As I've stated previously, I have been getting alot of heirloom seeds. Well, I'm sure I'm starting a bit early, but in the last week I've planted several varieties of seeds. They include: greystripe sunflower, black heirloom sweet bell peppers(purple beauty), black cherry tomato, black russian tomato, atomic red carrots and black seeded simpson lettuce. I also started an indoor herb garden. Can you tell I'm sooo over winter yet?!!
I'll take some pics in the next day or so and post them. The first two trays we planted early last week or so and some are already an inch or so tall! Mrs. Prepper

Wow, time ran away from me again!  Just going to jump right to it then. I'm sure I can't be the only one who deals with leftovers from lunch or supper.  I really hate just throwing food away, I always picture these people that are starving and makes me feel guilty, you know?  Going to give a few examples of what to do with them and it really falls into prepping as well, since if a serious event occurs, you'll be making do with whatever. So, say you have 2-3 days worth of some leftover veggies, for the most part it doesn't make a diff what kind. Well, I'll make a big pot of soup and throw them in and since the veggies are already cooked, won't take quite as long. Sometimes I'll miss measure how much pasta I make for spaghetti and I've saved it in a ziplock for a couple days and make an italian bake with it. Now that we have a juicer, whenever we have some fresh fruits that are starting to get a wee bit ripe, we throw them in the juicer along with either, juice,yogurt,ice, depends on the consistency we are wanting. Also, when we have fresh celery, when I cut the leafy ends, I place in a ziplock and save to put in either a soup or in with some baked chicken. Don't know if these tips save much money, but makes me feel better at not wasting what can still be used. Mrs. Prepper

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What to have on hand for bartering. It starts with what you can afford to buy extra of. I have alot of spices, seasonings and heirloom seeds.Other useful items include: medicines,first aid supplies, fire starters, clothing, cigs, alcohol. I find that the medicines/first aid supplies would be important to use for barter, because you would want to have a surplus, so as not to give away your own. Someone comes along asking for help( sick child or whoever)if you don't have extra, you'll have a moral dilemma, do I hand over what I may need to save my own child/spouse/parent or send them away, knowing they could possibly die without what you have or that they may come back in force and try to steal or kill to take it from you. That's why I try to get extra every time I buy something, particularly at a bargain price, so that eventually, I'll have a good stock of surplus for trading or helping someone out.  Mrs. Prepper