Must Have Supplies

[Michele My Belle]

Found unscented bleach tablets at Dollar Tree. Neat is brand name each tablet makes a half gallon of bleach.

Love Love Love Dollar Tree !! Waiting for it to go back to a Dollar (pre-Joe Bribem) !!

 

[Morgan101]

I just saw this, and thought it would be a good addition to food supplies. When Weedygarden mentioned canning jars it reminded me. It looks like a pretty easy process. Maybe others have already done it. Skip the first 3:00 and get to the heart of the message.

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[Amish Heart]

I just saw this, and thought it would be a good addition to food supplies. When Weedygarden mentioned canning jars it reminded me. It looks like a pretty easy process. Maybe others have already done it. Skip the first 3:00 and get to the heart of the message.

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That's exactly what I do for chicken food. I have 8 jars just like that going in my kitchen all the time, so they get some once a week. It takes more than the three days that he said tho to look like that, more like 5 or 6. Sunflower does well, too. When the weather is warmer, I sprout pans of sunflower on the greenhouse shelves...flat pans with a little water. That sprouts well, too. I know it's edible for me, but I use it for animal feed.

 

[JustMe]

I just saw this, and thought it would be a good addition to food supplies. When Weedygarden mentioned canning jars it reminded me. It looks like a pretty easy process. Maybe others have already done it. Skip the first 3:00 and get to the heart of the message.

The Post Collapse Emergency Food That You Don't Know About - Prepper Skills

That's exactly what I do for chicken food. I have 8 jars just like that going in my kitchen all the time, so they get some once a week. It takes more than the three days that he said tho to look like that, more like 5 or 6. Sunflower does well, too. When the weather is warmer, I sprout pans of sunflower on the greenhouse shelves...flat pans with a little water. That sprouts well, too. I know it's edible for me, but I use it for animal feed.

Agreed that sprouted seed has more nutrition and be kept available. Also, if you have some spare garden space, throw some of those seeds out there to grow and provide more to replace what you've used.


My only suggestion is........don't wait until all your supplies are gone before growing or securing more

 

[Morgan101]

That's exactly what I do for chicken food. I have 8 jars just like that going in my kitchen all the time, so they get some once a week. It takes more than the three days that he said tho to look like that, more like 5 or 6. Sunflower does well, too. When the weather is warmer, I sprout pans of sunflower on the greenhouse shelves...flat pans with a little water. That sprouts well, too. I know it's edible for me, but I use it for animal feed.

I am just curious. Have you ever eaten it yourself? I wonder how it tastes?

 

[Amish Heart]

If you're sprouting wheat, like the guy showed, it's just wheat grass. I have a wheat grass juicer, (Amazon) and they charge alot for a shot of that in those fancy juice places. So not my favorite. Do the same with alfalfa seed and you get alfalfa sprouts, and those are pretty tasty on sandwiches and salads if you like that sort of thing. Just make sure you change the water daily. Sunflower sprouts are what my fowl like the best, and they're fine. Mung bean sprouts are good, too, but pricey for the seed, not worth it in my opinion. I do whole oat sprouts, get it in 40# bags at the feed store. I buy food grade wheat to grind or sprout, but get that at the bulk store. How about just pick some fresh dandelion leaves early spring and fall for the salad? I guess this will work for green stuff if you have a winter. Our son manages a large plant nursery and gets cheap 8 by 10 inch flats, adds a bit of soil, handful of wheat, waters it in the green houses, sells these flats in a week or so for "grass for your chicken". Makes alot of money off that. Sell like crazy. A handful of wheat kernals would cost you about a nickle.

 

[JustMe]

I have some wheat berries, hulless oats and hulless barley, that I've grown in the garden. Though it would take more than a few acres of it to provide enough to feed anyone, if that was the only option for flour or other use.......including chickens or other livestock feed. When I had chickens, I only gave them as a treat but could never grow enough to be their sole source.

I have not eaten any that were sprouted, but did boil some up till tender and ate that as a test to see if it's something I could do and they weren't too bad, definitely edible with a nutty flavor IIRC. If it came down to it, I would add those berries to soups, stews or even as is, like I had done. They would be great as a salad topper too.

As berries, they store longer than the processed version as long as they are kept dry and safe from rodents or grain weevils

 

[Amish Heart]

We lived in the Albuquerque desert, much longer than I would of have liked. Growing was difficult, but we were near the Rio Grande and had large Cottonwood trees. Our son decided to plant a large area under the trees near the chicken coops with wheat berries, ran a sprinkler (we had a well), and not only was the grass pretty, it cooled down the area and it was where we let the chickens and rabbits free range.