Welcome to our self-sufficiency blog

June 16th, 2009

Welcome to our self sufficiency blog where we blog about anything to do with becoming self-sufficient. We blog about gardening, raising meat, wind power, solar power, alternative fuels, root cellars, greenhouses and more.

Bookmark this site if you want to learn how you can become more self-sufficient as we will be adding information often.

Join our community and talk about what you do to be more self-sufficient or ask questions about what you can do to become self-sufficient.

We are here to help you

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Being Self-Sufficienct to Survive

August 13th, 2009

I am so sorry that I haven’t been posting lately. Our family has had a lot going on as far as deaths in the family and family friends, car trouble and I have been having health issues.

I was reading recently that some people believe that in just 5 years the cost of living could go up to 10 times what it is now. Even worse is that these same people are forecasting that even with this incredible increase in the price of everything that there may be no increase in salary.

OMG! That is a scary thought- isn’t it?

Now I have always said that you should prepare for the worst but hope for the best.

What can we do?

Well, some people think that there must be something that we can do to avoid this happening.

If you have any ideas about what we all can do to keep this dramatic price increase from happening then please post your ideas here and let’s see what we can all come up with.

What can you do to prepare for such and event?

First of all try to pay off any and all bills that you possibly can in the next few years. This will give you more of your income to be able to use in the even that this does happen.

Insulate your home to cut back on energy waste

Switch to fluorescent bulbs and shut off lights when not needed

Switch to solar and/or wind power

If you don’t already then you should try gardening. Don’t have room? Maybe you can find someone that does and you can work something out about the seed, plants and work and then divide up the produce accordingly

Plant fruit and nut trees, shrubs, vines NOW. Most of these will be producing something, even if it isn’t at full capacity, in 5 years. A friend of ours planted a cherry tree 3 years ago. They canned something like 30 quarts of cherries this year. That’s in just THREE YEARS!

My best advice right now would be to start planting as many different kinds of fruit and nuts in your yard as you can. With your own fruits and nuts and a vegetable garden you will know that no matter what happens in the world and with the prices of food that you will have something to feed your family. AND it will be good healthy food which can cut down on medical bills so it is a WIN WIN situation.

If you have the room and can afford to you should install a root cellar and build a greenhouse. This will help you to be able to feed your family year round with home grown fruits, nuts and vegetables

If you are on low income you might also want to try to become educated and/or certified in a career that will increase your income.

Cut down on wastes wherever and whenever possible.

Raise some chickens and rabbits. These don’t take up a lot of room but will provide you with eggs, chicken and rabbit meat for protein. Homegrown NATURALLY Raised meat is actually more filling than much of the meat that you buy at the market. Rabbit meat is also one of, if not THE, leanest meat that you can eat.

If you have a pond you can also grow your own fish. Fish is becoming VERY expensive and I am sure that it’s price will only continue to go up so this could be a very good investment for you if you have the room. A pond will give you entertainment, fire protection, you can use it to water your garden or your animals if needed AND you can grow fish.

These are just some suggestions for you. Anything that you can do to raise your income, lower your outgo and be able to provide for your family will help you to become more self-sufficient. Anything you can do to become more self sufficient will help to increase your family’s chances of survival and their comfort level during tough economic times.

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Self Sufficiency List

July 5th, 2009

If you are thinking of self-sufficiency and being self reliant then the list below will be of special interest to you.

This list does not mean that you have to have absolutely every item on it in order to survive if the worst would ever happen. It is simply a list of items that will help you to be able to survive in times of disaster or economic struggle. The more items that you have, thus the better prepared you are to face adversity and the easier it will be for you and your family to get through tough times.

If you are well prepared then it won’t matter if there is a storm, an earthquake, loss of a job, illness-whatever happens you WILL get through it.

There is no better insurance than to know that no matter what happens that your family is prepared.

You may already have health insurance and life insurance so why not add your own brand of survival insurance?

Okay, Josh & I have researched and talked about it and here are the items that we want to have in order to be self sufficient.

