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    WHAT ARE YOU CANNING TODAY?

    I need a moment of silence please . Talk to a friend yesterday they had lost over a 1000 canning jar In a barn fire a few weeks ago. Fortunately they were empty. The contents had been run through their freeze dryer.
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    Can you store grain in buckets?

    No odor or taste problems . What you have is a mild form of mustard gas . So I would not huff the fumes .
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    Can you store grain in buckets?

    That link https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002HI7QPA/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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    Can you store grain in buckets?

    Well I am kind of late on the reply but here we go . On flour don't store anything with bran/germ in it . So just bleached or unbleached white only . No self rising as backing powder loses potency . On grains buckets with or without Mylar can work as long as they have a good gasket . You will...
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    organic feed price

    Seeing as you are in India I doubt we can help you.
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    Where are all the lids???

    Didn't need the 10 boxes of wide mouth lids but it didn't hurt to add to my supply. I left 61 boxes for others sitting there
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    Where are all the lids???

    Picked up 120 wide mouth lids today.
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    Feed prices

    Have a friend with a feed store . New wholesale price sheet came in yesterday. Everything had gone up .80 to a $1.00 a bag . Just a heads up that retail feed is going up .
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    housing crash again?

    Yes soil and health is another good one . Now if we want to go big and all inclusive . http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/ Last I knew well over 80,000 free books.
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    The sound of silence

    Hm I might need speakers in the deer blind next year.
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    Weaving

    In TN. we call it bow dock . It makes a good long bow.
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    housing crash again?

    This is a good place to add a resource of mine. http://www.survivorlibrary.com/index.php/library-download
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    housing crash again?

    Don't overlook pumpkins. Those big ones were called hog pumpkins for a reason . They would pack them in the barn with lose hay for winter feed. Bust them open chickens love them .
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    housing crash again?

    Yes feed is going up . Part of it is crop failures and part is increasing demand. Remember how hard it was to find small livestock last year. Problem is the solution. There was a time when poultry ate more greens than grain . Then with the ease of grain harvesting all that changed ...
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    housing crash again?

    Well I guess I am ahead off the curve. Place is paid for . It's not much but as long as I can pay the property tax it's mine. It's off grid so no monthly bills except Internet and phone .
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    Weaving

    That should work but I normally see that done with Osage orange trees. They plant young trees 8 to 10 feet apart . Once they are established they bend down a branch both directions and put a rock on it with a bit sticking out . It roots and sends out branches that are bent down to root. In about...
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    What's for dinner?

    Firing up the smoker today . Making bacon and Canadian bacon.
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    Weaving

    Ok looks like I hijacked a thread! As far as eating it . I have had kudzu jelly which has a certain amount of grape smell and flavor to it . Also kudzu honey . Some times I harvest the leaves and use them instead of grape leaves to make dolmas . Tender vine tips are said to be good but haven't...
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    Weaving

    Your talking of vines and weaving brought this to mind . http://nancybasket.com/kbaskets.htm When your weaving material can grow as much as 2 foot a day on can do a lot of weaving .
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    Ready.gov

    Yeap, I knew that was there. It's an okay start but falls short of truly getting a family ready.
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