Hi, Ya’ll
A couple of things mentioned on the Forums have me thinking about Meat and Flour. I read what Namelus was saying about how animals are slaughtered. That coupled with sticker shock when I shopped for meat this week, made me think some more about limiting meat in my diet. I live in a rural area and I think if I just made the effort I probably could identify some sources for grain fed, antibiotic free pork, beef and chickens.
Secondly, the severe flooding in America’s bread basket is surely going to affect flour and other grain prices in the not too distant future. I bake bread for a hobby to give away, so can go through a bit of flour in fairly short order. Thinking maybe to add quite a bit more to my stash. I store in 5 gallon cans with mylar bags and those oxygen thingies and so far have not experienced any problems. Anybody have thoughts about this?
My sweet GD who is graduating this May from a major brick and mortar university came home for part of her Spring break. This is a girl who has been raised in a very conservative home, church and community. It’s amazing how so many of her attitudes have been skewed left in just three short years. I feel fairly confident once she gets out of that liberal hot-bed and starts dealing with life as an adult, she’ll probably come back around to more conservative common sense, traditional reasoning. She’s not way off in a ditch at all, but it’s interesting to listen to her thinking….actually she’s “parroting” her liberal professors. And for this parents spend tens of thousands of dollars. So proud of her, of course, as she has worked hard to graduate early with a good major and she’s behaved honorably in her private life.
Can’t remember if I mentioned my “homesteading” granddaughter was so excited when she was paid with three laying hens for babysitting the other day. She has three laying hens now but her chicken coup is set up for six hens. More eggs for a big family.
Spring is here, my first raised bed is now ready for planting and the seeds I started indoors have done well so I have plants ready to hit the ground. Doing the square foot gardening method which I think will be the perfect set up for me and the space I have available.
Really tired for some reason so will close with a big thank you to everyone for providing me such interesting reading material. Look forward to checking in everyday. Digital hugs and smiles your way…