 

An alternative heat source

 

-wood

-corn

-pellet

-solar

-wind

-generator

For the best protection it is a good idea to have 2-3 extra alternative heat sources

Alternative energy source

 

-solar

-wind power

-generator

Alternative water source

 

-hand water pump

-water barrels

-cistern

Storm shelter/root cellar

 

-protection from storms

-storage for canned food

-storage for garden produce

-area to grow mushrooms

Greenhouse

 

-to extend growing season for months

-when attached to your home could provide extra heat during winter months

Garden

 

-provide food during the growing season

-grow enough to feed your family during Winter months

-control over how fresh your food is

-control over whether your food is organic or use of less pesticides

Fruit trees, shrubs or bushes

 

-grow a wide variety of fruits

-use for fresh eating; can or dehydrate for use later

Nuts

 

-growing your own nuts can save you LOTS of money, provide protein and good nutrition

-good for snacking, make nut butters (like peanut butter) and add flavor & crunch to dishes

With nuts costing $8 and more per pound it won’t take long for a nut tree or shrub to pay for itself

 

 

Once you know that you have food, water, heat & lights no matter what happens you will have peace of mind.

Other items to help you to be more self sufficient:

 

A means of protection to keep your family safe is another good idea

Pay down your debt and try to be debt free

If you can then try to get your home & your car paid for asap. This could mean buying a little older model vehicle or a less expensive home.

When you are debt free and have food put aside as well as alternative heat, lights, etc. then if you would lose your job or have an illness in the family you can get by on little money but still be able to eat well and stay warm

If you can, it is nice to have a bit of property so as to raise your own chickens for fresh eggs and meat or to raise other animals and to grow your own food.

If you don’t have much property then you can still grow at least some of your own food. Plant a fruit tree or two & maybe a nut tree. You can grow a nice amount of vegetables by growing upward. Grow beans, squash, cucumbers & such on fences and you will be able to grow a LOT in small spaces.

You can also tuck vegetables into your flower bed, plant a strip of vegetables next to the garage. Every spot that you can grow something will help you to be more self sufficient. AND home grown foods will help you to be healthier too

Mushrooms are another crop that you can grow. These can be grown either in your basement or root cellar. They can also be grown outside in a shady area

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Want to be Self-Sufficient?

July 2nd, 2009

If you really want to be self sufficient or if you just want to keep your right to be self sufficientthen you need to sign this petition RIGHT NOW!

Big companies are trying to take away our rights to be able to raise animals and grow our own meat, dairy and eggs.

How?

They want to force us to have to tag every single animal under the premise that this is for our own good to stop the spread of disease.

The fact is that dieases are more apt to be found in animals being raised by big corporations than what they are when the animals are raised by small farmers or families trying to be self sufficient.

This is all a ruse to make it imposible for us to raise animals ourselves so that the big companies have control over our meat and dairy products. This way they can charge whatever they want to and there will be nothing that we can do about it.

If you have 12 chickens you will have to have 12 seperate tags.

The big corporations buy 100,000 chickens at once. They consider this 1 unit so they only have to have 1 tag.

Is this fair???

If your child has a rabbit that they want to take to the 4H fair to exhibit they will have to submit a report to the government before they will be able to do so.

Want to have a chicken for supper? You will have 48 hours to submit a rteport or you will be penalized. There is nothing definite on what the punichment will be but there are talks of fines and seizure of property.

You can read more about this in the current issue of Back Woods Home Magainve.

Mother Earth News has also been talking about this too.

Please help me to spread the word about this petition so that we can all put a stop to this NOW!

Do NOT let big companies or the government take away our basic human right to raise animals for food or pets.

Stop NAIS! Sign the petition and then tell every one you know

Thanks! :0)

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Self-Sufficiency Garden

July 1st, 2009

Ok, so you are here because you want to become more self sufficient, right?

And you realize that growing your own food is a great place to start and  and is probably the best way to be more self sufficient. What better way to be prepared for the worst than to have the knowledge that you and your family will eat no matter what?

But, if you don’t have a lot of room you may wonder what you should grow. What will provide the most food in the least space? What provides good nutrition? What is easiest to store?

Well, to get you started you need to make a list of what you and your family love to eat. It dies not matter how great a vegetable is if no one in your family will eat it. It will be a waste of time, space and money.

The less space you have the more careful you need to be about that.

If you have more room you can grow some other things but concentrate the most of your favorites and those that can be used in numerous ways.

So, I will give you a list of some top crops to grow in a self sufficiency garden but always check it against what you and your family will actually enjoy eating.

The best self-sufficiency garden will start with crops that can be turned into a wide variety of dishes.

