We have already stocked up and when we buy today we are really buying for months from now - first in/first out. Buy some extra every week if on a budget and always use the oldest.
Dr.Malone, I agree with everything you said however, I do think that you need to also include GEO engineering as a terrible influence on climate and food production. Dane Wigington has a website geoengineering.com that can be very enlightening for those people who appreciate a different
There are plenty of videos on YouTube. Watch a few and you'll quickly get a sense of what ideas/techniques work best. But water and seeds is all you need. It can be that simple. The videos just help you figure out how to do it efficiently.
Old Fiona showed us here in Maritime Canada how quickly life can change. One month in and the power is finally restored to everyone in this area I believe. Although it was hot (how did my grandmother stand using her wood stove all year?) we ate well during the 4 days without power using our wood heater (even made custard and some jam out of freezer fruit). Dried chickpeas/kidney beans/pinto beans/peas, lots of canned tomatoes, rice, dehydrated vegetables, 18L bottled water, whey protein, bleach, powdered milk, vinegar, salt, spices, olive oil, honey, flours--and TOILET PAPER! It would be less fancy without cream in my protein shakes, but we'd be fine.
I agree, of course, with this post, as I have for the last two decades. And yet, I can't bring myself to act out of fear. These are good things to do and I'll keep doing them. But what will come out of this crisis is community and the ability to save everyone, not just ourselves. I have to believe that.
How did I miss the volcano in January? Volcanoes throw up huge amounts of dust that has a direct effect on worldwide weather. When Mt. Pinatubo erupted in the Philippines we had a colder than usual summer that year.
Wee problem trying to garden here because developers have been allowed so much growth we are quickly overwhelming available water. So restrictions. So cannot water gardens. So in 100 degree heat the plants dry up and die. A problem
Thank you for this great article and reminder to be an ant!! Since some of your previous substack articles of advice of this type I have been dehydrating fruits, herbs and veggies out of my garden, stockpiling (a little at a time each trip to the store) canned goods, TP, whole wheat flour, rice, peanut/almond butters, and much more. I am now also sprouting seeds. Such an easy, nutritious way to get so many vitamins and minerals. Broccoli, alfalfa and radish sprouts in particular are delicious. Something else I just started is hydroponic gardening. I just have a small countertop machine but it works great and will keep me supplied with basil, parsley, lettuces, cherry tomatoes, etc. this winter. I also try to keep my gas cans, car and truck topped off as often as possible. I am 70 years young and hope to continue in good health for a while yet. I am not jabbed, haven't had covid, workout every day and try to keep my vices to a daily cup of coffee and some good red wine.
Thank you so much for all you and your dear wife, Jill, do to help the rest of us, I do believe in community and passing on the help that I have been blessed to receive. We are in this together; we will not comply to the false narrative. I stand with you and for TRUTH!
As a fellow unjabbed, covid free 70+ year old I’m with you on the coffee and good red wine! I’ve been considering hydroponic gardening — wondering which one you purchased?
Nice to hear from a like-minded person of good taste. : ) I have an AeroGarden, the Harvest model. I like it so far- only had it going about a week now. It is very bright so I have it set so that the lights are on during the day and off in the evening. The seed pods are nice and convenient with many varieties to choose from. I hope you like it. Good Luck!
Of course, just as there is a voluminous patent application record of Corona virus patents, etc, so there is the same with weather modification technology. https://www.geoengineeringwatch.org/ Not everything that is happening is part of a natural process. By the way, not to be pedantic, but it was a busy week of travel "for Jill and me," would be correct. If you have anything else for I, let me know. Sorry!
I have been practicing my old school percolator and pour over coffee making skills on camp stoves lately 😜
These new pod type coffee makers have spoiled me! I really like my “original” Nespresso machine! Fast and convenient but expensive. Good thing I am the only coffee snob in my family 😀
Stocking up on Choc Full o’Nuts for my backup. Steel cans for better storage.
Oh, you are travelling that much? Did you by any chance get my delivery yesterday? DHL said it has been delivered... If not, maybe you can ask someone to keep it cold and dry until you get home!? It is a Sacher Torte directly from the Sacher confectionery...
I live in the Great Central Valley of California. There is agriculture for hundreds of miles long by a hundred miles wide. Everything grows here. Stone fruits, grapes, garlic, onions, oranges, tangerines, lemons, vegetables of all kinds, almonds, pistachios, walnuts, pecans, as well as hundreds of dairy's and beef cattle in abundance. I would say we are robust. For years our community has been the but of jokes, I guess because we are farmers and get our hands dirty. Looks like we may be looked upon a little differently in the near future.
