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[EwB]

I love to grill the fresh garden veggies, can wait for the raised bed to produce produce .

linkie to me cooking some veg with fire:

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Duaax7Sfcfk/S8SqQ9efxgI/AAAAAAAAA5Q/StKO8eY8jw4/s1600/DSCF1199.JPG

EwB

[padre29]

I love to grill the fresh garden veggies, can wait for the raised bed to produce produce .

linkie to me cooking some veg with fire:

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Duaax7Sfcfk/S8SqQ9efxgI/AAAAAAAAA5Q/StKO8eY8jw4/s1600/DSCF1199.JPG

EwB

that looks great! Do you add any rotini with the grilled veggies or just use them as a  side dish?

[EwB]

I usually grill shrimp and beef strips marinated in finely ground green tea and black tea, soy sauce, sesame seeds, garlic, and ginger.  Then give the meat a quick toss to coat with oil then over the fire with it.  Tastes great with the veggies and then serve it all over rice.   It goes further that way. 

EwB

[Moonbeam]

Sorry if this was already covered... Make your own personal care and cleaning products. Baking soda is one ingredient that is pretty cheap and easy to buy in bulk, and it goes a loooooong way.

[padre29]

A good time to bump this one.

-recognize the food in your area, for example the neighbors have a Sour Cherry Tree and the fruit falls to the ground every year.

This yr, a Sour Cherry Stump is in the mix, simply pit the cherries, add a cup of sugar along with a mixture of oats, butter, oats  and anything from sugar, to honey, to syrup (Karo Works) and bake until oats are brown in the topping.

Remain flexible and positive, times ARE HARD in the System Economy, the trick is to identify resources and utilize them properly, that means anything from a car potential as a Hotel Room to how to turn a dollar in small transactions.

Remember "we" are the smaller, quicker fish, it is not the net we should worry about...

[padre29]

This entire thread, at least the older portions, are available for downloading and printing:

http://thementalmilitia.com/forums/index.php?PHPSESSID=f7a685b0c4f9bd87b740782234444ac6&action=printpage;topic=17468.0

And get to know your neighbors, especially in Urban areas, decide if you like them or not, then decide if they would be willing to engage in barter or trade or what have you.

If you have a bumper crop from that secret garden, it is a good idea to create something and share with the neighbors, one would be surprised how well that works.

For example one neighbor is a electrician, he also happens to be researching methods for cable TV interception, "our" home needs a light switch fixed...

[Rarick]

Lunch bought at McDonalds/Fast food is about 6-7$  A couple cans of nuked ravioli, V-8, Veggie juice and a soda chaser bought at the super market is about 3$..............

[knobster]

Bump.

It's getting expensive out there.  Time for me to re-read these posts!

[NuclearDruid]

Hit the dented can basket on the way home yesterday. Spent $12. Mondays and Thursday seem to be best at this particular store. Crushed boxes and torn label products also go in with the dented cans.

ND

[padre29]

Have to admit, a magic jack is a hassle, and granted many people will not either want a home phone, or just prefer cellphones.

However, after living with one for going on over a year, I've found some tips:

-do not use your home pc with 3 users on it to run a magic jack

-do use an external USB hub with it's own power supply, the Magic Jack likes to be fully powered

-do find an old laptop to use and have it as a dedicated phone server so to speak, that makes a world of difference, before dedicating an old laptop to phone duties the magic jack would not ring through, would drop calls, had to be rebooted every morning etc, with an old 40 dollar laptop with external usb hub the magic jack has went whole weeks without needing a reboot.

-if you use an old laptop, be sure to go into msconfig and shut off all of the extraneous programs such as MS Messenger so boot times are cut down to the barest of minimums, when I've rebooted the machine it takes less than 45 seconds to restart the box.

The sound quality also greatly improves with a dedicated box and a new phone with fresh batteries and the savings are significant:

Cable phone service 25 dollars a month x 12=300 dollars x 2 yrs.

Magic Jack 20 dollars, new phone 25 dollars, old laptop 30 dollars, usb hub 5 dollars, power supply *free*, the cost per month is less than 2 dollars, though not every phone system can call into the magic jack, for example hospital phone systems are a crap shoot, but you can call into such a phone system fairly easily.

[Rarick]

stray dog with lots of garlic on the barbecue................... (Bump really)

[Moonbeam]

It seems like just about every time we look until lowering some of our utilities, it becomes a futile effort to save some $$$... Hmm, maybe it seems that way because it is that way?! 

We just signed up for Netflix so we'll be dropping our cable service...

[padre29]

stray dog with lots of garlic on the barbecue................... (Bump really)

Come on Bro, it was roadkill wasn't it?

[Rarick]

I have a 1 bedroom rental here in  town.  I bought 2 white LED string lights from Wally world last year.  They have run non stop putting out an "evening light" level.  I have 4 LED night lights in the "dark corners" that are motion activated (3$ each).   The goal of this project was to cut the electric bill down.  The only time I have turned on any bright lights has been when doing a task like threading a needle or reading, cooking, etc.   Looking at my electric bills every month of fairly consistent use has saved me about 200$ over the entire year.  That is 250 rounds of 12 gauge http://www.sportsmansguide.com/net/cb/100-rds-12-ga-2-3-4-multi-defense-buckshot-shells.aspx?a=573019 , or a freeze dry kit.   http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx?Prodid=11497830&whse=BC.

[Rarick]

stray dog with lots of garlic on the barbecue................... (Bump really)

Come on Bro, it was roadkill wasn't it?

Fresh off the bumper, compliments of Swift.