That’s what I believe too on metals—and the expense is in the scary range already.
Except for oil, wouldn’t put a cent into the USA under Obama. NOT. A. CENT.
Time to cash in the small ROTH which was bet, at the time, on Merkel’s austerity measures in Germany and with that buy, instead, stores of commodities like yours.
You have done fantastic work with your own situation and I do understand the urgency of being out of debt. Thankfully, we are out of debt, but then we are quite behind on storage items, with no gardening situation and no fishing holes!
This coming from the Wall Street Journal is the exclamation mark to my concerns, so it is time drop the procrastination.
Thank you so much for your story. I appreciated it and enjoyed hearing it. You are an encouragement and I’m proud for what you have already accomplished. Makes me want to get going too. Thanks, SD.
God be with us, and us with God.
I've found that buying grains, brown rice, peas, lentils, dehydrated potato slices, dehydrated potato hash browns from bins at the market is cheaper than buying them in large 50 to 65 pound bags. I bought a 65 lb. bag of red wheat and it was much more per pound than buying it from a bin in a supermarket! The only exception has been white rice; we buy the 16 lb. bags of Basmati rice from India at Costco. (White rice will keep for a very long time; the brown rice will not.)
WalMart sells dehydrated and freeze-dried food in the big #10 cans for preppers. They also sell canned Danish ham (brand name is DAX) in 1 lb. cans. We've bought canned chicken from Costco and canned beef from Krogers. Be sure and check the expiration dates. It is always good to rotate your cans so nothing gets old too soon.
We're buying charcoal for cooking outside. I've converted an old propane-fueled grill/barbecue into a contained unit for using cast iron dutch ovens; the dutch ovens are placed on a large flat cast iron grill (thank goodness for Ebay!) where the burner used to be located. This way I can cook meals outside even if it is raining and the coals won't be flooded out.
It is possible to store charcoal using large plastic garbage cans. About ten large garbage cans should supply most families with enough charcoal to last a year. Directions for making charcoal can be found on the Internet though I haven't tried it yet.
Good luck and God bless. If you have any questions or suggestions don't hesitate to contact me via Freepmail.