What have you done this week to prep? PART II

[blain]

I bought a David Bradley tractor with a set of garden tools.

My curiosity got the best of me, as I'd never heard the David Bradley name before.
After some googling, YIKES... I've stumbled into yet another rabbit hole.
Let's see where it goes!

 

[Bugzilla]

Mylar bag with O2 absorbers 12# of short grain brown rice and 10# of white rice. Gallon bags with 5 cups per bag. First time trying this method. Lot quicker than canning beans!

 

[ChrisK]

Mylar bag with O2 absorbers 12# of short grain brown rice and 10# of white rice. Gallon bags with 5 cups per bag. First time trying this method. Lot quicker than canning beans!

Try to stick with 7mil bags if you can. We buy ours from Pack Fresh. If you sign up with an account just put the items in the cart and just leave them there. You will later get a email with a 10% discount code.

 

[Bugzilla]

Those are what I did go with, from Pack Fresh also. I believe they are changing their name.

 

[Cozy439]

Made Cider, bought wine, rice, canned meat and coffee. Winterized bees and chickens. This may have been spread over ore than 1 day.

 

[cg21]

Made Cider, bought wine, rice, canned meat and coffee. Winterized bees and chickens. This may have been spread over ore than 1 day.

Canned coffee grounds or actually brewed coffee? Interested to hear the benefits?

 

[Cozy439]

Canned coffee grounds or actually brewed coffee? Interested to hear the benefits?

I was not clear enough - I bought coffee (beans to grind later) and I also bought canned meat (Grabill Meats). All over more than 1 day

 

[dprimm]

Figured out the dual fuel vent has a propane leak. Propane goes continuously just opening valves. Gasoline still works. Time to find out what is wrong with the propane setup.

 

[Super Bee]

Amazon has been running Augason Farms #10 cans on sale. Not all, but some. Been buying a couple cans a week. They did have their breakfast and dinner buckets on sale earlier in December, bought a few of those.

Bought a new vacuum sealer too, old one quit working. Wife bought a bunch of boxed potatoes so my job this week is sealing them up. Its 5 degrees out, not much else to do.

 

[4sarge]

Practicing what I Preach. Using my stored Wood to Keep Warm and Eating my Food Stockpile (rotating of Course) until its WARM enough to go back out into the COLD

 

[indyjohn]

Separated two 3lb. coffee bags into 1lb. bags. FoodSaver couldn't seal the bags so I used a clothes iron for 90 seconds.


Finished a batch of wine. 15 1.5 liter bottles total.

 

[Thor]

Picked up another 50lb of rice, lots of canned goods, antibiotics too.

 

[dudley0]

Started a new cache at the kid's new place. Food and water, a few extra clothing items.

Plenty of places to stash some firearms as well. Out of the way spots.

 

[Bugzilla]

Froze about 50# total of roast, chicken, salmon and pork loin. Nice little butcher shop in Buchanan MI. Friend goes there so better half went with her this time to check it out. Tried some of the roast last night. MMM MMM good!

 

[dprimm]

Plenty of places to stash some firearms as well. Out of the way spots.

I can make room

 

[MRockwell]

Froze about 50# total of roast, chicken, salmon and pork loin. Nice little butcher shop in Buchanan MI. Friend goes there so better half went with her this time to check it out. Tried some of the roast last night. MMM MMM good!

What!?!? No Bacon?? I keep track of their advertised specials online, and saw for the last couple weeks the Premium #1 Bacon is sub-$3/lb. My Mom got some for me last spring, and it is great bacon.

Great store for stocking up, I plan on heading up there in the next couple weeks to get some meat to can and freeze.

 

[2in1evtime]

Set up my homemade cooler to hang beef in looks like we will be butchering 2 in january hoping it stays cooler for a 10 or 12 day straight makes it easier to control the temp, I like to let it hang that long before we butcher. Did get a new larger chest freezer, and have family and a close friend helping this year so it should go quick. Stocked up on more vacuum bags and will have 4 machines running too. Used to be a every other year event but now it is becoming yearly!!

 

[Super Bee]

Spent yesterday afternoon using the new Foodsaver. Ran it until I ran out of bags.

 

[dprimm]

Set up my homemade cooler to hang beef in looks like we will be butchering 2 in january hoping it stays cooler for a 10 or 12 day straight makes it easier to control the temp, I like to let it hang that long before we butcher. Did get a new larger chest freezer, and have family and a close friend helping this year so it should go quick. Stocked up on more vacuum bags and will have 4 machines running too. Used to be a every other year event but now it is becoming yearly!!

Where are you? Would try to help if you want. I can do small animals but never done a beef. Have grinder / can travel.

 

[Magyars]

Well, it's nothing I did to prep but this is the second set of kids this season....3 more pregnant does to go.
Sorry about the quality, it's dark and rainy out this AM.