And as always thank you for reading this & responding. All comments are welcome. and yes I know that I am NOT a perfect writer. My main talents lay else where.
Watching Deutches Bank and any repercussions from the BREXIT and causing the EU banking system to melt down.
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Gardening and forage skills are good to have. In the first great depression, everyone had them, and many moved out to the country to survive.
Many have suggested it, but I think one of the greatest skills to cultivate is having good relations with your neighbors. An individual family is simply too vulnerable. Americans will self organize into militias to keep law and order, but it is a good idea to know your neighbors as a way to start them up.
Thank you for doing this necessary work. Writing takes time and effort.
I have been refreshing my memory on nuclear survival skills. Feeling the need to get that back corner of the basement cleaned out. With the dirt on 2 sides, and the concrete block foundation under our 14 foot long double fireplaces, it wouldn’t take too much to make a nifty shelter there, but it’s not the biggest priority.
Saving money to buy the greenhouse/sunroom so that I can expand my winter gardening of fresh produce, as well as get some room back for my home office computer area. The indoor garden and supplies has grown each year till it’s just too much.
I also try to save enough money to buy a Am. Silver Eagles. each year. However much the property taxes are, that’s the amount I try to put back. I figure down the road, if runaway inflation hits, we’ll be nearly self sufficient if we have to be, except for property taxes, so that’s the hedge against that.
I am excited that we actually have some fruit on the peach trees this year, so I’m hoping to can some peaches. I can enough green beans to last for a little over a year, and then we let them mature for dry beans, put those in the mylar bags, or mason jars.
I am planning on planting winter rye in the 100 sq ft of garden beds next to the walnut tree. That’s to improve the soil. In the spring, we’ll plant something that matures quickly, since the shade gets to be too much around this time of the year.
Then I’ll plant half in winter wheat. I grew that one winter and it did well. Wasn’t too hard to harvest either, though not my favorite thing to do. Will do some sort of winter grain rotation or soil improvement cover crop. Wish the space got enough sun for summer veggies, buy Hubby has plenty of the sunny spots anyway.
BREXIT Ramifications
I posted instructions on making a grain thresher out of a 5-gallon bucket: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3441330/posts?page=83#83
I didn’t go into much detail about what grain was shown in the pictures. That’s lambsquarters seed, which grew wild on my farm. Lambsquarters is a wild form of quinoa, and is a good source of protein. It grows just about anywhere at the drop of a hat. These planted themselves at the edges of my garden. The leaves are also edible, and taste like spinach. The leaves have more calcium per cup than milk does!
The other grain I threshed that day was amaranth, also from a stand that grew wild on my land.
Knowing how to forage, and what to do with the stuff you find, is a very important SHTF skill.
Gardens are in, cordwood is stacked to dry before winter, fishing every weekend, scouting places to hunt this fall, driving a grain truck after work for wheat harvest these last few weeks to trade my time (barter) for a couple of beef cows and hogs for the freezers, rotated bulk water storage..... then theres my day job.....:o)
Stay Safe !
I have so little money that I can’t spend much if any on anything other than necessities.
Despite that, every time I get a gift certificate for birthday, Father’s day etc. for Amazon, I spend it on Mountain House meals. They are really tasty and about as good a way as any to invest your money. I have almost a years supply now and with all the fruit trees, pecan trees, grapes and other things I can hold out for about as long as I need to.
My grandmother nicknamed me “the supply sergeant” back in the early 1960’s when I was about eight years old. I guess I’ve been a prepper long before the term was ever invented.
These days I grow just about everything in my garden and raised beds. I have two ponds on my rural property, one stocked with catfish and the other with bass and bream.
I also raise Leghorn chickens for eggs. I used to raise meat birds but not doing that presently.
Started stocking ammo back in the early 1990’s, so much that I have no need to buy anymore.
And I set aside my budget for precious metals every month or so, only silver and gold eagles. Not so much gold eagles though since 2008 since the price got so high.
I can’t imagine living life any other way.
Coms;. This weekend is the annual Amateur Radio Field Day where hams all over the country set up... you guessed it... in the field. Ham clubs all over the country plan for this weekend all year. So, if you are interested in coms, how easy it is to get your license, how small of an investment is needed to get on the air, and meet some like minded people, this is the weekend. Google for your local amateur radio clubs and get connected.
Brother and I are heading down to the Springfield prepper show this weekend. Add me to the ping if u don’t mind.
BFLR
The subject of air rifles is something you might want to focus on in a future prepper thread.
CANNING JARS
Classico brand pasta sauce comes in regular mason jars with screw on tops.
Some are 28 ounce, some are 32 ounce.
Sometimes you will also find the small 1/2 pint jars with pesto or bruschetta that are also mason style jars.
For a canned (jarred) sauce it isn’t bad.
Our local Publix stores have a buy-one-get-one sales on Classico usually around Feb and Oct.
Many of our jars came from family and friends who bought the sauce and saved the jars for us.
We have even talked to people we see buying the sauce in the store and some of them saved jars for us!
Publix and other grocery stores sell tons of Classico sauce so there are literally thousands of jars out there.
All you have to do is get your hands on them!
We have canned with these jars for years and never had a failure or broken jar.
“I/we have our priorities in place. and for me I have a wife & son both with special needs that come first & foremost in my life. “
As it should be! Anyone that chips on you for the lack of a “timely” thread will be instantly fried by myself and I am certain others will join in.
Please keep us updated on the windmill project.
Was looking up info on the lambs quarters and ran into this site which I thought gardeners here might like to know about!
http://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=CHAL7