I praise God that He caused me to want to learn these things BEFORE they were needed.<<<
Thank you for your prayers, they are felt and I am convinced that God has given extra attention to Freeper prayers.
You sound like me, I have spent more of my life learning the old ways, than the new.
Anyone with a credit card can go and ‘buy’ what is needed, but what if there is no store to go to?
I have seen what an empty grocery store looks and feels like.
In the late 1970’s, Safeway truck drivers went on strike and there did not deliver to our local store. At that time, it was the only large market in our area.
In a few days, the shelves were bare, the few things for sale were up near the cashier, with a strict limit of one package of bread or cereal per person.
The store manager was hauling all he could, in a pickup, from Las Vegas, over 100 miles away.
During the 1960’s I lived in San Diego, they advised having supplies on hand, as at that time, it was thought that there was a 3 day supply of food, in the stores and warehouses, which the Gov would take control of if we were attacked by Russia.
We know that once the Gov fools were in control there would be no getting your fair share, except blackmarket.
So I have years of thinking of how to get by.
Yes, I could have learned more, wish I had.
Glad you are here and hope you will share some of your idea’s, don’t worry about if they have been posted before, a good idea is worth repeating, and we add new readers all the time.
I will continue to add you in my daily prayers ma’am. I have spent some time starting at the beginning of the thread and seeing what I could glean from it. I do have limited time as I am trying to keep up with beginning this year’s garden. I have read about your physical and other needs and they have my prayer attention.
Like you, I was given a wake-up call many years ago as to what it’s like to have to do without. I have been poor and I have been comfortable but the lessons learned while poor are more valuable than a great paycheck.
Right now, the one thing I have to mention here is that a good garden starts with good soil. Compost is wonderful stuff. My own personal composting secret is that I go to the small local grocery store at appointed times and pick up their produce waste. I bring it home, process a bit and put it in my compost piles mixed with whatever leaves, hay, and other things I come across.
It’s an old adage that compost is “gold” to us gardeners. I find that purchased compost is very lacking and a waste of needed money. The compost I make is far superior and FREE! For many years I had trouble getting enough of my own made. And I have never had space for livestock so don’t have a supply of manure. With my “grocery store” secret, I have far more than I need and also barter a bit with another gardener friend using my compost as my “payment.”
We won’t always have the luxury of even that kind of supply of compost. But, when it’s there and free for the taking it’s almost a sin, to me, not to get all I can.