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			<title><![CDATA[ Woohoo! Trapping time! ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Just got permission today.  Going to a muskrat hole with a homeowners and private lake problem tomorrow.  I missed the boat on getting drawn for the local
public land this year so this is definitely a welcome way to ring in the new year.  Best part is it&#39;s about 20 minutes away from good squirrel/rabbit
hunting so we&#39;ll have a busy day tomorrow.
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			<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 17:45:01 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Forced off the grid! ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Thanks to a snowstorm last friday we were pretty much off the grid for several days.
<br>
no electricity....  power lines are down all over.
<br>
To me, electricity is a luxury, not a necessity. but we did have a generator <img src="http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/smile.gif">
<br>
no water.... with no power for the pumps the storage tanks went dry.
<br>
With 20 inches of snow on the ground, I didnt think there was a water shortage...
<br>
No phone.... phone lines were down and cell... ]]></description>

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			<author>feeds@yuku.com (Randy Skidmore)</author>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 01:14:38 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Elk Shopping Sale ]]></title>
			<link>http://primalfires.yuku.com/topic/4056/t/Elk-Shopping-Sale.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ I won&#39;t call it hunting because it&#39;s a high fence operation and I don&#39;t know as yet if it&#39;s sporting or not.  What I do know is the owner is
retiring and is selling cow elk pretty cheap at $600 a piece.  This is about 2-3 hours from Chicago in southwest Michigan.  I&#39;ve looked all over for
cheaper than this and can&#39;t find it.  It&#39;s even cheaper than Colorado&#39;s free range license after you figure traveling costs for most midwesterners.
 Assuming 200 lbs of elk... ]]></description>

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			<author>feeds@yuku.com (Tim Wieneke)</author>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:33:59 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Home canning ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ My wife and I have been busy making canned relish, spaghetti sauce, taco sauce, pickled green tomatoes and grapple juice.
<br>
<br>
<img src="http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h151/BrentFinnigan/canning1.jpg" alt="image">
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			<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:19:09 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Off the Grid Blog - Making the jump off grid, a commitment and a journey ]]></title>
			<link>http://primalfires.yuku.com/topic/3991/t/--Grid-Blog-Making--jump--grid--commitment---journey.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ I&#39;ve made a decision to move myself as &quot;off the grid&quot; as possible and am going to document it as I go.  I&#39;m posting it here to maintain a log
of what I do and to make the commitment of going forward with this public.  It&#39;s easier to stick to a goal when everyone reminds you of it.
<br>
<br>
I will have to operate on the grid to some capacity because my business is landlording low income rental properties and my name is on those houses and I&#39;m
going to stay within a... ]]></description>

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			<author>feeds@yuku.com (Tim Wieneke)</author>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:01:49 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Praying Mantis ]]></title>
			<link>http://primalfires.yuku.com/topic/3986/t/Praying-Mantis.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ This little feller was crawling up the montier and i decieded to take some pics.
<br>
<br>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:19:31 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Assignment 2 - Create an 7 day Emergency Food/Water supply for your vehicle ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Ok folks, you&#39;ve created a 1 month supply of food for your home.
<br>
<br>
New assignment - create a 7 day energy/water survival supply for each vehicle you own and get it in there!  With winter coming up, you don&#39;t know when
you&#39;re going to be spending a few days in a snow drift or an unintended night off the side of the road when you lose control of your vehicle.  Let&#39;s
get it together.  For water, this is HEAVILY dependent upon your climate.  I can get away with a lot less... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 01:21:40 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Great way to make omelets ]]></title>
			<link>http://primalfires.yuku.com/topic/3951/t/Great-way-to-make-omelets.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Hey guys, tried this this morning and it worked great. Mix your eggs in a bowl, add your tomatoes, sausage bits, ham, whatever you like in your omelet then
pour it into a ziplock bag press out the excess air then seal the bag and drop it into a pot of boiling water. Boil for 5 minutes and you&#39;re done. Omelet
will slide right out and be a thing of beauty. ]]></description>

