The Preppers Diary: What did you do today to prepare...

[SavedByGrace3]

Sounds good GG. Wish we had started that early. We wanted to. We started in about 2012. We have things on the shelves, mostly rice, from back then. We open these older items once and a while just to test and cycle. Have not run into anything bad yet.
Doing good for a city garden GG. We have a 100 by 400 foot lot out in the rural area. We have about 1/4 of it dedicated to garden. If we could do the front yard we would double that, but we do not want to rile the neighbors who all have nice mowed and trimed yards. The back 100 feet is wooded forest. We are eyeing.

Trouble is, we are in our 60s and can barely keep up with the garden we have.... hard work. But good hard work. We are battling vine borers, slugs, and squash bugs at this time. Also because of the heat and occasional afternoon storm we are running into irregular watering which of course results in some cracked tomatoes. Not complaining... the Lord is good!

 

[SavedByGrace3]

About this much on a daily basis. The beans are done... but we replanted. Those are the last of the winter squash.

 

[Greengardener]

Trouble is, we are in our 60s and can barely keep up with the garden we have.... hard work. But good hard work. We are battling vine borers, slugs, and squash bugs at this time. Also because of the heat and occasional afternoon storm we are running into irregular watering which of course results in some cracked tomatoes. Not complaining... the Lord is good!

I resemble that remark! But it's fun to keep trying - we aren't all the way worn out yet!

 

[tturt]

Lost the heirloom seeds we had stored so starting over. We had put them in the freezer then found info that didn't recommend that strategy. What are your thoughts and/or experiences? We live in a very hot, humid area.

 

[Greengardener]

I haven't purposely saved seeds for a few years, but I remember seeing a guide about what types of seeds need what kind of environment for storage. It might be an easy google search. Most everything I stored back then lasted a year, corn and beans lasted longer. I had tight lidded seed-saver containers. I remember there being a concern to put a dessicant in with the seeds that it got them too dry to live.

 

[tturt]

Thanks!

 

[~Zao~]

I haven't purposely saved seeds for a few years, but I remember seeing a guide about what types of seeds need what kind of environment for storage. It might be an easy google search. Most everything I stored back then lasted a year, corn and beans lasted longer. I had tight lidded seed-saver containers. I remember there being a concern to put a dessicant in with the seeds that it got them too dry to live.

Seeds for sprouting have the better value imo. Vegetation on the go.