Friday, December 6, 2013

I Finally Found Something to Do





I tried. I really did try and make myself stay outside and do something productive. I especially wanted to make the barn cats each some type of wooden box to sleep in and begin cleaning my shop and putting things away. It was just too damned cold with that wind. Even inside the shop I was uncomfortable.

The cats will have to make do with the hay loft and their hidden hay filled den for another night.

When I have ice forming on my whiskers I usually call it a day if I don't absolutely have to be outside.

It's cold enough that I was able to remove the tub of honey super frames I had stored in the MY freezer out into the bee supply storage area. They should be fine for the rest of the Winter now. I keep them in rubber tubs that so far no warmth producing varmint has tried to penetrate. The Mrs. has demanded I free her up some freezer space for the lamb butchering but she better remember I bought that particular freezer specifically for bee keeping use. We have another one for meat.

I make it a point to freeze all harvested frames to kill any parasites that might be lurking in them.

The freezer clean out wasn't enough to suppress my lazy guilt and then I remembered I still have a five gallon bucket of beans to remove from the pods and some seed corn to remove from the cobs.

So that has become my frigid weather project for today and tomorrow. Getting all my seeds and beans finished up. It also helps with the shop cleanup and straightening since I had the buckets sitting in there and being in the way. It's also a good excuse to make some ham and beans tomorrow as well.

As an added bonus Mrs. PP is bringing a pizza home tonight so I only needed to get the dishes done in the mundane chore department.

All is well in the world once again and I have a good excuse to stay inside where it's warm.

So any recommendations of where to buy some mylar bags for 5 gallon buckets? I used my last one about a month ago and I don't remember where I got the last batch from. My last batch also were a bit big so any suggestions on a supplier would be appreciated.

Keep Prepping Everyone!!!

 


11 comments:

  1. Best, cheapest, big mylar bags are on eBay! Many are heavyweight, many have free shipping. God bless American capitalism!
    Christy

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    1. Christy - Thanks for the suggestion but I no longer have an account with ebay. Perhaps I should open one up again I guess.

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  2. PP,
    I would use this company for Mylar bag purchase. http://www.sorbentsystems.com/mylar.html

    You want a good quality thickness Mylar bag so food doesn't puncture the bag.

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    1. Sandy - Thanks!!! I need to order more. Last time I ordered some was years ago when I got about 100 of them and now that I need more I can't even remember where I got them from it's been so long.

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  3. That's a good list of stuff there.There is always something to do right.

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    1. SRV - Yep. If there isn't it's only my motivation that is lacking not the list :)

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  4. I think I got the few I bought from Emergency Essentials. Sounds like you stayed busy today. We are having another night here with rain and thunder but it is still warm.

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    1. Harry - I mostly stayed busy feeding the wood furnace and hauling up more wood from the barn but I like to make some progress in other areas or I feel guilty.

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  5. I have a bucket of dried pole beans ready to shell as well as some bluelake bush that I didn't finish. I should have done it a while back but I am waiting on a day like you are having, maybe this sunday if they are right. Everyone was buying milk and bread today, that is a bad sign.

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    1. SF - I am now about 3/4's of the way done with the pole beans. It is an easy way to make me feel like I am doing something besides reading the internet all day :)

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  6. Dimensions were sufficient for me, plus the convenient parking is a nice bonus when you need to quickly stop by, pull something out of storage, and jet off.

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