Canadian $275 BILLION bank bailout.

[Wifezilla]

Yup. Building up my library. Stocking the dry goods. TRYING to fill the freezer but the boys eat too damn fast!!!

Water...well, I wish I had a creek. There is one not TOO far away, but boy would that be a pain. No room for a big tank.

I am just glad I have my ducks so I have meat and eggs. I have Welsh Harlequins so they can brood their own young. I need to stock up on feed though. And more seeds. I have seeds, but more is better.

 

[FarmerChick]

be sure you have cash

Sock away enough to pay those property taxes! very important. if jobs are lost, etc....the state still wants their money!

 

[unclejoe]

Water...well, I wish I had a creek. There is one not TOO far away, but boy would that be a pain. No room for a big tank.

Don't forget, you are allowed to collect water from your roof now.
Go to CL. I got a 250 gal plastic tank for $20. It's only about 3.5' in diameter. Something is better than nothing.

 

[Wifezilla]

Well, there are restrictions still on the rainwater collection, but it isn't like the utility company is actively enforcing anything. Yeah...rain barrels are a good idea. I have 1 but it needs a base.

 

[Okiemommy]

Whats up w/ the restrictions for collecting rainwater? I have not heard of this.

 

[Wifezilla]

Colorado has some very weird water laws. We even have a WATER COURT! LOL

http://www.blm.gov/nstc/WaterLaws/colorado.html

Until recently it was illegal to use rain barrels.

 

[DrakeMaiden]

Until recently Washington state also did not allow rainwater collection. They changed the law recently here too.

 

[Okiemommy]

Wow you guys.... weird. Was there a "good" reason for this?

 

[Wifezilla]

Oh yeah. Lots of battles over water in the old West.

 

[DrakeMaiden]

Basically it comes down to salmon spawning here, in the Pacific Northwest. You don't want to restrict stream flow (which starts as runoff from residential areas). But . . . now our area is also having storm water issues . . . during fall and winter rain events there is an increased likelihood of the water running off, rather than infiltrating into the soil, and so I think collecting some of it is now being seen as a good thing.