OUTSTANDING reply too what is going to happen...I live in basically a rural area but there is home building going on (Central Florida) that with this inflation...ppl won't be able to buy the house(s) that are going up...like pancakes!!!!!!!!
There are going tobe some builders who are going to regret NOT thinking OUTSIDE the box even for a lil' bit!!!!
I spent about $60 in seeds earlier this year and harvested about $15 worth of tomatoes, squashes, radishes, carrots, and green beans :) (it was a test to see what would grow in my limited sunlight garden area; this year I hope to only spend $15 on seeds to get $15 of produce :) )
After the first year, you shouldn't have to buy seeds ever again. Seed saving works. My parents bought collard seeds one time, and they then had a lifetime supply in a cloth bag hanging on the wall. Buy heirloom varieties. Saving seeds, planting in the same area year after year, and then saving more seeds from the best fruits adapts your seeds to your yard's microclimate. My father grew almost all the vegetables we ate when I was growing up.
The first year was a test. I used an above ground pool as my "protected garden". I put kiddie pools inside it with soil to make six individual plots. It keeps ALL critters out (so far; deer were my biggest concern). Unfortunately, it is sun limited, but I will try to start seeds earlier this year to hopefully improve the output.
I saw an ingenious fencing method for keeping out deer which allows you to fence in a huge area at very little expense. You put metal fence posts at each corner of your garden area and then one or two extra along the long sides, depending on how large the garden is. Then string at least 30 pound test fishing line around at about 1 foot apart up to around 3 or 4 feet high. The deer bump up against it and can't push through. Also, if they back up to get a running start to jump over it, they can't see the line at that point so they're afraid to try and jump it. They claim it works very well.
Remember to plant seeds when it's the right time. For example, tomatoes and okra are tropical plants and won't grow until it's warm. Years ago, I planted some tomato plants in April, and they just sat there without growing a bit until June. Then they took off and gave me a lot of tomatoes.
Of course growing your own is cheaper. A hoe, shovel, and rake are about the only required tools. Buy heirloom seeds one time only and save seeds thereafter. If you are in the country, use a burn barrel to burn trash. Use the ashes by spreading them down between your rows of tomatoes. Compost all your yard waste, garden plants after all the harvest is done, eggshells, and coffee grounds to use as fertilizer. Find someone with horses and offer to take some horse manure off their hands and compost that at home for your garden.
I'd say little more than $200 in one-time expenses and some hard work will supply all your vegetables forever. I would also plant some fruit trees. Once established, they will bear for many years without much work.
Just bought a Mockmill. First 2 loaves of sourdough in the oven as I type this. Made from ancient grains. Starter inoculated with milk kefir. My goal is to make sourdough sandwich bread for the kids lunches.
Who are we borrowing it from? No one is buying our bonds, they are resorting to one year bonds and still no one wants them. What they mean is they’re going to type in 23 and a lot of zeros into a computer terminal and marvel at the cleverness of it equaling 33.
I'm old, and I built up a stockpile of groceries. That way, the groceries I consume this week are way cheaper than those in the stores today. I keep buying groceries when I find really good sales to add in the back of the older groceries. So I am ahead of inflation by at least two years. Having a stockpile means I only have to buy canned vegetables or fresh meats when they are steeply discounted. For example, I bought some 80/20 hamburger in a large quantity at a discount. I'll package it and freeze it. I haven't paid the ordinary current price of most of my groceries for many years now. So my grocery bill is lower.
Go to Aldi's for canned vegetables. Buy meats at discount when the store marks them down because they're about to expire. They will certainly last long enough for you to get them home and freeze them. Cook from scratch as much as possible and use boxed freezer meals as little as possible. I think it's been a few years since I've even tried one. Remember that salt, sugar, honey, and a few other foods last forever. We have ours stored in canning jars. Walmart has canning jars and supplies in stock again.
Did I give you a long enough answer to your short question?
BTW, some old people just aren't living, if they aren't practicing buying habits like I am. Many of them say, "Why buy more meat than I can eat at one meal?" That leads them to pay top dollar for everything, so they end up with health problems from bad eating habits.
