I finally got enough questions in to do another Q&A post. If you would like your question to be answered on the blog just send me an email to James@survivalpunk.com. Since mail volume is still slow you are nearly guaranteed to have your question answered. This week most the questions came in from Facebook, which is also ok if you prefer that way. I have a good selection of question for you this week on wide selection of topics. So lets get down to it!
Window Sill Gardens for Apartments
I can not express my jealousy to all of you with land and big beautiful gardens. That is by far one of the biggest reason I can’t wait to move out and have land. Until then there is no reason I can not try my hand at growing a few things. I have found that the biggest bang for my buck has been growing salad greens and herbs. Both are much better and cheaper by growing yourself. I had let gone a while without having a window garden but after buying fresh basil recently and paying the ridiculous prices for a few leaves I decided it was time to plant. Lets get our hands dirty and get planting.
Tonight We Dine In Hell…One Last Time. Or How I Survived Working Overnights
I’m Free! Free at last. As some of you may know this past year I have worked an overnight shift. My schedule was from 8pm to 8am four nights on then four off. The hours were pretty much a grueling hell, that took a toll on my health, social life and family. There were a few good things about the experience though. Today I’ll share my experience with you on how I managed to adapt to the shifts demands, keep my health from degrading too much and not only not gain weight but lose a few pounds.
Medicinal Moonshine to cure coughs
For this article on medicinal moonshine I wish I had a gypsy wagon for selling snake oil from. Crazy James’ Snake Oil Wagon of Wonder. Maybe a new business venture for me if this Survivalpunk thing doesn’t pan out.
So I got over the stomach virus thing and a few days after I started having a sore throat and a horrible cough. I felt really bad for a few days, achy, tired, runny nose, the works. I thought I might have caught the flu going around. Actually I might have or maybe bronchitis, I’m not sure I don’t go to the doctor and I’m not a doctor, I don’t even play one on the internet. All I know is now five days later I’m still coughing and it sucks.
One of my good friends who knows a lot more about both herbal remedies and a lot more about moonshine told me to take some to get rid of my lingering cough. Well, I’m never one to turn down a chance for medicinal moonshine so this is what I did for my cough.
Learning to Shave with a Straight Razor
Straight razors are cool. I use a straight razor now. Well sometimes, and it’s kind of a straight razor. Years ago when I got into prepping I was thinking about shaving during the apocalypse. The general survivalist plan seems to be to just not shave and grow mountain man beards. Not me, I grow a beard once or twice a year and that’s about all I can tolerate. I thought about stocking up on Mach III blades and using the trick to make them last longer, by honing them on an old pair of jeans. Then the idea of switching to using a straight razor hit me. I was at a horror convention and picked up on for around $15. I got home and prepared to shave. Then realized I bought a piece of crap and it would not shave hot butter. Before spending lots of money on a real one I found a cheaper, long lasting solution.
Steps to shaving with a straight razor
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