Potatoes tops our list. You can grow a lot of potatoes in a relatively small space. For years people have talked about growing food crops in used tires.

Some people think that it isn’t safe while others think that it is. Use your judgement as to what answer you are comfortable with.

Personally I have read that you can grow as much as 50 pounds of potatoes in an area less than 2X2 ft.

How you wonder? Well, you plant 4 potatoes evenly spaced inside a tire. WHen the potatoes get tall enough you simply add another tire and fill in around the potato plants being sure that the tops are above the soil line. Keep doing this all summer untill you have it 4 tires high. Let the potatoes flower and grow all those fabulous potatoes. In the Fall they are so easy to harvest.

Potatoes can be baked, fried and boiled. You can use potatoes in so many ways that it is hard to get really tired of them. That is the mark of  a great self sufficiencey crop.

 

Next?

Beans

Personally I prefer pole beans as you can grow more in less space and you don’t have to bend over to pick them. Grow them on fences or use posts to make bean tepees. Kids love them.

You can grow all types of beans. Yellow beans, Green beans, Purple beans, dry beans, soy beans, mung beans.

You can grow beans for fresh use, to freeze, to can, to dehydrate. You can evenn pickle them. Yes, I said Pickled Beans.

My Mom used to can pickled beans for me. They make a great side dish or snack and they are super easy to can.

Dehydrate and not only are they super easy tostore but they are quick amd easy to refresh too. You vcan use them in soups, stews, casseroles or as a side dish.

Beans have long been considered poor man’s meat as they are high in protein but they are very low cost.

Your best bet is to grow several different colors and types for a nice variety of meal choices.

Mung beans can be sprouted for using in stir fries or chop suey. You can use different types of bean sprouts fresh or in dishes.

Sprouts are also a great way to take a small amount of seed provide you with a large amount of food.

I cup can be turned into 2-3 cups and, depending on the seed you can turn as little as a spoonful into several cups of sprouts.

During the Winter a wide variety of dried seeds can be a great insurance policy that your family will have fresh vegetables to eat. When you can’t grow fresh vegetables you can still eat fresh vegetables and it is very low cost while providing great high quality nutrition.

You can use them fresh to snack on, use them in sandwiches, meatloaf, soups. There are a wide variety of ways to prepare them.

So, while saving seeds for next years crops remember to store some for soups and fresh eating.

Always make sure that any seeds that you use for cooking whether they have been sprouted or not, are NOT TREATED with chemicals.

Well, I must get to bed as it is late and I am tired.

I will add to this asap as there are lots of other great vegetables to add to the list for your self-sufficiency garden.

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Root Cellar- Low Cost (Cheap) That Work Well

June 19th, 2009

Josh & I live in a trailer. We have always wanted a root cellar/storm shelter for obvious reason. I mean, we all KNOW that trailers are not a good place to be in the case of storms (ie: tornadoes)

But, more recently we have decided we want one as much for it’s being a root cellar as it’s being a storm shelter.

Our freezer quit and we lost a freezer full of food- which is a huge loss with the cost of food nowadays.

Anyway, we want a root cellar so that we can take a bunch of our produce from the garden and store it for Winter use without havingto can or dehydrate everything.

So, with a tornado getting a little too close for comfort last Sunday we decided it was a good time to start checking out alternative root cellars to see what would work well and yet be low cost.

One thing that we have found that sounds really good is a cargo carrier We read that these are usually only used once so it is recycling and the are built strong.

Since they are so plentiful we read that sometimes you can getthem for free or just for the shipping cost.

In looking around we found a nice sized one for about $1300 not including shipping. We would then need to make a concrete slab or fill in with gravel to help with support and drainage.

For extra security we would want to install support beams inside although some people say that with a cement slab that it is not necessary. You should check into this further for safety sake.

One person said that theirs was well worth the money and effort. They live atthe bottom of a hill and get everyone’s runoff yet their root cellar remained dry inside

 

We will bring you more info on this after we do more research

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Seed Saving =Money Savings

June 18th, 2009
Like I already said, I read that for every $60 you spend on garden seed and transplants you can grow over $2,000 worth of food.

Think about that.

Can you imagine how quickly your savings can add up?

But, image how much money you can save if you don’t need to spend that $60 or $120 or $180 a year for garden seed and transplants.