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			<author>feeds@yuku.com (KenKincaid)</author>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 13:11:30 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Making Charcoal ]]></title>
			<link>http://primalfires.yuku.com/topic/3814/t/Making-Charcoal.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Burned a good sized brush pile today.  The wind started picking up so i dowsed it.  After getting it out, I spread out a tarp and picked through the mess and
came up with a tarp load of charcoal
<br>
<br>
<img src="http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc276/TexasCommando/IMG_0800.jpg" alt="image">
<br>
<br>
There&#39;s still a load or two left in the pile.  I&#39;ll get it out once this dries
<br>
<br>
<img src="http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc276/TexasCommando/IMG_0801.jpg" alt="image">... ]]></description>

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			<author>feeds@yuku.com (ThreeToedWolf)</author>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 13:22:14 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Raising Tobacco-UPDATED 5/14/09 ]]></title>
			<link>http://primalfires.yuku.com/topic/3746/t/Raising-Tobacco-UPDATED-5-14-09.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Ok folks,
<br>
<br>
As promised, a tutorial on raising tobacco from planting to processed tobacco.
<br>
<br>
I started by ordering seeds from a source I know.  I ordered two packs of 40 or 50 seeds; one pack of Orinoco and one pack of Turkish Black Sea Samsun.
<br>
<br>
The seeds are tiny.  I mean tiny like specks of dirt
<br>
<br>
I went to the local garden supply place and got a germinating kit which consisted of a tray with a cover and 50 peat blocks.  I rehydrated the peat blocks and
then... ]]></description>

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			<author>feeds@yuku.com (ThreeToedWolf)</author>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:35:09 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ 12 volt DC motors ]]></title>
			<link>http://primalfires.yuku.com/topic/3722/t/12-volt-DC-motors.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Looking for about a 1HP DC motor that runs off 12 volts DC.  I looked several places but everything is 1800RPM or better, which is way too high for what I need
it for.  I found a great deal on some 12 volt Solar Panels and I&#39;m looking to hook a low RPM motor to an Oasis Well Pump for a water supply in an overhead
storage tank.  I&#39;m guessing the max RPM I need is around 200 RPM
<br>
<br>
Thanks in advance
<br> ]]></description>

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			<author>feeds@yuku.com (ThreeToedWolf)</author>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2009 15:10:41 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Chocolate vs. Almond Bark ]]></title>
			<link>http://primalfires.yuku.com/topic/3720/t/Chocolate-vs-Almond-Bark.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Alright, so I went to find some chocolate to store in the &quot;Oh Sh**!&quot; supply of food and I ran across Almond bark.  Now, I get the idea that chocolate
primarily is stored for a sweet treat when you&#39;re going nutty and for the high caloric density in a small package.  What separates it from Almond bark for
the self-sufficient person outside of taste alone?  Is there anything specifically important that Chocolate does that Almond Bark cannot do?
<br> ]]></description>

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			<author>feeds@yuku.com (Tim Wieneke)</author>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 21:35:50 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Well Water ]]></title>
			<link>http://primalfires.yuku.com/topic/3712/t/Well-Water.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ The &quot;30 day food supply&quot; thread made me think about emergency water...
<br>
<br>
Any of you familiar with this outfit?
<br>
<br>
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.bisonpumps.com/">http://www.bisonpumps.com/</a>
<br>
<br>
I have a 225&#39; well that is not in use. 
<br>
We are presently on city water, mainly because our well water is hard as a rock... hard enough to taste and smell the iron.
<br>
However, I was thinking that the pump above might work well with one of these:
<br>... ]]></description>

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			<author>feeds@yuku.com (Don Abbott)</author>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 07:13:30 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Assignment - Create a 1 month supply of food! ]]></title>
			<link>http://primalfires.yuku.com/topic/3711/t/Assignment-Create-a-1-month-supply-of-food-.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Ok guys, you have an assignment - and this is for everyone.  Not just mods or admins, everyone must complete this assignment.
<br>
<br>
You need to create at least a 1 month supply of food and post a photo of it in place, stored, at your house.  I want to see evidence that everyone here is
taking serious stock of the times we are facing.  I know. to some survival buffs 1 month is nothing at all, but it is a start.  I want to know that everyone
here is at least minimally prepared for an... ]]></description>

