Self-Sufficient Meta Thread - Discussion about the board, not the topics of self-sufficiency.

[quaawaa]

Wait until you get someone with 10+ negligent discharges telling all the newbies that it's a totally normal thing for every gun owner to do, and half the thread calls you a safety conscience faggot for even pointing out how big of a problem that is. You'd probably get better advice on /k/. I don't know why but these topics are a magnet for larping bullshit and rednecks.

The "NDs are normal" posts are all copypastas from old /k/. No one actually believes that NDs are part of gun ownership, but it's funny to post the bait and see all the pearl-clutching redditors get outraged.

Modern /k/ is full of troons and NAFO/Ukranians jerking off to Russian death videos. Anyone with any knowledge left years ago.

 

[Crypto Six Gorillionaire]

I need more composting knowledge.
I want to make a large bin for next season.

Build a couple of 1M3 bins out of planks, pallets if you are cheap. Cover the surfaces with chicken wire. Fill it with roughly half dead stuff (brown) and half living plant matter (green), make sure its a bit damp but not soaking wet. Turn it every one or two months in the empty bed next to it. Should be ready in 9-12 months. It's an easy process, used coffee grounds are like adding crack to it.

 

[NoReturn]

I'm glad this is here and some of my favorite threads have already been moved over. Hell yeah.

 

[Relinquish]

Could a thread on home renovation go here?

 

[Null]

Could a thread on home renovation go here?

Yes.

 

[Happy Little War Painter]

Build a couple of 1M3 bins out of planks, pallets if you are cheap. Cover the surfaces with chicken wire. Fill it with roughly half dead stuff (brown) and half living plant matter (green), make sure its a bit damp but not soaking wet. Turn it every one or two months in the empty bed next to it. Should be ready in 9-12 months. It's an easy process, used coffee grounds are like adding crack to it.

Would it be better to add rabbit droppings to the compost bin or to add it fresh to the soil when planting?

 

[Crypto Six Gorillionaire]

Would it be better to add rabbit droppings to the compost bin or to add it fresh to the soil when planting?

I'd compost it, treat it as green waste. Fresh manure can be damaging to plants as its so nutrient rich.

Could a thread on home renovation go here?

"John Stupid liked your post."

 

[Botchy Galoop]

Fresh manure can be damaging to plants as its so nutrient rich.

I regrettably found out that most all manures should be composted first! I made the mistake of throwing a lot of fairly old horse manure on my garden area, only to find out that because horses only have a one-stomach process, that weed seeds are not killed. Needless to say, I grew a nice crop of hay in my veg garden that year...So make sure you cook all the shit good; a good hot compost will kill most weed seeds.

 

[bile demon]

Self-Defense

• Of one's body and family

Finally an appropriate board for the discussion of childhood vaccines.

 

[Crypto Six Gorillionaire]

I regrettably found out that most all manures should be composted first! I made the mistake of throwing a lot of fairly old horse manure on my garden area, only to find out that because horses only have a one-stomach process, that weed seeds are not killed. Needless to say, I grew a nice crop of hay in my veg garden that year...So make sure you cook all the shit good; a good hot compost will kill most weed seeds.

I used hay as a mulch once. Regret, regret, regret.

 

[Burekbossman]

Would it be better to add rabbit droppings to the compost bin or to add it fresh to the soil when planting?

https://www.finegardening.com/article/rabbit-manure-in-the-garden

You can just add it, it's cold manure. It's the only one that is, everything else must be composted.

 

[Email]

Dig a fuck off hole and dump any of your organic filth into it.
The soil around the rancid hole will be nutritious.

 

['Ole Dente]

I don't know DICK about vehicle repair. It's pretty embarrassing considering I'm fantastic at electronic repair, home building and tool use. Any good books for that? I mean like borderline dead simple books.

 

[56 others]

There's definitely space for multiple gun threads. The one Hunter made in 2013 is even called "Mega Rad", so if you want to try and spin up a "Boring and Practical" gun thread, that's fine.

You will specifically need to set up a caliber containment thread, because gun autists will shit up every other thread.

