Funny you say that. This past week I got in 5 lbs. of chicory seed . Now bear in mind that there are roughly 40,000 seed to the 1/4 pound. I will pass a few to friends and spread the rest over a large area this winter on top of snow .
There are always quarts of heat and serve stuff around here. Around here in the winter it would be to easy . Just put a pot on the wood heater in the morning of beans it's ready at supper time. Or open a jar of beef roast, a jar of onion, a jar of potatoes and a jar of carrots . Put on the...
Hmm coffee storage.
Best is store green beans and roast as needed.
Second is to store vacuum sealed roasted whole beans and grind as needed. What we do.
Third is the vacuum sealed bricks of ground coffee.
The key is only the oils on the surface of the grounds or bean is ever comes in contact...
I need a moment of silence please . Talk to a friend yesterday they had lost over a 1000 canning jar In a barn fire a few weeks ago. Fortunately they were empty. The contents had been run through their freeze dryer.
Well I am kind of late on the reply but here we go .
On flour don't store anything with bran/germ in it . So just bleached or unbleached white only . No self rising as backing powder loses potency .
On grains buckets with or without Mylar can work as long as they have a good gasket . You will...
Have a friend with a feed store . New wholesale price sheet came in yesterday. Everything had gone up .80 to a $1.00 a bag . Just a heads up that retail feed is going up .
Yes soil and health is another good one . Now if we want to go big and all inclusive .
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Don't overlook pumpkins. Those big ones were called hog pumpkins for a reason . They would pack them in the barn with lose hay for winter feed. Bust them open chickens love them .
Yes feed is going up . Part of it is crop failures and part is increasing demand. Remember how hard it was to find small livestock last year. Problem is the solution.
There was a time when poultry ate more greens than grain . Then with the ease of grain harvesting all that changed ...
Well I guess I am ahead off the curve. Place is paid for . It's not much but as long as I can pay the property tax it's mine. It's off grid so no monthly bills except Internet and phone .