Prepping/stocking supplies

[Chic Rustler]

We recently discovered that our insurance company allowed nearly $200 EACH to DH and myself to buy OTC medical supplies. We stocked up on lots of basics. I have more alcohol, peroxide, Bandaids pain relievers, chapstick and eye drops than I'll use for awhile!

these are important things for sure!

 

[Mini Horses]

Great gift!! Score!!!!

 

[flowerbug]

The first thread you linked was started by Sumi!😥 I've been a member of BYC for many years and loved Sumi and was very sad when I found out she had passed

yeah. i miss her a lot too.

 

[farmerjan]

@flowerbug , I do not follow it near as close as you but did read about the levels that are needed for power generation and all. It is just scary to think about how much the droughts affect overall.
Of course my focus is more on the ag side.... the cattle industry and grazing and growing of hay and the irrigation that goes into so much of the "western hay". They have perfect weather for the cutting,curing, raking, baling part... hence the reason there is so much hay that is grown with irrigated fields. And having the reservoirs there as you said, to contain water from wet/good years.... but to see the depth of "exposed" land makes a person think about the what if's....

 

[flowerbug]

@flowerbug , I do not follow it near as close as you but did read about the levels that are needed for power generation and all. It is just scary to think about how much the droughts affect overall.

i just had to edit due to mistakes in the original (most amounts were starting with 24 when it should have been 25). oops.

Of course my focus is more on the ag side.... the cattle industry and grazing and growing of hay and the irrigation that goes into so much of the "western hay". They have perfect weather for the cutting,curing, raking, baling part... hence the reason there is so much hay that is grown with irrigated fields. And having the reservoirs there as you said, to contain water from wet/good years.... but to see the depth of "exposed" land makes a person think about the what if's....

from what i see there is still a lot of ways that less water could be used and more water could be recycled.

 

[Hinotori]

Phone and typos bad. Usually I catch them. I probably hit the wrong auto-suggest. Yes irrigating not irritating.

Hubby spent 3 years going down to Barstow. They never irrigated any other way on the almond orchards he passed.

 

[Hinotori]

so you guys i spired me to try and make an oil lamp. i split a regular lamp wick in half popped a hole in a mason jar with a chisel and filled it with a mix of 1/3 lamp oil to 2/3 olive oil. its reported on line that olive oil doesnt wick well because of the viscosity thats why i used the lamp oil to thin it down some. both oils mixed wellView attachment 18024

The wicking issue is why it has to be fairly shallow for olive oil.

I have a couple emergency oil candles but Im not happy with them. Not much light.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Yes, the hubster needs that OTC (from TSC) dewormer!

I wish! We had to use their supplier...ugh.

 

[CrealCritter]

Everyone should take a look at the US Drought Monitor... and see the extent of the drought areas. I heard something on the radio today that I didn't catch all of it, but about a reservoir in Utah that is so low that they are concerned about enough water for homes and making the electricity to power those homes??? Scary.
But with this drought monitor, most need to realize that alot of the wheat grown in this country is "dryland" wheat... not irrigated... and if we do not get much moisture, there will be crop failures.... if the crops are too sparse, it will not pay the farmer to harvest it because it will cost more than the harvested crop is worth.
On top of that, the beef cow herd numbers are dropping. Some farmers are culling heavy due to the dry conditions. Not enough grass, and not enough moisture to make hay. Hay costs are going to go up. On top of that the cull cow price is high now... higher than it has been in years. There are alot of bred cows that are getting sold and going to the kill buyers. This is going to lessen the number of calves that will be born next year, further decreasing available numbers.
I realize that many on here are not big beef eaters. But for anyone that is, you need to make sure if you buy beef that you get some stockpiled because the prices are going to go up. We sold nearly all our heifers that weigh in the 450-550 lb range since prices were higher than they have been in years. Partly to help pay for the fertilizer prices that are now TRIPLE what they were last year. But this also took these heifers out of the "pipeline" as far as being bred as replacements, for calving in 18 months.......
I know of 3 beef farmers that have sold out in the last month.... and a 240 cow dairy that I milk tested for the last 30+ years just sold out. Most of the dairy cows did go to another dairy in PA... but I have 2 others in the retirement age bracket that are talking about going out....
Gas has come down here about 10-15 cents in the last week. But things are getting worse in the Russia/Ukraine situation... there is A LOT of WHEAT grown in the Ukraine....it may not directly affect us but it will affect the world supply which will affect us in prices if nothing else...

Current Map | U.S. Drought Monitor

droughtmonitor.unl.edu

Most definitely no drought around here at this time.

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