Onions

Hello Gunburgers, I have been slaking on my posting lately because I have not done much that is blog worthy.
As gardeners say when they can’t plant a garden, I am between gardens. But yesterday I planted onions. I planted some in pots and some in the ground of my girlfriend’s apartments. The soil I used was loose and dark. It was free from a pile dumped at her apartments. I added some ash from my girlfriend’s fireplace and some sand.
I expect the onions in the big pot to live I do not expect the ones in the shallow pots or the ground to live. I hope they do. I will download a picture when I find my camera.
Buy guns, store food and grow onions.

Happy New Year

It is a rare thing to pursue New Years resolutions for the entire year, that’s the reason I don’t make them. If I do make a resolution I keep it to myself so no one besides my self can make me feel guilty about not sticking to it. Since I have learned about Peak Oil and the possible consequences resulting from the lack of fuel energy I have done many things to prepare. Preparing to survive has been one interest that has not waned.
All of that has been put on hold pending my divorce. But in 2009 I grew a small garden and pursed my gardening education. I took three gardening classes at the community food bank: 1 site design, 2 how to grow a garden and 3 composting. I also took a composting class with the Local organic gardening club that I belong to.
This next year after the divorce is over I plan on continuing to prepare of the worst and hope for the best. I want to grow a larger garden and build a compost bin. Something I am hesitant to mention because I might get lazy and decide not to do it, I have been thinking about starting a nursery shrub starting business to sell plants to local nurseries. I think that would be a good fit with my gardening, I have a green thumb and it would be a little extra cash flow. I am doing Internet research right now. Next step will be to go talk to some local nurseries and find out if they need a supplier.
2010 will be an interesting year at the Gunburg, oil prices are already starting to rise again.

Buy guns, store food and have a great year.

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to family, friends and gentle readers. Join me in saying a special prayer for all the soldiers and civilians stationed overseas away from loved ones and family. I have been there and we only have each other.
Wikipedia says: The word Christmas originated as a compound meaning “Christ’s Mass”. It is derived from the Middle English Christemasse and Old English Cristes mæsse, a phrase first recorded in 1038. “Cristes” is from Greek Christos and “mæsse” is from Latin missa (the holy mass).
It really does not matter if Jesus was born on December 25th, the fact is that God sent his only son to this earth to atone for our sins. That is more than a good reason to rejoice. John 3:16, For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Amen.

The Road movie review

I went and saw The Road this afternoon. This movie has been out since Nov 25, but just made it to the theater here just this week. Needless to say I was frustrated up until today. It was true to the book. They did not change much. How far would you go in a TEOTWAWKI situation? The movie shows it all. He killed to protect his son. They collected and ate dead crickets. They were also, at the urging of the son, charitable good guys and shared their food. They did not pull any punches with the end either, just like the book. I won’t ruin that for you. I will definitely buy the DVD to see any extras.
I do not think the world will ever die like they show in the movie. I do think with the dwindling of energy resources the future holds savagery similar to what was shown in the movie.

Buy guns, store food prepare yourself mentally for the worst.

George Carlin Quote

Feeling like a depressed doomie today. I looked up the George Carlin quote about our tiny blue speck.

“Besides, there is nothing wrong with the planet. Nothing wrong with the planet. The planet is fine. The PEOPLE are fucked. Difference. Difference. The planet is fine. Compared to the people, the planet is doing great. Been here four and a half billion years. Did you ever think about the arithmetic? The planet has been here four and a half billion years. We’ve been here, what, a hundred thousand? Maybe two hundred thousand? And we’ve only been engaged in heavy industry for a little over two hundred years. Two hundred years versus four and a half billion. And we have the CONCEIT to think that somehow we’re a threat? That somehow we’re gonna put in jeopardy this beautiful little blue-green ball that’s just a-floatin’ around the sun?
The planet has been through a lot worse than us. Been through all kinds of things worse than us. Been through earthquakes, volcanoes, plate tectonics, continental drift, solar flares, sun spots, magnetic storms, the magnetic reversal of the poles…hundreds of thousands of years of bombardment by comets and asteroids and meteors, worlwide floods, tidal waves, worldwide fires, erosion, cosmic rays, recurring ice ages…And we think some plastic bags, and some aluminum cans are going to make a difference? The planet…the planet…the planet isn’t going anywhere. WE ARE!
We’re going away. Pack your shit, folks. We’re going away. And we won’t leave much of a trace, either. Thank God for that. Maybe a little Styrofoam. Maybe. A little Styrofoam. The planet’ll be here and we’ll be long gone. Just another failed mutation. Just another closed-end biological mistake. An evolutionary cul-de-sac. The planet’ll shake us off like a bad case of fleas. A surface nuisance.”

