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<blockquote data-quote="KTMom91" data-source="post: 473418" data-attributes="member: 4040"><p>I was thinking about this just the other day, after I found my great-grandmother's cookbook. They had 80 acres, and I have no doubt they were able to provide for not only their family, but the ranch manager's as well. By the time I was old enough to remember, they were mostly growing raisin grapes, but had oranges, tangerines, plums, pomegranates, and I'm sure there were other things I don't recall. The Aunties canned and preserved, did a lot of baking from scratch, and went out to pick what they'd planned for dinner. My Nana did the same thing as her sisters. </p><p></p><p>I don't have the room for a stockpile, but I stock up where I can, and we found a chest freezer at Kmart that we're getting on Friday. I can sew on buttons, and hem pants, but that's the extent of my sewing skills. I just started learning how to knit a few weeks ago. Hubby's project is to work on the back yard so we can put in a garden next spring. </p><p></p><p>medications would be an issue, of course, and I would be unhappy without my iced tea. Since we rarely have weather-related power outages, though, I don't know how long I'd last without tea and light to read by.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KTMom91, post: 473418, member: 4040"] I was thinking about this just the other day, after I found my great-grandmother's cookbook. They had 80 acres, and I have no doubt they were able to provide for not only their family, but the ranch manager's as well. By the time I was old enough to remember, they were mostly growing raisin grapes, but had oranges, tangerines, plums, pomegranates, and I'm sure there were other things I don't recall. The Aunties canned and preserved, did a lot of baking from scratch, and went out to pick what they'd planned for dinner. My Nana did the same thing as her sisters. I don't have the room for a stockpile, but I stock up where I can, and we found a chest freezer at Kmart that we're getting on Friday. I can sew on buttons, and hem pants, but that's the extent of my sewing skills. I just started learning how to knit a few weeks ago. Hubby's project is to work on the back yard so we can put in a garden next spring. medications would be an issue, of course, and I would be unhappy without my iced tea. Since we rarely have weather-related power outages, though, I don't know how long I'd last without tea and light to read by. [/QUOTE]
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