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This forum had a good showing for the Get Together!
here is a write up of the events:
23 August 2009
Exceptionally Fantastic !
The Get Together went off without a hitch and the turnout was decent, despite the rain. I can not tell you all how much it means to get together with like minded people!
We had a food prep talk...about the different methods, amounts and benefits of, and in the late afternoon, we tried some home dehydrated potatoes. All noted that if the cook hadn't been in a hurry to rehydrate them, they would have been excellent, but as it was, no one could tell any difference in taste from regular potatoes (the hurried cook was me, so it's fair that I can say this. lol)
We had an organizational talk from a lady who is not a computer person. She shared her methods of gathering and organizing information. We all realized that even though notebooks take up space, they are certainly worth having for when electricity goes out, but also for when you just want to grab the info and take it with you to a location (such as when looking at building plans etc). Thank you for sharing, Sharon!
We had a lady who shared rabbit husbandry with us. She explained how much fun they were, but also how extreemly easy to raise and butcher! Several of us are now debating where we might put rabbit hutches in the future. She made a wonderful rabbit stew and beer bread with us for the potluck! Thank you very much, Mr. & Mrs. Skeezit!
Next up was a talk and demo on communication options that we could rely on in emergencies. Though I still don't understand "hertzes" and vhf vs uhf, I do know that most of us will be investing in at least one method of communication and we will be setting up an action plan for talking with each other and alerting each other in an emergency. Thank you so much Tom Icom!
We then had an indepth talk and discussion about EMP. We learned what it is, what it will do, how we can work around it. The demo included each of us getting a CD on the subject that explained it all on hard copy...we learned how best to work around that issues, what we might do when it happens. The best part is that many of the stratagies worked if the electric grid just goes down without an EMP. Thank you Ed Gee!
We broke for a wonderful potluck supper of rabbit stew, breads, cold pickles, watermelon, cakes, a bean casserole and beer bread. Everyone contributed and the talk never once stopped!
After our supper break, we had a fantastic demo on Mead making (with samples! YUM) and how we might plan now to learn and have methods of home brewing after the SHTF. Definetely a prime barter item! Thank you so much Frank an Jan!
We also had a brief shooting session and talk about what people felt were the best bet for an all around good gun.
It was a very long day, but it was so much fun, so informative and so friendly that it was definetely worth it! Several people camped over and one returning prepper brought me two roosters, so we had gentle crowing in the background and learned, impromtu, about raising chickens and making them comfortable. I'm posting this at 6:30 a.m., and my head is buzzing with all I learned and plans for the September Get Together. We hope to have a gentleman talk about how emergency managment plans to work through an EMP type event, a finacial discussion, a knife demo, and getting ready for the winter, and we hope to be able to learn more about wood gasifiers in September. I know there will be more demos and talk and that makes me feel real good about our futre.
Thank you everyone who made it out, took their time to share with us and make this a very succesful get together!
here is a write up of the events:
23 August 2009
Exceptionally Fantastic !
The Get Together went off without a hitch and the turnout was decent, despite the rain. I can not tell you all how much it means to get together with like minded people!
We had a food prep talk...about the different methods, amounts and benefits of, and in the late afternoon, we tried some home dehydrated potatoes. All noted that if the cook hadn't been in a hurry to rehydrate them, they would have been excellent, but as it was, no one could tell any difference in taste from regular potatoes (the hurried cook was me, so it's fair that I can say this. lol)
We had an organizational talk from a lady who is not a computer person. She shared her methods of gathering and organizing information. We all realized that even though notebooks take up space, they are certainly worth having for when electricity goes out, but also for when you just want to grab the info and take it with you to a location (such as when looking at building plans etc). Thank you for sharing, Sharon!
We had a lady who shared rabbit husbandry with us. She explained how much fun they were, but also how extreemly easy to raise and butcher! Several of us are now debating where we might put rabbit hutches in the future. She made a wonderful rabbit stew and beer bread with us for the potluck! Thank you very much, Mr. & Mrs. Skeezit!
Next up was a talk and demo on communication options that we could rely on in emergencies. Though I still don't understand "hertzes" and vhf vs uhf, I do know that most of us will be investing in at least one method of communication and we will be setting up an action plan for talking with each other and alerting each other in an emergency. Thank you so much Tom Icom!
We then had an indepth talk and discussion about EMP. We learned what it is, what it will do, how we can work around it. The demo included each of us getting a CD on the subject that explained it all on hard copy...we learned how best to work around that issues, what we might do when it happens. The best part is that many of the stratagies worked if the electric grid just goes down without an EMP. Thank you Ed Gee!
We broke for a wonderful potluck supper of rabbit stew, breads, cold pickles, watermelon, cakes, a bean casserole and beer bread. Everyone contributed and the talk never once stopped!
After our supper break, we had a fantastic demo on Mead making (with samples! YUM) and how we might plan now to learn and have methods of home brewing after the SHTF. Definetely a prime barter item! Thank you so much Frank an Jan!
We also had a brief shooting session and talk about what people felt were the best bet for an all around good gun.
It was a very long day, but it was so much fun, so informative and so friendly that it was definetely worth it! Several people camped over and one returning prepper brought me two roosters, so we had gentle crowing in the background and learned, impromtu, about raising chickens and making them comfortable. I'm posting this at 6:30 a.m., and my head is buzzing with all I learned and plans for the September Get Together. We hope to have a gentleman talk about how emergency managment plans to work through an EMP type event, a finacial discussion, a knife demo, and getting ready for the winter, and we hope to be able to learn more about wood gasifiers in September. I know there will be more demos and talk and that makes me feel real good about our futre.
Thank you everyone who made it out, took their time to share with us and make this a very succesful get together!
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