I am talking about saving your own seed and starting your own transplants.

You could virtually cut your food bill down to nearly nothing just by saving seed, starting your own transplants and growing your own food.

First of all, saving your own garden seed need not be anything difficult. For centuries people have saved their own garden seed and handed it down to their children

Saving your own garden seed not only saves you a ton of money over time but will actually produce crops that are best suited to YOUR growing area.

Years ago I saved my own garden seed but then life got the better of me and I forgot about it for a while. But, with the cost of everything going up I decided to turn back to that old way of gardening in order to save money

Now, we spent around $20 last year on garden seed and around $50 on transplants for the garden.

This year we spent a bit more on garden seed but we bought it with saving our seeds in mind. This meant buying seed that was NOT hybrid seed and buying seed that will do well in our area.

We spent less than half of what we spent last year on transplants and wouldn’t have had to spend that but something got into our first batch of transplants and we lost pretty much every one of them.

We did things different with our next transplants and had much better success. It is not hard and we will br bringing you that information soon so keep watching for it

Most seed is not hard to save. It can be as simple as cleaning the seed from the seed cavity of your melons and squash and then drying them for next year.

Some plants like carrots and cabbage are biennial and take a bit more work.

Biennials will require more work and more commitment than the easy to save annuals. Biennial plants do not send up seed stalks until the second season.

Biennial Plants include:

Beets

Brussels sprouts

Cabbage

Carrots

Cauliflower

Celery

Onions

Parsley

Parsnips

Rutabaga

Salsify

Swiss chard

Turnips.

 

If you are put off by that then just saving the seeds from the easy plants will save you money and when you get more comfortable with the process you can move on to the biennials.

Some easy seed saving crops?

Beans

Cucumbers

Eggplant

Pepper

Radish

Squash

Tomato

Watermelon

So, when planting your garden this year keep in mind which kinds of seed you would like to save and be sure that they are open pollinated or heirloom seed. You CANNOT save seed from hybrid seed as it will not grow to be like the parent plant. You will not know what you could end up with. It may be completely uneatable-no flavor, off taste, tough, etc.

Be sure that you only plant 1 variety for each type of :

Squash

Peppers,

Melon

Cucumber

Pumpkin

Spinach

You CAN pant more varieties but you will need to cover the blossoms before they bloom (open) with a paper bag, piece of cloth something to keep insects from pollinating the blossoms. Then YOU need to pollinate them yourself.

This is not as difficult as it may sound. Many people just use a small paintbrush to get the small bits of yellow pollen onto it and then transfer it to another blossom. Keep doing this until all blossoms on each plant that you are planning to save seed from have been pollinated.

Either wash the brush thoroughly or use a different one for each different crop to prevent cross contamination of your seed.

These can be washed, dried and re-used each year.

Or, I have used my finger to pollinate the plants. Stick with one type of plant and just keep spreading the pollen from one plant to another until all are well pollinated. Then cover each blossom and wash your hands well before moving on to the next crop.

Tie a piece of yarn or cloth to each plant that you will be collecting seed from so that no one will accidentally pick it and eat it resulting in the loss of your seed for next years crop

This is just a basic primer to get you started so that you can plant items that you will be able to save the seed from come Fall.

We will be posting more in depth information soon on how to save seed from biennials, how to process, dry and store seed for next years crops.

We have loads of information from life experience and years of research, it just takes time to get it all posted on here

 

 

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Shady Gardening

June 18th, 2009

No, I am not talking about illegal gardening. I am talking about being ablle to grow food even if the area is a bit shady.

Of course if it is too shady then you may need to cut some branches, remove a tree or try growing in a different place. But, if you have an area that is a bit shady but not a deep shade then you can try the following crops and you should be able to produce some very tasty and nbutritious food there.

Shady Garden Plants:

Beets

Broccoli

Lettuce

Spinach

 Swiss chard

Arugula

Endive

Radiccio

Kale

Kohlrabi

Potatoes

Turnips

Mustard

Cabbage

Carrots

These crops will grow in partial shade. and will do well with

Your leafy greens will tolerate more shade than the root

vegetables. So, if the area gets a half a day or more of shade then you will need to stick with leafy greens.

