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Jim Bakker Show ( Morningside) Mo. Has the best food , best prices for 25 year+ emergency food shelf life Wise, and Patriot , Emergency Essentials and many others also are good. Beware of food at Walmart and others it's 10 times more expensive and really a camping thing? Your meals should cost no more than 45-60 cents each ( per meal)when purchased in five gallon tubs. Be prepared to spend $100- $500 initially or just buy rotatable food at any grocery.
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The last three years I've had good luck with cold frames. I get my crops started sometimes in January and by late spring we're eating off the garden..
We garden in northern Maine, and find that hoophouses and low tunnels are a necessity if we want our crops to fully mature before autumn frosts, let alone early eating.
Our seeds are started in an indoor grow room 6 to 8 weeks before last frost, and sturdy seedlings are able to fend off pests and diseases better than tiny sprouts. From the seed trays they go out to a low tunnel or hoophouse, until the outdoor temps are well above freezing. Then we take the plastic off. Later in the fall, we place the plastic back on to keep the plants alive and producing.
We find that this gives us an additional 8 to 10 weeks to the growing season, as if we were 2 USDA zones to the south (we are in zone 4). It also drastically reduces pest problems. Growing under plastic is inexpensive, and is so worth it in terms of final yield.
We have peas, lettuces, mustard, spinach, broccoli, and various ornamental plants in production so far, as well as peach, apple, apricot, pear, lemon, and plum trees, grapes, blackberries, blueberries, and strawberries. Later, other crops will be planted. In the woods, we have black raspberries and gooseberries, lots of white oak, and squirrel, turkey, deer, and rabbit. Plus dandelion, plantain, lamb's quarter and more in abundance in the pasture and yard. All the neighbors have cattle, and a couple have chickens. We will, once I get time to buld the coop and fix some fence. Fresh food that makes more of itself is the way to go, but we do have storage of staples and a few luxuries, as well.
We have peas, lettuces, mustard, spinach, broccoli, and various ornamental plants in production so far, as well as peach, apple, apricot, pear, lemon, and plum trees, grapes, blackberries, blueberries, and strawberries. Later, other crops will be planted. In the woods, we have black raspberries and gooseberries, lots of white oak, and squirrel, turkey, deer, and rabbit. Plus dandelion, plantain, lamb's quarter and more in abundance in the pasture and yard. All the neighbors have cattle, and a couple have chickens. We will, once I get time to buld the coop and fix some fence. Fresh food that makes more of itself is the way to go, but we do have storage of staples and a few luxuries, as well.
Sure is a nice feeling, isn't it, to know that you can eat without help from the grocery stores! We do pick up staples at the stores, but could survive nicely without that.
Sure is a nice feeling, isn't it, to know that you can eat without help from the grocery stores! We do pick up staples at the stores, but could survive nicely without that.
"A country boy can survive" - Bocephus
Love Hank Jr.'s music. And homegrown/gathered food! Some of our best times as a family have been while we were butchering hogs, beef or deer, or putting up garden for the winter.
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