motherearth

am drying celery from  garden have alot more to do and then will can the stems in 1/2 pints and pints

have 21  large  stalks of celery

take care and keep the faith

WELL FINALLY FINISHED MY 2000LBS OF APPLES MY TREES GAVE ME AND COULD HAVE DONE MORE AS ABOUT 5OO LBS FELL TO THE GROUND, WE WILL MOVE THEM AND LET THE DEER  ELK AND BEARS HAVE THEM AND ANY OTHER CRITTERS, BUT I HAVE APPLESAUCE PLAIN, APPLESAUCE WITH STRAWBERRies MASHED IN THEM AND THE TASTE ALOT LIKE STRAWBERRIES , CINN.RE HOTS APPLESAUCE, APPLE BUTTER, APPLE JELLY , CRAB APPLE JELLY , DRIED APPLE GALORE, AND 30+ gallons in the freezer

 then i processed 4 geese today  , how about you

have celery to can  and dry and then 2 cases of tomatoes in freezer to can and make pizza sauce  from them and bar b que sauce to make and can,,,,what did you do this week

mom

I CAN MOST OF WHAT WE EAT AND HAVE BEEN MAKING APPLE JELLY FROM SKINS AND CORES OF THE APPLES THAT I MADE DRIED APPLES FROM AND 300 JARS OF APPLE SAUCE SO FAR'

as far as lids i buy lids  in the sleeve like the ones from lehmans, have a friend who lives close to a Amish store and he sends themm to me and i pay him back, but  a friend  found a place we can buy them by the case and i will try to get the link for all....take care and keep the faith   mom

have now  going to do tuna for half  it is in fillets and he will replace my new jars  with new jars..so that is wed next and i will be busy busy

 take care and keep the faith

mom

join me if you want to hear me  on  a radio show ...i do it 5 days a week on www.thesurvivalcircle.com wednesday night at 6 pacific time i am live  known at that time as the 3 amigos, monday , tues, thur are all at 6  pt, friday 5

i do pints and quarts and 1/2 pints  pints for some hamburger and corn beef, 1/2 pints for all jellys and butters and quarts for green beans  soups and most fruits and tomato and spaghetti sauce, pizza sauce goes in 1/2 pt and pt...have over 4000 jars

I HAVE 2 ALL AMERICANS GOING WITH ALOT MORE TO CAN

JUST HARVESTED THE RHUBARB AND GOT A BUCKET  (5 gallon) worth  did some celery got a 5 gallon bucket of that

and pulled  some carrots and 5 cabbages  so looks like i will making some thing   , celery goes in dryer and carrots and cabbage i will can, rhubarb will go in freezer  as i have sauce and this is the third picking, take care and keep the faith

motherearth

HAVE BEEN CANNING 200 LBS OF APPLES AND HAVE 14 TREES TO GO YET AND HAVE BEEN CANNING 125 LBS OF HAMBURGER AND NOW WILL BUTCHER MY HOGS   -4 LARGE ONES AND WILL CAN CHUNKS   FOR BAR B QUE AND SHREDDED  PORK AND SWEET AND SOUR AND OTHER THING, I AM BACK AND HAVE BEEN CANNING THE TIME I HAVE BEEN GONE AND HAVE  HAD TO BUY A PALLET OF JARS  (EQUAL) TO, THE OTHER DAY RAN OUT OF PINTS AGAIN  SO BOUGHT 10 CASES AND A FRIEND GOT ME ANOTHER CASE...SO YOU SEE I HAVE BEEN BUSY BUSY ..THEN WITH THE RADIO SHOW I DO 5 DAYS A WEEK AND GARDEN AND GOATS AND CHICKENS ..USED TO HAVE  COWS  BUT SOME ONE SHOT THE LAST COW WHEN SHE WAS ON THE RIVER BAR ...TAKE CARE AND KEEP THE FAITH   MOTHEREARTH

wish i could have been there...to much work here and staying close to home ....god bless ya all and take care , my prayers are with you all,,,love and hugs to all where did my hunter and sheep go????

i did a test on olive oil and froze it in a canning jar , took longer for it to freeze than it did to thaw....but it was fine when thawed, and was usable ...so will buy some and freeze it in one of the freezers.....same with crisco and lard, and butter....take care and keep the faith and god bless

WE HAVE HAD COOLER WEATHER THAN USUAL:: it is finally sunny and 70 and we might get the hay in...and fire wood that has been done for over 8 months just need to get the logs here and cut up and then stacked in wood shed

looks like it could be a nasty winter and fall...next year am hoping it is better and we put in alot of taters to fill the garden up so should have taters for 4 of us for the whole winter, will put 2 pigs in freezer and 1 large calf in freezer and hope to be able to buy some hamburger from a friend if she kills a bull,,,,and maybe a few goats and a llama or two.....think we are the only place along with maine that has been cool in the states..take care and keep the faith and god bless ya all

YOU MAY HAVE HAD JUICEIR APLES....AND the plums may have been juiceir...meaning they were riper...hope ths helps...take care anad keep the faith and god bless ya

have canned pork roast but ya got to trim alot of fat off and then sear it like i do beef roast then stick in oven with some water and then cook at low 300 degrees for a couple of hrs then shred and make shredded barb que pork for sandwhichs and such or do it in chunks.....take care and keep the faith and god bless ya

iF YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT A FARADAY CAGE IS , then read!!! a faraday cage is where you need to put your extra electronics in case of EMP(electirc magnetic pulse) this can be cause by many thing and it will kill all electronics and that includes electronics in cars....but radios , shortwaves , battery chargers for a,aa,aaa,c and d batteries...there would be no electricity and you need to protect what ya got.....you can take a old microwave oven cut off the plug in and tape it and put it in a room to put your electronics in it and radios and walkie talkies and cb radios and what have you.....emps by the way can be caused by man or the sun or other ways...take care and keep the faith and god bless ya

Here is some things to think about> what would you do to preserve food when there is no electricity???/ caused by an emp or what have you, what will you do if there is a rationing of food , or /and fuel???? do you have enough food put away for over a year and seeds????

