Wayne Boatwright > wrote in message
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> On Sat 11 Oct 2008 04:14:47p, JonquilJan told us...
>
> > About food storage. And foods to stock. I am disabled and sometimes
> > can't get around very much for not only days but weeks at a time. Being
> > of a self sufficient bent (and stubborn) I tend to have a great deal of
> > food stock on hand. I also stock water, on a rotating basis - using
> > empty 2 liter soda (actually seltzer) bottles which get refilled and
> > rotated once a week (have 22 - 2 in use)
> >
> > Dry beans, rice (brown), couscous, bulgur, corn grits (polenta), dried
> > fruit (apricots, raisins, cherries, cranberries, apples) canned veggies
> > (lots of tomatoes and green beans and an assortment of other items). I
> > go light on canned soups becuase of the salt content. Have an
> > assortment of dry soup mixes. Lots of tea - almost all herbal or green
> > - shelf stable tofu - a good assortment of herbs and spices - especially
> > pepper - black, lemon, garlic flavored. Pastas and noodles - but not
> > Ramen (too salty and goes rancid easily). Oils (canola and olive),
> > Bottled juices. Some nuts - cashews and walnuts. Some seeds - pumpkin
> > and sunflower. Oatmeal, some dry cereal and granola, farina. Soy milk.
> > Flour and other needs for baking bread.
> >
> > Now all of this is to my personal tastes and needs. Big item - do NOT
> > stock/hoard items you don't regularly eat and DO rotate your stock.
> > Unless you are hoarding in anticipation of trading. For that - salt,
> > pepper and spices probably take up the least space and are the lightest.
> >
> > My dream - to get a few chickens.
> >
> > JonquilJan
>
> Jan, it sounds like you have a *very* well stocked pantry!
>
> Not that it's any of my business, but being disabled, wouldn't that make
it
> difficult to take care of some chickens?
>
> --
> Wayne Boatwright

Which is why I don't have any. My disability problems are gradually
increasing. I did manage to have a small garden (mostly for greens) this
summer - for the first time in many years. My home includes 5 acres of
mostly scrub and grass - which is enjoyed by wild turkeys, deer, rabbits,
pheasants - and I am frequently visited by raccoons, opossums and skunks. I
used to have a huge garden - and preserved and prepared a LOT of produce.

Much of my stock comes through a food buying cooperative - I used to be the
director of a local one (retired from that and no one picked up the
responsibility) but now am just a 'worker bee' in one a bit further south
(12 miles). Because of age related allergy and digestive problems - much of
my stock is organic. (I will be 70 my next birthday).

JonquilJan

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