How Much Food To Store??

I have been wondering about this a lot lately. The times are not getting any better and more and more people are out of work. We all need to be stockpiling as much as we can , while we can. I found this Food Storage Calculator online that is helping me with some ideas on how much to have stored. This gives you an idea of what you will need and you can work off of from there.

We need to get prepared and be ready in case something , like an natural emergency or job loss, comes a long our family is well prepared for anything that comes.

Think about non food items also. Stockup on EVERYTHING that you normally use every day!! Soap, laundry items, tools, paper items, etc.

THINK THINK THINK AND PLAN PLAN PLAN.


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How Are You Keeping Warm??

It is snowing here and it is making me think of how every one is keeping warm.

Do you have enough blankets, an alternate form of heating your home, warm clothing, and more??
Have you gotten the windows secure and covered so there are no drafts??
Do you have enough food stocked up in case you can't get out to the store??

I hope that all of you out there have taken the precautions that needed to be taken that will ensure that your family is safe, warm, and well fed this winter season.

Cooking From Food Storage

This is something that I need to work on. I have trouble with the dates and stuff on the food. I am working on a list that will be pit up on the wall by my food storage to help me and then am working on remembering to cycle through everything to use the old items first.

Anyone have any tips and ideas on how to keep the food storage fresh??



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Hand Crank Washing Machine

The hand crank washing machine is ideal for cleaning clothes when you don't have power available. If you spend any time on a boat or at a camp ground, you know that having an effective way to wash clothes that doesn't require you to put your vacation on hold and head in to town, is a life saver. Vacations are supposed to be fun, not time spent lugging laundry to and from a laundromat.

These little washing machines work by the use of a hand crank that rotates a cylinder or tub to produce the agitation action that washes the clothes. The rotation creates internal pressure in the tub or cylinder that forces the water and cleaning agent through the clothing. The pressure is contained in the unit by a pressurized cap that releases the pressue when the cap is unscrewed.

The rinse cycle works in the same manner, but instead of pushing soapy water through the clothes, the clean water is forced through the fabric, thus removing the soapy water.

Since there is no power required, clothing can be washed virtually anywhere where there's available water and the hand crank washing machine is light and compact making it ideal for traveling, camping or boating. Adding one to your boating or camping gear is an inexpensive way to spend less time on your vacation traveling to and from a laundromat. If you've ever had to wash clothes at a laundromat, you know that waiting around for a couple of hours for the clothes to be finished is a tedious, boring chore.

So where can you get a hand crank washing machine?

If you want to spend less time lugging laundry around and more time outdoors while on vacation, get a hand washing machine by visiting
MiniWashing Machine.


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Berries ~ Yummy ~ Grow them in your yard!

I have a huge list of seeds and bushes that I am planning on ordering from an online store. You can Click here to order a Free Nature Hills Nursery Catalog. But I am ordering some blueberries, raspberries, strawberries, and blackberries. I plan on having a yard full of edible plants next year!! I am also ordering some herb and veggie seeds. I want to be able to walk out my back door and be able to obtain anything that I need to keep my family healthy and fed. I am looking into getting some cherry trees also. That would be so fun to have one of those. When I was a kid , our back yard was full of cherry trees and me and my friends would make ourselves sick off of them!!

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