I just went to town to pick up duck and chicken feed. There was a large sign up and the guy at the store said that because of poor harvests the price of grain was about to take a significant jump. He was urging anyone who had suitable storage space to stock up now at today's prices. I don't think this was a sales pitch. So I picked up an extra 6 months supply.

I was wondering if this is just my neck of the wood or all across Ontario?

here are a few quotes from newspapers in the last few days:
LONDON, ON - The dry conditions that have left lawns a crispy brown are causing even more havoc for Ontario farmers who rely on grass to feed their cows.
Pastures in many areas have quit producing months ahead of normal, forcing cattle farmers to start feeding precious hay stocks.

"If you can find hay to buy it, it has gone through the roof," Ontario Cattlemen's Association president Dan Darling said Monday.

Prices for hay are double to triple what they would normally be, he said.

New Democrats warn drought will send price of food through the roof
"If you look at parts of southwestern Ontario, it looks like a desert," he told a news conference. "The corn is no higher than six inches, and it's burnt. There's no saving that corn."

http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Democrats+warn+drought+will+send+price+food+through+roof/6981843/story.html

I stocked up on red lentils, split peas and rice this week so today I packed it all in mylar with O2's. I've been picking lots of green beans and freezing them and today we had a "suprise" hatch of quail - (our incubator has been somewhat disappointing lately) - think meat on feet!

So glad I have enough hay in the barn already - my biggest question will be do I cut the field a second time. sounds like with prices going that high it might be worth it to sell.

I feel accomplished and good about my preps for the first time in a long time!
Had a pretty decent sale this week so I was able to indulge in my prepping a bit without breaking the bank!
I also went for the sale on peas, lentils, coconut milk and rice.
Pasta was on sale (not that great of a sale though) 4 for $5, I bought another 8 bags.
Peanut butter, corned beef (expires 2017!), vienna sausages.... my boys were most excited about this one lol
Ketchup, beans in tomato sauce and more shampoo from Giant tiger (then they had extra coupons for the shampoo at the check out... woohoo!)
Water.
Laundry soap and laundry soap bars.
We started working on a "woven" blanket out of old shirts. (I got bored) I am using the same basics we used doing a make shift cargo net, the supports we used for the net anyways, and if it works out according to plan it will be the in the car blanket (as it should be super warm!).
We are also going to try and make a laundry bucket with a wooden "washer" stick to see how it works. My youngest would break the plastic ones so we are gonna try and make one 🙂
I am sure I will do a bit more by the end of the week lol

I stocked up on red lentils, split peas and rice this week so today I packed it all in mylar with O2's. I've been picking lots of green beans and freezing them and today we had a "suprise" hatch of quail - (our incubator has been somewhat disappointing lately) - think meat on feet!

So glad I have enough hay in the barn already - my biggest question will be do I cut the field a second time. sounds like with prices going that high it might be worth it to sell.

HAHA...meat on feet...love it.
I would do a second hay cut if I could...but I understand that you have to hire that work out, so it may not be worth it. I thought a bit about my days working on the dairy farm in the townships and remembered that we used to spread rock salt every few layers in the loft. This was to keep the temperature down and avoid spontanious fires in the loft.

As for myself, now that the concrete pillars have set, I spent yesterday building the floor frame for the pantry extension. Today I will insulate and put on the sub floor. If all goes well, I will be shopping this afternoon for the perforated pipe for the french drain and installing that tomorrow. After weeks of digging through rocks and hardened clay, it's good to see some real progress. The funny thing is that as I work, I can hear power saws and hammering all over the neighborhood...seems like I'm not the only one extending their house. What I don't see is a lot of contractor trucks, meaning that a lot of the construction going on is DIY. Nice to see so many folks doing for themselves.

Just split pea, lentils and rice that were on sale, will repack tomorrow.

My wife picked bought me the book The Homesteading Handbook by Abigail Gehring. Lots of info and pleasant reading.

4 reptile lights. I know it doesn't sound like much the bill was $70.00

Today i brought the book "PEAK OIL SURVIVAl,preparation for life after crash" very good read, a must have for any prepper

Hi all! New here...
I canned 2 batches of corn relish(yield 11-ish pints each, so this time I got 23 pints). this would be good for me to trade. our friends would literally eat this with a spoon.
also a pint of lemon curd and a pint of lime curd.

Canned:
25 quarts of small whole potatoes
12 pints mushrooms
18 quarts and 9 pints of Marinara sauce
7 pints Cauliflower & Carrot soup
9 quarts cabbage soup
9 quarts of cabbage in tomato juice
6 quarts of minestrone

Bought:
5 bottles of oil
30 pounds of extra lean ground beef
15 pounds of steaks (chuck & blade)
2 flats of eggs (coated them in mineral oil)
one new to us stove with coil elements (our glass top was not working well and not hot enough for the canner anymore)
one new to us fridge (which if all else fails can be used as a safe as I have put a heavy duty latch lock on it)

Vacpacked:
15 pounds of peanuts (to make homemade peanut butter later on)
7 pounds of icing sugar
14 pounds of sugar
10 pounds of flour
5 pounds of almonds

Dehydrated:
Watermelon
Beef Jerky
Ham
sausage (kind of like the peppertte sticks)
4 pounds of cooked pasta
Then the dehydrator stopped working so it has been shipped off for a new one (love warranties!)

Stocked more:
Candles
matches
lighters and fluid
firecrackers (they will scare some off! definitely help scare off animals)
extra hand held can openers
hammers
utensils
first aid supplies
water

Wow, what a busy week you have had! I am really interested in your cabbage soup and cabbage in tomato juice recipes...maybe you could share?

There is a topic for canning recipes here...
http://internationalpreppersnetwork.net/viewtopic.php?f=69&t=1431

Hokey doodles Ma!! You're on a roll!! Great job!

dehydrating mushrooms as we speak, if it works out, I will have to go get some more!
anyone have experience with rehydrating veg?

Wow, what a busy week you have had! I am really interested in your cabbage soup and cabbage in tomato juice recipes...maybe you could share?

There is a topic for canning recipes here...
http://internationalpreppersnetwork.net/viewtopic.php?f=69&t=1431

Recipes are posted.

Thanks for the recipes, I'll give them a try when my cabbages are ready!
Here's my weekly preps...

Finished construction on outside of extension. Need to get the inside divided off and shelves up for the pantry.

Canned
5 quarts pasta sauce
2 pints green/yellow beans.

Froze
8 quarts zuchinni
6 quarts leeks
1 quart strawberries
9 pints cauliflour

Got 20 boxes of canning lids as canning season is just getting geared up!
Sill have tomatoes coming out of the garden at an alarming rate to can, along with carrots, cabbages, and as many more beans as I can get!

Bought
12 cans soup
6 cans tuna
A whole bunch of stuff on sale this week that DW picked up...too numerous to remember...or is that just old age setting in?