A Grasshopper during my carefree-spirit youth now a hopeful and determined Ant. How to store extra water has been my major challenge. We rent a small space with a small yard. We have city water which has experienced boil water notices for the past several years. I started having 5 gallon boxed filtered water delivered this year. Drink some store some. They store easier than the large bottles and will last a long time. You can buy pallets and keep in your garage, or find places to stack them around your house. Also, I am planning on buying 5 gallon or larger bpa free stackable plastic water totes to keep outside ad use for non-drinking purposes like flushing or can boil, treat or filter for drinking. Im hoping to store a month or two this way for 4 people and a dog. Not quite there yet. Oh and for heating/preparing food if gas or elec goes out...we have charcoal gril and a 3qt fondue pot.
Well this is why they call it "Climate Change" rather than Global Warming. Or global cooling. They've learned their lesson. Its a "marketing fail" when there is a global cooling event after you've been screeching about Global Warming for a decade.
I didn't put the eruption together with a cooling event, although I should have. Thanks Dr Malone.
As a survivor of the Great Depression (1929 - 1942) I have to add my two cents! We had absolutely no food for years...I can remember as a 3 year old child going to an ice box and puling the handle and opening it. There was nothing there. I really can't remember sitting down at a table and eating...until I was about 7. I was invited to a relative's home for dinner. I sat down at the table...and did not know how to use utensils.I was a little embarrassed. I jut watched what the others did and tried to use a fork. I know my mother and granmothers had a lot of faith in our Maker...and I was raised to believe that God loved me. When I look back, I think we were being fed CHI or PRANA..because this is the only way we could have lived. Six or seven million people died during the Great Depression in America.
Huge appreciation to you Dr. Malone. Lots of us here have been derisively described as "preppers." Hell, even my wife makes fun of me for stockpiling a few months' supply of freeze dried meat and eggs and vaccuum bagging rice and some legumes. I just don't get it. I mean, our forefathers had root cellars. I see no difference here. We are not preppers at all. We are, as you described, ANTS.
We have already stocked up and when we buy today we are really buying for months from now - first in/first out. Buy some extra every week if on a budget and always use the oldest.
Dr.Malone, I agree with everything you said however, I do think that you need to also include GEO engineering as a terrible influence on climate and food production. Dane Wigington has a website geoengineering.com that can be very enlightening for those people who appreciate a different
narrative to climate change
Ronald Epner, MD
Dr. Epner, Respectfully, it's geoengineeringwatch.org not geoengineering.com
Don't forget sprouting. Just five days to fresh, nutritious greens. All you need are seeds, canning jars and some strainer lids.
Yes excellent nutrition too.
For us novices where can we find simple instructions? Thanks!
Here's the first result from DuckDuckGo: https://www.wellandgood.com/how-to-sprout-seeds/
There are plenty of videos on YouTube. Watch a few and you'll quickly get a sense of what ideas/techniques work best. But water and seeds is all you need. It can be that simple. The videos just help you figure out how to do it efficiently.
Much appreciated!
Thanks for the tips!
Old Fiona showed us here in Maritime Canada how quickly life can change. One month in and the power is finally restored to everyone in this area I believe. Although it was hot (how did my grandmother stand using her wood stove all year?) we ate well during the 4 days without power using our wood heater (even made custard and some jam out of freezer fruit). Dried chickpeas/kidney beans/pinto beans/peas, lots of canned tomatoes, rice, dehydrated vegetables, 18L bottled water, whey protein, bleach, powdered milk, vinegar, salt, spices, olive oil, honey, flours--and TOILET PAPER! It would be less fancy without cream in my protein shakes, but we'd be fine.
Thank you. One of your best ( ie most helpful ) articles. Lots of people say ‘ stock up’ etc, but never share the nitty gritty. A great To Do List.
I agree, of course, with this post, as I have for the last two decades. And yet, I can't bring myself to act out of fear. These are good things to do and I'll keep doing them. But what will come out of this crisis is community and the ability to save everyone, not just ourselves. I have to believe that.
Prescient.
How did I miss the volcano in January? Volcanoes throw up huge amounts of dust that has a direct effect on worldwide weather. When Mt. Pinatubo erupted in the Philippines we had a colder than usual summer that year.
Thank you for this article.
Wee problem trying to garden here because developers have been allowed so much growth we are quickly overwhelming available water. So restrictions. So cannot water gardens. So in 100 degree heat the plants dry up and die. A problem
Sprouting is a great source of organic nutrition. True leaf market. Com
Collect rain water.
We have been a sustained drought.
