Posted on 03/23/2012 4:00:55 PM PDT by DogByte6RER
If you have the space available, digging a root cellar would be an alternative to other, expensive, methods of food preservation - especially if, when you plan your ‘survival garden’, you put in a lot of ‘root crops’ (ie. taters, onions, turnips, and the like), which under the right conditions, store for long periods of time with little or no prep.....
Was this problem just on the newer ones or the older ones too? I had thought they were seeing it in the newer (last 2-3 years) models. Especially the ones that are plastic not metal.
Also, was it the seals that had the problem or the filter elements? I thought I had also heard about the newer filter elements breaking down, and that Berkey had ‘went back’ to whoever made them or however they made them prior to that newer batch of filtering elements.
I wish but the water level is too high. Even before Hussein’s reign, I wanted a tornato shelter but it’s just impossible here.
I’ve posted this before. Many years ago, granny had grandpa clean out their root cellar. He got down there and started sampling the home canned blackberry juice. Uh huh, you guessed it. He called the neighbor over and they had a rip roaring time getting drunk on it. Granny wasn’t pleased.
Yeah - every geographical area has its own challenges..
(LOL for your absolutely believable family anecdote - thanks... ;))
I love the system that Dorothy Ainsworth set up. She wrote about it here: http://www.dorothyainsworth.com/wind/windmills.html
I think it was the newer ones, but exactly how new is anybody’s guess. The company wasn’t too good at addressing the problem. Last I heard people were still finding bad ones.
I believe it was supposed to be the glue that held the seals that was breaking down. But again, there’s different stories going around.
My plan is not to live only on freeze-dried food, but to use it to supplement whatever else I am fortunate enough to use for food.
I think it’s a good idea to have a one-year supply for one’s entire family so that you can get through one growing season. WTSHTF, you will need a bug-out location to head to and you should have what you need to have the best opportunity to provide for your own sustainable food production.
No one ever said it would be easy or that everyone who prepares will endure. But prepping and trying sure beats starving or being murdered and robbed by those who have not prepped and who are counting on being able to take your supplies.
Apparently not everyone is familiar with NM climate. I had a 450 foot well that could not be considered dry because it recovered 11 gallons in 5 days. This was on my first home purchase in NM. Where I grew up you could hit water with a shovel.
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