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I was walking down the shelving aisle at Lowes a couple days ago looking for shelving that would support filled canning jars. To my surprise, they had in the same aisle, sitting on a shelf there, a half a case of canning lids on sale for $0.38 for a box of 12 lids. They also had two boxes of...

Do you ever wonder about where the supposedly organic vegetables come from that are in the grocery stores we patronize? Here is an interesting news report about that. The surprising thing is that these products have the USDA logo on the label! The USDA has no idea what chemicals have been used...

Has anyone actually used acorns for making flour or any other edible product? If so, how many times did you boil and change the water to reduce the tannic acid? Have you ever used the brown water it produces for anything useful? It is said to have various useful properties in it.

Talk about controlling the media! I just heard about this upcoming test. I hate to think what the reason would be for having to actually use it. The President has sole responsibility for determining when the EAS will be activated at the national level, and has delegated this authority to the...

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...

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...

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...

I have a 10# bag of white rice that is good until March 2012, or that's what they would have me think anyway. I went upstairs to get some canning supplies out of my storeroom and noticed moths flying around the area with rice bags on the table. The bag of rice was still sealed and actually had...

My Mom sent me a particular booklet since I was born in 1950. It's called Rember When, and it was put out by Seek Publishing. I thought it was pretty interesting so I thought I would share some info from it with you on what life cost in 1950. Living New House...

I would like to seriously begin dehydrating some fruit this year. I did a couple loads of apples in my son's dehydrator last year for 7 hours at around 165 degrees. (It had no temperature control, so I measured the discharge air with an AC thermometer probe.) After they sat a few minutes, I put...

I live in a large metropolitan area. I know many people that plan to evacuate when the local officials tell them it's time to go due to hurricane or other cause. There is a hurricane evacuation route to get you away from this area when a hurricane strike is eminent. I wonder how many people...