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			<author>feeds@yuku.com (Tim Wieneke)</author>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:10:30 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Cigars? ]]></title>
			<link>http://primalfires.yuku.com/topic/3673/t/Cigars-.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Anyone here grow/roll their own stogies?  I got the idea after my local cigar guy showed me some custom blends he has made up from Connecticut tobacco.  If it
can grow in Connecticut, I bet it can most places....
<br> ]]></description>

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			<author>feeds@yuku.com (Tim Wieneke)</author>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2009 23:43:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Scottish Highland Cattle ]]></title>
			<link>http://primalfires.yuku.com/topic/3664/t/Scottish-Highland-Cattle.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Had to share this one because I thought it was cool.  Just had a lunch date with a nice young lady that breeds and raises scottish highland cattle here in
Indiana.  Now, I would have never thought of this but because of where these cattle are from, she tells me they are very docile and graze on anything, even
plants that other cattle won&#39;t eat.  I guess in our area you can run about 1 per acre and they&#39;ll do fine in many climates.  Apparently in Michigan,
they&#39;re using scottish... ]]></description>

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			<author>feeds@yuku.com (Tim Wieneke)</author>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2009 14:37:10 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Two bean ham hock soup (unplugged) ]]></title>
			<link>http://primalfires.yuku.com/topic/3644/t/Two-bean-ham-hock-soup-unplugged-.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ 2 quarts water
<br>
 2 pound Great Northern beans and black turtle beans combined
<br>
 2 big ham hocks,
<br>
 1 medium chopped onion
<br>
 1/2 teaspoon pepper or to taste
<br>
 2 bay leaf
<br>
 1 carrot, chopped
<br>
 1 rib celery, chopped or sliced thinly
<br>
 1 teaspoon seasoning salt
<br>
 1 can (8 ounces) tomato sauce
<br>
 1 Tbs minced garlic
<br>
<br>
Directions:  Dump it all in a crock pot or dutch oven and cook on low heat for 10-12 hrs adding water as needed.  Cook until the meat... ]]></description>

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			<author>feeds@yuku.com (B Finnigan)</author>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2009 20:51:17 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Bee it ever so humble... ]]></title>
			<link>http://primalfires.yuku.com/topic/3637/t/Bee-it-ever-so-humble-.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ A friend of mine is moving this weekend and can&#39;t have his hives at his new place.
<br>
<br>
Well I don&#39;t use most of my yard and my neighbor has 20 acres or so of alfalfa for his horses so...looks like I&#39;ll be getting free honey *and* nobody
will be sneaking up on the house from that direction, at least not *twice*.
<br>
<br>
Bog Iron who is already too sweet for his own good...
<br> ]]></description>

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			<author>feeds@yuku.com (Thomas Bog Iron Powers)</author>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:49:46 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Potatos ]]></title>
			<link>http://primalfires.yuku.com/topic/3628/t/Potatos.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Wullo! I just bought 50 lbs of generic Red Potatos ($10 for 50 pounds? Hell yeah!). That&#39;s a lot of potatos. Give me as many ways you can think of off of
the top of your head to cook &#39;em! Thanks, Archie ]]></description>

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			<author>feeds@yuku.com (Archie Zietman)</author>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2009 20:56:21 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Homebrew Soda ]]></title>
			<link>http://primalfires.yuku.com/topic/3627/t/Homebrew-Soda.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Wullo!
<br>
Any of you ever homebrew soda? The stuff we get in the stores is crap, and I&#39;m gonna give it a go. If anyone has any tips or tricks I&#39;d
appreciate&#39;em.
<br>
Thanks,
<br>
Archie ]]></description>

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			<author>feeds@yuku.com (Archie Zietman)</author>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2009 20:52:39 GMT</pubDate>
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