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Post by Granny Smith on Jan 19, 2013 13:20:15 GMT -5
Yesterday Tim asked me why I write a shopping list because I never stick to it. I told him that I only write down things I need to buy, not everything I want to buy. Not sure he understood the difference.
Tim went to Walmart today and found pint jars! He called to see if I wanted some (OF COURSE I DID!!!) I had him get me 2 cases. I'll be back to canning meat this week.
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Post by meemo on Mar 6, 2013 17:15:27 GMT -5
I went to the dollar store today for some peroxide and found 2 buggies filled with 50%off stuff. They had 10 pkg of 12 rolls of scott tissue for 2.50 and hand towels for $1 apiece. I got all the tp and all of the white towels. Paul uses a lot of small towels and they need to be white so I can bleach them. I bleach them even when they arent white. That makes some interesting colors.
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Post by Granny Smith on Mar 6, 2013 17:18:57 GMT -5
I haven't seen toilet paper on sale in forever! Good deals, Peggy!
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Post by Cyngbaeld on Mar 6, 2013 20:29:09 GMT -5
I'm just stocking up on goats. LOL
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Post by Granny Smith on Mar 6, 2013 20:35:37 GMT -5
Those are probably more useful than most of the stuff I've been getting lately.
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Post by Cyngbaeld on Mar 7, 2013 7:09:09 GMT -5
Yes, but probably a lot more trouble, too!
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Post by meemo on Mar 7, 2013 8:05:12 GMT -5
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Post by Granny Smith on Mar 7, 2013 21:01:44 GMT -5
That's for sure, Kim. You can't stuff them under the bed, in the back of the closet, or in a tote. (Well, you could, but they probably wouldn't stay there long)
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Post by eyeofthestorm on Mar 9, 2013 20:23:34 GMT -5
Today, we stocked up on knowledge. A farm down the road sponsored a "food foraging" class. I bartered our way in (couldn't swing paying five tuitions). Well, if they wouldn't have dickered, it would have been worth paying for at least a couple of us. For three hours, we walked only part of this farm, and the instructor couldn't get more than five feet before pointing out an edible plant. Occasionally, he'd point out a poisonous one (usually because it was similar to a different, edible plant) or a medicinal plant or a plant with survival value other than food. But it wasn't just, "This is BLANK and you can eat it." It was how to prepare it, which parts, how it would taste, what best to pair it with (to help with extreme flavors), whether the plant afforded calories or a particular vitamin or mineral or carbs or protein (very big deal -- not easy to get enough protein). He told us he measures protein in "squirrels," as in, at his weight, he actually (RDA, I'm guessing) required 25 squirrels to get enough protein each day. He pointed out at one point that we don't appreciate how available calories are in our food system. Did you know LICHEN is edible? There are two types in the world that are poisonous: one is in Siberia, and the other is west of the rockies. So, what we have here, even if it doesn't take particularly good, it's nutritious. I have a pocket full of seeds that are a natural rennet (not stinging nettles, something else I have to look at my notes). My 6yo came home with a pocket full of curly dock, informing me he wanted them in soup. I also have a pocket full of wilted, edible flowers my sons kept passing to me I took so many notes and photos. Another guy (smarter than me) recorded the whole thing. Long story short, there is WAY MORE to eat out there -- even with winter plants -- than just pecans and dewberries. I know this guy didn't come close to covering everything. I know there are parts of that property we didn't get to, and I really wish I could see what many of those plants look like during other seasons. About halfway through the class, it really hit me -- we (culture, society, whatever) have lost a TON of knowledge.
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Post by eyeofthestorm on Mar 9, 2013 20:27:58 GMT -5
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Post by Granny Smith on Mar 9, 2013 20:34:10 GMT -5
I don't know that we've actually lost that much knowledge. Even back when native Americans were the only ones living here, they had people who specialized in plant knowledge. I think most of them knew a few edibles to get them through a rough patch, but not the whole scope.
The average city dweller really doesn't know very many, if any, edibles (wild or in a garden), but most country folks do and some are experts. For most of us the trick is finding someone who is willing to teach us.
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Post by Cyngbaeld on Mar 9, 2013 20:55:17 GMT -5
Gayle, those goats will stay in totes for 24hrs or less after they are born. Then forget it. Those jumbo dog crates work for a few days while you wait for the moms to get over the hormone induced "where's my baby?" crying. I like to keep the babies where the moms can't hear or see them till they get over it.
Thanks for the link, Sandra. I'll see if there is anything useful that grows here that I haven't identified yet. Most of the stuff is best run thru a goat! They can take some of the worse weeds and turn them into good milk.
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Post by Sheila on Mar 9, 2013 21:13:39 GMT -5
Stocked up on TP, vinegar and bleach.
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Post by Cyngbaeld on Mar 20, 2013 20:12:46 GMT -5
Had 25# of flour, 10# of sugar and 7 1/2 # of hard candies delivered by FedEx from WM in plain brown carton and free shipping.
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Post by BigM on Mar 22, 2013 4:58:26 GMT -5
We added flour, rice, and beans along with various spices yesterday.I pulled everything out and discovered that by adding here and there we also have more dry milk, salt, flour and lard than I thought. Woot!
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