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[bobf <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

Leslie; As to my future plans, I have made some decisions, but timing and 
events beyond my current expectations can always change.  In any case, as we 
have tal;ked openly, privacy is a concern for both of us.  I will never post 
publicly ( and I am not sure how much to trust private email) of certain 
directions I intend to take.  Having/gaining privacy is not easy, but it is 
still 'possible', but only if established during a total transition.  

As to canning, Lynda said that you don't need to practice, you just need to 
have a good pot and you're ready, so I'll take her advice there ;-)

The man who sold me the  (30 of the 40 , I have)bushes has been wotrking on 
them for twenty years in this area.  He is a fanatic about his tomatoes.  He 
told me to expect twemnty pounds + per bush, which is about double what is 
normal for here.   We will see.  I have neighbors who like vegetables if I 
get too many at once.  My neighbors are nice to me; I don't mind sharing 
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--- On Sun, 2/22/09, Leslie <cayadopi AT yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Leslie <cayadopi AT yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] More spring palnting
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Sunday, February 22, 2009, 10:20 AM
> Chinese Pole Beans a/k/a Asparagus Bean
>  
> 40 tomato plants.  What kind?  
>  
> Are you canning and what kind of yield in terms of canned
> quarts?  
>  
> I just pulled my pressure canner out to test for safety
> since I haven't canned in some 20 years.  Even though
> the rubber gasket & safety seal appear in excellent
> condition, I could tell as the pressure raised the safety
> seal wasn't sealing.  So off to the store to order
> replacements.  Bob, I think you were asking about pressure
> canners before.  I can zap a .pdf to you of a page or two
> from my book that might help.  It has the adjustments for
> pressure for altitude (for dial type pressure canners), and
> adjustments for  weight for pressure canners that have
> 5,10,15 pound weights for altitude, etc.  
>  
> Also, I remember from a long time ago, that the pressure
> canner instructions, long since misplaced, advised to NOT
> cook (unjared) food in the pressure canner, to only use it
> to pressure can, and to use a food pressure cooker for
> cooking meals.  So I always had 2 canners, one for
> preserving, one for just plain old cooking.
>  
>  
> BobF<<<winter -- if I am still here??
> >>>>
>  
> BTW, I've been thinking 3 years window before TSHTF....
> but yesterday listened to a radio show, and the thinking is
> hyperinflationary effects may start to appear earlier (as in
> a year).  From a person who acknowledges depression
> currently.  Personally, I was thinking it wouldn't get
> underway until the mortgage defaults etc wind up, that the
> banks would hoard to gov't bailout money until then. 
> But maybe Obama's plan will bypass and flood other areas
> with $$ first.
>  
> Any decisions on which state you're heading to
> eventually yet?
>  
>  
>  
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> 
> “All political thinking for years past has been vitiated
> in the same way. People can foresee the future only when it
> coincides with their own wishes, and the most grossly
> obvious facts can be ignored when they are unwelcome.
> Political language... is designed to make lies sound
> truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance
> of solidity to pure wind.” ~ George Orwell
> 
> --- On Sat, 2/21/09, bobf <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>
> wrote:
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