[nw_arizona_granny]

Dear Liz,

Hugs and prayers that your operation tomorrow is perfect.

The young of today have no idea of what the British lived through. The kids who were sent to the country and even as far as Canada to keep them safe.

The lack of food and the constant threat of attack. With no men to work the farms, food was in short supply there and here, with so much needed to feed the troops.

Food of today scares me, it may not be safe to eat and we don't grow it.

I once read a little book from our gov on the seed supplies in WW2, it was amazing what seeds were scarce, as I recall it was difficult to buy cabbage seeds, tons of them were shipped to Russia.

My suggestion, buy non-hybrid seeds of the basic vegetables, seal them in a cool dry place, you may need them in the next 10 years. Don't buy hybrids, as the seeds from them will not produce if saved. Yes, they will grow 10 years from now, maybe you will loose half of them, but some will grow.

I am a catalog dreamer and have always bought more seeds than I could plant.

A garden here is difficult, the heat and the winds, but have had some luck with the non-hybrids and oriental seeds.

You may find the old style seeds at Walmart and el cheapo type drug stores now and for a couple months, priced at 20 cents or so, per package. I laughed at a garden group who commented that never to buy them, as they are the old varieties. I buy them and have very good luck, better than with the newer varieties.

Walton feed.com did have a link to a Civil War cookbook, take a look, the recipes will be basic, I always intended to go and print it and didn't....yet.

A google search for wartime recipes, gave a few, when I tried it last year.

My 25 year old granddaughter's will be in trouble, she can only cook out of a name brand package.

With God's help, we will survive.

Ruth

[Unknowing]

The LDS Church (Mormon) has published good survival information.

See, e.g., http://www.providentliving.org/content/list/0,11664,2633-1,00.html

Now, I'm not Mormon, and I don't wish to offend anyone by suggesting this source of information. I think that such preparation materials are universally applicable to everyone.

[JustPiper]

You seem to be a truly amazing lady Ruth -g-

[the gillman@blacklagoon.com]

Ruth, you are a wealth of information.

We have a year round greenhouse, we are picking our greens now. Will remember to buy non hybrid seeds for february planting.