Heads up about some food prices.
04-03-2011, 07:02 PM
#22
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Originally Posted by pittsburgpam
I don't want to go without my coffee and sugar!!! I have a couple of cans in my storage closet and a 5 gallon bucket full of sugar. Need more buckets anyway so maybe sugar is what to stock up on.
Last time I was at Food Co they had the buckets and the Gama lids for them. I thought wow... people are stocking up, aren't they?
Last time I was at Food Co they had the buckets and the Gama lids for them. I thought wow... people are stocking up, aren't they?
ONe of the sealer machines is truly the best storage device you can buy....air tight means less spoilage and longer life...
I am stocking up on beans, seasonings, dried onions, rice and peanut butter!
04-03-2011, 07:03 PM
#23
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Originally Posted by happyscrappy
ok, so why shake the tomato plants? for better production as a result of less competition? never heard of that before but if that is the reason, wouldn't it just produce larger tomatoes? also, would i freeze the coffee beans? thanks for the info.
04-03-2011, 07:51 PM
#24
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Thank You for the depressing heads up. Take away our coffee & chocolate & you will se whole lotta unhappy, grouchy people! Myself being one. LOL I do think we need to stock up on a lot of food items if we can. Going to go to the grocery Store tomorrow.
04-03-2011, 07:56 PM
#25
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Ok i gave up what's a co-op????
:oops:
Originally Posted by jaciqltznok
between crop failures, the gas to grow those crops, the gas to move those crops, etc...these are only a small drop in the SUPER huge prices we all soon be dealing with....find those local co-ops NOW and join them before they get too costly to join as well,, many only allow so many members a year and require a certain amount of $$ up front!
04-03-2011, 08:00 PM
#26
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Originally Posted by happyscrappy
ok, so why shake the tomato plants? for better production as a result of less competition? never heard of that before but if that is the reason, wouldn't it just produce larger tomatoes? also, would i freeze the coffee beans? thanks for the info.
04-03-2011, 08:06 PM
#27
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Location: Boonsboro, MD
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Buy Mylar bags, put into 5 gal buckets from Home Depot fill with sugar or rice, whatever,seal (a curling or flat iron works great. Put the top on and label them. I have about twenty stored,3 rice,3 sugar,4 flour, 4wheat berries, 3homemade bisquick,1coffee beans. Make sure you put in oxygen remover packets an force out as much air as possible before you seal.
04-03-2011, 08:16 PM
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Hobo you have to be really careful with the biscuit mixes, cake mixes, self rising flour or anything with yeast in it. It will turn toxic. You should always make sure to use it up within a month after the expiration date. I have tons of canning jars so think we will be using them soon. DH plans to put in a garden if we can figure out how to keep the critters out of it. I think we will be planting in 5 gal buckets and keeping them on the front porch. We can deter some of the critters atleast that way. Last year I had deer eating my rose bush which is about 5 feet from my front porch. Don't know why they would do that when they can eat the alfalfa? Silly things...Thanks for the info..Linda B.
Originally Posted by hobo2000
Buy Mylar bags, put into 5 gal buckets from Home Depot fill with sugar or rice, whatever,seal (a curling or flat iron works great. Put the top on and label them. I have about twenty stored,3 rice,3 sugar,4 flour, 4wheat berries, 3homemade bisquick,1coffee beans. Make sure you put in oxygen remover packets an force out as much air as possible before you seal.
Deer in the alfalfa field
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04-04-2011, 04:59 AM
#30
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We have tilled up a goodly portion of our back yard. Its planting a garden for us. DS#2 is helping with it. We planted carrots and lettuce yesterday, will add the rest after the weather warms a bit more. DS bought seed that will make seed, not the hybrid stuff that most seed packets are, with these you save some of the seed from the plant and it will grow again next year. The whole neighborhood is planting this year.
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