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Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on February 11, 2011 at 3:53am

Someone sent me a really cool site for the proper storage of a variety of dried foods.

https://www.usaemergencysupply.com/information_center/storage_life_...

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on February 11, 2011 at 1:13am

Living off the grid videos

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W51JRTjoI1A

aquaponics

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baLp1neHomE

greenhouses

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwI3ZAK_wyA

indoor hyroponics and lighting

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fs2dy9azrnQ

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on February 7, 2011 at 12:24am

Hi Guido,

I don't think I've heard a steam juicer mentioned.  I'll google it to see what it looks like.  Thanks for the tip.

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on February 6, 2011 at 7:32pm

Hi Byron, no I didn't get a cooling coil yet as I live on a shoestring budget and have been concentrating on seed which I can manage financially.  I've gotten prices for cooling coils and don't understand why they're so expensive .....like $80.  I have a link http://www.aaoobfoods.com/waterdistillers.htm but their coil is $135.  I'll keep looking.  Any suggestions?

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on February 6, 2011 at 6:01pm

This morning I found a free seed site.               www.freeplant.net

You're not able to register right now, don't know why but if you click on the plant, down at the bottom will be the link for get it free.

It was sent to me by an alternative  building site on yahoo, where people talk about living off grid, etc.

Remember Nancy also reminded us to pick up some flower seed at least for those of you who are already in your safe zones.  We will miss the beautiful fauna that we see in our daily lives and they too will need to be replanted.

I don't know whether these seeds, trees, herbs are of the non hybrid, they each come from different seed distributors so keep these seeds away from your heirlooms just to be safe.  Free is free and no harm in trying.

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on January 24, 2011 at 2:39pm

The making of Toilet papaer.

Corn cobs, without kernels, let dry, put in a barrel of wood ash and water, soak until really mushy and hang on clothespin to dry.  It will be soft and useable as tp

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on January 20, 2011 at 12:13am

Victoria, what a neat little gadget.  Here in the states I have only seen bicycle looking contraptions that you have to hook up to some kind of generator and I think on other blogs we've discussed how fast you'd need to be pedaling to get any juice at all.  This seems to be a neat little package.  Thanks for the link, although I don't think they ship to the US.

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on January 9, 2011 at 8:51pm

I just received an old pressure cooker and I'm bringing the lid with me to the hardware store to find a fit for a cooling coil.  I'm in physical preparation mode and it feels good.  I'm also bidding on an inflatable 4 man boat for a ridiculously cheap price and found a hand crank trolling motor that I didn't know existed.  I made fire starters yesterday with my daughter and purchased an old perfect height stool to be used as a goat milking stool (don't have goats yet) and an old cone seive and pestle.  This week I'll try and get to steel wooling all my old rusted tools and trying to get all my tools together.  I've ordered seed.  I'll start to write down all the kitchen tools that are necessary to make life a little easier.  I'll start to disect what we don't need and sell it now online while I still can.  I found a child size gas mask for my grandson for $5.00(hope we never need it), have a collection of shakeable flashlights and many other regular flashlights.  I just bought a solar battery charger (tiny) for AA, AAA, C, D, 9 volt.  Their cheap but the batteries aren't.  I'm going to look at getting big 5 gallon buckets for water storage now while we still can.  I feel empowered with the little I have accomplished and it feels good.

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on January 7, 2011 at 8:25am

That's an excellent point, chlorella or some such tincture would be beneficial while learning to grow our own medicinal herbs.

Comment by Rich Racosky on January 6, 2011 at 5:48pm

I agree 100% with astrogal50 & Byron.  Absolutely must distill. You can buy as many filters as you want, but they run out quickly. Without water, it is over.

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