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We have the Country Mill grain grinder. It comes with the wheat grinding auger but you can buy another auger for grinding beans and corn. We got that also.

We are accumulating heritage seeds at about 4 packets per month. We decided that when the SHTF we want to be able to grow the stuff we normally eat. For the most part it is very easy to grow vegggies such as carrots, onions, collards, kale, tomatoes, broccoli, cabbage, peas, pumpkin, squash, etc. We are staying away from the exotic stuff and sticking with mainstays that grow well in our area.

Another thing we recently discovered is food grade diamataceous earth. We had a terrible time with fleas on the dogs this summer so we found out about this stuff last month and dusted the dogs with it and sprinkled it on the carpets and outside in the dog fenced area. It worked like a charm. Bugs gone. It also is very good for putting in your garden. You spread it around on the ground not on the plants. Any bug that crawls accross it gets dusted and this stuff sucks the moisture out of the bug and it dies. Diamataceous Earth is not expensive and you can get it at Home Depot. We are stocking up on it.

Sounds like a wise vegetable plan. A plan "B" might include consideration for living as a nomad and eating plants available in the wild. With a little knowledge of what's edible, there is no reason for one to succumb to starvation. Not with all the cattails, dandelion, seed producing plants (you're going to need that grinder), nettle, and many other edible plants growing wild in the South. ;)

This is a post I made sometime back, if you aren't against using chemical flea treatments. It will significantly lower the cost of using Advantage for flea control - works for cats too. :-)

When buying advantage one month flea/tick treatment for dogs/cats, buy the largest size available. For example, the Advantage II Blue 6-Month Flea Control for Extra Large Dogs Over 55 lbs -- 6 Tubes costs $62.54 with free 2nd prime shipping and NO sales tax. BTW, Amazon Prime is a great deal, for about $79 per year, you get 2nd day free shipping on many purchases + free streaming video = > Netflix for an entire year, also free kindle book library access. The Advantage over 55 lb pack contains 6 each 4.0 ml tubes. The dosage rates for both dogs and cats can be found online. What I do is pour a tube in a small test tube with a rubber cap. These are available at vet and farm supply stores. Then I use a 1 ml syringe (with needle) to draw the amount required (for a 12 lb dog, 0.6 ml works great) from the test/blood sample tube through the rubber top (without opening the tube) and squeeze out the liquid as recommended behind their shoulders. This does two things, if you purchase prepackaged treatment for 10 - 20 lb dog, you'll get a tube with 1.0 ml. This is too much flea control for a 12 lb dog (remember only 0.6 for 12 lb dog). By drawing only what is needed for a particular size of dog, you prevent both waste and overdosing. The package size above, contains 24 ml of treatment. This is enough for treating a small 12 lb dog for 40 months, and in the winter you can skip several months. If you buy the package for 11-20 lb dogs, you get only 6 - 1.0 ml tubes, the price is quite high at $51.66 and only contains enough treatment for 6 months. Btw, Purchasing from Amazon will save you about half the cost of either size verses buying from a vet's office. If this tip saves you money, please consider donating a few extra bucks to FreeRepublic.Com will ya??? ;)