At least it should be--it has been awhile (toooo long) since I've updated my 72-hour kits, but the aim in our household is to update them in April and October. Time to renew this aim... I was reminded of this when I went by the Harried Homemaker website, where she is having a giveaway of Nature Valley products. I haven't tried the nut clusters, but have put Nature Valley granola bars in our kits because they have great expiration dates and they're tasty. Not in it to win, but you may like to swing by and enter, and hey, a reminder about 72-hour kits is always appreciated. Long-time readers of this blog may remember that I'm a big fan of products with far-in-the-future expiration dates..... :)
In other news, we should have perhaps checked our potatoes before, say, yesterday, seeing as how we do live in Idaho. Um, yeah, our potatoes are plentiful and huge, and we are very happy about it. Hope they taste as good as they grew. One of my children came running in when I came home from being out and told me one of the potatoes looked like a turkey. When I saw the gargantuan spud that had grown in a really unusual shape with plenty of unusual features, I understood the comparison. Our other potatoes are not quite as unusual, just larger than I expected. Wish our camera connecting cable would allow us to post pictures....
Also have a healthy number of beautiful cucumbers, and our pumpkins are coming along nicely. It's all good. And for the most part, the timing is great because it turned colder today. Now to figure out how to use all of the produce before it becomes unuseable.....not a bad problem to have. :)
4 comments:
Marie, Relative to my water and Cast Iron comment. A Cast Iron wood burner gets pretty hot, and water hitting it becomes explosive steam immediately if not sooner. It is a good way to get scalded. If you do get an accidental fire outside the unit use baking soda or a ABC fire extinguisher to put it out, not water. So keep baking soda in the big box somewhere close to unit.
Your cast iron pan is one of the best investments you can make. Get it seasoned and go to it......
38 Cords left..LOL
Carl
Carl--Thanks very much for the warning. I know that there are instructions with the cast iron pan I have--think that it makes me a little nervous that as I recall, you don't need soap to clean it,(although that would be extremely helpful in an emergency situation) and I've never seasoned one before. Should just do it, though...
Those cords are going fast--hope people in Wisconsin are paying attention... :) Thanks again for the info.
My mouth starts watering at the mention of garden fresh potatoes...I love 'em! Come to think about it, I guess I truly love everything as it comes garden fresh. Not hard to please in that way!
Sopunds like you are doing just fine, my friend!
HermitJim--Thanks for your kind words--fresh sure is the best way to go. Too bad not everything works out, (would love to learn the secret to garlic, which I've only tried once, but plan to try again) but hey, we are happy with what we manage to get. Thanks for your comment!
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