Posted on 10/24/2009 6:59:56 PM PDT by Bean Counter
Honey is an excellent idea. It will keep for a very long time!
Some folks would have to “build on” to stock all this. :-)
But, it’s a good idea.
Have at least 2 batteries. That way you can be charging one while you are using the other one. Preferrably a deep cycle battery. You can buy a 15 watt solar battery charger for about $100 to $150.
It's also quite tasty I might add.
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I have a friend that is OCD and I want him to visit cause I know he couldn't stand my garage and would organize it for me...(he is a sweetheart and offspring of very close friends).
People that can do what you did I envy...As God is my witness I try to organize, but it never happens.. My kids are good at it but its the pollack genes they get from their father, not any of my genes involved..(I'm Irish and they are not known for being neat, just drinking their ale,)
Bravo to you......
But dang, you're callin’ out a lot of different kinds of flour and beans!
Now, Kaito has come along and they sell some pretty good stuff it seems to me, and I'd take one of theirs over Grundig any day of the week. But one thing I dislike about most of the low cost portable shortwave radios is they lack SSB reception. So, while useful for monitoring broadcasts, you aren't able to intercept government/military/Ham traffic.
As long as there remains an independent media you can probably stay fairly well informed by traditional broadcasters, but I prefer a more serious radio. Of course I'm a long time Ham Radio operator and I have 12 radios (including 8 that transmit) just in this room.
Kentucky Wonder has a tremendous yield but they’re not so tender as the smaller beans. Doesn’t matter so much when you’re drying. Years ago we took the pods and threaded them on strings (i.e. a small jute yarn and needle to fit) and hung them in the rafters. They are an early harvest so they get plenty of summer heat to dry real good. You have to cook ‘em real good with some bacon, butter or what have you to help the flavor but a mature green bean has a good combination of nutrients and makes a lot of food per square foot of garden space.
Depends which side of the door they are on. Once they cross the threshold they change from palmetto bug to cockroach. /grin
Thanks Lurker, Quinoa is supposed to be one of the most nutritious grains that there is. It’s expensive, but it is widely available out here.
I’ve considered the entire whole grain approach and with the space I have, I just cannot put up the amounts of whole grain in the quantities we would need. If I had the acreage and the space I would definitely look into how to store 350 lbs of wheat per person, in the best container with a pure nitrogen purge, but I’m in a residential area and have to make a go at things right were I am.
Grinding enough grain every week in order to be able to bake bread is a formidable challenge, and those hand mills that are for sale out there will give you a tremendous workout for the flour you will produce. The best mill I have seen comes with a grooved pulley because so many people immediately fit it with a 12V starter motor and a battery charging system. Again, this is another subject that is worthy of it’s own thread, and the dry pantry we are talking about here is in addition to the whole grain and grinding system. Likely, you will do both, or at least head in that direction. For the short term, properly stored flour will serve quite well.
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Another method of storing your grains is this:
Put it in your buckets in the food grade bags. Drop a 1 pound chunk of dry ice on top. Let the dry ice sublimate completely. Then carefully seal the bag and snap on the lid.
That'll kill all the little nasties that may be in there.
We've got a bunch of bulger wheat in our store. In a pinch we can grind it but it cooks up fine just as it is.
Water is another subject entirely. We've got rain barrels and at any time have over 300 gallons stored up. Make sure you keep your bleach fresh, too. It loses its potency after a while.
And remember, FIFO is your friend. LOL. Good thread. Thanks.
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I've read about this before, but I've never done it, so I was very curious what was the yeild from his grocery store purchased dried beans & legumes.
Green bean plants are frequently super prolific --- but I am interested in how red beans and black beans fare in the family garden.
I don’t know whether this is true, but last month, somewhere online, I came across a posting that there was a news story from somewhere in the USA that a man had gotten busted for having stockpiled pseudophedrine in his emergency preps — so I can just imagine how a stockpile of prescription meds would go over with the narcotics cops.
OMG granny, I’m so happy to see your post. My Polish/German husband is so organized and I (of Irish heritage) am so unorganized. I can now blam it on my blood line!!
We are stocking our pantry with mostly canned items that we use and rotate, chunky soups, sweet and evaporated milk, honey, of course the usual rice and beans, canned fruits and veggies and even canned meat. Lots of peanut butter and jelly, and water, water and more water. Oh and a few bottles of tequila, whiskey, vodka and rum. Oh, and vegetable seeds.
We keep all the essentials of toilet paper, paper towels, plastic bags, matches and paper plates. We have propane, wood and charcoal for both types of grills and of course our camping equipment. If we can stay in place we’ll be good.
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But I reckon they'd be like most beans, not needing a particularly good soil but liking lots of sun and water. I grow pole beans against a high board fence on the North side of the property. A setting like that will let you put them in early and you might be able to get two crops to maturity in a season depending on where you are. I think when you have full size beans in the pod and they are loose inside and they open easily is when you harvest.
Thats the thing about preparing for doomsday or war or total colapse. Much of your preps will seem like folly when the event finally comes to pass. When it happens, you will be shuckn and jivin and zigin and zagin and making it up as you go. nothing in your preparations will seem like enough of the right thing. There’ll be lots of “oh, why didn’t I think of that?!”
See, crappy genes can also be of use....if one is smart like you and me...
Careful with your bleach. Some varieties have additives that shouldn’t be used in drinking water.
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