So far I'm doing okay. I'm on social security. Luckily we're getting a 4% raise. After they just claimed inflation is over 8%, and real food inflation is closer to 40% or more. Staying a couple of years ahead cushions me against temporary shortages and will help me hold out until better times.
I'm on social security, and I'm doing fine. It's what you do with your money that counts. Buy real foods on sale and cook from scratch. It doesn't take as much time as you think. I can cook a pot of goulash with about 10 minutes of prep work and about a half hour cooking time. Buy most groceries only when they are on sale. Wait for your grocery store to mark down meats because they're almost expired. They will certainly last long enough for you to get them home and cook them or put them in your freezer. A freezer is a good investment. Canning supplies and practice using them is another good investment. Grow stuff anywhere you can, whether it's your back yard or front yard or balcony or window sill. Every little bit counts.
You don't have to keep up with the Joneses. Clothes last a long time. A good car can last for many years with good maintenance. Not every single person in the house needs to have a car. If you handle the money correctly, your wife doesn't really have to work a job and can spend more time at home helping with stockpiling groceries and saving you even more money.
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Really could use some tendies about now.
My wife says the ones at DQ are good. I get the double cheeseburger.
This inflation is killer, but looking on the bright side - maybe this will force people to stop eating that GMO garbage.
OUTSTANDING reply too what is going to happen...I live in basically a rural area but there is home building going on (Central Florida) that with this inflation...ppl won't be able to buy the house(s) that are going up...like pancakes!!!!!!!!
There are going tobe some builders who are going to regret NOT thinking OUTSIDE the box even for a lil' bit!!!!
Unfortunately, the non-GMO food in the grocery stores costs way more than the factory/GMO food.
I think he was saying grow your own.
When all is said and done I wonder if growing your own is really cheaper
I spent about $60 in seeds earlier this year and harvested about $15 worth of tomatoes, squashes, radishes, carrots, and green beans :) (it was a test to see what would grow in my limited sunlight garden area; this year I hope to only spend $15 on seeds to get $15 of produce :) )
After the first year, you shouldn't have to buy seeds ever again. Seed saving works. My parents bought collard seeds one time, and they then had a lifetime supply in a cloth bag hanging on the wall. Buy heirloom varieties. Saving seeds, planting in the same area year after year, and then saving more seeds from the best fruits adapts your seeds to your yard's microclimate. My father grew almost all the vegetables we ate when I was growing up.
Keep trying, buy heirloom, and save seeds.
The first year was a test. I used an above ground pool as my "protected garden". I put kiddie pools inside it with soil to make six individual plots. It keeps ALL critters out (so far; deer were my biggest concern). Unfortunately, it is sun limited, but I will try to start seeds earlier this year to hopefully improve the output.
I saw an ingenious fencing method for keeping out deer which allows you to fence in a huge area at very little expense. You put metal fence posts at each corner of your garden area and then one or two extra along the long sides, depending on how large the garden is. Then string at least 30 pound test fishing line around at about 1 foot apart up to around 3 or 4 feet high. The deer bump up against it and can't push through. Also, if they back up to get a running start to jump over it, they can't see the line at that point so they're afraid to try and jump it. They claim it works very well.
Remember to plant seeds when it's the right time. For example, tomatoes and okra are tropical plants and won't grow until it's warm. Years ago, I planted some tomato plants in April, and they just sat there without growing a bit until June. Then they took off and gave me a lot of tomatoes.
Of course growing your own is cheaper. A hoe, shovel, and rake are about the only required tools. Buy heirloom seeds one time only and save seeds thereafter. If you are in the country, use a burn barrel to burn trash. Use the ashes by spreading them down between your rows of tomatoes. Compost all your yard waste, garden plants after all the harvest is done, eggshells, and coffee grounds to use as fertilizer. Find someone with horses and offer to take some horse manure off their hands and compost that at home for your garden.
I'd say little more than $200 in one-time expenses and some hard work will supply all your vegetables forever. I would also plant some fruit trees. Once established, they will bear for many years without much work.
I just used cereal as an example. Everything has been going up.
