To be prepared for a crisis, every prepper must establish goals and make long-term and short-term plans. Steadily, we work on meeting our prepping goals. In this column, the SurvivalBlog editors will share their planned prep activities for the coming week, ranging from healthcare and purchases to property improvements and food storage. We also welcome you to share your planned activities for increasing personal preparedness in the coming week in the Comments. Let’s keep busy and be ready!
JWR
Dear SurvivalBlog Readers,
This week, the weather is expected to be warm and sunny. Finally, summer has arrived to the northern portion of the American Redoubt. It is glorious and we are rejoicing to be living mostly outdoors! Our family has no off-ranch obligations this week. Therefore, Lily and the children, specifically, can dedicate the whole week to prepping activities. Hooray!
Ranch Infrastructure Maintenance and Projects
Jim will continue the plumbing and electrical projects.
In The Garden
We must complete the garden planting this week. All hands will be on deck.
Lily will continue weeding, organically fertilizing (with our composted cow manure) and mulching the strawberry patch.
Barns, Sheds, Coops and Corrals
Lily and the children also need to finish cleaning stalls in the barn and the small-hoofed animals shed.
Livestock
Our horses need to be summer broken and exercised. One of our favorite horses has already been summer broken, but the others also need to be. A farrier will be coming to trim hooves soon.
Continue reading“The Editors’ Preps for the Week of May 29th, 2017”