So what did you put away this week?

Teeth.
Having two crowns done this month, first one is in and had the post and temp for the second one done last evening.
Gosh but I hate the "rubber lips" from Novocain.

 

Yeah, it's all well and good until you try to have a drink.

 

I went through the freezer, and pulled all the old venison. Much of it freezer burnt by now, and sliced and diced, and marinated, and dried, and turned the lot of what was usable into jerky.
Not the kinds of pieces I would normally use for jerky, so all hand sliced. No way to use the slicer on shanks and shoulders and such. So far, it seems to have been worth the extra effort.

 

Yes. I have an old 2amp no name 5 tray with just a heating element. It works, but is very slow. When I have a large amount to do, I borrow a sunbeam with ten trays, heating element and a fan. Much faster. (The sunbeam comes with 7 trays, I think. I made the mistake of washing them in the dishwasher (which is fine) but did not remove them before the heated dry cycle. Some of them warped badly. I bought a replacement stack of trays, for my buddy's machine, and just tossed the bad ones. (Hence ten racks)

 

Jerky did not last long.not a piece left.

 

We went to town and I finally bought a portable generator. It's a Generac 5500/5.5KW model. I figured I needed to break down and get it. I've been putting it off for the last two Winters and it was time. I think it will prove useful, although I'm now going to have to stock more gasoline beyond the usual twenty gallons.

Between it and the wood stove we should do nicely. Although I actually enjoy cooking on the Coleman stove. Our well pump is electric so our water supply depends on the power. I keep water stored and we have a year round creek about thirty feet from the house, so we always have water available. But it's really nice to just turn the tap.

Loss of power is a fairly regular thing here and it really doesn't bother me, but it gets to my wife. So happy wife, happy life.

 

Generally but not always. However, the corollary is certainy true, UNhappy wife, UNhappy life!
YMMV

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New Book Integrated Forest Gardening: The Complete Guide to Polycultures and Plant Guilds in Permaculture Systems:Amazon:Books

 

Batteries! Dollar Tree has 8 packs AA for a buck. We've been using them for a while for the wireless mice, keyboards, Wii and Xbox controllers, and get a decent lifespan from them so I stocked up on AAA, AA, C and D.

 

I picked up some .45ACP ammo and a case of 100 12ga. game loads today. We were at Wally World and I found three 50rd. boxes of "Perfecta" .45 ACP 230gr. FMJ for $18.97 a box and swooped them up. I've never heard of the brand before, but they're made in Italy, brass cased and should be fine for practice. In contrast, I paid $26. each for two boxes of Magtech 230gr. FMJ at the LGS. The 12ga. was Winchester "Universal" 7 1/2's for $26.95

It's always a good day when I can pick up gun food.

 

We ( I ) have done a lot since the last time I was here
128 quarts of green beans
150 bags of pork chops ( 6# chops per bag).
2 gallons chopped onions
15 gallons of diced peppers ( red, yellow, green)

New (to me) Chevy silverado 2500

In a few days I will be walking the dove field around picking up empties!! Can't wait

We have a few colts we will be breaking as soon as the summer heat drops.
A years supply of hygiene and other household items

Had to burry a few firearms and odd necessities...... In the 1000's

Got the camper shell on the truck and got it outfitted

Picked up a baja mini bike More for fun but you never know.

Picked up a 6'x12 utility trailer with
Walls and a roof that I plan to cover with canvas on the outside and finish the inside with a full kitchen,
Bathroom, and have room for gear.
Just to name a few things

 

Time to kick the prepping into high gear. We are sooooo screwed. I think the Isis folks have something rather nasty planned for us. Maybe September,11 all over again...

 

Scored an 11 lb bag of boneless, skinless chicken breast (2.15 lb!) at a lil' Mom & Pop bulk foods store today.
Its going through the canner tomorrow, then into the pantry otherwise known as "The Closet of Doom" ™.

 

Pick up a 5 lb bag of rice, 2lbs oatmeal, 2 1lb bottles of propane, and 10 GU energy gel packs. The gel packs are for eating on the run, i mean literally on the run. For years now i have been either using or eventually throwing old food stashes away. Am very interested in starting to repackage things like the rice and oatmeal etc in mylar bags. Back in the old days used to have to prepare for me and my dog but life has crept up on me and now its me, different dog, and five others. If i can get 7 years out of a bag of rice it sure does beat 2 years

 

Four food grade 5 Gallon buckets with lids, and a source for one per day as long as I want them.
A truckload of scrap metal for recycling.
A new (to me) propane grill, with a full tank.

 

From the excellent BePrepared.com: 7 more 5 gal food grade buckets with color coded Gamma Lids according to what food types we store in them. 5 more stackable 5 gal water jugs. Several months worth of powdered milk. Spare bung screw caps and covers for our numerous blue 55 gal water storage drums -- Have 1 stored in each major room of the house and several outside.

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4 pickup truckloads of horse manure to cover the next layer of buried decomposing tree logs, trunks and branches in our permaculture raised vegetable beds (Hugelculture beds -- hugelkultur: the ultimate raised garden beds which are now 4 feet tall. Once they are 6 feet tall, it is said on Permies: a big crowd of permaculture goofballs that they don't require watering-irrigation, other the natural rainfall since they act like a 'water sponge.'