Started some indoor Basil for myself and friends. Will be trying to dry it later on.

12 boxes of Crackers (on sale $1.38 each)
60 double rolls of toilet paper
another large bag of rice
12 more cans of tuna
fruit to make Lemon jelly, red pepper jelly, strawberry jam and marmalade 😀 canning tomorrow 😀
Another batch of lemoncello is a-brewin' !!!

More education... Can not ever learn to much.

More education as well... taking last project management course this weekend.

I have 25 pounds of green peppers to dehydrate. That is started.
25 pounds of tomatoes too.
I might freeze a mixture of tomatoes, onions, green peppers and basil when/if I get on a roll and the dehydrator is busy.

I've added more to the basement pantry: Forget some of it but I found bags of demera sugar for 50% off because it was hard as rock.
Brought it home, softened in and put it in 15 500ml jars. Dried more carrots.

I bought a printer and started printing up the prepper stuff that we need and wants - so we have it in hard copies.
72 hour kit is done except for food and water.

I put out a call for cast iron pans and dutch ovens. I've gathered 3 good sized pots - 2 with lids and 2 frying pans.

Also found information about the "lovely loo" - the humanure toilet.
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1945350,00.html
It seems perfect for emergencies. Peat moss can be used instead of sawdust.

Bought a medical kit. I think we need one with us full time. We seem to be a clumsy bunch.

10 mylar emergency blankets...1$ each at Dollarama....two have been cut and used in the eastern facing windows and side door of the house to reflect the heat. This has been remarkably successful dropping the temperature in my kitchen by 5C!
The other blankets will go into the preps. I plan to buy a few more.

We're going camping next week. So what better time to stock up on tarps, sleeping bags, foam mattress, axe, hatchet, candles, lantern,matches, lighters, rope, water jugs, wood, and beans. Haha

We're going camping next week. So what better time to stock up on tarps, sleeping bags, foam mattress, axe, hatchet, candles, lantern,matches, lighters, rope, water jugs, wood, and beans. Haha

Enjoy your trip. I always find it very handy to keep a paper and pencil handy to record things I have missed or never even thought of as well as alternate uses for the usual gear. Good for looking back on when you get home.

Added six chickens (egg layers).

Bulk Barn run...

3 kinds of drink crystals...about a kg of each
various spices

molasses, brown sugar, yeast...you do the math!

ICRCC: hurray for the chickens!
I bought a canned 'Chopped Ham' at the Dollarama ($2) last week and tried it out. Very good, especially with chopped Dill pickles, so I bought 5 more this week - best before date is 2017!!! That's a good source of protein. The exact same can is at Giant Tiger for $3.49. I'll buy more each week.

Added six chickens (egg layers).

I've been looking into chickens myself and plan to start a small flock next spring. What breed did ou go with and how do you care for them in winter with regards to heat. From what I hear, so long as you keep a ventilated, but draft free coop, the pretty much keep themselves warm. Just asking from people with experience.

One thing that I heard from Spirko, was to buy a batch every year, and every batch a different colour. Keep track of the year that you bought that colour, so you'll know when your chickens are near retirement age, (stew pot). 😉

One thing that I heard from Spirko, was to buy a batch every year, and every batch a different colour. Keep track of the year that you bought that colour, so you'll know when your chickens are near retirement age, (stew pot). 😉

That is a quick an easy way if you are going to only keep your hens for the year and then butcher out, given that I have hens that are three to five, now coming six that are still earning their keep, I much prefer the leg bands being color coded for the year, raither then the chickens but that depends on it you want to buy new chicks each year or if you want to keep older hens, that will go broody and hatch your own babies for the freezer.

We're making a new pen for chickens on the far side of our barn. It a large lean to structure that we call the "Jesus Tomb" because that's what it looks like. 🙂 We've ordered 120 meatie chicks and 100 egg layer chicks that will arrive next week. We decided to do the color coded thing - the meatie birds are white and the new layers are black sex links so in the fall when they start laying we will butcher all the red sexlinks and multicolored ones. Next time we'll get red sex link and alternate. I find the birds do quite well for about two years - after that egg production drops and since we now have customers to keep up with we need to do something. I have still not had one chicken in three years who sat on eggs and hatched anything out! Still working on that for LT.

This hot weather has not been conducive to getting much done outside so I've been working on paperwork and lists.