Ryan from Going Carless- I think it’s great you are learning new skills. I’m trying to learn to sew now, and it is so much fun!

Mary @Raising 4 Godly Men- WOW! You are amazing! Congrats on having that much food stored!

I don’t know if I have 6 months in every kind of food stocked up. But we DO buy a years worth of meat each fall. I bought almost 200 lbs of flour , and over a 100 lbs of rice and the list goes on. We buy in bulk stock up when sales happen. (with certain items fall is the best time) I think it is a good practice to stock up in the fall to get through to till spring. I have to say the one area we do keep buying weekly is fresh veggies, milk, and odd things that we don’t stock up on. I do NOT condone to live in fear. I believe to be like the goat in the movie Hoodwinked says….”be prepared”. Also I like that we don’t have to go to the grocery store AS much either. [0=

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I like mixing alfalfa with a little radish sprouts for nice kick.

What sort of set up are you thinking about using? I grow mine in a Mason jar and use a small metal mesh strainer to rinse them. After I swish the water around and pour it out, I turn the jar, with the strainer on it, upside down onto a small glass and let it sit like that till I rinse them again. Fortunately, I found a strainer that fits nicely around the mouth of the jar.

Deirdre- I eat high raw, all vegan so I worry what I would do if something happened and I couldn’t get to the store for produce! We plant a garden in the summer, but in the dead of winter I’d have to go without fresh produce if it truly was an emergency. It makes me sad to think about that. I love my raw foods!

Rebecca- I think I could be better about stocking my pantry. I like to go to Costco and buy things there. My husband hates it because he says two people don’t need 25 pounds of rice! Maybe not, but in an emergency we would have a lot of rice to eat!

David- I’m so sorry to hear that. I do think it’s a great idea to be prepared and I’m going to be working hard to obtain a month or two of food stored. I don’t want to go overboard, but I would feel safe having that much saved.

Kittymoose- That’s funny you are watching too. Small world! We live in an area that has gotten all kinds of crazy weather lately so it can’t hurt for me to be prepared!

Miss M- I agree. I think that you are going to have people on both ends of the spectrum and people can choose to believe whatever they want. I’m going to try to be optimistic, because worse thing that can happen is I lose my house and everything and have to move in with my parents. At least I would have a roof over my head, right?

Meg- I eat high raw too and that’s a great idea about dehydrating! I’ve been wanting to get some seeds for sprouting, and now I think I may order just a little extra. Thanks for sharing! You’ve got some awesome ideas.

Nicole- Good point! People freak out about things unnecessarily. I think that you should be prepared in general, not just because one person has “a feeling”.