Good Afternoon, All
Late start on the Prep thread again - what a slacker I am!
We're not getting much done on the prep front as far as the gardens are concerned, thanks to the rainy weather - I'm just about ready to jump in the truck and head for Home Depot to pick up some lumber for raised beds so that I can plant my strawberries at least. I could probably reach far enough in from the edges of the garden to ring it with tomato plants but that would be a mess to till around once it does finally dry up.
I'm buying enough groceries to replace what I'm using from the pantries, but not doing much extra buying - we haven't needed to get in to anything in the long term pantry so I am mostly just letting it ride for now. When I'm in Wal Mart to pick up certain things for the family that Aldi doesn't carry (or to be able to get enough eggs for everyone - Aldi was limiting to 2 doz), I do cruise the baking aisles but have only really stocked up on dry milk, black cherry jello, Kool-Aid, and muffin mixes so far. The dry milk can be used for cocoa mix this winter if we don't need it for when the grands are here, the black cherry jello will be used to make my favorite homemade popsicles, the Kool-aid to make homemade Gatorade/rehydration beverage; and the muffin mixes are to keep me away from the giant fancy muffins at the store lol!
I hadn't been up to the nearby Amish store recently, but the neighbor went the other day and said they are well stocked - you can buy 50# bags of wheat berries, assorted flours, sugar, etc... at this store, as well as smaller bagged quantities of basic groceries. I may try to make a trip up there later in the week - I have to work Mon/Tue/Wed nights so it will likely be Thursday afternoon before I am able to go. They save their boxes to use in place of grocery bags, so I am usually able to pick up several boxes that will fit canning jars when I am there - I am finding more jars hidden in the nooks and crannies of the machine shed as we clear out 60+ years worth of accumulation. We don't can very many things in quarts any longer since it's just the two of us at home, so I am storing most of the ones I find in our old cold storage unit in the shed - hanging on to them just in case.
Well, the clouds are starting to move in again - looks like I'd better hurry and get the swill carried out to the compost pile before I get soaked doing so! You folks all take care out there; stay safe please - I'd miss you!
Late start on the Prep thread again - what a slacker I am!
We're not getting much done on the prep front as far as the gardens are concerned, thanks to the rainy weather - I'm just about ready to jump in the truck and head for Home Depot to pick up some lumber for raised beds so that I can plant my strawberries at least. I could probably reach far enough in from the edges of the garden to ring it with tomato plants but that would be a mess to till around once it does finally dry up.
I'm buying enough groceries to replace what I'm using from the pantries, but not doing much extra buying - we haven't needed to get in to anything in the long term pantry so I am mostly just letting it ride for now. When I'm in Wal Mart to pick up certain things for the family that Aldi doesn't carry (or to be able to get enough eggs for everyone - Aldi was limiting to 2 doz), I do cruise the baking aisles but have only really stocked up on dry milk, black cherry jello, Kool-Aid, and muffin mixes so far. The dry milk can be used for cocoa mix this winter if we don't need it for when the grands are here, the black cherry jello will be used to make my favorite homemade popsicles, the Kool-aid to make homemade Gatorade/rehydration beverage; and the muffin mixes are to keep me away from the giant fancy muffins at the store lol!
I hadn't been up to the nearby Amish store recently, but the neighbor went the other day and said they are well stocked - you can buy 50# bags of wheat berries, assorted flours, sugar, etc... at this store, as well as smaller bagged quantities of basic groceries. I may try to make a trip up there later in the week - I have to work Mon/Tue/Wed nights so it will likely be Thursday afternoon before I am able to go. They save their boxes to use in place of grocery bags, so I am usually able to pick up several boxes that will fit canning jars when I am there - I am finding more jars hidden in the nooks and crannies of the machine shed as we clear out 60+ years worth of accumulation. We don't can very many things in quarts any longer since it's just the two of us at home, so I am storing most of the ones I find in our old cold storage unit in the shed - hanging on to them just in case.
Well, the clouds are starting to move in again - looks like I'd better hurry and get the swill carried out to the compost pile before I get soaked doing so! You folks all take care out there; stay safe please - I'd miss you!