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To: LilFarmer
I’m also preparing now for a second wave that people are discussing... added some more rows to my garden and this weekend I’m working on expanding my coop.

Smart move. I would very seriously consider as a minimum, a one year supply of food. And be able to shelter in place for an extended period without any need of the outside world. My gut feeling is this is just one of many coming birth pains.

Our latest purchase was for a new corn and flour mill. In our area, both corn meal and flour are hard to get, but we've always kept a long term supply of both whole wheat and dried whole kernel corn and make our own flour and corn meal.

This new mill spins at 28,000 RPM, smashing the grains into flour, instead of grinding them. And I can use it for making dry rubs and other spices. It can also be used to make "chops" for feeding chickens, and in our case, for feeding the squirrels and birds.

745 posted on 04/24/2020 5:56:47 PM PDT by amorphous
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To: amorphous

We got a grain mill too. Ours supposedly dehulls rice too with another attachment.

So far we love it. Haven’t tried the dehulling yet though.


746 posted on 04/24/2020 5:58:43 PM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: amorphous

Nice! We have a milk that does pretty good with wheat berries, and a hand mill “just in case”. Years back we got a bunch of non-electric gadgets and hand tools like a crosscut saw I’m case we didn’t have electricity. Lehman’s was my favorite store for a while!


764 posted on 04/24/2020 7:14:04 PM PDT by LilFarmer
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