Season 4 Episode 579
Today we ask a simple question: What are you preparing for? I will share with you what I am preparing for, and what I am NOT preparing for and why I have made these decisions.
Announcements
Tales from the Prepper Pantry
Frugal Tip
Shopping Update from Joe on Mewe
Weekly Shopping Report for 06/04/2022
The weather should be reasonable all weekend, but warmer tomorrow than today, so off we went. We made four stops.
The first stop was Dollar Tree. They have no more mackerel. We saw a few other "second-choice" options, but the only thing I got there was a cold drink.
Second was Home Depot. The price of a 2x4 has dropped further, to $5.48. Ryobi Days is still ongoing, so if you have any interest in their 18V One+ line, now's the time. My wife and I have many of these tools, and none have let us down. The savings on the batteries is great right now. We found the 40 lb. bag of bird seed and 60 lb. bag of blacktop patch we wanted.
Third was Aldi. A few prices had dropped: English muffins $1.29-->$1.15, bacon $4.35-->$4.29, eggs $2.26-->$2.21. Pork prices were unchanged, so I got a couple of loins for the freezer; I will can what was in there tomorrow. We found everything we wanted.
The final stop was Food City for cat food. They had a decent amount of Friskies cans, and a good amount of various bagged kibble.
Overall, stock levels looked good in all of the stores, with no glaring holes.
Untainted regular has jumped though, to $4.699/gallon; that's up 14c from a week ago.
Operation Independence
Main topic of the Show: What are you preparing for?
What are you preparing for? Is it rumore of shortages? Normal things that happen to most people? Zombies? Nuclear War? Economic collapse? What is the thing you have in mind?
This weekend, as I say in my garden doing my "Daily Thirty," which equates to half a row of weeding and cultivation, I say what was doing well, and what was not. It got me to thinking about this question: What are you preparing for?
You see my reaction could have been fear and panic as I saw some plants looking sad, or the blank places in the garden where nothing has germinated. Or I could look at the things that have taken off and ask myself WHY? Why are they doing well and how can I replicate that in this blank spot?
I mean, this year, we are in drought conditions in TN which means the water is NOT wicking as well through the soil into my plants, in part because I did not cultivate the plot for five years and it is a little out of balance.
Yet other places here have thriving plants completely ignorant of this drought.
TELLING.
As I sat there, listening to the sheep baaah, to the goats bray, to the bees buss and to the world filled with life, it triggered the next question: What are
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