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What's In Your Survival Library?
« on: August 06, 2011, 08:36:35 AM »
On several of the other forums, I've seen bits and pieces on this topic.  Would anyone care to share what they're stocking in their survival library?
 
I have the first six of the old Foxfire series, Herter's "How to Get Out of the Rat Race and live on $10 a month", some old Popular Science Home Workshop Cyclopedias, the military FM 21-76, a couple of books on herbal medicine, including "Back to Eden" by Jethro Kloss, several "field guides" for plants, a couple of how-to books on home canning, and several old cookbooks that have recipes for preserving meat..
 
Can anyone recommend a good book on identifying edible plants (US Zone7-8-9).
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Re: What's In Your Survival Library?
« Reply #1 on: August 06, 2011, 10:25:46 AM »
bow makeing, knife forgeing, stone knapping, wild plant id, little black book, munitions book, plant fibers, basket and net weaving. tanning, traps and snares, military tactics, insurgent tactics gardening and amimal husbandry, I need some homeopathic medicine books and basic emt books AND training. I'm sure there are tons of information I haven't thought of that I need to get. ear
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Re: What's In Your Survival Library?
« Reply #2 on: August 06, 2011, 01:26:05 PM »
  I do not have time to find or list them all. My favorite two are Primitive Wilderness Living & Survival Skills: Naked into the Wilderness and Nature's Garden.


Primitive Wilderness Living & Survival Skills: Naked into the Wilderness covers about every skill you would need. Take a peak inside at Amazon.


http://www.amazon.com/Primitive-Wilderness-Living-Survival-Skills/dp/0967877776/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1312668482&sr=1-1


Nature's Garden has a lot of color pictures. On page 71 there is a 3 page calender showing what to look for from early spring to lake fall.


http://www.amazon.com/Natures-Garden-Identifying-Harvesting-Preparing/dp/0976626616/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1312669035&sr=1-1
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Re: What's In Your Survival Library?
« Reply #3 on: August 07, 2011, 04:43:03 AM »
Ear-I'm a retired soldier with one tour in RVN ('69-'70) and extensive combat support experience...got a few useful skills from that.  :-) 
 
I got into primitive skills a long time ago and have taught classes/seminars for the Forest Service/archaeology classes/Scouts, etc.  There are several ways to make serviceable bows and points without a lot of fuss.  There's a demo on youtube:  youtube.com/watch?v=xh7pc2Q6XFI, and also a tutorial at www.cavemanchemistry.com/oldcave/projects/stone/bottle that are good for making points out of glass.  There are several sites that show/tell how to make (so-called) Cherokee stick bows/sapling bows...Google & pick one.  It's possible to make a serviceable bow from a green stick in one day.  God forbid that we'd ever have to go back that far, butr it's comforting to know how, just in case.  Download and print some of that stuff and try it...could be fun.
 
LFB- thanks for the tips on the books.  Ordering the plant book today.
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Re: What's In Your Survival Library?
« Reply #4 on: August 07, 2011, 10:19:35 AM »
Quote from: reliquary on August 07, 2011, 04:43:03 AM
Ear-I'm a retired soldier with one tour in RVN ('69-'70) and extensive combat support experience...got a few useful skills from that.  :-) 
 
I got into primitive skills a long time ago and have taught classes/seminars for the Forest Service/archaeology classes/Scouts, etc.  There are several ways to make serviceable bows and points without a lot of fuss.  There's a demo on youtube:  youtube.com/watch?v=xh7pc2Q6XFI, and also a tutorial at www.cavemanchemistry.com/oldcave/projects/stone/bottle that are good for making points out of glass.  There are several sites that show/tell how to make (so-called) Cherokee stick bows/sapling bows...Google & pick one.  It's possible to make a serviceable bow from a green stick in one day.  God forbid that we'd ever have to go back that far, butr it's comforting to know how, just in case.  Download and print some of that stuff and try it...could be fun.
 
LFB- thanks for the tips on the books.  Ordering the plant book today.

Oh yea, I have a bucket full of TV tube glass, several pounds of Arkansas stone, a few atlatl darts, wheel weights for more modern activities, bullet molds,slug molds, have made small bows. Still a kid at heart. Have a collection of just "good sticks". Thanks, ear
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Re: What's In Your Survival Library?
« Reply #5 on: August 07, 2011, 03:25:48 PM »
Quote:  "Still a kid at heart" ...made me start thinking...never a bad thing.
 
Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional. 
 
Many, or even most, of the things I do today for fun (age 68) are still the same things I used to do at age 14.  Even still have the same best friend to do them with.  Now, those are real blessings!
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Re: What's In Your Survival Library?
« Reply #6 on: August 07, 2011, 07:21:44 PM »
I too have a supply of good sticks. Some are Hickory, some Osage Orange, I bring them home and keep them around for my next project, when it shows up. My wife just thinks they are hiking staffs.
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Re: What's In Your Survival Library?
« Reply #7 on: August 08, 2011, 12:27:08 AM »
Quote from: schoolmaster on August 07, 2011, 07:21:44 PM
I too have a supply of good sticks. Some are Hickory, some Osage Orange, I bring them home and keep them around for my next project, when it shows up. My wife just thinks they are hiking staffs.

Have you ever seen a choke (vine wrap) that wasn't a left hand twist? I haven't. ear
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Re: What's In Your Survival Library?
« Reply #8 on: August 08, 2011, 03:33:58 AM »
  Like I said in my first post, I have too many to find and post. Here are 3 more. The first 2 were easy to find because they are in my bugout bags. There are different levels of survival. The first 2 are in my bugout bags because they are for the worst case survival scenarios. Survival skills in mine and Natures Garden in my wife's.


These 3 are for sustainable living. Like the slow decline we see happening now.


Backyard-Homestead is a great book to learn how to make the most of a small plot of land.


http://www.amazon.com/Backyard-Homestead-Produce-food-quarter/dp/1603421386/ref=sr_1_31?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1312805220&sr=1-31


Seed to Seed is a good book to learn how to conserve heirloom seeds. Some are easy some are hard.  Beans, peas, peppers and tomatoes are easy. Carrots and beets are harder.


http://www.amazon.com/Seed-Growing-Techniques-Vegetable-Gardeners/dp/1882424581/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1312806250&sr=1-1


Carrots Love Tomatoes is about companion planting. Planting combinations of vegetables together
to help each other. Some combinations protect each other from pest. Some fertilize others. Tomatoes taste better if planted next to basil.


http://www.amazon.com/Seed-Growing-Techniques-Vegetable-Gardeners/dp/1882424581/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1312806250&sr=1-1


I am trying to setup a homestead where the plants and animals do most of the work. These books are some of my sources.
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Re: What's In Your Survival Library?
« Reply #9 on: August 08, 2011, 03:53:39 PM »
Sassafras makes a pretty decent "stick" to save.  I've made one bow for a grandson out of it, gets dark brown as it ages.  My personal bow is from slow-growth ash, English longbow style, 52#.  Make 'em now and save 'em for when you need 'em.  A good "sapling" style bow can be made from mock orange (a thorny shrub with little leathery, seedfilled "mock" oranges).
 
It's also good, if you live where there is a good supply, to have a couple of bundles of switch cane  drying along wwith your sticks.  Great for all kinds of home and garden projects as well as serviceable shafts.
 
Thanks again for the input on the books.  The home gardening one is now on order, as well.
 
 
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