What will you do if there are marauders and riots and our economy tanks totally like PIIGS(portugal , italy, ireland , greece and spain) now many Balkan countries?????they are all tied in with us and our economy, whaT WILL you do when forigen countries come on our shores< (by the way many soliders from forgein countries are now here)...what ya gonna do when ya see a drone over head???/when there is a severe drought???/no money?/ stores close?? your family and friends show up to be fed??

have had helios in formation over my house and had other helios land in the old airport that is out side my land and they did not land on the run way but in the grass, it was strange....i doubt and am almost postive they were not american.....3 large helios filled with troops......i wonder now what?????/think hard and long on these questions and get your self ready....take care and keep the faith and god bless

what ya gonna do when there are no freezers and there is no electricity???????/and ya got to can everything????when

The U.S.A is in a drought of ungiven preportions....the corn for ethenal (misspelled) for gas is gone and the stupid president is going to compensate farmers for losing their crops...since they were paid for growing it in the first place.....those that have lost their hay will be eatting alot of animals and let me tell yea that beef prices and pork prices will be going uppppppppppppp!!!! there is less grain this year and last year did alot of farmers(*ranchers) in and they sold their herds.....feed lots are full and ranchers are sell calves as small as 400 lbs.....and the prices are up to 2.50 a lb live weight..........so you figure what the price will be when ya buy it from the store.........400 lb calves will stand in feed lots till the lot owner sees the right price and they weight one heck of lot heavier.....400 lb is a calf not a big critter/ so if you can get beef and can it and the same with chicken and any other meat...rabbit, turkey, pork, and any thing else...like deer and elk....with drought the wild critters will be coming in for food and that means chickens and gardens and any animal not locked and secure at night........

this is the first time i have had pigeons by the multitude trying to eat the garden and now crows............we are still cool here and are getting some sun and have a 300% snow fall from last winter.............i am canning and drying all i can get my hands on...so come join me with the canning and drying ......buy lids and jars NOW!!!!!!!! take care and keep the faith and god bless all

am back and am apologizing for not being here much

in the last year.....it has been a busy one and have been working ,,,,i now teach on JMR...just measure radio 7 hrs a week and it takes alot of time....but i am not leaving my first love here at mrssurvival.....i will just have to make room for it ......loves and hugs to all and i have learned so much in the last year

so i will start the story up again and i will start putting things here ...... mom

if you like the PBS specials like Frontier house, 1900 house and 1940's house then go looking for the one made before these that was 2 couples, in canada and they had to go and then start nothing was really done for them......they did not really have lessons taught to them and no houses or barn built for them ...and they were there from wet, snowy spring till after the snow flew...to me it is better.....it is called" pioneer quest" or prairie quest......it is on line where you can buy it

take care and keep the faith and god bless ya

since it is spring , and the commodities market is going crazy...first populace of cattle and pigs are down and now with tornadoes and it has ruined turkey farms and probably chicken farms....don't know about commerical pig raisers.....grain prices are upppppp and will keep going up as there is a sevre shortage of grain , first Texas has had fires and it is hot and their crops are not to good, second Washington state where the fruit and wheat is grown is cold and will make the harvest late this year and it might not be to great either , with grain pices going up and gas prices rising it will make the feed for stock higher which will in turn make meat and milk and eggs and all the other stuff that goes with that go up in price....with wheat and oats and corn going up cost of eggs , meat and all baked goods going up...then there is a shortage of cotton and it is higher in price right now than it was after the civil war when there was none....wool will go up as new zealand is getting rid of theirs and switching to dairy farms and with austarlia with all the flood welll it is a grim out look for the year tooo come ......so i suggestandmind you i suggest you all take a look at what ya got.....take care and keep the faith

here are some names from hubbies side

WEIXEL(russian), Van Syckle, Schauer,,,,,,,,,,now mine gets difficult..........Basemore, from MS, Dozier from MS, Mageehon from Nebraska and married a sylvester...........Squires that came to the states in 1800's.....Peterbaugh that lived in Neb,,,,,,thanks and take care and keep the faith

some of the other things that disappear fast especially with a storm approaching or what have you are tires and tubes for bikes and patch kits , candles of all sorts....take care and keep the faith

Thank you, Nana.

Thank you, Nana.

This is one area that I am totally lost in. This information will be a tremendous help.

I do have one question regarding the Mucinex. Walgreens has a *generic* Mucinex that is much less in cost. I think that it was under $10 for 60 tablets with 400mg of guaifenesin. Mucinex has 600mg and comes with 20 tablets. Do you think that the *generic* is a viable option? I am not asking to be a pain or contradict any of you advice. I have little to no knowledge of meds and value your advice.