Introduction

welcome to the survivorlist group.
my wife and i have been living the survivalist lifestyle since 1977
when we dropped out of the city to live in the quachita national
forest. where we had a 13 acre truck garden. it was more than a
truck garden in name only. we didn't have a tractor so we pulled a
six bottom plow around the pasture with our old pickup truck LOL. we
grew an enormous amount of food. we did that a couple years before
moving to the ozarks of N.W. arkansas in 1979. i was a building
contractor for several years doing mostly victorian preservation.
but have also done alternative building too. i have been
incorporated as alternative energy systems inc. since 1979 and was
one of the early solar advocates. i have written seven how-to books.
one on converting wankel engines to aircraft use and six called the
TUNDRA DAISY COOKBOOKS of how-to make back to basics devices from 55
gallon oildrums. i am a licensed electrician, radio operator and
pilot and certified welder. before dropping out i was a hardhat
diver and shipfitter. i also raced stockcars, motorcycles and built
homebuilt aircraft. in eureka springs i had a knife business
called the bladerunner, which is my radio call, and used to make
knives on my lunch hour when i was a shipfitter. i have been a
shooter all my life having gotten my first rifle at age 9. i was
raised in the swamps of louisiana and by age 10 was going out for
weekends in the swamp alone or with friends.things were different
then. it was normal for young teens to go out "camping/hunting in
the wilds with little more than a knife and gun ( i've never owned a
tent to this day) for the weekend. i build guns as an amatuer
gunsmith ( amatuer means i don't get paid :)) ) specializing in long
range precision shooting irons and tactical rifles. we still live a
simple life on the shores of beaver lake. i also convert schoolbuses
to class A motorhomes called SKOOLIES. i build them, as well as my
cabins, SINGLEHANDEDLY....i also have a retreat we call moark where
i'm building a survival shelter from a over road refrigerator box.
commonly called a reefer. heres my hobby webpage about it.
http://beaverlake.homestead.com/moark.html .