Hi Everyone, NOTES: * Here is a planting guide separated into the different zones. Download your Planting Charts | Kellogg Garden Organics™ Murrieta, California is in Zone 9B. This Kellogg site offers a lot of free information. * Ugh, I've got earwigs infesting my garden. Damage from earwigs looks like...

“Thousands have lived without love, not one without water” - W.H. Auden. You can survive around three days without water, and even if you have some stored up for yourself, it is almost a guarantee that your neighbors don't. You may not have heard that Taiwan is experiencing its worst...

Hi Everyone, NOTES: Did you know that the man who discovered how to preserve blood was black? In the late 1930s, Charles Drew invented a way to process and preserve blood plasma for transfusions, which allowed it to be stored, shipped, and used for longer periods of time. Before that,...

If an event forced you and your family out of your home in a matter of minutes, would you have prepared enough in advance to have the right items to ensure you, your family, and your pets would be okay if you were restricted to the disaster zone and help...

“Only the dead see the end of war.” ― George Santayana, 1922 We are entirely dependent upon a technological infrastructure that is going to, without a doubt, continue to fail with increasingly more regularity.  Today, infrastructure is so much more than roads, bridges, damns, and powerplants.  Infrastructure is laced between...

Hi Everyone, NOTES: NOTES: * The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints has been encouraging its members to be prepared for over 70 years. Did you know that no matter what the church does or says, only about 15% of the members are prepared? That said, it is probably...

“Any person capable of angering you becomes your master...” ― Epictetus Someone is suddenly in your face and loudly berating you.  There are several ways you can react, but do you?  It is impossible not to be drawn into verbal altercations that can easily tip over into hostile encounters.  Human...

“I'm afraid that I won't do the right thing in the face of disaster. Or, I'm afraid I will be stupidly brave.” ― Ada Limon, Bright Dead Things We would like to think that the social norms and laws that we have thoughtfully debated and created over time will hold...

Hi Everyone, NOTES: * All of my vegetables are planted in containers. Here is a good article about planting in 5-gallon buckets. Bucket Container Planting Vegetables - Using Buckets For Growing Vegetables These buckets are under $3 at Lowes and Home Depot. Considering the cost of planting containers, and if...