A thread focused on suppressors and attachments would be cool too.

 

[RL Steinbeck]

So this might be kind of tangential, but I'm wondering if a thread focused around child-rearing tips/resources might fit in.

I speak with friends and family raising children, and the average normy channels seem fraught with faggotry.

I imagine things like DIY parenting solutions, home schooling anecdotes, places/orgs with hidden agendas (to avoid), etc, would be valuable to share.

Would something like this fit in?

 

[CHARizard]

So this might be kind of tangential, but I'm wondering if a thread focused around child-rearing tips/resources might fit in.

I speak with friends and family raising children, and the average normy channels seem fraught with faggotry.

I imagine things like DIY parenting solutions, home schooling anecdotes, places/orgs with hidden agendas (to avoid), etc, would be valuable to share.

Would something like this fit in?

If this thread got posted I would review the stuff I have accrued over the last few months. Learned a lot about whats worth buying and whats not since having my first.

 

[ForTheHoard]

I tried looking at /k/ and it was just troon shit even on the thread for .308. It's a useless dead gay website.

Much like gardening, things need attention and time to grow.

I was being sarcastic mentioning /k/. There are very few places on the internet that host constructive discussions on guns. There's an extremely broad demographic of people that are interested in it, so it brings in a lot of misguided and uneducated opinions that are sold as truths.

@quaawaa I might have taken the bait on the specific post I was referencing, but I've worked beside people that genuinely believe that shit. They are almost universally retired cops and non-infantry Army vets.

 

[TETRABAX]

There's an extremely broad demographic of people that are interested in it, so it brings in a lot of misguided and uneducated opinions that are sold as truths.

I used to be in the discord of a couple big guntubers and people seemed somewhat knowledgeable (at least better than modern /k/), but I haven't checked any of them or in years so I don't know if that's still the case

 

[Burekbossman]

I think CodysLab was running one. Here I'll find a link

As far as covering into biodiesel, I'll try to find some resources

Looks like this has some of the answers you are looking for. You also get some byproducts that can be used as precursors to create explosives so that's a plus

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biodiesel_production

Thanks Tetrabax

 

[Ted's of Beverly Hills]

Sourdough is very easy to make for yourself, and is a sensible lifestyle improvement you can make over buying store bought bread. There’s a rabbit hole you can go down with buying and storing shelf-stable whole grains and milling your own flour for maximal freshness and nutrition profile, but you can still get started with store bought flours and little else - a sourdough starter kit, salt, water, mixing bowls, and an oven to cook it in. Organic and non-gmo white flour isn’t that much more expensive than the bleached shit you probably have. You get into steeper costs when you start buying ryes and other more nutrient-dense grains. The sourdough starter itself is pretty much idiot-proof and can be relatively low-maintenance if you refrigerate it for most of the week. If you’re cooking for yourself a single sourdough boule may be all you need to supplement your diet with some low-glycemic impact carbs.

Sourdough (particularly rye) also has other benefits - if you make more than you need, then you can also use the leftovers to make kvass, a tasty beer-like probiotic drink that is supposedly comparable to kombucha in terms of digestive benefits. You can use some of the sourdough starter you’re already going to be culturing in place of commercial yeast for the fermentation, resulting in a very low-alcohol drink (like home-made kombucha, you’re looking at 1% ABV at most. Obviously that’s a fringe benefit if you enjoy beer but want to cut back on your alcohol intake. With just a few flavoring ingredients (hops, lemon peel, raisins, maybe a sprig of mint) you can produce something that tastes very similar to a beer. But you can also flavor it with just about anything and tailor it to your preferences. If you add beets to the jar, you’ll end up with a red kvsss you can use as an ingredient to make borscht.

None of these things are very time- or resource-intensive - you can get by with mason jars, bowls, and tea towels you probably already own (perhaps not quart and half-gallon/gallon-size mason jars, granted - but purchased easily enough online). Airlocks for the sourdough starter and kvass are nice to have and pretty cheap to buy once you know what you’re doing.