A beautiful day to be out so grabbed the flyrod and hit a couple of local dams close by. A goid cople hours wetting a fly or 2 The Novice Survivalist
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Being #1 means you are required on the 10 C’s list. With good reason. Finding yourself in a situation where you will be required to survive in the elements, no matter which, means no cutter and you are almost certainly lost. The importance of… Continue Reading “Cutting Tools, #1 on the10 C’s List”
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Here are some quick easy meals I made from my 5 day sauce. Work week meals. Savesme time prepping for meals on my work week. I work 12 hour shifts so time is always a problem. Gotta get my naps in at my age.… Continue Reading “Watch “THE COTTAGE – 5 Day Sauce, Budget Meal ideas” on YouTube”
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I was going through some of my goodies for camping and was adding a “find me tag” to a couple of my cutting tools and got thinking about the 10 C’s of Survivability list….AGAIN. I was thinking about the 550 I use for the… Continue Reading “Watch “CORDAGE – #5 on the 10 C’s LIST – Bank line, its new to me.” on YouTube”
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Cannot belive its been 6 months already. So much time so little done….,
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As most people are I am on a budget. So I am always looking for bargains for projects around the cottage. What better bargain than free…. i got some pallets from work and trued them out for a small project to start. Check it… Continue Reading “Watch “THE COTTAGE – Pallet Projects – beating the budget – shelves” on YouTube”
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Well my bad habit of buying everything shiny and sharp may just have back fired on me. For once I have got one that may just be of no use. Or I am missing the whole point of this. You decide. Knowledge is a… Continue Reading “Watch “BuckShot Knives – Hand Axe. It’s an Odd one!” on YouTube”
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Although in a pinch I can sharpen (Kinda) a dull blade when in the outdoors, I am in no way good at it. In fact I am terrible at it. Free hand sharpening is something I have never mastered , truth be told not… Continue Reading “I’M REALLY BAD AT SHARPENING BLADES”
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One of my favorite summer time, weekend backyard relaxing day in the sun lunch snacks. Its even healthy if you to add meat….. Oh, its a great camping lunch time familly snack…. Remember knowledge is a survival skill….even eating healthy and smart The Novice… Continue Reading “Watch “THE COTTAGE SERIES – Veggie PLUS Sammich” on YouTube”
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