I ADVISE YOU TO CLICK THIS! It has begun. FOOD SHORTAGES.

I ate good today!

White clover pudding recipe:

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Did the first part of my grocery shopping today. Studied the aisles when I was there.
I'm in West Central Florida and shop at Sav a Lot.
Most of my grocery list I was able to complete. Instead of just picking up a few cans here and there I went ahead and bought the whole plat. Mainly 12 cans to a flat.
Was really pleased that their creamed soups were on sale at .49 a can. Bought a full plat(mushroom and chicken) of those as well.
They had plenty of instant potatoes and their brand of stuffing.
Was able to stock up on pasta however there wasn't any macaroni noodles :( Rigatoni,Penne and Bowties will have to do for now.It's ok cause I make a lot of soup :)

I will do the same thing on the 25th. My bedroom is now beginning to look like a storage shed. LOL
I guess their shipment had just come in cause I had to ask if there were peas and the attendant said yes and she went to the back and brought me out one flat of them.
They were completely out of whole milk (Never saw that before)

I have a favorite meat store I go to for bulk goods and they were out of frozen veggie medley mix.Said their supplier was unable to fill the order due to the Ft Lauderdale water pipe bust. Was told they should have more in a couple of weeks???

I'll give another report on the 25th. Might broaden my area and go to Winn Dixie or Publix. Wish I had a Costco or Sam's Club card.

Lord Thank you for my daily bread!

You should hang out with her more!
Doing the same on 1 acre with crazy high water costs So Cal Libs be taxing me out of here. My zoning is unlimited agriculture, but i cant afford water for grass forget about crops.
We also do the thumper thing and chickens.
It does cost more than store bought mass farmed produce, meat and eggs even more than "organic free range non anti bionic ect".

The lessons learned are priceless!
I only keep enough to have the option of expanding!
The infrastructure is the key, Having the materials on hand.

Folks talking about water for gardens, etc., might be interested in what we did here yesterday... I designed and built a Wirtz spiral pump using only parts from the hardware store... we launched it yesterday. It is in our little river right now, moving 20 gallons an hour over 450 feet from the river to our home. We shot video of the launch: [youtube] [link to youtu.be (secure)]

... I was so excited to see this thing work so well. We will use the water for cooling, for animals, and for the garden. No more paying for outside water!

Thank you for this very interesting report. Out of milk? Whoever heard of such a thing except when warning of a snowstorm or hurricane hits? Never in normal times. Curious indeed.

You should hang out with her more!
Doing the same on 1 acre with crazy high water costs So Cal Libs be taxing me out of here. My zoning is unlimited agriculture, but i cant afford water for grass forget about crops.
We also do the thumper thing and chickens.
It does cost more than store bought mass farmed produce, meat and eggs even more than "organic free range non anti bionic ect".

The lessons learned are priceless!
I only keep enough to have the option of expanding!
The infrastructure is the key, Having the materials on hand.



Sad that water costs you so much! Can you do a cachement system off your roof during rains? That would help you a great deal. What plan have you for water storage for when SHTF? Have you planned for this?

Thank you for this very interesting report. Out of milk? Whoever heard of such a thing except when warning of a snowstorm or hurricane hits? Never in normal times. Curious indeed.

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I wouldn't of thought it all that strange but the meat store that normally carries it was out as well.
I have a few more stores in my area that I can check for milk, just didn't do it on this run cause I had some fridge goods that needed to get home and no time.

Thanks, Pooka! We had a conference call this morning with a pastor friend who is currently in Rural South Africa. He might be able to be our 'boots on the ground' to get some of these machines into villages to allow them to farm for the first time. Exciting!

You should hang out with her more!
Doing the same on 1 acre with crazy high water costs So Cal Libs be taxing me out of here. My zoning is unlimited agriculture, but i cant afford water for grass forget about crops.
We also do the thumper thing and chickens.
It does cost more than store bought mass farmed produce, meat and eggs even more than "organic free range non anti bionic ect".

The lessons learned are priceless!
I only keep enough to have the option of expanding!
The infrastructure is the key, Having the materials on hand.


:White dragon:


I agree, she has alot to teach and I always try to learn. She's been gardening over 40 years. I also garden but it's pretty basic since I'm just learning.

That's too bad on your expensive water. Have you tried mulching heavy for your water Shortage and not using raised beds (just in the ground, traditional beds)? Wood chips work great. I also agree that it's more expensive to raise your food vs buying from the store, but I love knowing where my foods came from.

I agree, she has alot to teach and I always try to learn. She's been gardening over 40 years. I also garden but it's pretty basic since I'm just learning.

That's too bad on your expensive water. Have you tried mulching heavy for your water Shortage and not using raised beds (just in the ground, traditional beds)? Wood chips work great. I also agree that it's more expensive to raise your food vs buying from the store, but I love knowing where my foods came from.


Keep it up, It will become a way of life.
Yes i do mulch deep.
But i have gone full hydrotard
For the last 5 years or so i do not use to much water. During the summer i do sprouts inside mostly, a lot of fodder for the animals, oats wheat grass.

