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[Farmfresh]

In my next house I MUST have a main floor pantry!

I am so tired of running up and down stairs with my canned goods and stuff!

 

[FarmerChick]

No No
that is great exercise
keeps the old SS blood pumping.
think of it as a stairmaster, one you don't have to pay for at the gym..LOL

 

[modern_pioneer]

I have one more weekend of canning to do and I will be done for the year as far as canning goes. I still have dry goods to put up, still trying to work out some new ideas as for what other goods I can dry and store for the winter this year.

I have plowed and tilled the garden last weekend and purchased a bushel of winter rye which I planted yeterday for a green compost for next year.

I am hoping for at least two straight weeks of below 32F to kill the blight that robbed me of some of my foodstores this year. I bleached all my mater stakes prior to storing them.

As for firewood, I have to still fall a cherry tree that is in a very dangerous location near my house. It was struck by lighting last year and didn't make it this year. But I have cut and split almost 9 cords, just about half way there.

Again I will mention that I am spltting two extra cords this year in fear of a cold winter coming with the summer weather being so strange this year. A friend of mine says he expects this to be a cold, wet, and lots of snow this year.

Natural gas prices are 50% less today than they were this time last year, but keeping with my ss journey I still plan to burn wood as primary source for heat. I still have some coal left that I use to bank the fire off at night. I am not sure if I will use it this year or pay the cost of heating with gas.

I get my coal a a local strip mine it cost $65 a ton if I haul it. A ton will last me 6 weeks if used every night.

 

[modern_pioneer]

No No
that is great exercise
keeps the old SS blood pumping.
think of it as a stairmaster, one you don't have to pay for at the gym..LOL

Think of it as a stair master the isn't a clothes rack.

 

[FarmerChick]

LOL
yes most machines in the home do become clothes racks


and this one you are forced to use...no excuses. you hungry? down and up those steps you go!


edited because I saw in Lori's thread you wanted your own birds processed.
Have you asked that farmer you buy from--will he do like 50 birds for you for the freezer?
sometimes they will while they are processing theirs. might help you??

 

[Farmfresh]

No No
that is great exercise
keeps the old SS blood pumping.
think of it as a stairmaster, one you don't have to pay for at the gym..LOL

Yes yes yes! My arthritis is bad enough and now (for some stupid reason) I have nerve damage in both feet.

The stairs are for those with the ability to walk around the house WITHOUT a cane when it rains.

My SS blood pumps ... I just have to modify things so that my body can keep up.

 

[modern_pioneer]

G20 day after tomorrow....

Stupid folks......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ly-ao0Sj5A

Rioting - the unbeatable high
Adrenalin shoots your nerves to the sky
Everyone knows this town is gonna blow
And it's all gonna blow right now...

Now you can smash all the windows that you want
All you need are some friends and a rock
Throwing a brick never felt so damn good
Smash some more glass
Scream with a laugh
And wallow with the crowd
Watch them kicking peoples' ass


But you get to the place
Where the real slavedrivers live
It's walled off by the riot squad
Aiming guns right at your head
So you turn right around
And play right into their hands
And set your own neighbourhood
Burning to the ground instead


(chorus)
Riot - the unbeatable high
Riot - shoots your nerves to the sky
Riot - playing into their hands
Tomorrow you're homeless
Tonight it's a blast


Get your kicks in quick
They're callin' the National Guard
Now could be your only chance
To torch a police car


Climb the roof, kick the siren in
And jump and yelp for joy
Quickly - dive back in the crowd
Slip away, now don't get caught


Let's loot the spiffy Hi-Fi Store
Grab as much as you can hold
Pray your arms won't fall off
Here comes the owner with a gun


(chorus)


The barricades spring up from nowhere
Cops in helmets line the lines
Shotguns prod into your bellies
The trigger fingers want an excuse
Now


The raging mob has lost its nerve
There's more of us but who goes first
No one dares to cross the line
The cops know that they've won


It's all over but not quite
The pigs have just begun to fight
They club your heads, kick your teeth
Police can riot all they please


(chorus)


Tomorrow you're homeless
Tonight it's a blast.

I think I will sit here and worry about me and my own, I don't need to join a group to invite the government into my home.

 

[FarmerChick]

it was a halloween version of What?
LOL

I guess I truly missed the point?
LOL

 

[modern_pioneer]

All the protesters in Pittsburgh, painting group symbols all over the walls to guide their own parties to the staging area of the begining of their protest march.

Some local folks are banning together to counter act the other groups coming in from other states as well as other countries.

When they clash, the rioting will start. Yesterday a four person fight happened, one man had his ear bitten off and thrown to a unknown location by the other guy. Poor fello is now earless now, and for what? No jobs?

hoping it doesn't get to bad, stay tuned to your local and national news tomorrow.

 

[modern_pioneer]

Heres whats coming to my town tomorrow

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/04/protests_at_the_g20_summit.html