With the garden restoration project complete, I wanted to try to continue the heirloom strain of garlic that we inherited in our fallow mess of a garden. Last fall, after the small but healthy wild garlic died back, I harvested several very small cloves to plant for the next season (the 2016 harvest). In addition…
Living on a small no-gas motor lake, there are essentially three options for powering our small pontoon- wind, electric (battery) trolling motor, or good ol’ human power. While this is not a sail boat, the first option is out, and unlike our kayaks, the third option is out, we are left with the second option-…
After the frame was thoroughly wire wheeled top and bottom, the next step was to apply a coat of good quality paint. The original plan was to spray the frame with a good quality rust inhibitor style paint, most likely with a sprayed on primer coat first, but due to cost, time, and possible mess,…
Here it is Labor Day Weekend already and the seasons are about to change. As summer winds down time to write magically appears, once again! When I transitioned from our previous website hosting company to the current (Hostgator) I decided to start anew and didn’t bring over any of the old articles. On the old…
With the old wooden siding removed it’s time to get the frame wire wheeled and ready for a good coating of a Rustoleum oil-based paint. Using a Dewalt angle grinder and wire wheel I was able to quickly prep the frame for a fresh coat of paint. Based on different types of steel tubing…
Now that the trailer is safely home and I have a basic game plans, the first thing that needs to be done is get all of the worn and weathered plywood off the frame, so we can see what we have to work with. Based on the half-dozen different types of bolts, screws, and nails…
Welcome to the Enjoytime outdoors Camper Trailer Build Project! One day this past summer, when planning a camping trip, I was struck by the thought of having a home-made utility trailer for hauling and storing our camping gear. After several extended YouTube ‘research’ sessions, I stumbled upon several great purpose-built trailers, one of my favorite…
In less than 5 minutes you can convert a simple head of cabbage into your own tasty sauerkraut! With this simple recipe you’ll never need to buy commercially made kraut again. By processing and storing in mason jars, the prep and create time is literally 5 minutes! (though you’ll have to wait a week or…
Today we’ll expand on the basics of Scrum- a flavor of Agile project management and how it can help us achieve more in less time. Not restricted to our personal preparedness needs- – use individually – Immediate family (household), or extended family (family or community) – Business continuity and disaster preparedness Scrum Theory- founded on…
Project Based Prepping Today we’ll go over a couple of the most common project management methodologies and what is probably the most common approach used for prepping. The most common? Shotgun approach- Chaos- first to mind, first to action, think of it-do it, let opportunity fly Good approach, but risky Potentially shortsighted- hasty decisions…