Post by Janine on Feb 24, 2005 13:47:37 GMT -5
Hi,
I am Janine and live with hubby in Phoenix, Az. 'Bout as far
from Ak's weather as one can get eh?
Lessee, I got here from looking up how much pine tar to put into a salve, anyone know? say in 64 oz of oil.
I found a site that had somone's diabetic, stubborn, death-wish father on it with a bad toe bone infection, saw someone's post about the ak homesteading site, it looked interesting, looked it up and here I be.
My thought was this. Some/one of you could start a business foraging for things. Here is the site of a man who does it in Maine. www.naturallist.com he has some neat stuff on there. Why not some of you folks doing the same?
My dad has a cabin in n. calif, where for ever we cooked and heated with woodstoves, but it was only when we were there on vacations. At 51, I'm positive I wouldn't want to _start_ a life living that way now. I made bread and cakes in that thing though. It's a Southern Comfort stove. a really old one, really old. We hauled water in for a time, then got a generator and got water in a tank down at a spring, then once in a while, got the forest service to fill it with their water truck. now THAT was heaven! so easy! lol
There is still no running water up there to this day, unless you count the pipes running from the tank to the cabin. That's cold running water, and an outhouse.
I grew up fly fishing, then turned to spin cast as an adult, lots easier and quicker. lol no fishing in az though.
grew up tracking animals and shooting chipmunks, but none of that in az either. well, I'm learning a 'new normal'.
I've wanted to live in Ak since I was up there in '89 for 'Brim Frost' in the military. I loved it there in Jan, wanted to stay. Everyone to a woman thought I was nuts. But I went on a dog sled ride and the guy let me drive the sled, went on my normal 2 mile walk and nearly froze to death, wasn't used to walking in the freezing cold and went to far out and NO ONE would stop to give me a ride. but still I wanted to stay. Saw the aurora borealis, white, green, blue and red, stuck my lip to my coffee cup, [THAT hurt peeling it off] and wanted to stay. But I'm in Az now.
I mostly joined to give that suggestion, so will be off for now.
Janine
who would like any suggestions on how much pine tar to use in a comfrey-type ointment, without the comfrey. plan on making a 'sans comfrey' ointment, with plantain, calendula, chaparral and pine tar.
I am Janine and live with hubby in Phoenix, Az. 'Bout as far
from Ak's weather as one can get eh?
Lessee, I got here from looking up how much pine tar to put into a salve, anyone know? say in 64 oz of oil.
I found a site that had somone's diabetic, stubborn, death-wish father on it with a bad toe bone infection, saw someone's post about the ak homesteading site, it looked interesting, looked it up and here I be.
My thought was this. Some/one of you
My dad has a cabin in n. calif, where for ever we cooked and heated with woodstoves, but it was only when we were there on vacations. At 51, I'm positive I wouldn't want to _start_ a life living that way now. I made bread and cakes in that thing though. It's a Southern Comfort stove. a really old one, really old. We hauled water in for a time, then got a generator and got water in a tank down at a spring, then once in a while, got the forest service to fill it with their water truck. now THAT was heaven! so easy! lol
There is still no running water up there to this day, unless you count the pipes running from the tank to the cabin. That's cold running water, and an outhouse.
I grew up fly fishing, then turned to spin cast as an adult, lots easier and quicker. lol no fishing in az though.
grew up tracking animals and shooting chipmunks, but none of that in az either. well, I'm learning a 'new normal'.
I've wanted to live in Ak since I was up there in '89 for 'Brim Frost' in the military. I loved it there in Jan, wanted to stay. Everyone to a woman thought I was nuts. But I went on a dog sled ride and the guy let me drive the sled, went on my normal 2 mile walk and nearly froze to death, wasn't used to walking in the freezing cold and went to far out and NO ONE would stop to give me a ride. but still I wanted to stay. Saw the aurora borealis, white, green, blue and red, stuck my lip to my coffee cup, [THAT hurt peeling it off] and wanted to stay. But I'm in Az now.
I mostly joined to give that suggestion, so will be off for now.
Janine
who would like any suggestions on how much pine tar to use in a comfrey-type ointment, without the comfrey. plan on making a 'sans comfrey' ointment, with plantain, calendula, chaparral and pine tar.
Sounds like you have lots of experience! Hope you'll stick around and post.