Upside Down Tomatoes.

Growing tomatoes upside down is very popular among preppers/survivalists since it allows you to grow a (comparably) large amount of food on minimal spaces.

 

 
It only takes very little soil since the roots do not have to support a large and heavy plant. The soil I used on these pictures come out of my composter and is nothing else than kitchen "waste".

I think this is a great method to add to your supplies if or when times get hard.

If you have played the video game "Homefront" you probably have seen upside down tomatoes in most window sills throughout the game

 

Find a bucket and a circular object, a coin is perfect!

 

A hot knife is perfect for cutting plastic!

 

Cut around the coin.

 

Voila!

Take a strong tomato seedling and put it in a coffee filter: This will  prevent
damage to the root...and also make the process much easier!



Done!

 

14 days later.






After 3 month.




Time to harvest!

 


Nice!

 


And all that with less than 5 L of soil!

 



The Club - "Stick And Stone Will Break Your Bone"

There can come a time in your life, when you need to pick up a stick to solve a conflict (to your advantage)....
Tie a stone to your stick and the person on the receiving end can not help to get a what we in danish call: "Et indtryk i tilværelsen" ("Getting a profound, life changing experience").

But of course you can also use it to kill smaller animals or to whack branches of a tree (by hitting hard on the base of the branch)

 Here`s how it`s done:

Take a branch and split it, to prevent the branch to split more
than desired you need to tie a cord around the spot you want the split to end.
A constrictor knot is the best for the job!

 

A fresh branch is best, but you can also pick a not-so-fresh branch a
nd soak it in water for some hours: Same effect.

This should be enough......



See how the crack stops at the Constrictor Knot ?

 

Take a flat, oblong stone....



...and wedge it between the branches halves.

 

The stone will cause the branch to split further,
but the constrictor knot puts a stopper to that.



 wrap a length of paracord around the branch from the point where the crack ends and up:
This will prevent further cracks and press the two halves of the branch closer together:
Tighter fit for the stone!

 


Just  a standard cross lashing.

 


Figure eight lashing at the end/top...

 

The stone is secured and it will take some effort to knock it out.

But just in case that happens: I sharpen one end, so the stick I`ll stand with is a pointy one...