The WE2's

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!

Honey and cinnamon BUTTER !!!! Yeah!

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

Yeppers...start buying NOW. Prices will only go UP, even if they are available.

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.

Fixed left overs for supper...fresh garden veggies with pasta...for a "creative" oriental wok supper. Pretty tasty!

These won't make it to the dehydrator...LOL Their destination is a green tomato, eggplant, corn, pepper salsa that I love to put over pasta! The squash will get shredded, mixed with parmesan cheese, egg & flour and end up as a patty with our sausage & eggs! Love my square foot garden, and it August 30th! Got tons of green tomatoes, squash & egg plant coming on.

Just got home from our SQFG...and here it is, almost the last day of August, and here 's a pic of another batch of summer squash, some early green tomatoes (I want to make a green tomato, corn & lady finger eggplant (didn't pick it yet...want it a bit longer) salsa that I put over pasta) and some bell peppers. Again, I like them early before they develop alot of seeds etc. Yum, yum! We've still got green tomatoes & yellow squash coming out our ears...in yes, our SQFG. As mentioned in another post, we'll probably put in another 4 boxes of 1x1's.

I use my canning & hose attachment to my food saver machine...so don't need oxygen absorbers. But...when I put something in one of my food saver bags for preservation, I use the absorbers. I even store my pastas in a 1/2 gallon jar that has been sealed with my food saver. I just don't can. If it needs canning...I buy it canned (smile).

I mix lemon juice (1 to 4) in a small spray bottle (cheaper!) and spray them on both sides before placing them on the trays.

Yeah, she can get her "pout on" for sure! She also has 4 paws and a chest that has white on them. While camping recently while hubby was taking her for her walk, a man (who had ingested several beers?) told hubby "you better keep that dog...she's got 4 white paws and that means she's smart" LOL She's a handful with her temperament so we keep her pretty well occupied with sports and games etc. She just recently had a "sicky" bout that nearly sent us bzrk but about $300 later she's fine. Yeah, we pamper the snot out of her! Hugs to all you pet lovers:grouphug:

Shonuff!

Just finished my last bag of apples and they are sitting proudly in their place in my pantry plus 2 bags for us to start snacking on! That makes lots of apples, oranges, onions, bell peppers, carrots, asparagus, celery, pinapples, and watermelon. Even ground up some coriander (needed some for our lunch, creamed lentil soup) and put a bag in my freezer. Now...to clean up after myself.

"wonder dogs"....love 'em! We rescued our dear Abby from a home shelter because we wanted a medium sized dog that could travel with us in our travel trailer & be an alert agent. She rides in the canoe with us, loves to swim (as you can see in this pic, with her wet muzzle), has gone to tractor pulls, rifle range, you name it. Nothing intimidates her for very long. Her momma was dumped there with a tummy full of puppies. She's 1/2 lab and 1/2 aussie...we're told. We were also told she was 8 wks old, and then upon review they called and said "ooops"...she's only 6 wks old. We had a time since she had absolutely NO inhibition bite training and no socialization. We took her to puppy classes and they told us she was of two of the best breeds...but mixed, she was a "puppy on crack". She's now 9 months old and weighs a hefty 60+ lbs...NOT a medium sized dog! But...like you my online friend, she's a part of this empty nester family...that's gone to the dogs! Congrates to you for being a loving "pack leader"...LOL

Very close to this gal's heart. My first husband survived a brain tumor for 26 years...and I took care of him. We were married for 42 years. The last 3 years were the hardest because he ended up having a colostomy and just couldn't understand what that "thing" was on his tummy and of course wasn't able to do the maintenance on it. I had to have an aide come help during the day during those last 3 years. Being a caregiver is one of the hardest and least recognized parts of loving. My mom is 87. We bought her "homestead" and she lives there paying $1 a year. We take care of the maintenance etc. and pay her a monthly payment on the homestead (we let her trust make the loan to us). This takes the financial responsibility away from her and gives her another source of income to her social security without putting her in a "over the top" income level. I've since met and married a wonderful hubby and we do all the things I wasn't able to do for 26 years. God is good! He rewards in His own ways.

Love my library! Currently reading 2nd in a Red River series, Lauraine Snelling. I love pioneer-type books...lots of info that has lead me to check different things online for their meanings etc. Also watch for book sales, just recently had a "bag for a dollar" sale so hubby grabbed a bag and I did too. Now we gotslotsa books saved to read if we can't get to a library etc.

Mixed up a fresh batch of laundry soap. Used one small pork tenderloin, split it in 2 and pounded it out to eat with our sweet potatoes & creamed peas. Neither of us are heavy meat eaters so one equals two!

After 42 yrs., I suddenly found myself a widow. Kids wanted me to sell out & move near them. I didn't. I stayed here in our small midwell Missouri town where I had tons of friends & some family. The economy in this particular county is extremely low and home prices also. Taxes extremely low. When I remarried, new hubby was a "somewhat prepper" and wanted to buy land with his savings & by selling his home (we live in mine). After alot of searching we decided that based on our ages, living in a rural setting, spending money for wells, electricity, gas etc., we would spend alot more than we really wanted to at our age. So...my mom's "city homestead" (4 lots with a queen ann bungalow type home) was what we wanted. We tore down the old garage and used the "land money" to build hubby's dream garage...a HUGE 3-bay metal pole-type barn with concrete floor and lots of attic space. Then we had another 12x26 metal barn built on skids that we could move wherever we wanted to. We keep our travel trailer parked there, we have our square foot garden there, and we lease the house back to Mom for $1 a year as long as she lives. She keeps and eye on things for us. It just really works for us. We're in process of remodeling the one house to sell, and we live in the one I owned when we got married. All debt free...again, it just works for us. Near lots of friends, family, churches, and an extremely "sanctuary" minded community. Home is where the heart is??? Yeah!!!

Additional comment...I've had "great" muscle rubs from hubby with Unkers... and it feels soooo good! Unkers isn't the same concoction as mentholatum rubs though, so don't bypass it as an anelgesic (?). Just as another footnote...I stock mentholatum rubs etc.

I would find this an extremely interesting subject...

Just a suggestion...find a pair of cheap cotton gloves. Cut the fingers out up to the first knuckle. At bed time, rub your hands with Unkers (lots of Dutch/Omish stores carry it) & put the gloves on and go to sleep. Pretty good.

These may be older postings, but thought I'd put my 2 cents worth in. I re-seal my mylar-type bags with my flat iron hair curler, set low enough not to burn through. Great for re-using for popcorn etc. The old saying..."a penny saved is a penny earned"!

"His banner over us is love"...

Gosh...3? No way!!! Microwave, food saver, dehydrator, mesh sink strainer, meat slicer, my Bullet, convection oven, cutting mats, sharp knives, ceramic knives, sun oven, where do I stop? I probably use at least 3 every day...some weekly...I'm with the rest of ya ladies! Got lots of tools of our trade (smile).

I dehydrated 6 packages of frozen bell pepper mixes (they were on sale for $1 a bag) and got ALL of them in a half gallon jar. Probably could have dried another 2 bags & gotten them in the jar also.