Keep it up, It will become a way of life.
Yes i do mulch deep.
But i have gone full hydrotard
For the last 5 years or so i do not use to much water. During the summer i do sprouts inside mostly, a lot of fodder for the animals, oats wheat grass.

:White dragon:




Keep it up, It will become a way of life.
Yes i do mulch deep.
But i have gone full hydrotard
For the last 5 years or so i do not use to much water. During the summer i do sprouts inside mostly, a lot of fodder for the animals, oats wheat grass.

:White dragon:


Neat on the sprouts, do you have a problem with mold? I can sprout barley in winter, but summer doesn't work for me. I keep it too warm in my house and it always molds.

May I ask what an average water bill runs in Cali? I am on well water so it's cheap here.

Azaziah, that's fantastic! Anything to help those subsistence farmers who have so few options and such hunger - to have your water wheels working for them would be larger than we can imagine! The Lord bless and keep you and yours and those who will help with this project!

Not off-topic at all - the more we know, the more we have - the more likely our survival.

Keep it up, It will become a way of life.
Yes i do mulch deep.
But i have gone full hydrotard
For the last 5 years or so i do not use to much water. During the summer i do sprouts inside mostly, a lot of fodder for the animals, oats wheat grass.




Neat on the sprouts, do you have a problem with mold? I can sprout barley in winter, but summer doesn't work for me. I keep it too warm in my house and it always molds.

May I ask what an average water bill runs in Cali? I am on well water so it's cheap here.


The sprouts i do in flat trays 10x20inch, with small holes, nested in one with no holes, apx 1/4 inch of coco coir and small fan just to move the air.

My city water is $350-700 a month power is $1000-3000 trash is $75 it just doubled it was $40 ish.
It is one bill for 2 months is $1500-3500
I am on 1 acre its a big house with 2 guest houses and 4 adults and 1 grand daughter.

Neat on the sprouts, do you have a problem with mold? I can sprout barley in winter, but summer doesn't work for me. I keep it too warm in my house and it always molds.

May I ask what an average water bill runs in Cali? I am on well water so it's cheap here.


The sprouts i do in flat trays 10x20inch, with small holes, nested in one with no holes, apx 1/4 inch of coco coir and small fan just to move the air.

My city water is $350-700 a month power is $1000-3000 trash is $75 it just doubled it was $40 ish.
It is one bill for 2 months is $1500-3500
I am on 1 acre its a big house with 2 guest houses and 4 adults and 1 grand daughter.


Thanks for sharing. I'm not trying to sound insulting, California is beautiful - but that is crazy expensive! Do you ever want to move?

You grow your sprouts right on the coconut coir? It doesn't get tangled in it or is it easy to pull off? Do you re-use it for several sprouts/trays? I'll pick some up and see if it helps for my molding issues.

This may seem a bit off topic but I thought I would toss it out there...

I was looking for the best woods to make a bow drill from for starting a fire & found...

dry yucca stalks, cottonwood, cedar, aspen, willow. and basswood.

The best is soft, non-resinous wood...so pine wont work.

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The reason I was thinking this is to make a LARGE bow drill set to leave next to my fire place...near the poker & tongs etc.

No matter how many lighters and matches I have...they will run out eventually.

Might as well make it easy on myself.

And a weather report Its going to get hot
Thread: Omega-block may bring record heat to Europe and Scandinavia this week

[link to allnewspipeline.com]

This popped up as I was perusing the news today.
It looks like it will get worse in time.
Beware~

Beware is right, KTee - anybody not yet paying attention is so far behind the power curve they would have an awful time trying to catch up.

On another forum, people are comparing photos of shops and shelves, and more are committing to check stores in their areas. I wish more would join us doing so here, but somebody pops up a thread every now and again, and the newer threads get more posts.

Thank you for this story. Just think - people will now be facing school clothing and study materials, and that's where the money for the average and low incomes will go. Then by mid-September, when they've been able to catch their breath after being ready for school start, they may start to think about food and winter and what to stock. I fear for them - what will be still in the stores by mid-September? We can only hope that there is enough for them to fill the larder before the true cold weather hits and the stores go empty, or the balloon goes up.

I would not want to be waiting so long.

Amen

Pics are pics

Not seeing shortages in my farm rich state so far blessed with out storms

However

I see water going off the shelf much quicker these days

A little birdie told me alot of shit will be going down next week in the world of politics.

Best have your preps in order.

FYI

(My truck was on 3 quarters tank this morning & I decided to fill it up).

Did some shopping last evening at a local not-Walmart store. People must be buying the crap out of spaghetti noodles because there weren't any, either the Barilla brand or the local store brand. Got some fettuccine and linguini though. Loves me some fettuccine.

That is good news for you.
IMO tho if what I have read is that we are using up last years reserves then the farm rich areas will be the last to feel the effects. The costs to deliver to local areas is where they are saving their money. If that makes sense. Just a thought~

Even us in farm states are seeing weird shortages, as I said in an earlier post, spaghetti noodles have become a short commodity. Never in my life did I think spaghetti would be something that I saw in short supply. Yeah, I read fiction but that's fiction. Now we are talking real life stuff.