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Ya gotta love Campbells.
I'd love to have their can rotation containers!
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Pinched some pennies really hard today! Picked out the rest of our Sq.Ft.Garden today...potatoes, carrots etc., and cleared out the rest of the 1x1's, covered them over with the left over Mel's Mix, and will cover them with plastic to keep them free of grass and squirrels wanting to plant their "winter crops" in them. Then, I sauteed up one huge mess of fried 'taters and stuck them in the frig for breakfast. Steamed one mess and stuck them in the freezer for ??? The sweet basil is neatly waiting in the frig for us to add to our meals these next few meals. For supper...made a huge batch of egg noodles and added left over chicken that I roasted a couple of days ago. Made us 3 meals. Being empty nestes, it saves us more money if I cook a big batch of something and then we eat left-overs. Don't have to fire up the stove every meal. I love this particular forum, I see sooo many ways to save even more!
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I have been very fortunate lately. Three different people I know have over-producing gardens, and have let me harvest all I want. SInce DH was in the hospital most of the spring we couldn't put in much of a garden. I am so glad to get such a wide variety of wholesome food...for free.
In the past week I got about 30 pounds of tomatoes, 10 pounds of gorgeous red peppers, 20 pounds of apples, 5 pounds of onions, 2 pounds of garlic. 10 pounds of squash, 3 pounds of blueberries and 3 pounds of green beans. Yummy!
I'd call that being fed from the hand of God! Don't get no bettah! Sorta reminds me of something I read about feeding the sparrows! (ooops...forgot something...if you click on the rose hopefully you'll watch it bloom!)
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This is a wonderful forum...let's not let it get too old! Recently (not today) our local Big Box store had huge bins with all kinds of OTC's for 88 cents! Stocked up big time on Diphenhidramine (?), mucous relief, acid reducers, Ibuprophen, low dose aspirin, just alot of goodies!
My Walmart has a tiny section close to the baby lotions in the health and beauty area, that has aspirin, ibuprofen, acetomenophine, generic Zyrtec, and some other generic otcs for $.88. I've started tossing two- four of something into the cart whenever we go. Walmart also has Fels-Naptha for $.99, which trumps my local grocer,who charges $1.69.i ont remember the exact price of washing soda and borax, but it was cheaper than my local store too. I bought one of each box and three bars of the soap. Paid $10.23 w/ tax. That's not bad for a year's laundry laundry detergent. More than a year, really. The borax and washin soda will make maybe another three batches, even with me using one cup per instead of one half cup. I still had half full boxes at home, and 6 other bars of soap, not counting the home made bars of lye soap I inherited when mil moved to assisted living.
Yeppers...except our local WM had several huge bins in the middle of the "action alley" between the registers and the beginnings of the merchandise. Just couldn't believe all the OTC's I was able to find. Everything, even cough syrups, cough drops, and everything I mentioned before and then some. Got ourselves 3 big storage bins in our pantry area stocked with it. Then went to $Tree and stocked up on cortisone creams and triple antibiotics...just to add to our pantry. Came in real handy a couple of weeks ago, ran out of something and when we went to the store we usually purchase it at it wasn't there! So...I just shopped in my own "action alley"...
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Just about finished picking out what we've grown this year in our square foot garden. Still have lots of green tomatoes, several bell pepper plants, 2 small winter squash plants, and one lady finger eggplant bush. Cleared out all the other squares & put the residual Mel's Mix into the now bare squares, and will cover them over with plastic to keep them ready for next spring's crops. Got all the potatoes, sweet basil and some of our round carrots ready for storage...or to eat! Yummy!
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Do you all know you can use the fels naptha bars on poison ivy? A pharmasist told me this 40 years ago,just wet the bar and rub it on the area of your skin that has the poison on it and let it dry,reapply as needed.
My granny did that to me when I was a youngster. She saw the rash, grabbed me by the wrist and headed for her bathroom! (I thought I was in for a lickin') She grabbed this bar of soap, ran it under water for a second and then scrubbed the dickens out of my wrist where the rash was. Then reached into her linen closet, grabbed a strip of white flannel and wrapped it around my wrist and fastened with a safety pin. Gone so quick! I can't remember exactly, but I know it was gone in 2 days and never did itch! Granny's have the know-how!
