen, this could be worth more than $2000. A Gunsite Academy Three Day Course Certificate. This can be used for any of their one, two, or three-day course (a $1,095 value), A course certificate from onPoint Tactical for the prize winner’s choice of …




Volume Vegetable Gardening – Part 1, by J.T.

This article describes the steps required to raise a variety of 14 vegetable plants from seed starting to a successful harvest. I’ve been at this for 50 years and feel like I am getting closer to getting it done right. I raise vegetables and fruit, manly to sell from a roadside stand. Yearly, I grow about 4,200 pounds of vegetables and 1,500 pounds of apples, plums, and pears. Our family uses only 30% of this yield, so that leaves a lot to sell. The following are what I believe are the most important preparation and focus points for a successful …




SurvivalBlog Readers’ & Editors’ Snippets

This weekly column is a collection of short snippets: practical self-sufficiency items, how-tos, lessons learned, tips and tricks, and news items — both from readers and from SurvivalBlog’s editors. We may select some longer e-mails for posting as separate letters. — Digital Health Pass: IBM and Moderna Partner up in New York  for Digital Passport o  o  o Reader Tom in South Dakota wrote: “H.R. 8 breezed through the House of Non-Representatives. I think they’ll also squeak it through the Senate.  So I’m stocking up, BIG-time. A high-cap magazine ban is also coming. I’ll be hitting all the [in-state] gun …




SurvivalBlog’s News From The American Redoubt

This weekly column features news stories and event announcements from around the American Redoubt region. (Idaho, Montana, eastern Oregon, eastern Washington, and Wyoming.) Much of the region is also more commonly known as The Inland Northwest. We also mention companies of interest to preppers and survivalists that are located in the region. Today, we focus on Idaho legislative news. (See the Idaho section.) Idaho A hilarious 19-minute video: UNBOXING IDAHO: What It’s Like Living in IDAHO. The American Redoubt movement is briefly mentioned at the 10-minute mark. o  o  o Idaho Legislature still has a lot to do before wrapping …




The Editors’ Quote of the Day:

“To be governed is to be watched, inspected, spied upon, directed, lawdriven, numbered, regulated, enrolled, indoctrinated, preached at, controlled, checked, estimated, valued, censured, commanded by psychopathic creatures who have neither the right, nor the wisdom, nor the virtue to do so. To be governed is to be at every operation, at every transaction noted, registered, counted, taxed, stamped, measured, numbered, assessed, licensed, authorized, admonished, prevented, forbidden, reformed, corrected, punished… Then at the slightest resistance, the first word of complaint, to be repressed, disarmed, bound, choked, imprisoned, judged, condemned, shot, deported, sacrificed, suicided, sold, and betrayed.”- Pierre Joseph Proudhon