Practical Prepping Protocol even if Poor

I myself have not grown any herbs and when I do Basil will be one of the first I try for I love it so much.
I found a vid online for growing that + 8 other types in a glass jar with water only?
I can post it if you think you would be interested.

The sun has been a bit more brutal in some places more than others. To me it just feels different..as in like more radiation.

Hope you find out whats causing the issues.

I use alot of basil & thyme in my spaghetti/pizza sauce & today i ripped 4 basil plants out of the ground and threw them in the trash can

I still have enough time to plant 3 more (got 1 in already) but what if they just get blighted again?

Been growing it for over 20 years & last year was the first of this problem I've ever seen.

- MC

I keep at least 10 each 2 LBS of coffee beans always!

For long term storage Freeze dried instant I probably got 20 LBs on hand. I am good for a few years and will cut back if shtf. Anyone know how long the shelf life is on it? I think the open one I use sometimes is from the 1990s

Tabaco I roll my own 75 cents a pack my powermatic3 has stuffed 21k plus tube's still going great I keep 20+ bags 1LBs each natural long cut, Just finished 2018 bags still fresh.

Where is best to buy powermatic etc?

This is the brand I use. It's lasted a long time. Built well.

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I’ve grown basil forever and it always grows so well. This year was the first year that I lost three out of seven plants. I have no idea what the problem was but they were a different type of basil than what I normally plant. It is not Genovese basil it’s something different because the leaves are very small.
I watched a cooking show and the chefs were wanting the tiny leaved Basil so it might just be the variety that is susceptible. I bought mine at the nursery.
I planted from seed purple leaved basil and they grew great.

This tiny leaved basil is cute and is great for pasta and such, you don’t have to cut them but if you want to make lots of pesto then you want the Genovese.

smokersoutlet online Like $250 try the Good stuff long cut, I like the silver 13.50 a pound. 1 LB makes 3 cartons.
NEVER use dried out tobaccos It will jam and break it.
I been thru a few hand and powermatic2s. No one will ship anything to CA.....

Well

I don’t think that will work. Beans take an hour and a half to three hours to fully cook depending on how old they are. That would be too much time energy and fuel wasted. Could you possibly can some now?

Remember the nursery rhyme…peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold, Peas porridge in a pot nine days old? I believe they just kept reheating them breakfast lunch and dinner and that way it would kill bacteria as well. But I’m not sure about that. Lol

The above Powermatic is an awesome way to go (As long as you have power)
The electric ones I have used had not lasted anymore than a year though.
I would hate to have to fire up the generator for a pack of smokes in a SHTF scenario.

*winks*

Don't smoke for which I a very thankful.

Did recently prep a 10 lb bag of organic white Quinoa though.

Quinoa is gluten-free, high in protein and one of the few plant foods that contain sufficient amounts of all nine essential amino acids.

People, stop making yourself a target for "evil" forces.

Stay away from meat. It is murder and you to will have to suffer for it. That is just how it works now.

Tell others to skip meat as well = less karma for you. It may save your life because the coming months will be insane.

Also pray a lot. And i mean A LOT.

Oats rolled or groats (whole seed) $10 for 50LBs @ the feed store and a $50 hand mill and whole grains and seeds you can sprout.

The Baofeng is crap compared to other radios, it only good because of it's price point. If you're concerned with performance you'll be better off looking elsewhere.

For a cheap handheld, I like the Radioddity GD-77. It does everything the boafeng does plus DMR. It even allows for encryption even though that is not legal on the ham bands. That said, the encryption only works with other GD-77 radios. Seems each manufacturer has implemented their own standard and as such nothing interoperates when encrypted.

Agree totally with ya!
Got several hand rollers and many hand injectors also thousands of rolling papers Tops are the best deal as in 100 leaves in a pack zig zag and rizla give you like 25.

google refrigeration in 3rd world countries, there a quite a few innovative ideas for keeping things cool. not exactly a fridge, but still very helpful

one is 2 large clay pots, you know the orange ones...one should fit within the other withe 1 to 2 inches space all around. packe that space with dirt, wet it thoroughly and put your food in the inner pot, put some sort of lid on it

keep the dirt wet, the evaporation will keep things much cooler than the ambient temp

This method seems to be pretty easy to do for growing things hydroponically.
Definitely going to give this a shot.
I'm just wondering how to keep mosquito larvae at bay while using this method?

My basil is doing better this year than last year. Making tomato basil soup is on my afternoon to-do list.

Went to the grocery store this morning...LOTS of empty shelf space!

Some items only had 1 or 2...others completely out.

I've gotten used to it but this was the worst I have seen it.

- MC

Going to start seeing it a lot more in the coming days.
IceAgeFarmer reported on this as well. He called it a rolling brown out of food supplies ..or something like that. Some days you will be able to get what you need and other days you won't.

Bad times ahead. :(

Most will forget or not have enough salt.
Be the rich guy.

But the store DID have one single peach pie

That poor pie never stood a chance!

- MC

Yup...I stocked up on salt many years ago. I wont be mentioning it to anybody as they all think "THEY NEED" equals "I MUST GIVE".

They are in for a rude awakening!

I like this guy. He really seems to have growing veggies and herbs down pat~

Thanks for posting this KTee. I'll remember to try next season.

I'm on my 2nd year of using empty kitty litter buckets and it's working much better this year. I have better plants and the weather is cooperating, cooler and rainy with just enough sun. Imagine that!

I got a bit of a late start because of the cold in NCentral Ohio, but the tomatoes are setting fruit, the zucchs have a ton of blossoms, as do the cukes. The roma's are iffy though. I've got an experiment bunch of celery going too. I finally have a good crop of rhubarb this year, too. Need to pull it off and get it into the freezer.

I have basil that overwintered well in the greenhouse.

It is currently out in the open in the sun and is doing OK, even in temps up to 115F. I water it every morning and it is overdue for deadheading.

We use the less fancy Powermatic II. On our second one, but do have some manual machines for backup.

I WOULD start the generator if I HAD TO. LOL

ohhh no doubt I would tooo!!! LOL

Get an inverter 12vdc to 120v Ac modified sign wave cheap one! 2000 3000 or a 4000 watts works of your cars charging system and battery like a generator. the powermatic3 is only 25 watts. I have a 4000w in my work truck use it on construction sites for saws drills everything coffee maker microwave whatever.