Member MartHale7
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I just ran a test run with my AC vacuum pump. Takes 5 seconds to reach the max pressure I have seen with the food saver vacuum sealer. I tested the seal and it takes the same amount of force to remove the lid so if I have multiple jars this will be way faster than the food saver, and less complicated.
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This is good for hiding your location if you don’t want to be found. I went to lineage OS on my phone and removed all Google services.
Covid tracking is something I did not want to buy in my phone, and tracking stays on even when you turn it off. I am starting to believe ham radio may be a better option.
Also be aware they can track your device by mac address, there is a database kept of mac addresses and locations.
I am looking at a pine phone for my next phone so I can flip a switch and all is OFF via hardware.
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Just be aware table salt will destroy cement. I poured a large amount on cement to melt ice and then the cement pitted away. Indeed salt works but it kills all till it is diluted. Many fertilizers have salt and the built up can cause plants to stop growing as well….
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There are many ways to fertilize, much depends if you are using conventional NPK, or have chosen organic route or have picked to use cover crops / chop and drop of permaculture.
Other variations are fertilizing per plant.
Myself, I do NPK with hydroponics, but I use cover crops, compost, and soil tests with Steve Solomon’s book.
David the Good has a good video on his testing of different methods and does a taste test at the end of his venture. It is a multi part video where he does different methods head to head.
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Years back, I worked with both azolla, and duckweed. I stopped because of the high heat here in Florida. Another option is to get on google maps and harvest the duck weed from your local ponds.
This link is where I was harvesting duckweed.
This link is duckweed mecca 😉 very helpful info here.
https://www.pinterest.com/search/my_pins/?q=duckweed&rs=typed
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They have their own problems as well, expensive, and you stand out if you have a sat phone.
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Another person to look at is this guy, heavy use of cover crops.
His methods are tested as working.
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👆 yeah, I attended a Mennonite fellowship for some time, adore Mennonite cooking.
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I have both a standard canner, and i bought a Nesco canner (electric ) I adore it as you set it, then can walk away as it shuts itself off when done.
I picked up lots of canned tuna and salmon, this sure makes it easy to fill gaps and to add variety of meat for long term storage.
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The reason I have so much is I have cut my meat eating down to one day a week, but I still have eggs and beans, and moringa as source of protein. The Mennonite cook book, “More with Less” has shown me that protein can be found in multiple sources and it does not have to be meat alone. I also have adopted a pattern of thinking that meat should be there to flavor the food, not be the whole meal… That has changed the way I think, using the meat to flavor the food sure helps with how much food you can buy as meat can flavor tons of rice and beans.
Now I am only storing for myself, so I know it is far far more difficult for a family to put up, as they have more mouths to feed.
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Yes, When I was watching Hurricane Matthew pass thru I was away from my home as I did not know where it would track. I was talking with another person who ran away from that area to the same Walmart I moved to and he was talking about what in the world was he going to do about all his meat in his freezer. I mentioned canning to him, but it was at that time I decided to lower my liability even more by canning my meat ahead, I put 5 years of meat on the shelf back in 2021, and that was a very good investment that has paid me back for every meal I eat from that stock. I have been thinking in about 3 years I should be ready to do some meat birds in my chicken tractor and restock. I have a standard fridge which I power with solar and I store mainly cheese and butter in the freezer. I have considered using wax to store cheese but the freezer + vacuum sealing works so well that I am slow to try any other method.
I would like to move away from plastic freezer bags to hold the cheese, but might try another method later…. I considered putting a 55 gal barrel in the ground and attempt to put food in it as a test run to see how well that would work.
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Good, there is a video of yours I have missed and get to watch ;-0) Yeah I have been working on getting my AC vacuum pump ready for a test run with a vacuum chamber thinking I may want a filter of some kind with that.
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I like cloth idea..
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Now that is an idea… Another one that hit me today is I could fill the jar 2/3 full put in a paper bag, fill the bag up in the jar then fold in. Heidi does have great ideas!