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[perchie.girl]

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I love the idea of keeping a 2 year supply on hand. For a single person it would be a no brainer. What I want to do is keep it rotating ALL of it. I can live completely without flour So I wouldnt have to store grains. I dont bake.... I know about storing grains though because I would keep beans and rice on hand... just by filling the bins with either nitrogen or CO2... You can reach in with a scoop and take out what you need without disturbing the bucket full of inert gas.

For a protien based grain material that can be used as flour I have a Mesquite tree. Their Beans, Pod and all can be ground for flour.

Water storage I have 3000 gallon water tank Which Needs to be plumbed to the house so I want an additional one for home use put in for at least 6000 capacity. I have the booster pump to provide water pressure from it.

I have also read that you can use just regular canned goods if they are stored properly... Temperature and humidity.... But I also want to home can for preserving what I can grow hydroponically and any meat I might harvest.

We have the occasional deer that wanders through. and Mule deer are huge compaired for others. but Rabbit is the most plentiful... Jack rabbit, Bush bunny, And cottontail.

If I can get solar going on my place I can go completely off grid.

deb

 

[vehve]

"This week on Doomsday Preppers..."

 

[hennible]

Funny vehve... But you should see the food at my place, always a few months worth at least for the five living here... And seeds man I have seeds, all sorts " just in case"

 

[perchie.girl]

"This week on Doomsday Preppers..."

A CIA friend of the family Scared me into it....

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Hey if doomsday came I would be a gonner... So would my horse because All horse feed is imported here from another county.

But there is very good logic to keeping food storage as a part of maintaining a household. And by rotating the food in genera principal through the regular pantry The food doesnt go bad And you have a buffer for when and if times go lean.

deb

 

[vehve]

Plus you can buy it when it's cheap, if you don't grow it yourself.

 

[hennible]

Yep.

 

[hennible]

Well I managed to build a roll away nesting box today.... Think its to cold to bother painting it. Next some roosts and a poop board. After that some lumber wrap to protect it all and also some to keep the run snow free, ideally.
Woo! productive.

 

[vehve]

Well I managed to build a roll away nesting box today.... Think its to cold to bother painting it. Next some roosts and a poop board. After that some lumber wrap to protect it all and also some to keep the run snow free, ideally.
Woo! productive.

Where are the pictures?

 

[hennible]

Needs a paint job and some sort of liner... I'm thinking astro turf. Hoping if I get it up before they start to lay they won't protest the lack of bedding like my other girls.

 

[vehve]

Looks good, front loading version. What do you use for padding in the collection box? Astro turf there too? Or was it just for that? What prompted the build, did you have egg eaters?