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Just made a huge batch from my icemaker! Hope I can keep my pooch Abby out of them. They're her favorite treat.
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This is a wonderful forum...let's not let it get too old! Recently (not today) our local Big Box store had huge bins with all kinds of OTC's for 88 cents! Stocked up big time on Diphenhidramine (?), mucous relief, acid reducers, Ibuprophen, low dose aspirin, just alot of goodies!
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Dimentia and Alzheimers are so hideous! My first husband was a brain tumor survivor for 24 years...and the last 3 years of his life were haunted by this terrible condition. I also had to gain guardianship, for his protection and mine. Not trying to frighten you, but the worst is yet to come. I had to get an aide to help with him during the day. He'd have halusinasions(?) of people trying to break in, someone trying to set the roof on fire by throwing matches, and even of men hiding under my bed. Had to cover mirrors because when he saw his own image he'd think it was another man. Once found him hiding crouched down between the washer & dryer. My prayer was "Lord, don't let him leave this world in this kind of fear, not knowing who I am, nor violently". God answered my prayer. He took flu and quietly passed into the arms of our Lord. I stood at his bedside the night before (Valentine Day) and "flirted" with him. After 42 years I didn't think I could survive...but I have. Placing your parents in an assisted living center will increase the quality of YOUR life and allow you to spend quality time with them while all of you can remember. I just didn't have the guts to do it for my past hubby because once when in a nursing home he totally "shut down" and would have passed then, about 10 years earlier than he did. I hope this isn't a negative post, but just felt I had to let you know that there are others who share this kind of sorrow.
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Hmmm...I have some stored in bags inside sealed bucket. Perhaps I need to dig them out and get them cooked and dehydrated for their own safety and my use. Here's one of my favorite links..She says cook them first then dehydrate them and store. I've just been lazy and haven't gotten it done. Thanks ladies, for reminding me that I've let something go amiss!
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Had some speghetti stain one of mine. Depending on size...fill halfway with water. Add about 3 tablespoons of white vinegar. Put in microwave and nuke it until it boils. Let set until it cools. Then wash well with hot soapy water. Works for me for stains, should work for anything else?
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I hadn't heard of the True Lemon and True Lime stuff - I'm going to have to look for them at the store, I love having a bit of lemon or lime in my water, but hate having to carry around the little bottle at work!
I'm not allowed to buy anything else until after I move, else I'd be buying this.
Lemons, Limes and Oranges too!!! They make wonderful Lemonaide, Limeade and Orangeaide out of water bottles, water jugs or pitchers full of water. Add a bit of green tea now and then and WALAH!
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Catfish bait here I come! We hid some once in the talking piece of a fellow workers phone...too funny!!! She thought she was having a bad morning of bad breath LOL...what a hoot when we finally told her what we'd done...
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Good-good-good! One of the very first things we did in August was go to every seed source we had locally and stock up on seeds. Some we bought for 5 cents a pack. One of the most concerning things was corn...I had told hubby I expected corn seed to spike or be hard to come by this next spring, and was surprised that we couldn't find any stores that had them. Finally found some at ACE and paid $4 for a scoop. Bought them anyway because I felt we might have to pay more this spring. Just sharing some of my concerns.
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We have a wonderwash...works great for us. But...we're empty nesters.
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All these are great! Can also cut up small strips of bicycle inner tubes, store them in an metal mint box, and light with a bic lighter. Works for us
Added note...this is totally waterproof!
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Bumping up again. I have a bunch of apples and bananas I need to do something with. Time to break out the dehydrator.
Finished my last batch of dehydrated apples and then I vacume seal them in jars with my food sealer jar attachment. No need to oxygen absorbers. Be sure to spray them with a 1 to 4 mix of lemon juice/waterbefore you place them on your trays to keep them pretty!
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I am glad I came across this because...sinus. :s lol I love honey and cinnamon, best. medicine. ever.
