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["Lynda" <lurine AT softcom.net>]

Mighty scary as we are in agreement again.  When we left the coast, through 
no real choice of our own (our 10 year plan fell to poop when the LAites 
sold their McMansions and discovered our little corner of the world), since 
I have fog instead of blood <g>, we choose very carefully.  This valley is 
about 75% folks who can and do most everything from scratch.  The farmers 
market really IS a farmers market where the local farmers bring their 
surplus and either sell it or barter for what they don't grown on their own 
place.

And, there won't be wandering hordes that so many folks are soooo worried 
about.  I've read where people are worried about where to hide their lone 
cow.  Ah, those folks wouldn't know what to do with a cow.  It used to be a 
joke about kids thinking milk came in cartons and didn't know it came from 
cows.  Well, that day has truly come!

Those "hordes" won't make it any further than a tank of gas and then they 
won't know what to do once they get "there."  Plus, most don't even have a 
tank of gas but rather go from a couple of gallons bought here to a couple 
of gallons bought there!

We shop less and have more and more from our little chunk of land. 
Although, this is a bad year.  The lack of sun for over 5 weeks has put a 
major dent in the veggie garden.  We finally have sun (happy dance) but we 
are only now entering the lightning/fire season, so who knows what the 
future holds for produce this year.

However, we will certainly have more than enough jam (wild black raspberry 
and strawberries from our garden) and watermelon rind pickles (I just 
finished canning another bunch). <g>  I supposed that wouldn't be considered 
a balanced diet.

Oh well, next week we start in doing turkeys.  So we'll have that meat in 
the freezer.  Then we'll do a lamb or two.  So that will add more meat 
protein.

Lynda, off to take the lats batch of watermelon pickles out of the steam 
canner (no, not pressure canner)
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Clansgian AT wmconnect.com>


> snip<
>
> As to the roaming hords, I'm not concerned.  Roaming hoards of the past 
> had
> survival skills and could live off wild stuffs in a pinch, endure heat and
> cold.  Any roaming hoards we generate now of days, well, they aren't your
> grandfather's roaming hoards!  Just as soon as they run out of gas or 
> can't find a
> hamburger to unwrap, they will likely fall over dead anyway.