Posted on 09/01/2021 12:50:14 PM PDT by 4everontheRight
Folks - I want to buy some "prep" food for my son & his soon-to-be-bride. I want to make sure they have some stored food & the easiest way (unlike how I've done it) is to just buy some stored food from Patriot Food Supply or such. I'm curious if any Freepers have purchased & what they consider the best options, where you have purchased from or what advice you might have. Appreciate the advice!
HEE HEE - I was surprised-didn’t think it would last that long either.
Hopefully things hold together long enough for me to get moved to my rural W TN bugout location. That's when I'm going to get serious with my preps.
for the medicine cabinet:
Manuka Honey
it is the best wound dressing EVER
Tried to order from the mormons. They want my church id. Brick wall.
Check out some of the local smaller pet stores, and/or Farm and Fleet, or Tractor Supply stores.
The fact that it is back ordered and still hasn't shown up may indicate medications are tied up in supply chain breakdown.
We don’t have such things in this small town. The nearest Tractor supply is 45 miles away. No Farm and Fleet that I know of anywhere around.
We have a small feed store, but when we had horses, we always had to go to another town to get wormer etc.
It’s a good idea to test the seed varieties you decide to include in your stash. Each one will have its own preferred climate, soil, and growing style. It often takes trial and error to find the best match for your garden. If the variety you choose is adapted to perfect soil, chemical fertilizers, long summers, and frequent doses of fill-in-the-blank-icides, then it probably won’t produce well using organic methods in so-so soil, with late spring frosts and early winters. Find a variety that fits the way you garden, and you’ll get MUCH better results.
Varieties with a lot of built-in diversity, such as landraces or grex varieties, will be highly adaptable.
I recommend books like “The Resilient Gardener” by Carol Deppe, and “Teaming With Microbes” by Jeff Lowenfels and Wayne Lewis. There’s an endless list of other books I’d recommend, but those will cover quite a lot.
I grew up on and lived on a farm with greenhouses most of my life.
My own experience is that with proper weed and insect control, you get good results. Those two are a learning experience.
If there’s a research college or university in your area, check what they do with their old lab equipment. They generally like to replace a machine long before it wears out, just so they can stay current.
The state university system here has it’s own store where they sell the old equipment, usually by auction. But, the auctions aren’t advertised all that well, so the equipment often goes for a song. Everything from glass beakers to mass spectrometers to DNA synthesizers, and yes, sometimes freeze-dryers! They may not be as consumer-friendly as a Harvest Right, but they would do the job.
This year I did about 20 different varieties of specialty peppers and 15 different varieties of tomatoes.
Made the mistake of not sorting the pepper plants by Scoville units when planting so I had to tie a red plastic ribbon on the super hots an orange ribbon on the medium, and yellow on the mild.
I planted a dozen Carolina Reaper and Ghost Peppers for the heck of it. Those are dangerous!
My wife accidentally picked one of the cute little Thai Hots and burnt her mouth pretty bad.
My tomatoes are almost all on wire trellis system like grapes. The increased air flow and sun really helped keep disease to a minimum.
I enjoy vertical gardening. Easier to care for the plants, weed, till, harvest, ..... highly recommend it.
That’s a great idea.
Just stumbled onto this. It’s a summary of types of flour and the shelf life if properly stored.
https://www.recipetips.com/kitchen-tips/t—1039/flour-storage-guide.asp
https://www.primalsurvivor.net/fish-antibiotics-humans/
You can get fish antibiotics which are identical to human but you don’t need a prescription. That way you can stock up. I don’t know how long meds last. You can find fish-biotics at your local feed store too which saves shipping and has less of a paper trail, especially if you pay with cash.
Multivitamins are also a good prep item.
Thank you for your reply. I am going to try it out! Did not know a store butcher would do that. Learning something new!
You heat up the water in the morning and use it to cook in the thermos.
You have hot food, drink and washing water all day.
Thought I would “try” to get this thread active again considering the times. Just wondering if anyone has any comments or current experiences to share. Thanks so much!
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