Honey and cinnamon BUTTER !!!! Yeah!
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Will try this again...once they're on your thumb drive, under your file drop down, you should have a "select all" option. Do so. Then you should have a "preview" option somewhere in your options. You should then be able to view each pic as you scroll forward. I hope I'm understanding what you're wanting to do. I'm sure there are other PC techs more qualified than myself, but that's what I'm able to do on mine (Windows 7).
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All these are great! Can also cut up small strips of bicycle inner tubes, store them in an metal mint box, and light with a bic lighter. Works for us
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100 Items That Disappear First in a Disaster
1. Generators
(Good ones cost dearly. Gas storage, risky. Noisy...target of thieves; maintenance, etc.)
2. Water Filters/Purifiers (Shipping delays increasing.)
3. Portable Toilets (Increasing in price every two months.)
4. Seasoned Firewood
(About $100 per cord; wood takes 6 - 12 mos. to become dried, for home uses.)
5. Lamp Oil, Wicks, Lamps (First choice: Buy CLEAR oil. If scarce, stockpile ANY!)
6. Coleman Fuel (URGENT $2.69-$3.99/gal. Impossible to stockpile too much.)
7. Guns, Ammunition, Pepper Spray, Knives, Clubs, Bats & Slingshots
8. Hand-Can openers & hand egg beaters, whisks (Life savers!)
9. Honey/Syrups/white, brown sugars
10. Rice - Beans - Wheat (White rice is now $12.95 - 50# bag. Sam's Club, stock depleted often.)
11. Vegetable oil (for cooking) (Without it food burns/must be boiled, etc.)
12. Charcoal & Lighter fluid (Will become scarce suddenly.)
13. Water containers (Urgent Item to obtain. Any size. Small: HARD CLEAR PLASTIC ONLY)
14. Mini Heater head (Propane) (Without this item, propane won't heat a room.)
15. Grain Grinder (Non-electric)
16. Propane Cylinders
17. Michael Hyatt's Y2K Survival Guide (BEST single y2k handbook for sound advice/tips.)
18. Mantles: Aladdin, Coleman, etc. (Without this item, longer-term lighting is difficult.)
19. Baby Supplies: Diapers/formula/ointments/aspirin, etc
20. Washboards, Mop Bucket w/wringer (for Laundry)
21. Cook stoves (Propane, Coleman & Kerosene)
22. Vitamins (Critical, due 10 Y2K-forced daily canned food diets.)
23. Propane Cylinder Handle-Holder (Urgent: Small canister use is dangerous without this item.)
24. Feminine Hygiene/Haircare/Skin products
25. Thermal underwear (Tops and bottoms)
26. Bow saws, axes and hatchets & Wedges (also, honing oil)
27. Aluminum foil Reg. & Heavy. Duty (Great Cooking & Barter item)
28. Gasoline containers (Plastic or Metal)
29. Garbage bags (Impossible to have too many.)
30. Toilet Paper, Kleenex, paper towel
31. Milk - Powdered & Condensed (Shake liquid every 3 to 4 months.)
32. Garden seeds (Non-hybrid) (A MUST)
33. Clothes pins/line/hangers (A MUST)
34. Coleman's Pump Repair Kit: 1(800) 835-3278
35. Tuna Fish (in oil)
36. Fire extinguishers (or.. large box of Baking soda in every room...)
37. First aid kits
38. Batteries (all sizes...buy furthest-out for Expiration Dates)
39. Garlic, spices & vinegar, baking supplies
40. BIG DOGS (and plenty of dog food)
41. Flour, yeast & salt
42. Matches (3 box/$1 .44 at Wal-Mart: "Strike Anywhere" preferred. Boxed, wooden matches will go first.)
43. Writing paper/pads/pencils/solar calculators
44. Insulated ice chests (good for keeping items from freezing in Wintertime)
45. Work boots, belts, Levis & durable shirts
46. Flashlights/LIGHT STICKS & torches, "No.76 Dietz" Lanterns
47. Journals, Diaries & Scrapbooks (Jot down ideas, feelings, experiences: Historic times!)
48. Garbage cans Plastic (great for storage, water, transporting - if with wheels)
