(Continued from Part 6.) 3.7 – Improving Our Soil Before A T2E Those with experience growing crops have learned that the fertility of their soil or the ability to add fertilizer has a large impact on crop yields. The best option to prepare for an emergency is to add fertility now into our soil. It is like keeping our vehicles at least half full of gas, it will be ready to use when we need it. When I first started gardening I skimped on improving my soil and most of my harvests were mediocre. When I spent more money and…

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Reader D.S.V. wrote to tell me of the passing of actress June Lockhart, at age 100. JWR’s Comment: Not mentioned in the brief obituary is that June Lockhart was a devoted Christian. — On October 26, 1826, the Erie Canal between the Hudson River and Lake Erie opened. — October 26, 1881: A feud between the Earp brothers (Wyatt, Virgil, and Morgan) and an outlaw gang led by Ike Clanton escalated into a celebrated gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona Territory. — Today is the birthday of Henry Deringer (October 26, 1786 – February 28, 1868) was an…

The Gnome watched again as the sun set from his treestand—another day without spotting the elusive peryton. He was growing bored of sitting in a tree waiting for the creature to emerge. He’d sat up there for days, listening to squirrels bicker and crows laugh at him. But the Gnome knew his best chance at arrowing the winged stag would be to keep sitting right where he was.This wasn’t like hunting a whitetail or even an elk. The Gnome had picked a tall old tree by an open meadow because he expected the creature to fly in, not just step…

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A more economical alternative to Competition Electronics’ Bluetooth-enabled DLX model, the ProChrono LTD is a ballistic chronograph that utilizes a pair of light-detecting sensors to measure the time it takes for an object to pass by them, then converts that interval into a velocity and displays it on an LCD screen. Compatible with pistols, rifles, airguns, archery arrows/bolts and even shotgun payloads, the ProChrono LTD is sensitive enough to provide velocities for projectiles traveling anywhere between 20 and 9,999 f.p.s., with +/- 0.5 percent accuracy, and its onboard memory can store results for as many as nine shot strings of…

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At one time, Thompson/Center Arms was the leading name in muzzleloaders, starting out with traditional-style firearms and venturing into the world of modern inline muzzleloaders. The company was purchased by Smith & Wesson in 2007 before being shuttered in 2021 during that company’s re-organization. In 2024, Thompson/Center was purchased by former president Gregg Ritz and is on the road to recovering its past muzzleloading reputation with the newly updated and reintroduced for 2025 Triumph in-line muzzleloader. Thompson/Center has updated and reintroduced its Triumph in-line muzzleloader. The Triumph, originally introduced by Thompson/Center in 2007, is what Ritz calls “the best value-priced…