Are you storing extra food and supplies?

[smartinvestor30]

If you had asked this question a few months ago people would have said you are a nut. Today with the information we know I think it's very practical to have a some canned and frozen food in reserve. Worst case senario you end up having to eat it because there is a food shortage...but you have to eat to live anyway :| so oh well a big loss if everything is as great as sunshine in the 2nd half of 2009

So this guy Bernanke...how is he going to call the end of the recession in 2009 when he assured us just a few months earlier that everything was fine. He didn't see it coming yet he want's to try and convince us he knows when it will be over. LMAO what a bunch of idiots all of them, Obama, Paulson, Bendover Bernanke, Alan Greenspan, Neil Kashari, ALL OF THEM.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ltfojz8KkX8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBJEMkxpEPc


So history tells us that this has never been done successfully? But this is America we're not Zimbabwe or Japan trust me it can't happen to us.

[win/win]

Quite frankly, Uncle Ben is conducting a bad classroom experiment, followed by the lack of Government responsibility.

[BuyOnDips]

The one thing I would do right now is to see a doctor for a physical. Get any medical problems you have fixed now. Start exercising so you are in better shape. Also see a dentist. Get any cavities fixed and any bad wisdom teeth pulled.

I saw this link posted on Instapundit.com about surviving an economic collapse. FWIW, it tells you what problems you might face. The poster also recommends what I stated about getting healthy.

http://www.frugalsquirrels.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=044387;p=1


I'm not storing food yet, but my garden will be much larger this year. I have to start reading up on canning food. The Dollar Tree stores has vegetable seeds for 10 cents. Wal-Mart has vegetable seeds for 20 cents a pack.

[freakscene]

stock up on freeze dried foods aside from the regular pantry items. they hold nutritional contents very well.

http://www.mountainhouse.com/

oh, the answer to your question is .....................yes

[Kitten Zuponi]

buyondips,
That frugal squirrel post was pretty frightening!
I haven't read it all the way through yet, but I bookmarked it because there seems to be some pretty basic survival/living well tips that could be usefull for just every day life. If not when SHTF.
Your gardening comment reminded me of a newspaper article that ran here in Maine not long ago, which prompted me to reply.
It is about lead in the soil.
Alot of people in my area, myself included, have dug up little plots outside of our intown apts/homes and grown assorted veggies. The article made me think twice about it.
My kitchen is now loaded with seedlings I can grow in containers.
I wonder if Burpee seeds is a stock? I tried to look them up, to no avail. I've had no luck w/dollar store seeds BTW, they are usually out dated & I haven't had much success.
Not particulary a stock trading pick topic, but I couldn't resist adding my 2 cents.

[aiki14]

Burpee is a privately held company.
From their website:
Company History
The Burpee company was founded in Philadelphia in 1876 by an 18 year-old with a passion for plants and animals and a mother willing to lend him $1000 dollars of "seed money" to get started in business. Within 25 years he had developed the largest, most progressive seed company in America. By 1915 we were mailing a million catalogues a year to America's gardeners.

Burpee is still a family seed company and still in the Philadelphia area. Today we are owned and operated by George Ball Jr.

[Gordo]

While picking up some lime last week at the local 'Feed and Seed', the owner said the home garden business is booming.

[BuyOnDips]

buyondips,
That frugal squirrel post was pretty frightening!
I haven't read it all the way through yet, but I bookmarked it because there seems to be some pretty basic survival/living well tips that could be usefull for just every day life. If not when SHTF.
Your gardening comment reminded me of a newspaper article that ran here in Maine not long ago, which prompted me to reply.
It is about lead in the soil.
Alot of people in my area, myself included, have dug up little plots outside of our intown apts/homes and grown assorted veggies. The article made me think twice about it.
My kitchen is now loaded with seedlings I can grow in containers.
I wonder if Burpee seeds is a stock? I tried to look them up, to no avail. I've had no luck w/dollar store seeds BTW, they are usually out dated & I haven't had much success.
Not particulary a stock trading pick topic, but I couldn't resist adding my 2 cents.

You can get your soil tested for lead. Contact your state Agriculture department or state university to see if they'll test it for you. They should be able to tell you where you can get it tested if they can't do it. Or google "soil lead test kits". There are some available for less than $35.00. I'm more worried about getting lead poisoning from a bullet than from eating food. :) Here's an article on the subject about lead in soil.

http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/horticulture/DG2543.html

Here's a guide for your survival vegetable garden.
http://vegetablegardens.suite101.com/article.cfm/abasicvegetablegarden

I found that link on instapundit too. That's one blog I check almost every day. The guy is a conservative law professor that posts lots of interesting links every day. It's worth reading and bookmarking.

http://pajamasmedia.com/instapundit/

[wehttamsivad]

I have a 1 year supply of coffee. i'm good to go!

[XOM]

Some might find the information at www.survivalmonkey.com interesting and helpful, they also have a forum.