With the new approach we are taking with the website, having a list that people can access will help with those who want to barter with or gift to me or the tribe. So I’ve put together this list and I’ll update when I can so that people have an idea of what we need as we continue working on rebuilding tribe and sharing the journey with all those who are interested. Please contact me before sending anything to make sure we don’t end up with duplicates. I’m also going to keep items that we have on the bottom of the list so that if people want to make a similar leap of faith, you will know what tools we used to make it work. Thank you to everyone who is helping with this journey.
Consumables – Always a need
- Fuel & Jerry cans
- Chain saw bar oil
- Chain saw chain (I’ll get the specs)
- Food – takes time to build up stocks and re-establish
- Nails, Screws, hoses, clamps, fittings, etc
Needed for construction to prepare for winter (temp shelter)
- Tarps – Water collection, keep fire wood dry, making hunters tents for visitors
- Wood shed – will make a lean-to to start, pallet shed later.
- Tarp Garage / Shelter Logic to keep tools dry until shelters are built
- 6 mil poly
- cement
- Cement Mixer – mixing adobe for greenhouse and my home fire build
- Labour
- Stove – I have a barrel that I’ll turn into a stove. (need hinges, self tapping metal screws)
- Stove piping – 6”
- Nails, screws, hoses, clamps and other misc ‘stuff’ – can always use to barter with as well.
- 1 – 7/8” hitch ball
Needed for the house
- first aid kit
- Solar panel. I already have one 85W panel, could use a couple more.
- 12V / 10A Charge controller
- 12 or 2 – 6 Volt Deep Cycle battery for solar system
- 2000W portable / hand luggable Generator
- Water jugs
- Water Barrels (water storage plus one will be turned into a fridge)
- Wash Tub (for laundry / bathing)
- Sink
- Single Bed
- Laptop – this one is starting to have hardware issues
- Rope
- Small table & a couple chairs
- Counter
- 5 Gal pails (toilet, hauling water, etc)
- Water pump – hand drawn
- DC lighting and switches. I have wire.
- Jars for canning. Pails and other storage for dehydrating, smoking, etc
Greenhouse build
- Cinder blocks
- cement
- Woven greenhouse fabric
- Windows (I think we have what we need)
- Doors
- Rebar
Misc
- Wood pallets – can always use pallets to build fences, wood sheds, etc
- 4×4 truck – eventually I would like to be an independent traveler again
- Cordless Drill
Items already acquired or built
- Cell booster – made one out of an old satellite dish.
- 85W solar panel – gifted. Thank you!!!
- 12V deep cycle battery – gifted. Thank you!!!
- 600W inverter – gifted. Thank you!!!
- dry goods bins – gifted. Thank you!!!
- Chainsaw – fixed an old one that was going to be thrown away
- Quad – Mine that I brought from Alberta.
- Tools – Mine that I brought from Alberta.
- Solar Dehydrator – built out of stuff laying around here
- Incinerator – materials here, just need to build it
- Cold smoker – old hot water tank here, will convert it into a smoker
