Never made much money but did my heart good to see elderly people and children roaming among the flowers picking their own bouquets.
Enough! I ramble on. Got to get back and see if I can finish reading this thread.<<<
My sister calls flowers soul food.
I have often thought that God invented them, so we would have a little beauty, in a world of toil and often of worry and tears.
No, you are not supposed to finish reading this thread, it is meant to grow every day and keep going, of course some stuff will get repeated, and that is often good, for I tend to speed read and do not always recall it all the next day or year from now.
I agree that it tastes better if you grew it, to me squash is a good example, the difference between the store and garden is amazing, so are tomatoes.
Which seed company do you use, it is ok to post the info here.
We don’t have an “off topic rule”, or a no links rule, it is meant to supply us with the information that we need to learn how to survive.
Survival means many things to different people, right now, I like many on a tight budget, find surviving todays prices to be the most important thing.
Tomorrow, that could change and a storm or terror show up and then survival will mean something entirely different to me.
Glad to have you with us, it is a wonderful group of people and there is room for more.
I buy most of my seeds from Fedco. It is a local coop and they buy locally in bulk. Seeds are much less expensive than Burpees, Parks or the more well-known cos. I plant lots of beets. Hate plain beets but pickle enough to last all year. They really add a lot to any bland meal. Beet seeds at Fedco are less than half the price of other companies.
Haven’t seen any mention of snares or box traps. When and if ammo runs out, anyone proficient in setting snares or box traps can bag small game indefinitely with little or no expense. My husband caught rabbits and partridges for years before both items became illegal here. He would spread grain, set a snare and then wait patiently behind a tree until a partridge would step inside the circle of string, then pull the string quickly catching the bird by its legs. Box traps are good for wild rabbits. Rabbit pie, fried rabbit and rabbit stew are delicious. I realize that you need to be in the wilds to utilize these items, but thought it was something some people could consider. A bow and arrow can provide food but you must be skilled in the art. Hubby brings food to the table in this manner also. These items would surely be among our survival items.