Good morning…
You know that we bought about 3-1/2 acres back in March. We had some of it cleared, and this was in order to plant some Pensacola Bahia grass for the cows.
This place was basically a scrub, and after clearing we burnt the brush we had cleared. In the last few weeks we’ve built a new fence, and have been picking up roots and limbs the loader couldn’t get. We’ll now turn the ground in just a little, and hopefully we’ll get it seeded today, if not, by tomorrow for sure.
The only thing that could stop us is rain, and the rain chance today is 70%, and 60% tomorrow. So, now is a good time to plant.
We have two pretty good size oak trees to cut up for firewood too. We have to cut these up first, because the seeding will be the last thing we do. After seeding I don’t want to drive over the new seed, so once we cut the trees up, and slightly turn the soil over, we’ll plant, then lock the gate and leave it alone…at least until next spring.
I did a little video yesterday showing this new piece, if you’d like to see it…
The oaks we cut up, we stack for use later. First we cook on oak quite a bit, and this keeps us in barbeque wood, plus we could use for other things as well. We like to sit out during the fall and winter and have us a little fire going, but right now the dern bugs are too bad after dark. They WILL pick you up and tote you off, or at least they seem to be able too!
We rarely use oak for campfire use, we have a good supply of pine we use for that, but once it starts getting old, we’ll burn it as well. We also like to keep a good supply of wood available on hand, as we simply don’t know what type of situation we may be faced with in the near future from an economic standpoint, and if needed, we can use it to cook with entirely…if the need arises.
We are living in such uncertain times anymore, and if our economy continues to weaken, then we’re all going to be faced with some seriously hard times. Food shortages, inflation, loss of work, continued devaluation of our dollar, all these could factor into a problem.
I strongly recommend you guys , if you haven’t already, please put up ample food storage if at all possible. I know things are rough, and times are hard, but guess what…you’re going to have to eat.
Just do what you can, and pick up extra any chance you get. Rice, flour, beans, cornmeal, sugar, grits(Yes my Northern Friends…grits!), all these are really good fillers, and will keep very well. All these are still fairly cheap, but they are getting more costly almost weekly. I do promise you this…just keep putting off trying to put up some extra groceries. If inflation does hit, and it is almost inevitable, you’ll be wishing you’d have laid in some extra. Understand this is my opinion, that’s all it is, but I do know a great many families who have already done quite a bit of what I’m talking about.
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‘Ridin Out The Recession With Dub and Deb in “Miz Judi’s Kitchen’!
Note to Readers: There are a few things that Dub doesn’t know but one thing he does know is that the word ‘Riding’ (as in Riding Out the Recession) is spelled with a ‘g’ at the end. But Dub not only walks the walk, but speaks like he is: down home, true blue, and plain speakin’ country folk.
Dub and Deb are both native Floridians, live in Central Florida, and run a small business as well. They have five children, and seven grandchildren.
Both love to cook, love to laugh, grow a garden, and generally try to “aggravate” most anyone around them basically…all in good fun, of course!