Deeper Shade Gardening Plants

Lettuce

Kale

Swiss Chard

Cabbage

Mustard

Arugula

Radicchio

Endive

 

Some Shade Tolerant Herbs:

Mint

Parsley

Chives

These herbs are supposed to grow if they get 4 hours of sunlight a day. So, no matter where you live you should be able to grow something to help to feed yourself and your family.

BTW, this blog is to help everyone to become more self sufficient no matter where you live. We live in the country and so are able to take this to a level that someone in the city might not be able to.

If you are unable to raise cows or goats then that is ok. If you can’t grow a 1 acre garden then that is ok too.
Don’t have much money? We don’t either. We have certain self sufficiency goals in mind and are working towards attaining them. We can’t afford to do everything right now like we would like to but we do what we can continually striving towards our goal of becoming pretty much totally self sufficient.

If all you can do is grow a few plants in containers then by all means do so. Everything that you can grow yourself will help you to save money and increase your health.


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Meat-Lower Cost, Better Taste & Healthier

June 17th, 2009

As food prices soar, and especially the cost of meat, many are finding it to more economical to grow your own.

As someone interested in becoming self-sufficient you can never be truly self-sufficient until you grow your own meat.

If raising your own meat is something that you do not think that you can do you can start small.

As a means of becoming more self sufficient Josh & I decided to start with chickens.

We weren’t sure if we would be able to raise, and then slaughter, the animals for meat. By choosing chickens we were able to get dual purpose chickens. This way, if we were unable to process the chickens for meat, we could still benefit from their eating bugs, producing fertilizer for our garden, producing eggs for us to eat and they are fun to watch as they are very entertaining

Raising chickens is so easy that nearly anyone can do so. Chickens also eat mosquitoes which are prevalent in our area.

With the diseases that are transferred by mosquitoes raising chickens is an important part in becoming self-sufficient and helping to keep your family safe from diseases such as West Nile and Malaria- among others.

Our first chickens were Barred Rocks as they are a great dual purpose chicken that are also pretty calm and friendly. They produce brown eggs

This Spring we decided to try raising a few meat chickens. They are growing well and if we had continued to feed them corn we could have harvested them at any time.

But, to save money, get rid of more mosquitoes and produce a grass fed meat, rather than grain fed, we have switched them over to ‘free range’. They have been allowed to run around outside before but we fed them corn until such time as they were big enough to be able to eat the grass, and bugs, to feed themselves.

They still get scraps such as potato peels, apple cores, etc. but for the most part are self-sufficient as far as feeding themselves.

Other than making sure that they are let out in the morning, closed in at night for their safety and giving them fresh water- they are not difficult to take care of.

We clean their area when necessary and gather the eggs.

You can buy layers which are hens old enough to be laying eggs. This is a bit more expensive than buying straight run chicks and raising them yourself but it can be a time saver. It could also be cheaper in the long run as they would be of an age that they could be more self sufficient with feeding themselves and they would produce eggs sooner.

BUT, you would also lose out on the joys of raising chicks. They are a bit more work but nothing that difficult and a true joy and learning experience.

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Bio Diesel, to Heat My Home?

