[metmom]

Thanks for the advice on the walnuts. I plan on trying what I can this year. Black walnuts are supposed to be pretty special in the flavor department.

I just got done reading *One Second After*.

It gets off to a slow start, but the end just leaves you crying your eyes out.

It’s also a very eye opening book. It really makes you think about being prepared in case some economic or societal collapse occurs.

I do have plenty of supplies for a lot of things, but need to get some other stuff taken care of as well.

There are several people around here who own goats, so I don’t have to worry too much about the ownership part yet.

[goat granny]

One thing people forget is toilet paper...you can also buy in a camping store a toilet seat stand and you use blue bags (they use to be blue when we camped in the national forests) that attached to the seat...it folds away like a folding chair...There are more modern ones, but they use chemicals that might not be available in an emergency....I too have a cupboard of foodstuff in the basement...duct tape and those plastic drop cloths are also useful....I have my own well and have wondering about getting a hand pump added to it if necessary for clean water. Don't know if that is possible or not...On my grandmothers old farm we had to hand pump water...

There was another black walnut tree across from the farm house and close to the ditch...every year someone would come to the door and ask to pick up the walnuts...it wasn't my property so I didn't care as our black walnut tree was huge. They are much tastier than the walnuts you buy in the store...