Fig 8 can be used as:
- Stopper
- Eye
- To join ropes
- To attach to something
- Friction hitch


Alpine butterfly can be used as: 
- Eyes in middle of the rope
- 'Y' hangs


Reef knot can be used for:
- Joining 2 ropes


Sheet bend can be used for:
- Joining 2 ropes of different sizes


Clove hitch can be used for:
- Attaching a rope to something


Round turn and 2 half hitches can be used for:
- Attaching a rope to something


Prusik Knot can be used to create a:
- Friction hitch to grip rope

If you have a printer, make yourself a cheat sheet. Print out some infographics 4"x6" and laminate them with clear tape. Take your booklet to the field and practice this stuff. I have always found the best way to learn is by doing. Leave the phone at home and go play with sticks, compasses and knots in the woods, it's more fun than you think.

Buckwheat is fast growing, high protein, hardy, pseudocereal crop that bees love. It prefers sandy loam with a pH of 5.5-6.5, in well drained, sunny areas, but will grow in a variety of conditions.

Sow buckwheat 2-3 weeks after the last frost, or 10-12 weeks before the first fall frost. It should be planted 1/2 in deep (or even scatter them on mulched soil) and 2 in apart, in rows 12-18 in apart. Thin to 4 in later. You can plant every 1-4 weeks if you desire.

In 3 weeks, edible leaves are produced, and flowers around 5 weeks. The actual buckwheat seeds mature in about 10 weeks. When 3/4 of the seed pods turn brown, harvest and thresh. Allow the seeds to dry indoors before storing in airtight containers, where they should keep for up to 3 months in a fridge and up to 6 months in a freezer. Grind them into flour at your convenience.

Buckwheat grows well with cabbage, kale, and brussels sprouts. After harvest, the stalks can be turned under and allowed to compost.

How to secure your gate.

Sad reality of living in South Africa.

#Survial
#Defense

Study up, the time to strengthen your skills is now. You'll be hard pressed to prepare while under duress. How fast can you execute your home evacuation plans? Where will you go? Can you treat traumatic injuries without looking at a book? Study up white man, we will need you. Your family will certainly need you

What about hardening your home? Fences don’t keep people out but they sure let you know when someone is willing to disregard a warning sign.

My house is insulated concrete forms and effectively bullet proof except for the windows. If shtf I’ll probably black out the windows on the front of the house so passers by don’t see lights after dark.

How can you defend your property? Once upon a time 15 years ago when I was married to a school teacher and lived in the city , she heard a pop out side while I was showering. 60 seconds later I was wet and naked holding a pistol on a 17 year old who thought it would be cute to decorate the front of our house with balloons for his teachers birthday. I slipped out the back of the house and flanked him.

What’s your plan? For example could you quickly get under your front porch and use it as a shooting position? What. About concrete planters outside that would be bullet proof?