49. Men's Hygiene: Shampoo, Toothbrush/paste, Mouthwash/floss, nail clippers, etc
50. Cast iron cookware (sturdy, efficient)
51. Fishing supplies/tools
52. Mosquito coils/repellent sprays/creams
53. Duct tape
54. Tarps/stakes/twine/nails/rope/spikes
55. Candles
56. Laundry detergent (Liquid)
57. Backpacks & Duffle bags
58. Garden tools & supplies
59. Scissors, fabrics & sewing supplies
60. Canned Fruits, Veggies, Soups, stews, etc.
61. Bleach (plain, NOT scented: 4 to 6% sodium hypochlorite)
62. Canning supplies (Jars/lids/wax)
63. Knives & Sharpening tools: files, stones, steel
64. Bicycles...Tires/tubes/pumps/chains, etc.
65. Sleeping bags & blankets/pillows/mats
66. Carbon Monoxide Alarm (battery powered)
67. Board Games Cards, Dice
68. d-Con Rat poison, MOUSE PRUFE II, Roach Killer
69. Mousetraps, Ant traps & cockroach magnets
70. Paper plates/cups/utensils (stock up, folks...)
71. Baby Wipes, oils, waterless & Anti-bacterial soap (saves a lot of water)
72. Rain gear, rubberized boots, etc.
73. Shaving supplies (razors & creams, talc, after shave)
74. Hand pumps & siphons (for water and for fuels)
75. Soy sauce, vinegar, bouillons/gravy/soup base
76. Reading glasses
77. Chocolate/Cocoa/Tang/Punch (water enhancers)
78. "Survival-in-a-Can"
79. Woolen clothing, scarves/ear-muffs/mittens
80. BSA - New 1998 - Boy Scout Handbook (also, Leader's Catalog)
81. Roll-on Window Insulation Kit (MANCO)
82. Graham crackers, saltines, pretzels, Trail mix/Jerky
83. Popcorn, Peanut Butter, Nuts
84. Socks, Underwear, T-shirts, etc. (extras)
85. Lumber (all types)
86. Wagons & carts (for transport to & from open Flea markets)
87. Cots & Inflatable mattresses (for extra guests)
88. Gloves: Work/warming/gardening, etc.
89. Lantern Hangers
90. Screen Patches, glue, nails, screws, nuts & bolts
91. Teas
92. Coffee
93. Cigarettes
94. Wine/Liquors (for bribes, medicinal, etc.)
95. Paraffin wax
96. Glue, nails, nuts, bolts, screws, etc.
97. Chewing gum/candies
98. Atomizers (for cooling/bathing)
99. Hats & cotton neckerchiefs
100. Goats/chickens
Yeppers...start buying NOW. Prices will only go UP, even if they are available.
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Someone had mentioned that they used oil lamps more so than electricity or at least they tried to. I read somewhere that a person could use olive oil in an oil lamp. Is that true? It seems that lamp oil is quite axpensive and I could probably get a better deal on olive oil at the restaraunt supply store if that is true. Thanks!
Empty beer bottles filled with vegetable oil, buy your wicks and insulator cap at a Hobby Lobby or ??? Have hubby drill hole in bottle cap. Also can use mason jars, just drill your holes very tightly. Lots of info on line. Olive oil is excellent also but much more expensive than good ole' vegetable oil.
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I thought these were pretty nifty. It makes the lights more stable when you want to use them in a place there you can't pound them in the ground. And they are pretty too.
Good post & link!!!
When in an unzipped spot, I don't want to have to boil beans for several hours!
If you plan on waiting till the last minute to prepare,
in Urban Homesteading
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I hope your pics stay at the top of this forum for everyone (newbies and all) to see. A reminder just what can happen when bad weather threatens. In the midwest, when there's snow or ice coming, you find people lined up to buy...especially those of us 60+ who understand the danger of not having what you need to sustain you for ??? You might even get caught in the middle of a pay cycle and not even HAVE the money to buy! Now, to me that's scarrrrrry! Stock up! Even if you don't think you need to.