Thank you for this great article and reminder to be an ant!! Since some of your previous substack articles of advice of this type I have been dehydrating fruits, herbs and veggies out of my garden, stockpiling (a little at a time each trip to the store) canned goods, TP, whole wheat flour, rice, peanut/almond butters, and much more. I am now also sprouting seeds. Such an easy, nutritious way to get so many vitamins and minerals. Broccoli, alfalfa and radish sprouts in particular are delicious. Something else I just started is hydroponic gardening. I just have a small countertop machine but it works great and will keep me supplied with basil, parsley, lettuces, cherry tomatoes, etc. this winter. I also try to keep my gas cans, car and truck topped off as often as possible. I am 70 years young and hope to continue in good health for a while yet. I am not jabbed, haven't had covid, workout every day and try to keep my vices to a daily cup of coffee and some good red wine.
Thank you so much for all you and your dear wife, Jill, do to help the rest of us, I do believe in community and passing on the help that I have been blessed to receive. We are in this together; we will not comply to the false narrative. I stand with you and for TRUTH!
As a fellow unjabbed, covid free 70+ year old I’m with you on the coffee and good red wine! I’ve been considering hydroponic gardening — wondering which one you purchased?
Nice to hear from a like-minded person of good taste. : ) I have an AeroGarden, the Harvest model. I like it so far- only had it going about a week now. It is very bright so I have it set so that the lights are on during the day and off in the evening. The seed pods are nice and convenient with many varieties to choose from. I hope you like it. Good Luck!
Good, until the power goes off...happens every so often every winter around the Pacific NW.
So true! I'm in the PNW also. A generator is next on my list.
Of course, just as there is a voluminous patent application record of Corona virus patents, etc, so there is the same with weather modification technology. https://www.geoengineeringwatch.org/ Not everything that is happening is part of a natural process. By the way, not to be pedantic, but it was a busy week of travel "for Jill and me," would be correct. If you have anything else for I, let me know. Sorry!
I have been practicing my old school percolator and pour over coffee making skills on camp stoves lately 😜
These new pod type coffee makers have spoiled me! I really like my “original” Nespresso machine! Fast and convenient but expensive. Good thing I am the only coffee snob in my family 😀
Stocking up on Choc Full o’Nuts for my backup. Steel cans for better storage.
We buy Reusable K Cups For Keurig on Amazon. But then we can use bulk coffee, saves money, resources and we use the old coffee grounds for the plants.
Oh, you are travelling that much? Did you by any chance get my delivery yesterday? DHL said it has been delivered... If not, maybe you can ask someone to keep it cold and dry until you get home!? It is a Sacher Torte directly from the Sacher confectionery...
I live in the Great Central Valley of California. There is agriculture for hundreds of miles long by a hundred miles wide. Everything grows here. Stone fruits, grapes, garlic, onions, oranges, tangerines, lemons, vegetables of all kinds, almonds, pistachios, walnuts, pecans, as well as hundreds of dairy's and beef cattle in abundance. I would say we are robust. For years our community has been the but of jokes, I guess because we are farmers and get our hands dirty. Looks like we may be looked upon a little differently in the near future.
A Grasshopper during my carefree-spirit youth now a hopeful and determined Ant. How to store extra water has been my major challenge. We rent a small space with a small yard. We have city water which has experienced boil water notices for the past several years. I started having 5 gallon boxed filtered water delivered this year. Drink some store some. They store easier than the large bottles and will last a long time. You can buy pallets and keep in your garage, or find places to stack them around your house. Also, I am planning on buying 5 gallon or larger bpa free stackable plastic water totes to keep outside ad use for non-drinking purposes like flushing or can boil, treat or filter for drinking. Im hoping to store a month or two this way for 4 people and a dog. Not quite there yet. Oh and for heating/preparing food if gas or elec goes out...we have charcoal gril and a 3qt fondue pot.
Well this is why they call it "Climate Change" rather than Global Warming. Or global cooling. They've learned their lesson. Its a "marketing fail" when there is a global cooling event after you've been screeching about Global Warming for a decade.
I didn't put the eruption together with a cooling event, although I should have. Thanks Dr Malone.
As a survivor of the Great Depression (1929 - 1942) I have to add my two cents! We had absolutely no food for years...I can remember as a 3 year old child going to an ice box and puling the handle and opening it. There was nothing there. I really can't remember sitting down at a table and eating...until I was about 7. I was invited to a relative's home for dinner. I sat down at the table...and did not know how to use utensils.I was a little embarrassed. I jut watched what the others did and tried to use a fork. I know my mother and granmothers had a lot of faith in our Maker...and I was raised to believe that God loved me. When I look back, I think we were being fed CHI or PRANA..because this is the only way we could have lived. Six or seven million people died during the Great Depression in America.
Huge appreciation to you Dr. Malone. Lots of us here have been derisively described as "preppers." Hell, even my wife makes fun of me for stockpiling a few months' supply of freeze dried meat and eggs and vaccuum bagging rice and some legumes. I just don't get it. I mean, our forefathers had root cellars. I see no difference here. We are not preppers at all. We are, as you described, ANTS.