Buy guns, store food and bite the dog.

Afghan War Journal: War Stories

An Air Force friend of mine just returned from Afghanistan and had a couple of tales to tell. He said that a rocket flew into Bagram Air Base and landed on Disney Drive which is the main street. He said the rocket bounced off the road and landed in the bed of a pick up truck but did not explode. The impact concussion blew out all the windows of the vehicle. The two guys inside were not badly injured and were able to walk to the hospital for treatment which is located on Disney.
Disney Drive is not named after Walt. It is named after Jason Disney. He was a soldier that died in the early days of Operation Enduring Freedom. Most of the Camps and some of the streets are named after deceased soldiers and airmen. There are memorials located through out Bagram.
His other tale was about himself and how he and my coworker were walking off the airplane and towards the hanger when rockets came zipping in. That was my biggest fear as I walked back and forth. Being out in the open during an attack. They say the safest thing to do is to lay down. I would have laid down but my friend and coworker ran for the bunker. As they ran past the smoke pit guys were still smoking and my friend had to yell at them to get them moving towards the bunker. Crazy complacency.

Buy guns, store food and duck and cover when the bombs fall.

Quote

“We will always remember. We will always be proud. We will always be prepared, so we will always be free.” – Ronald Wilson Reagan

Awesome quote from and an awesome man. Found it on the blog I read daily survivalblog.com.

Dream Home

A cabin in the mountains is my dream home. It doesn’t have to be fancy or new. I don’t want it to be big (less to clean) Preferably with a space and light for a garden. Here is an example.

A Cabin in the Mountains

Buy guns , store food and live where there is everlasting peace (thank you JCP).

Antique Fair 2

I went to the Antique Fair on the first of November. I stayed out in the sun so long I my neck was sunburned. I bought a few things. I found a small Lodge cast iron skillet. It cost $5.00. One of the venders saw me with it and said how she had one and cooked eggs in it every day. I found 2 Ruger 10/22 magazines for $5.00. Can’t beat that price. At a gun show they would have been double or more for one. I also found a 14 inch “F” wrench. It was labeled $10.00 but I offered $8.00 and he took it. I asked the antique tool guy if $10.00 was a good price and he said it was worth it. I didn’t tell him I got it for less. Got to keep some things secret. The guy that sold me the wrench had an axe for $8.00 I wish I would have bought.
To top the afternoon off I had a pulled pork sandwich. It was spicy and delicious. No cole slaw though. Would have been better Memphis style.
Things I saw at the fair I am interested in: coffee grinder (I don’t drink coffee more for show), bushel basket, well pulley wheel (I’ve talked to the guy a couple of times now. He always tells me the story about living on a ranch and as they were leaving for the last time asking his dad to go get the big well pulley wheel above their well and his dad saying no. He wishes he had it. He had a collection of smaller ones and the one I have been looking at is the last and only $20.00), glass kerosene lamps and various kitchen dishes and utensils.

Veteran’s Day

Happy Veteran’s Day,
Serving in the military was a great job. I felt like I was doing something different that most people would not. The road less traveled. Most of the people I worked with were dedicated and easy to work with. Our jobs whether putting on a gas mask in 9 seconds and then wearing it for 8 hours, working the weekend so the plane would be ready to fly on Monday or leaving our new born babes to fight a war were in service of something bigger than us. Our job was to uphold the traditions and values of the ones who went before us. I think we were all proud to be there doing just that. I know I was. Sounds like a bunch of cliches. They are my cliches and I hold them dear.

Two roads diverged in a wood and I,
I took the one less traveled by
and that has made all the difference.
Robert Frost