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    CA drought

    I read about this..it sure is scary! Anybody that has their own land or family that owns their own land should plant anything edible that they can..if you don't own any land you can container garden..even grow fruit trees in large containers..the more self sufficient the better off you and your...
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    WHAT ARE YOU CANNING TODAY?

    Thanks..I hope to be able to can a whole lot more of the Peach pie filling from my loaded tree this year...I hope to score some free Apples ( my trees are to young to produce) from a friend of mine that works at a tree farm to make the Apple pie filling to enjoy during the winter months..
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    WHAT ARE YOU CANNING TODAY?

    Canned 8-jars of Blackberry jam.....4-jars Peach jam and 2-quarts of Peach pie filling..all the fruit was free from foraging or from my own yard.
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    business planning help

    Good luck to you...Your story sounds just like my father's story being in business with family..although my step-mother was the greedy one one that wanted control of the business and to be the one to make all the decisions in their case. My grandmother was the one in charge in the corporation...
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    Anyone know about Horehound?

    I bought the plant and have no idea how to use it? My dh loves horehound candy..I would love some recipes if anyone has some? Thanks
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    Economic Hardtimes - bring a back-to-land trend?

    I see people putting in more gardens this year...I bought and planted many perennial food's in the past month..I plan to add more as money allows. Im also doing any home improvements ...I know with the price of heating fuel I will be getting my fat butt in gear splitting enough wood to help heat...
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    What are you stocking in the pantry?

    Thanks...I feel everyone should try to grow as much food as possible...I learnt to buy all my edible landscape from our local nurseries...I have only bought heirloom seeds and a new seed sweet corn that grows in containers from the seed catalogs..My fruit trees were well over 5 to 8 feet tall...
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    K.I.S.S.

    I have the Zojirushi bread machine... I feel the price I paid for it has more then paid for itself in time,physical labor & $$$$ ...I love it!
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    What are you stocking in the pantry?

    I live in New York...I will be sure to tell my son..We moved here going on 5- yrs ago ..the lawn is a little less than 2 acres with a bunch of trees and nothing else planted..I knew that I wanted a Fruit Ochard along with a Greenhouse with lots of raised beds..so within the first year we planted...
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    What are you stocking in the pantry?

    Thank you for your kind words & wisdom! We are a family of 6 with 5 being all males..Oy..I don't think I have a years worth of food yet.. I know I have at least a 6-8 month supply of food along with "years"worth of HBA's,OTC Meds..A 3-4 yr. supply of Toilet Paper..Lol.. I intend to get to a...
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    What are you stocking in the pantry?

    I started to stock my pantry with a wide variety of everything...It took me a long time to build my pantry to where it is today..I love knowing that if I find a recipe that I want to make 99% of the time I have all the ingredients to make the said recipe..I make alot of foods from scratch..I...
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    ghee or clarified butter

    Ive been wanting to try my hand at canning butter for long term use...I watch bexarprepper or katzcradle on youtube maybe yoy woukd be interested in their technique?
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    older article but still we should be prepared---

    Reviving a old thread...So how do you view this subject a year later?
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    How much do you spend on food?

    Bringing new life into a old thread....Wondering how everyone is doing 2 yrs later?
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    This egg is way tooo big!

    I have seen that with my eggs also...I was really amazed when my girls stop laying for the first time in 3ys and I had to buy some store biught eggs..I looked at the large eggs and thought I must of messed up and picked up the small eggs..nope,I had the right size..what a joke compared to what...
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