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I've been looking around for bulk salt but haven't found any, even at WalMart, B.J.'s or Sam's Club. I'll have to check at the Costco across the river. When I do my salt, I'll do it the same way. Be sure to NOT put oxygen absorbers (O2a) in with salt or sugar. Word has it that it will turn to a...

The ants at my house haven't read that yet. Ha! Ha! I just wanted some sugar for long term storage and I'm comfortable with doing it this way. It really isn't much work at all. Actually, what I have with those 14 jars satisfies my want for having some put up for the long term. It's a...

This week I started my dry stores by putting 25 pounds of sugar into one quart size canning jars. If anyone wants to do that you'll probably want to know that you will need 14 quart jars. The jars had a half inch head space. I did that just in case I decide to turn them annually to help keep...

I agree that it's here, but it's going to get far worse. It's a combination of things actually. It's an ongoing progression of bad decisions by our elected officials. Bad decisions that do not represent the will of the people they were elected to represent, but serve the corporations that buy...

When preparing to store dry beans, rice, flour, sugar, etc. in canning jars, is it necessary to sterilize the jars before use, or is it sufficient to thoroughly wash them in hot soapy water and rinse them well and let them dry completely before use? I plan to use oxygen absorbers in everything...

The United Nations is the body doing this to all countries. At the Rio Summit, George Bush Sr. pledged America into their globalization plan. Check out Agenda 21 and what the subsequent Presidents have done to advance it in the US. Even Obama with his Executive Order for Rural Councils. Google...

The trouble is, they build a credit report for you based on utility payments or whatever else they can get their hands on, correct or not. Then they make it your responsibility to make sure it's accurate, even though you never wanted it in the first place. If you're an adult and breathing...

I agree with you 100%, and I'm not trying to convert anyone either. I just wish all people would search things out more. It's ok for people to be skeptical about it. Hopefully, that will prompt them to check it out. For those that think that all this type of internet information is just hype...

Does anyone else despise credit reports and the fact that businesses have saddled the American consumer with yet another way to extort money from our families? Does anyone have faith in a Bureau, that it will actually come to the aid of a consumer? Two important questions. Look at the...

I think my wife got a tick bite last night. She pulled the tick/bug off and it was small and flat, but it hadn't engorged itself yet. It looked like a tick to me. Today the bite site itches, and I was curious as to how we can make sure the head is not in there, if that's even what it was. We had...

I have the same issue with the CFL's in that they don't last as long as they say they do. They might call it a 5 year bulb, but read the package info. They define how many hours of use per day you do to stretch it to 5 years. Their formula doesn't work in my house. Combine a much shorter life...

I'm in Hampton Roads, Virginia, and the 1933 hurricane was the worst on record here. In the pictures, you can't tell where the river stopped and the drydocks of Norfolk Naval Shipyard began! Today, Irene's preceeding winds have been blasting us since early morning. The problem is, Irene's eye...

Rebbetzin, you are very talented! It looks great! I bet he's very proud of you.

Boogity, thanks for posting the picture! I'm going to get some of both for my storage supplies. Hope you feel better quickly!

I don't think they would give you much equity compared to what you actually have in it. All they want to do is make fast money at the homeowner's expense. I don't even like seeing their signs. I think they're bloodsuckers on folks going through hard times, which makes them pretty low in my book.

After the house quit shaking, the first thing I thought of was communications. I immediately tried the cell phone and it wasn't working. I want an old tube type ham radio for communicating and hearing what is going on when TSHTF or some other disaster happens. Like the hurricane for instance. I...

So true! I'm working on getting all my grandkids interested in gardening. The oldest is 7 and he loves it! The youngest is two months, but the others will be telling her how to garden. My grandson thinks it is so cool to go into the yard and pick food.

I just want to share some information that I saw on the History Channel the other day. In regards to heat generated by fire, they said that pork fat burns four times as hot as wood. I'm always reading on SS that some folks butcher their own hogs, so would that be a possible source of fuel for...

I'm planning on using an Oxygen absorber (O2a) in each quart canning jar that I put the rice, flour, beans or whatever in, except sugar and salt. Sugar and salt are said to turn into a solid block if you use an O2a. I have hundreds of canning jars, so I plan to use them for this as well as...

No, the moths were not in the room before those two packages came into the house. I believe they were in one of the packages as they were next to each other. It is in a temperature controlled room where I store my canned goods and canning supplies, and the door stays locked. Windows are shut as...