Who the fuck eats cereal? Processed cardboard with added sugar, corn syrup, salt, flavoring, coloring and preservatives.
Edit: and Roundup with glyphosate.
He said an example. There are millions eating cereal, or it wouldn't be stocked in the grocery store.
Just bought a Mockmill. First 2 loaves of sourdough in the oven as I type this. Made from ancient grains. Starter inoculated with milk kefir. My goal is to make sourdough sandwich bread for the kids lunches.
Excellent! My German neighbor bakes this bread for me. And we get sheep's milk direct from the farmer.
cereal is garbage. eat eggs, meat, fish and fruits/veggies
And $30 a pound ribeye steak
I get $34 per pound. :)
Who are we borrowing it from? No one is buying our bonds, they are resorting to one year bonds and still no one wants them. What they mean is they’re going to type in 23 and a lot of zeros into a computer terminal and marvel at the cleverness of it equaling 33.
They just print it and keep raising taxes to pay for it.
How do the old people live?
I'm old, and I built up a stockpile of groceries. That way, the groceries I consume this week are way cheaper than those in the stores today. I keep buying groceries when I find really good sales to add in the back of the older groceries. So I am ahead of inflation by at least two years. Having a stockpile means I only have to buy canned vegetables or fresh meats when they are steeply discounted. For example, I bought some 80/20 hamburger in a large quantity at a discount. I'll package it and freeze it. I haven't paid the ordinary current price of most of my groceries for many years now. So my grocery bill is lower.
Go to Aldi's for canned vegetables. Buy meats at discount when the store marks them down because they're about to expire. They will certainly last long enough for you to get them home and freeze them. Cook from scratch as much as possible and use boxed freezer meals as little as possible. I think it's been a few years since I've even tried one. Remember that salt, sugar, honey, and a few other foods last forever. We have ours stored in canning jars. Walmart has canning jars and supplies in stock again.
Did I give you a long enough answer to your short question?
BTW, some old people just aren't living, if they aren't practicing buying habits like I am. Many of them say, "Why buy more meat than I can eat at one meal?" That leads them to pay top dollar for everything, so they end up with health problems from bad eating habits.
I tried to do the same as you.
So far I'm doing okay. I'm on social security. Luckily we're getting a 4% raise. After they just claimed inflation is over 8%, and real food inflation is closer to 40% or more. Staying a couple of years ahead cushions me against temporary shortages and will help me hold out until better times.
God bless you and watch over you.
I hope we'll all see better times in the near future.
Amen.
Guess America will get rid of its obesity epidemic.
Last time someone mentioned 2.3 trillion i got like 6 billion and a haircut.
Uh, Cereal isn’t food. Save your money.
It has to be this way. Thank goodness my new job pays me $20 an hour, but at this point it’s just keeping up with the stagflation.
I'm on social security, and I'm doing fine. It's what you do with your money that counts. Buy real foods on sale and cook from scratch. It doesn't take as much time as you think. I can cook a pot of goulash with about 10 minutes of prep work and about a half hour cooking time. Buy most groceries only when they are on sale. Wait for your grocery store to mark down meats because they're almost expired. They will certainly last long enough for you to get them home and cook them or put them in your freezer. A freezer is a good investment. Canning supplies and practice using them is another good investment. Grow stuff anywhere you can, whether it's your back yard or front yard or balcony or window sill. Every little bit counts.
You don't have to keep up with the Joneses. Clothes last a long time. A good car can last for many years with good maintenance. Not every single person in the house needs to have a car. If you handle the money correctly, your wife doesn't really have to work a job and can spend more time at home helping with stockpiling groceries and saving you even more money.
Out here, we are already way ahead of you!
Love that they list bulk fruit on the ad. As if.
LOL. I didnt even notice it!!
u/#topkek
If the economy is doing so well; they should be collecting higher revenue? No need to print more money. Oh wait it's an election year.
A guy I follow on twitch paid $17 for a subway sandwich.
I read that some upscale areas of Connecticut are paying $18 for a Big Mac meal at McDonalds.
People are going to have to learn to feed themselves, grow food.
Not everyone can. Many live in apartments.
They need to stop calling it borrowing.