We grow a garden every year. I can and freeze all of it. I put up approx. 300 units of food in jars and freezer bags. We started an orchard 15 years ago and it produces enough fruit for the full year and I am able to give a lot away. I and my gardening friends bring each other things like peaches from down south and we freeze them. Meat is and will be a problem. We are taking a day trip to a meat packing plant about 1 1/2 hours away to stock up for a while. If things get really bad, we have relatives who hunt and two relatives who know how to butcher and age meat. I'm praying this can be solved with good leadership being elected. I know some of you do not have the land or the time to grow things. For those of you who do, I think you will love the experience of growing your own food.
love the ease of freezing fruits/veg/meats...electricity failure could be devastating, so we have all freezers routed through stand-by generator, using propane...generators are expensive, if you can even find good ones now, but we have been using generac brand for years as stand-by for our houses, for more than 10 years, with few issues, mostly replacing starting battery every 3 years or so...just my 5cent opinion, which would have been 2cents worth before biden...
We grow a garden every year. I can and freeze all of it. I put up approx. 300 units of food in jars and freezer bags. We started an orchard 15 years ago and it produces enough fruit for the full year and I am able to give a lot away. I and my gardening friends bring each other things like peaches from down south and we freeze them. Meat is and will be a problem. We are taking a day trip to a meat packing plant about 1 1/2 hours away to stock up for a while. If things get really bad, we have relatives who hunt and two relatives who know how to butcher and age meat. I'm praying this can be solved with good leadership being elected. I know some of you do not have the land or the time to grow things. For those of you who do, I think you will love the experience of growing your own food.
Do you have a second fridge? One issue we quickly ran into was running out of freezer space.
love the ease of freezing fruits/veg/meats...electricity failure could be devastating, so we have all freezers routed through stand-by generator, using propane...generators are expensive, if you can even find good ones now, but we have been using generac brand for years as stand-by for our houses, for more than 10 years, with few issues, mostly replacing starting battery every 3 years or so...just my 5cent opinion, which would have been 2cents worth before biden...