shortages? thoughts?

[Trying2keepitReal]

Sunbutter has been a challenge for us

 

[flowerbug]

Sunbutter has been a challenge for us

you can't process your own? (i had to look up what that was )

 

[flowerbug]

Organic PB (the kinds that don't contain palm oil) have not recovered from the Jif recall. I've been able to pick up a jar here and there, usually the last one left on the shelf. I hope I can get 2 more when I go grocery shopping tomorrow.

Jif doesn't have palm kernel oil (just in case anyone else thinks that is what is being implied by the above text ).

i'm sure that was a problem as a bunch of people were caught out by not having their peanut butter. i'm glad we were ok with having Skippy for a while, but i'll be glad to go back to Jif when we're done with this jar.

 

[tortoise]

No root cellars here. It would be flooded fast. I'd love to have one and have thought about building an earthbag or earth sheltered one above ground. The little shed I insulated does ok but it's small.

We've talked about a smokehouse but havent got around to it yet.

I'm thinking about building a small kiln if my test project does well. I'd dug down the 2 feet and chunked out some clay. Processed all the rocks out. It's now drying up some to workable stage. I'm thanking my wonderful art teacher who taught me how to do some of this in high school. Memories have come back well on it. There used to be a commercial clay mine down the road a few miles.

I'm jealous of your clay! I want clay to make the right type of soil for a hamster habitat, but dry/powdered clay is incredibly expensive (mostly shipping, of course). I'm debating getting a block of wet clay, cutting it into small chunks, drying it out and then grinding it with mortar and pestle. So much work... I would need like 50# of it too.