By: janaia

janaia — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 00:16:56 +0000

Local friend reminded me about bulk food storage: You can use oxygen tablets (absorbers) rather than nitrogen. I use three for a 5 gallon bucket…when I open a new bag of grain and pour it into the bucket, I put one tablet in the bottom, one in the middle, and one on top. Make sure you keep grains and beans that you want to sprout in a separate container as the oxygen tab will prevent them from sprouting. During an emergency, those sprouts may well be our best source of nutrition.

By: Stuart M.

Stuart M. — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:51:08 +0000

Haiti and Chile have shown us that there are many reasons to stockpile supplies for a “rainy day,” not just impending peak oil. On a slightly more humorous note, I have been “plagued” for a long time by some dear ones who always seem to use up the last of the shampoo, conditioner, body soap, toilet paper rolls, kleenex, detergent, trashbags, etc., without telling me so I can buy some more. I usually discover this when my hair is all wet or my bottom is… well you get the picture. I have started to buy two of everything so I will always have at least one backup to tide me over until I can go to the grocery store. This policy has worked great so far and I assume if there is an earthquake in the neighborhood, this “one extra of everything” stockpiling will serve us well until the disaster relief people get up to speed.

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By: janaia

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