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Letter: Using What Others Throw Away
Dear SurvivalBlog Editors and Readers,
The last few days have shown me the wastefulness of others but have given me
opportunities to gain from it. I now have apples, corn, and pork sausage that I
didn’t plan on getting. Here is what happened:
- My own apple tree only produced seven apples, because the blossoms were
destroyed during a storm. But a friend has a tree in her yard, but didn’t
want the apples. She offered them to me. I picked ten five-gallon buckets
full of apples. I am now canning applesauce and pie filling. - My neighbors chopped silage, which leaves a lot of corn in the field. My
husband and I gathered a trailer-load of corn. The chickens and goats will
enjoy it. - A co-worker had a hog slaughtered, and had sausage that they didn’t
want. They were tired of eating it, so I now have free sausage.
The sausage cost me nothing. The corn cost me some time. The apples cost me time, canning jars, and a few extra ingredients for making applesauce and pie filling. If things go as I believe, I will have some much-needed food for the upcoming problems we will face. If things don’t ‘go bad’ in the near future, I will have additional food. Either way, I have benefitted from others who were unwilling to do a little work. I am trying to live as if we were already experiencing The End of the World as We Know It (TEOTWAWKI). By doing this, I will be ahead of the game when it comes. I challenge SurvivalBlog readers to do the same. Where can you save? What do others throw away that you can use? Look around and benefit from the wastefulness of others. Sincerely, -Prepared Grammy
JWR Replies: Your letter ties into the old sayings about expending sweat versus dollars. Even if you have a modest budget, there is no excuse for lack of preparedness for your family. Keep a close eye on
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