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To: Pete from Shawnee Mission

Are you forgetting that I’m the one with the huge prepper library?

I always have a ton of beans and rice. A complete protein.(but not as good as meat and lacks fat) I even cooked some 10+ year old black beans for the fun of it a couple of years ago. In a pressure cooker with enough baking soda, they did soften up. Even without baking soda, they were edible, even if quite firm. Have no idea how much nutrition they had but I’ve rotated them out since then. It was just a test before I tossed them.


High of 50 tomorrow and windy and still sloppy wet. Low 27 and then getting up to 56 Sunday so I should be able to get the next tunnel frame in Sunday afternoon. That’ll be 4 of 7. Chance of rain most everyday this week. The rainy season is beginning. Our April showers start in March and some of the rain may be frozen.


122 posted on 03/08/2024 5:12:43 PM PST by Pollard (WX - currently nasty with a chance of getting better before next nasty)
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To: Pollard
Pulled my temp/humidity sensor inside and have it hanging from one of the shelves on the seed starting rack. Got the grow lights run by automation controller. Named the monitoring widget section, Seed Room Wx(weather)

Might have to throw some plastic over the seed shelf unit tomorrow night - low of 27 so that room will get blanketed off from the rest of the house. It was a mini greenhouse but I took the zip up cover off because it was a nuisance most of the time and the unit sits in a corner so only the front and one side, plus the top need covering. Will sow some more seeds tomorrow so I can justify turning on another heat mat or two. That will help it stay warm inside.

126 posted on 03/08/2024 5:40:58 PM PST by Pollard (WX - currently nasty with a chance of getting better before next nasty)
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To: Pollard
"Are you forgetting that I’m the one with the huge prepper library?"

Given that I used to post this every week do you think I would?

Pollard's F/R profile page is the location of his Prepper links and Data Base and contains the Gardening Resource files.
Click anywhere on the ivy covered books link to his homepage!


174 posted on 03/10/2024 7:48:37 PM PDT by Pete from Shawnee Mission ( )
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