Oct 272010
 
Fall Storms

Well we have been in the fall weather yo-yo pattern for a few weeks.  One day will be nice and warm about 15 C, then it will drop to just above freezing.  Burrr!  With all that we’ve been fighting fall colds and allergies. Yesterday dh checked the news online and all the sites were buzzing [...]

Jan 252010
 
From The Archives: Is Your Families Food Secure?

I originally wrote this article April 30th 2008. Today as I was working on my garden plans this topic came to my mind. Really not much has changed since I wrote it. Yes food shortages have dropped off the mainstream media headlines. The prices in our stores have come down slightly from a high 2 [...]

Jan 132010
 
Economic Collapse? Hows the Weather? (crop loss,energy increase)

While January has been fairly mild weather for us, many places around the world have been hard hit.  The southern USA has been hit with weather far below normal.  Europe and China have also been hit with freezing weather and snow.  I’ve been reading about damage to orange crops, also corn and other grains in [...]

Dec 182009
 

I have always been inclined to have a pantry, perhaps it comes from being around my Grandma.  Who’s generation lived through the depression and was very skilled at stretching things.  It seems that more and more people have fallen into the practice of shopping weekly for all their grocery’s.  Keeping just enough food on hand [...]