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    Lowes has 50% off sale on Ball canning jars.....I posted this in two s

    Thanks. So I guess if I am going to start putting together my supplies for my first time canning ever this would be the time to do it. Thanks for coming in. :D
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    Lowes has 50% off sale on Ball canning jars.....I posted this in two s

    sites because I was not sure which one to put it in. I am still kind of new to this site but I just was at the lowes site and they have a discount going on right now. It is about 50% off the jars. Not sure of everything else. Hope this helps someone. I have not started canning yet but...
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    Has anyone here ever built there own house, cabin, living quarters....

    First thanks for coming in. My dh and I want to eventually build our own house. To start we are going to start out with a small cabin maybe around 20x20. We will do a stick built that has a crawl space. I am emersing myself in every type of material I can get my hands on to learn about...
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    Thanksgiving ...What does your menu look like?

    Actually, I think I might be making a visit to you all's places this Thanksgiving. :lol:
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    Thanksgiving ...What does your menu look like?

    :celebrate We love Thanksgiving with all the festivities and foods. What is on your menu and what tips can you give us all. Our menu looks like this: Turkey ( Thinking about brining it this year) Need ideas on how to add more flavor. Mashed Potatos green bean casserole gravey cranberry...
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    Kind of a weird question here.....

    What is the shelf life of paper towels, toilet paper, :hu pads ( sorry gents). I am buying these products then vaccum sealing and then putting away in storage. How long will these last? I mean I know were not eating them :( but they still must have some kind of time frame too, right...
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    And yet another freeze dried question...hope you dont mind.

    hope I dont irritate anyone in here about asking about this subject in different forums. :) Dh and I want to have a variance of different types of food storage in our prepping. One of them is freeze dried. Can you tell me what company has been a good one to go to for this type. The only...
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    Freezed dried food question.

    I hope I dont irritate anyone in here about asking about this subject in different forums. :) Dh and I want to have a variance of different types of food storage in our prepping. One of them is freeze dried. Can you tell me what company has been a good one to go to for this type. The only...
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    Is it possible to make your own freeze dried food?

    Just curious but if not what companies have been a good source for you if you have part of your foods being of the freezed dried kind. Was not sure where to post this so please forgive me if you see a similiar question on the board. Thanks, CK
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    Where you intimidated by canning when you first started?

    Thanks everyone for taking the time to share it helps alot more than you might think. I am looking into getting some equiptment at the current. CK
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    Favorite Homesteading sites or shows on Youtube or on the internet.

    Thanks again. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfUgTWJ4ngE&feature=relmfu] This one was one that we enjoyed. Hope the link comes through o.k.
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    How much toilet paper should we be putting in our long term storage?

    Wow that was a funny story thanks for sharing!!!!!!!! It also helps put things in perspective real fast doesnt it. I have managed to figure how much we are using per week. Now that I have that it shouldnt be hard to figure out the math for a year. Just have to work it on paper.....LOL...
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    Where you intimidated by canning when you first started?

    I am more of a self taught type of person. I love to read up or view on you tube or dvd to learn. I am however sort of intimidated by starting to learn canning. I am going to get over that I just dont want to make anyone sick in the process ;) . I have ordered some dvds from homestead...
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    Has anyone here ever built there own house, cabin, living quarters....

    ;) Sure would like to learn from others. This is kind of a part 2 question of one that I had posted before. I am kind of new here so I hope I am in the right forum. Thanks, CK
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    DH and I want to build our own cabin on piers please send any great

    links of step by step instruction. We are both very handy but this is going to be our first build from the ground up. We are wanting to build it up on concrete piers. We want to be about 4' above the ground. The cabin would be ideally 30' x 30' but we can adjust that. We are in the south so...
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    Favorite Homesteading sites or shows on Youtube or on the internet.

    :D Thank you , thank you, thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have already started watching the Victorian Kitchen, thanks Moolie. I am already enchanted and I love the opening scenes and music. I dont know how to explain it but it actually relaxes me. Thanks everyone. I am checking them all out. CK
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    Has anyone ever ordered from Shelf reliance Thrive Foods?

    ;) Thanks Dawn. I have managed to teach myself a bit from others and doing my own research but I still have so much to learn. I wish I would of started so long ago.
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    Favorite Homesteading sites or shows on Youtube or on the internet.

    Dh and I cant stand regular tv anymore. I love going online to either Youtube or shows on the enternet that we can watch for free. Do you all have any favorites that you can suggest. Thanks. We love anything from gardening, guns and diy for survival living. Thanks, CK
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    DH and I want to build a root cellar. We have a high water table ...

    Our land slopes down toward the south. We have a very high water table. When we dug into the ground only about 4 ft. or so water started to fill up the hole. I have done some research on above ground cellars but would like to talk to people with similiar experience. Any thoughts or links...
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