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        <title>The Homestead</title>
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        <![CDATA[ This forum is for the discussion of homesteading, self-sufficiency and DIY topics. With the current economic situation, we are IN TEOTWAWKI. Who knows what the
future holds for us and being able to do for yourself and possibly even being self-sufficient/off the grid may make our future brighter! ]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Technology VERSUS Self-Reliance ]]></title>
			<link>http://plainsmanscabin.yuku.com/topic/4753/t/Technology-VERSUS-Self-Reliance.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ The more I see technology grow into daily life, the more I tend to find myself gravitating the other direction.  I would like to be self reliant and find more
&quot;simple&quot; technologies to learn and master. Unfortunately, I also find the easiest way to learn these is by using higher technologies such as the
internet, You Tube, and my iPod! LOL!
<br>
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I find that many people are relying more and more on complex electronics in their daily lives and are forgetting how to do even simple... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 22:15:13 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Alone in the Wilderness... ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <br>
No really.
<br>
<br>
All this chatting about going it alone and how to make it work.
<br>
Here&#39;s a guy who did it quite literally for 30 years in Alaska&#39;s back-country.
<br>
1968 to 1999, and only left it at the age of <u>82</u> when it was beginning to become too cold and too much work for him.
<br>
<br>
<br>
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYJKd0rkKss">Alone in the Wilderness</a>.
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<br>
<a target="_blank"... ]]></description>

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			<author>feeds@yuku.com (lawdog41)</author>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 10:51:58 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Living in the Wilderness Permanently ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ This isn&#39;t a new desire for me. I&#39;ve wanted to do this for a LONG time now. I even have the place picked out. I actively study bushcraft and survival
skills and I practice them often. Its not that I hate society or civilization (although I don&#39;t love it either) it&#39;s just that nature is SO much
better. I feel a real sense of euphoria everytime I step into the woods. This isn&#39;t just a dream. I want to do it. I&#39;m going to do it.
<br>
<br>
Here&#39;s the problem…..
<br>... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 20:46:34 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ DIY: Adjustable Computer Desk ]]></title>
			<link>http://plainsmanscabin.yuku.com/topic/4597/t/DIY-Adjustable-Computer-Desk.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ A member of my family forum very kindly shared DIY plans of this splendid adjustable computer desk, of which the design is as practical as it is compact.
Knowing how well you guys here do things, if you should need a smart computer desk, then this could be your answer.
<br>
<br>
Poppi
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" size="5"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Height Adjustable Computer Desk (with castors)</span></font>
<br>
<br>
<br>
The construction is easy... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:39:42 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Fresh Plums ]]></title>
			<link>http://plainsmanscabin.yuku.com/topic/4544/t/Fresh-Plums.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ After I got home yesterday and was getting my head clear after having knee surgery, my wife brought me a handful ripe little red plums from one of our trees.
Delicious! A homestead is nice place to have! ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 13:37:12 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Generators???? ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ I&#39;ve been contemplating buying a small generator for some time.  A couple of weeks ago I went to an LDS preparedness open house and learned a little about
selecting a generator.  Now with the flood situation, it seems to make even more sense for me to purchase one for an emergency.  We were given worksheets to
figure out how the size needed for the intended uses of a generator and I&#39;ll start there.  I&#39;d like to be able to run a few appliances one at a time
and in short periods... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2009 07:41:50 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ What talent or skills do you offer to a barter society? ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ What skills do you have or could you cultivate to add to a barter society? What would make you in demand, or help you to barter for the skills or items of
others? ]]></description>

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			<author>feeds@yuku.com (Lee1959)</author>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2009 15:59:07 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ What low impact, high yield crops for smaller gradens? ]]></title>
			<link>http://plainsmanscabin.yuku.com/topic/4470/t/What-low-impact-high-yield-crops-for-smaller-gradens-.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ What crops are good for smaller garden areas, which will provide the best yield, least impact to the ground so that they can be grown for the longest time in
the same ground, and will provide the best nutrition? ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 20:08:23 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ What do you consider being self-sufficient? ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ What for you is the meaning of that term?
<br>
<br>
To be totally self sufficient would be a major coup, few have every really attempted or accomplished it. The old mountain men were not they relied upon
rendevous for resupply of powder, shot and other supplies, the people on the frontiers have never accomplished it, they always in some part depended upon fort 
and trading systems. 
<br>
<br>
Can one be self suffieicent as long as one relies upon purchased supplies of any type? How long... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:21:44 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Skills for self sufficiency??? ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Obviously the more self sufficient one wants to be, the more skills that person must own.  In a &quot;community&quot; of multiple individuals, from 2 to ???
those skills can be divided between the individuals with the most critical skills being known by multiples.  Also, skills could be considered high tech and low
tech. Running a homestead with wind, water, horse and human power is low tech while trying to keep computer operated machinery, generators, electrical
equipment, etc. running is at... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2009 22:28:42 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ How long should a 'homestead' be able to be self sufficient? ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ If you are not considering a total TEOTWAWKI situation, how long do you think a &#39;homestead&#39; should be self sufficient?  Would a month be long enough?!?
6 months?!?  12 months?!? 
<br>
<br>
What do you think?
<br> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2009 22:22:23 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ What is the least amout of space required for self sufficiency? ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ How much space do you think is the least required for a person/family to become self sufficient?
<br>
<br>
Is a 50&#39;x150&#39; lot in town big enough?!?  Or is 40 acres in the country required?!?  Or...?!?!
<br>
<br>
What do you think the minimum would be and why?
<br> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2009 22:20:02 GMT</pubDate>
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