It just hit me this morning (sometimes it take repeating something about a thousand times before it sinks in, but that's another story LOL): When food prices went up this summer, so did gas, and we all said, "Whoa, what's happening?" Then gas prices started to slide back down and since we drive past gas stations with prices prominently displayed, we thought the crisis was over.
OK, then why is bread still close to $4 a loaf? Why are rice and flour and other commodities still as high as they were last summer? I heard the commodities market bubble burst as the oil market bubble burst... so where are the lower food prices?
When we get back up to the mountain we are going to start stocking up on food, and I am going to learn to can the food we grow. This situation is crazy. I want to be as self sufficient as possible and learn to live on one salary so I can stay home and take care of my garden and my home and my family.
Thanks for staying on this topic, it's the most important issue these days!!
When we get back up to the mountain we are going to start stocking up on food, and I am going to learn to can the food we grow. This situation is crazy. I want to be as self sufficient as possible and learn to live on one salary so I can stay home and take care of my garden and my home and my family.<<<
An excellent plan and one that I have pushed for 40 years, as you never know when a partner will get sick, and not be able to work.
Bill came home in the middle of the morning, said “will you take me to the hospital, I think I am having a heart attack”.
He was and it was two years before he could do light work.