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Had some fun with sweet baby girl today and after her and parents left finished processing a deer. Ended up canning 6 quarts and 1 pint. Just cubed the meat up and tossed in jars. Makes its own juices. Processed for the normal 90 minutes.

I swear that little girl has no fears. . . She got to ride on the skid steer, walked right up to the milk cows to feed them greens along with the goats and even gave our bull Jr a swat on the backside while her Pops was holding her. She makes me proud. :)
 
Of all the survival gear and equipment one of the most important is the Kitchen pantry . Im going through Ours and adding more of our favorite everyday non perishables . When Im done We should be good for over a Year without relying on Our long term prepps .
The kitchen pantry is just about my favorite room in the house. Today I am adding in some canned comfort food. . . 19 pints and 3 quarts of meatloaf.
 
The taste is there for the meatloaf, but like all canned meats, its not like you bake it in the oven. When canning, you need to add more liquid or it turns out dry. I used 4 pints of undrained chopped tomatoes along with a bottle of steak sauce and instead of milk, I added in a bottle of ketchup. Still turned out a little drier than I like but its a quick meal when needed.
 
The taste is there for the meatloaf, but like all canned meats, its not like you bake it in the oven. When canning, you need to add more liquid or it turns out dry. I used 4 pints of undrained chopped tomatoes along with a bottle of steak sauce and instead of milk, I added in a bottle of ketchup. Still turned out a little drier than I like but its a quick meal when needed.
I’ve been learning what is good to can and what isn’t. Sure, some things don’t turn out as well, but in the long run if shtf does happen just having food is going to be a huge thing. Learning to preserve food safely is a really good skill.
 
Sportsman Guide has free shipping right now and some sales, FYI. A good way to get some preps cheap. I would still compare prices to eBay.

They have a good deal with canteens and molle covers and I bought these a while back. I just ordered a 2 pair pack of mittens, 2 pack sleeping bag bivy pack, 2 medical molle pouches, 10 pair pack of white mitten over covers.

When your cutting wood with your chain saw do you wear an IFAK or keep a medical kit near? If not the medical pouch mentioned($2.99) above is perfect for a tourniquet(your flavor) and a pressure bandage. If you cut your femoral artery your dead in minutes. I saw some videos of chainsaw accidents on YouTube and said F that, I now wear an IFAK. Just an FYI.

I bought the above bivy for the two MSS Patrol sleeping bags I posted earlier. By the way it was a great transaction. One Patrol bag was brand new with the tag and the other was very good/excellent.
 
Walmart has steel ammo cans for under 9 bucks. I got 7 of them. Great airtight containers and I got all the assorted boxes of ammo organized and protected, with the desiccant for moisture too. The wife did point out that I don’t target practice much anymore. Well, at least I’ll never have to buy anymore ammo.....
 
Walmart has steel ammo cans for under 9 bucks. I got 7 of them. Great airtight containers and I got all the assorted boxes of ammo organized and protected, with the desiccant for moisture too. The wife did point out that I don’t target practice much anymore. Well, at least I’ll never have to buy anymore ammo.....
Menards had the plastic ones on black Friday. I got several for cache purposes (less metal detector pick up).

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I really haven't done much in the way of prepping lately. Just been keeping things running around here. The hens finally started laying last week. We're getting 5-7 eggs a day now. Ordered some new insulated gloves today. If you want a quality American made leather glove that actually fits, check out sullivanglove.com.
 
I had a front faucet on the house to repair. last spring , it kind of turned itself on to a slow trickle for a few months. We noticed the spike in the water bill. We thought someone had turned it on. We didn't notice the pooling of water because we rarely go out the front door.

It has turned itself on again and there is a nice little swamp between our house and the neighbors house.

So it isn't really a prep.. we just noticed it this time because we were prepping the faucets to be covered for winter.
 
I had a front faucet on the house to repair. last spring , it kind of turned itself on to a slow trickle for a few months. We noticed the spike in the water bill. We thought someone had turned it on. We didn't notice the pooling of water because we rarely go out the front door.

It has turned itself on again and there is a nice little swamp between our house and the neighbors house.

So it isn't really a prep.. we just noticed it this time because we were prepping the faucets to be covered for winter.
My little leak out by the road at the water meter cost me a $77 water bill. I only noticed as the water dept left a note on my gate! My average bill is about 50. I’m looking into a friggin well!
 
We have a well at our BOL. A leaking toilet valve ran ours dry, lol. I don’t know how long the friggin thing had been leaking, but it did it.

In town, we had a leak under the sidewalk. That bill was a ways over 100 bucks.
 

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