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August 22, 2020 M@D Newsletter
Laura & Marco Sitting in a Tree . . .
Market Chitchat
Grower Notes: Avalon Farms
THUNDER & LIGHTENING, VERY VERY FRIGHTENING
Silly headlines, I know, but if you’ve been watching the news you know the southeastern US is expected to get a good lashing by Mother Nature from this duo, Marcos & Laura, this coming week.
Storms are nothing new to those of us who have lived in this area a while. We’ve seen a lot of devastation, a lot of rebuilding and if we’ve not been affected we know someone who has. Neighbors run to help neighbors, insurance companies are insanely busy, and its hard to find contractors to get your stuff fixed in the days and months following.
All of us can agree that covid and 2020 in general has forced us to think in terms of long term survival. The topic is hard enough for the general public. For those of us who try to eat healthy it’s a bit more challenging as a loaf of bread with lunch meat or Jif peanut butter that would be an easy meal for someone else could quickly worsen existing health issues and for some even be deadly! Issues like this are one of the reasons we occasionally talk about canning/drying/freezing foods in this newsletter.
Preparedness is a big topic that reached beyond food & water to include shelter eventually getting to niceties like being able to take a shower. It’s too much for one newsletter so we’re going to give you a few resources and leave any further research to your discretion. We want this to be educational and uplifting at the same time so hang on!
Let me introduce you to someone.
This is Kat. She’s a crazy creative, serious recycler (that’s how we met), super thrifty superwoman and is the original Providential Prepper on Facebook. How lucky can a girl be to have a friend like that? Kat’s page is loaded with tips, tricks, good information, etc. compiled by a woman for women.
Even if you don’t like to listen to the local news, it’s a good idea to know your tv and radio stations for weather information during a storm. WTVY has some great beforehand tips and advice for Wiregrass residents.
Other sources of information:
1. This article from The Simple Prepper has some great tips: Among them, “Preparedness is roughly 90% about having food and water.”
2. This preparedness Facebook Page has both practical and hard core prepardeness ideas.
3. If you’ve got the time and can filter through the craziness there are a number of TV Programs showcasing both sane and marginally sane people with both good and bad ideas.
MARKET CHITCHAT
THANK YOU to everyone who made Market Donations this week. Your kind consideration is greatly appreciated and helps keep us running.
GROWER NOTES
AVALON FARMS: Being the fickle person I am, I don’t like it when I buy a chicken and it has a broken leg or wing. Just looks bad, even though it tastes the same. So when a bird gets damaged during processing I won’t sell it to you without you knowing it. Hence Scratch n Dent sales. These birds are slightly reduced but still wholesome and delicious, just maybe not presentation worthy.
We do have more meat birds growing. They are growing SO slow. We are 2 weeks past when we expected to start sending them to freezer camp. Based on my research it is probably the high temperatures we’ve been having. Been doing extra things to keep them comfortable, like extra shade and wetting down their feed and the ground area with cool water in afternoon, but they just aren’t eating as much. Hopefully they’ll be ready in the next month.
FOOTNOTES
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