I'd rather have a cow (instead of goat), but our subdivision won't allow it! There are some about 2 blocks away. Poor farmer will have to hire a guard for his cows!

I've been thinking about milk goats too, but I'm not sure I want to have to deal with their escape artist" antics! :lol: As for the hog, we have room but I've heard they're also really good at escaping...

does anyone have a good recipe for possum, armadillo, skunk and mole?.........blAH!

I keep getting these emails from "Survival Nation" Maybe I should stock up on some freeze dried meats. The rest I can handle, Just got in another 50# bag of flour, so we are good for the winter.

where in the world do you store 50# of flour?

I started storing staples like flour, rice, beans, pasta, sugar, salt, etc. I got 10 of those 5-gallon buckets and Mylar liners and filled them all. My son helped me vacuum seal the mylar bags and then the buckets are air tight. Supposedly they will last for 20+ years. I need to order 10 more. I've started buying some of the dehydrated and freeze dried staples in #10 cans too. I buy extra coffee when there is a good sale.

I learned how to do canning and one of my requirements for the small retirement house I am looking for is that there be enough yard for a good sized garden. I just want to be self-sufficient.

chocolate prices going up doesn't bother me.....PEPSI!!! If Pepsi prices go up like that, I'll just have to do myself in!!!! Flour and sugar prices are sure high!

This is really really scary. How will any of us afford to eat anymore... not that I couldn't stand to drop a few pounds, but starvation wasn't really part of my plan. UGH!

I'll believe it when I see it. I don't care for chocolate very much (how very un-American of me!) so a $20 candy bar won't be hard for me to endure...I simply won't eat chocolate. My husband, on the other hand, will have serious mental health issues over it!

My hubby also came home telling me about the $20 loaf of bread. I don't see it rising that fast, but if it does there will be a bigger economical issue than there is already. We already have extended families living with each other just to make it by. I don't think I would be able to feed my family with the mortgage bill we have now if the prices of food go up, and I guess I would definitely have to stop quilting (or just use up what I have until Im out any way).... stock up of fabric if you wanna be able to do this in the future it sounds.