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Pretty much. It just reduces the cost by like 10% in combination with conventional chemical solutions.
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Weeds heal soil. I think we're just learning to think about them that way in agriculture. I heard a podcast with a range consultant who was riding around in a rancher's pasture and saw a patch of milkweed when there was none in the surrounding area. She asked what happened there and the guy sheepishly admitted that he had buried a bunch of old car batteries in that spot. Milkweed can take up heavy metals, especially zinc, and they were growing there doing just that.
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Which is a zillion times easier as far as soil cleanup goes. Pack them in to a cube and put the cub in a mountain.
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I was pretty happy with myself this past holidays I successfully lit 3 fires with just wood paper camp axe and 1 match per fire. Needless to say I've prepped matches.
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update on these grocery cubes i'm using, i guess the cloth strength is neg 10 once its in the freezer for a while, all the straps broke off, idk if it's chineseium or what, but i guess i'll have to find a vinyl or plastic solution? sucks cuz it was working pretty well (until they snapped)
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In scouts we always had contest using one match for fastest to burn and pop the baloon above it with water in it.
I will say a piece of lighter pine about the size of match give or take is a fanastic fire starter. It never goes out. It's basically some wood wrapped around turpentine. Also know if you throw one in the fireplace when the fire is already going and it's the size of a brick you will be moving your chair back in short order.
What's funny you still see adults sometimes trying to light a fire with a match or a lighter and they pick up a gigantic stick and hold the lighter to it like suddenly a stick the size of your arm is going to catch fire and presto.
Diesel and styrofoam
I will say a piece of lighter pine about the size of match give or take is a fanastic fire starter. It never goes out. It's basically some wood wrapped around turpentine. Also know if you throw one in the fireplace when the fire is already going and it's the size of a brick you will be moving your chair back in short order.
What's funny you still see adults sometimes trying to light a fire with a match or a lighter and they pick up a gigantic stick and hold the lighter to it like suddenly a stick the size of your arm is going to catch fire and presto.
Diesel and styrofoam
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My dad always told us we only got one match to start the camp fire. My go to was always dry pine needles as kindling but as an adult I learned to find fat wood which is pretty awesome if you can get it. Pine needles are still the shit but a chunk or two of fat wood can get you over the hump when the regular shit isn't working so well. I have meant to get better using flint and steel. I've gotten fires going with them but you really need some nice, dry kindling to get that to work. I bought a can of magnesium shavings as a cheat. Much easier than trying to shave it off those little square fire starters.
If you have styrofoam, you don't need diesel. I burned a few large chunks of styrofoam that my new TV came packed in out in my burning barrel and basically caused a minor ecological disaster. I had flames coming 10 feet out of the burning barrel and the cloud of black smoke practically made my house disappear even though I was only 50 yards away from it. It was pretty impressive. My neighbor drove by and I'm kind of surprised he didn't call the fire department.
If you have styrofoam, you don't need diesel. I burned a few large chunks of styrofoam that my new TV came packed in out in my burning barrel and basically caused a minor ecological disaster. I had flames coming 10 feet out of the burning barrel and the cloud of black smoke practically made my house disappear even though I was only 50 yards away from it. It was pretty impressive. My neighbor drove by and I'm kind of surprised he didn't call the fire department.
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Magnesium bars are the shit. I've got one in my bugout bag, and every year I start the first fire in the fireplace with it just to appreciate the lighter for the rest of the year. But really, some Kleenex/toilet tissue, and a magnesium bar and a knife and you should be able to get anything going. And you should have all that shit with you whenever you're in that kind of situation anyway
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Ferro rods like this one...
Are vastly superior to the little ones on the magnesium fire starters. Starting a fire outdoors with wood you just gathered is also vastly different than in your fireplace with no wind and cured firewood, even if you are lucky enough to have some dry toilet paper available for kindling.
Are vastly superior to the little ones on the magnesium fire starters. Starting a fire outdoors with wood you just gathered is also vastly different than in your fireplace with no wind and cured firewood, even if you are lucky enough to have some dry toilet paper available for kindling.
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Styrofoam and diesel makes napalm meaning you can stick it to something while it is on fire and it sticks.
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Did some testing this week. 8 Year old can of refried pinto beans, looked, smelled and initially tasted fine, but very strong metallic after taste. Asked AI, said to wash the beans first, likely can corrosion etc. Don't know how you wash refried beans. 8 year old can of whole kidney beans, rinsed a bunch of times, tasted and smelled fine. Cracked open an approximately 18 year old bag of dried pinto beans, initially sealed in mylar bag with o2 absorbers, but they seem to have spoiled, beans seemed darker, some of them had mold on them, and a rancid odor coming out of it, alot of the beans did look fine, so in a pinch probably most of the bag was edible, my theory is that the ones with mold were causing the odor, so tossed it. 17 year old bag of jasmine rice dried, smelled and looked basically fine, sealed same way as the beans. My suspicion is that all the rice is going to be fine, though the beans probably all spoiled/molded at some level? I'll be opening more in the next few weeks will update.
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High quality milled white rice has a huge shelf life. Keep it dry and it will last 20 years easily. Seal and add desiccants and it can easily last someone's lifetime. Brown will spoil.
White rice is a pretty ideal prepper food if you can guarantee a source of fresh water to cook it.
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A friend of mine bought a house that still had a prepper stash in the basement. Probably 15-20 years old. All the food in metal cans was exploded. No way I would eat that. Rice and beans in 5 gallon buckets looked pretty good, especially the rice. They were feeding it to chickens but then finally ate some of the rice themselves. There was also a lot of home-canned stuff in jars and it looked okay but I don't think I'd eat it either.
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