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As for the medical supply question..... I have yards and yards of unbleached muslin. It can be picked up cheaply at a fabric store and is good for slings, bandages, draining fruit for wine/jelly etc. That way us women don't have to give up our petticoats to the wounded soldiers. I would...

I also read about this in Countryside magazine and just had to try it. I picked up several one pound bags of dried beans, navy-kidney-black, a 5 pound bag of stone ground whole wheat flour, converted rice and brown rice. So, I did one oven's worth, about 15 jars. I filled the jars and put...

Mostly I always tell people to look around you. What would miss most if you couldn't get it tomorrow? Shampoo? Toothpaste? Okay, prime rib is probably at the top of the list, but really, if you cut your finger and you didn't have that "triple-anibiotic" cream to smear on the cut to prevent...

Heck, a very simple problem of theft could shut off your electricity for hours or even days. People are climbing live electric poles and cutting down the wires for copper scrap money plunging people in the dark and making electric companies scramble to repair them! It doesn't have to be a...

I have stored store bought pasta for more than a year in glass jars without issues. I also place dried bay leaves in the bottom and the top of each jar to help keep out pantry moths and buggies. All my long term pasta is stored in my basement in my store room pantry, so it is mostly dim light...

Years ago I also had this happen when I followed the boiling water bath method that my "Putting Food By" book stated. However I now have a new book and she goes over a simmering water bath, just under the boil for some canning. I have used her pickle recipe with great success. I checked the...

I make infused calendula oil and then use that in either soap or a salve with a little cocoa butter and beeswax. I also make an all purpose healing infusion with witch hazel. I gather calendula, yarrow blossom and plaintain leaves and steep them for several months in witch hazel that I buy in...

I too would love to know what others are doing to fence their gardens. Right now we have no fence, but are using a motion detector and an elevated water hose. The deer walk in, set off the motion detector and then the sprinkler starts to squirt water in a circle chasing them off. It works...

I buy a few boxes of lids at a time through the year, that way I have enough when I need them. Plus many stores are sold out in the season, so I'm never without enough lids. I keep mine in a cardboard box, but I keep some of those little silica packages in with them. I save them and use them...