NY chicken lover!!!!

[featherz]

He has candy of various sorts too. As for the grains, not sure on how long they will keep. They are in 5 gallon buckets with o2 eaters, but.. I have stuff like oatmeal, oat bran, nine grain and a few others. I forget now. I do eat the oatmeal and oat bran - so that works for me. One reason to get it that way is that it's CHEAP and stores well. I doubt it's expired yet, but a lot of that processed stuff he buys is. I did get him several emergency kits and various other 'stockpile' items. Oh, I buy the stockpile stuff from places like honeyville grain - you can get pretty much anything in a 50# sack.

Some of the stuff you can get at the survival places is kinda neat. I've actually used the freeze dried fruits and veggies in things, plus the powdered peanut butter is pretty good. And taco flavored TVP.

Pop tarts are the food of the gods. I understand him. Have him add some M&M's and he and I can party when the world ends. LOL

But I have to ask, what are you going to do with the grains? Do you nomally use grains in your cooking? I am only stockpiling things I eat and can cook on the facilities I have at hand. (which isn't my electric stove. Sigh)

Can't you feed the grains to your chickens when the approach expiration? And I thought that unprocessed grain lasted for like 20 years?

Personally I am not into DIY food....I've got minute rice in my stockpile. LOL

 

[Cass]

He has candy of various sorts too. As for the grains, not sure on how long they will keep. They are in 5 gallon buckets with o2 eaters, but.. I have stuff like oatmeal, oat bran, nine grain and a few others. I forget now. I do eat the oatmeal and oat bran - so that works for me. One reason to get it that way is that it's CHEAP and stores well. I doubt it's expired yet, but a lot of that processed stuff he buys is. I did get him several emergency kits and various other 'stockpile' items. Oh, I buy the stockpile stuff from places like honeyville grain - you can get pretty much anything in a 50# sack.

Some of the stuff you can get at the survival places is kinda neat. I've actually used the freeze dried fruits and veggies in things, plus the powdered peanut butter is pretty good. And taco flavored TVP.

Oh thank you. I didn't know about that place....it's wonderful. I'll have to place an order.

 

[itsy]

What survival place? I'd like to know about it!!

I looked for Costco or BJs around here to buy things in bulk - but they're all so far away from us. I thought we lived in the middle of nowhere before - now we're really in the middle of nowhere. By the time I spend the gas money getting over there, it makes me wonder if it's worth it.

Canned goods are really easy to stockpile - even if you aren't good at stockpiling. I'm not a big fan of canned stuff, but I'll do canned veggies in a pinch or canned soup. I wasn't too impressed with the cancan sale at Shoprite this year. Actually, I find that I'm not too impressed with the sales there this year at all. I usually double up coupons with store sales, but I'm finding less and less usable coupons and less desireable store sales. Anyone else?

 

[featherz]

Oh thank you. I didn't know about that place....it's wonderful. I'll have to place an order.

They are good peeps there - I used to live just up the mountain from them. $4.49 ships as many 50 pound sacks as you want and they have 10% off coupons out now and then via email.. So if you really really need 50 pounds of cornmeal and a case of banana pudding in a large can.......

 

[featherz]

http://store.honeyvillegrain.com

I've seen cheaper places, but if you need a LOT of stuff it's only $4.49 to ship. And again, wait for a 10% off coupon before buying the store. The freeze dried fruits are yummy.

What survival place? I'd like to know about it!!

I looked for Costco or BJs around here to buy things in bulk - but they're all so far away from us. I thought we lived in the middle of nowhere before - now we're really in the middle of nowhere. By the time I spend the gas money getting over there, it makes me wonder if it's worth it.

Canned goods are really easy to stockpile - even if you aren't good at stockpiling. I'm not a big fan of canned stuff, but I'll do canned veggies in a pinch or canned soup. I wasn't too impressed with the cancan sale at Shoprite this year. Actually, I find that I'm not too impressed with the sales there this year at all. I usually double up coupons with store sales, but I'm finding less and less usable coupons and less desireable store sales. Anyone else?

 

[vmdanielsen]

Morning all! Been reading through everyones posts and this group has been a busy one. Ended up at the clinic yesterday to find out I have bronchitis and a sinus infection. Antibiotics are wonderful things. Now I can go to work at the pharm today and share the wealth since all my guests like to share theirs! Henicillin can relate (cough, sneeze, here fill this for me).

Ginny--thanks for the pic of your hoop run. You used rebar for the structure? How did you bend it??

Love the pics of the babies. Getting excited for mine to come. We are expanding as well to cover all bases in case the economy tanks. Can always trade eggs and meat for stuff or just eat them ourselves. I;m not good at growing stuff. I have a black thumb when it comes to plants but critters I am good at.

For fun I go out with grapes and proceed to throw the girls a single grape at a time. This results in a game of keep away. If I really want to torture them, I bite the grape in half and throw in a half at a time. Of course I am standing outside the run because if I were inside, I would have a face full of chicken plucking the other half of grape out of my mouth!!! I usually take pity and then throw in a handful. Great entertainment though! Aria--I usually rip up the bread in pieces and throw it into my pens. Less fighting and more funny watching them run from piece to piece. Even funnier when Little Man picks up a piece and drops it, calling to the girls in an attempt to impress them, and they ignore him and run to the pieces far away from him! I wonder if it hurts his manly pride!!! lol

Stay well everyone as it stinks to be sick, Off to work. No rest for the weary!

Amy, It was 20' rebar that was cut to 16'. Climb up on a ladder, grab and pull. It actually bends quite easy.

 

[itsy]

Thanks for sharing that link!!! Any others I should know about? Any place to buy bulk oils and liquids?

 

[Henicillin]

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That's how I feel too. Not over the top stashing food, etc and a fall out bunker but knowing where the food comes from and a bit of self reliance. I garden, can food, have birds.... My jams and home canned fruit and veggies are AWESOME if I do say so myself.

among my peeps! We h

I knew I was among my people! I'm also interested in some degree of self-reliance, in better-quality and preferably local food (and it doesn't get more local than from your backyard), and in being able to look out for ourselves should things go rapidly pear-shaped. I was taught how to can as a kid, but techniques have changed, so I have to get back up to speed on that.

 

[Henicillin]

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Morning all! Been reading through everyones posts and this group has been a busy one. Ended up at the clinic yesterday to find out I have bronchitis and a sinus infection. Antibiotics are wonderful things. Now I can go to work at the pharm today and share the wealth since all my guests like to share theirs! Henicillin can relate (cough, sneeze, here fill this for me).

"Yeah, my doctor says I got bronchitis. I'll wait right here barking up a lung on your counter and refusing to move while you fill this, OK?"

Actually, I very rarely catch anything from work unless it's really virulent, probably because I develop low-level resistance to pretty much everything everything. The colds I get come from my darling husband the auto body technician. He'll pick up some creeping crud from Lord only knows where, hack all over the place, and I'll have it within a week. We just went through that, actually. *grr*

 

[Henicillin]

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Feel better soon Madsen!!!!!

Someone mentioned preparedness in an earlier post. Even if you don't feel the world is ending, it doesn't hurt to try to be a little more self-sustaining. I decided to start up a blog to help people with self-sustainability and to give homesteader/homemaker type tips and tricks on cleaning, cooking, crafting and the like.

I just started it yesterday, and if anyone would like to learn how to "Make your own homemade liquid laundry detergent" you can check out my first post! If you do make it - it will save you a ton of money. It literally will cost only a couple pennies per load. I think my next topic is dry laundry detergent and then I'll move on to fabric softeners and household cleaners. I dunno. There's a lot to cover!

Bookmarked! I like it!