June 17th, 2009

Bio Diesel, to Heat My Home?
Will YOU Make the Switch?
There is a lot of talk about alternative energy anymore. Whether it is solar, wind power or bio-diesel; it is being touted as the latest, greatest thing since sliced bread.
Since this article is about bio-diesel that is mainly what we will concern ourselves with here. You can find other articles that I have written about solar and wind power
You have probably heard the hype and wondered if it is true and if you should consider making the switch.
After all, you could help break our dependence upon foreign oil, help to save the environment and you could save money all at the same time. That is if what they say is true.
Is it?
Could it be the super hero that saves us, saves the environment AND the world? The magic bullet to take down all evil. The super cure to cure all disease? Okay, okay, I got a little bit carried away there-smile.
But, you most likely are wondering of it is possible or is it just hype by those that are positioned to make money if we all were to make the switch to bio-diesel?.
You may also be wanting to know if you should make the switch. And, how much is this all going to cost me anyway?
First of all, bio-diesel can be used to heat your home. You should be able to use bio-diesel with pretty much every diesel powered item that you own without going to too much time, trouble or expense. You will have to make sure that the furnace that you have can be used with bio-diesel and that whatever needs to be done, IS DONE to convert it so that you can safely use bio-diesel to heat your home.
Yeh, and how much will it cost? How will it save me any money when bio-diesel is selling for as much or more than gasoline is right now?
Propane, or whatever fuel you use to heat your home with right now is so outrageous that we cannot go on like we are. We cannot continue to put our hard earned money into the pockets of big oil while we continue to struggle day after day and they have been enjoying record profits in the MILLIONS each month!
Is that fair?
Should you have to tell your daughter that she has to stop going for her dance class because it cost too much to heat your home and that you need the cost of the dance class just for you to be able to make sure your home is warm this winter?
Should you have to tell your son that he has to cancel his participating in football because you cannot afford the extra expense? That you need that extra money just to heat your home because the cost of fuel has skyrocketed?
Okay, I know. I drifted away from talking about bio-diesel. But I wanted to get across to you that we are not talking about saving a few pennies here we are talking about saving a way of life.
We are talking not just about being able to afford the basics that we need to survive but maybe too about some of the extras that help make like a little nicer, more fun, more worth going through. Things that put a smile on our kids face and joy in the hearts of the entire family.
And, in some cases we may be talking about the difference in your home being warm and cozy or cold and uncomfortable all winter long.
Now, when faced with the truth of all of that doesn’t it help you to see this in a whole new light? Does it put a new perspective on what we are talking about here?
Then when you take into consideration that using bio-diesel also will help to cut down on pollution and save the environment- how can you even possibly consider NOT making the switch?
Add to that the fact that you could heat your home, run your car and everything else you need on bio-diesel for only 46 cents a gallon?
Imagine the SAVINGS!?
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Bio Diesel, Cheap Diesel, Free Diesel? Will YOU Make the Switch?

June 17th, 2009

There is a lot of talk about alternative energy anymore. Whether it is solar, wind power or bio-diesel; it is being touted as the latest, greatest thing since sliced bread.
Since this article is about bio-diesel that is mainly what we will concern ourselves with here. You can find other articles that I have written about solar and wind power
You have probably heard the hype and wondered if it is true and if you should consider making the switch.
After all, you could help break our dependence upon foreign oil, help to save the environment and you could save money all at the same time. That is if what they say is true.
Is it?
Could it be the super hero that saves us, saves the environment AND the world? The magic bullet to take down all evil. The super cure to cure all disease? Okay, okay, I got a little bit carried away there-smile.
But, you most likely are wondering of it is possible or is it just hype by those that are positioned to make money if we all were to make the switch to bio-diesel?.
You may also be wanting to know how you can make the switch, what can I use bio-diesel with, can I use it for my car? My truck? My mower? My generator? And, last but not least, how much is this all going to cost me anyway?
First of all, bio-diesel can be used with virtually any type of diesel engine. You can even use it to heat your home. You should be able to use bio-diesel with pretty much every diesel powered item that you own without going to too much time, trouble or expense.
Yeh, and how much will it cost? How will it save me any money when bio-diesel is selling for as much or more than gasoline is right now?
Right now I’m not talking about big companies making the switch to bio-diesel. I am talking about you and I, our friends, our family, our neighbors? The little guys. I am talking about every man, woman and child across America or in whatever country you are in because the cost of gas, propane or which ever fuel you use is so outrageous that we cannot go on like we are. We cannot continue to put our hard earned money into the pockets of big oil while we continue to struggle day after day and they have been enjoying record profits in the MILLIONS each month!
Is that fair?
Should you have to forget about a vacation because gas cost too much?
Should you have to tell your daughter that she has to stop going for her dance class because gas cost too much and that not only can you not afford the trips back and forth but that you need the cost of the dance class just for you to have gas to get back and forth to work?
Should you have to tell your son that he has to cancel his participating in football because you cannot afford the extra expense? That you need that extra money just to help to buy food for the family because the cost of groceries has skyrocketed?
Okay, I know. I drifted away from talking about bio-diesel. But I wanted to get across to you that we are not talking about saving a few pennies here we are talking about saving a way of life.
We are talking not just about being able to afford the basics that we need to survive but maybe too about some of the extras that help make like a little nicer, more fun, more worth going through. Things that put a smile on our kids face and joy in the hearts of the entire family.
Now, when faced with the truth of all of that doesn’t it help you to see this in a whole new light? Foes it put a new perspective on what we are talking about here?
Then when you take into consideration that using bio-diesel also will help to cut down on pollution and save the environment- how can you even possibly consider NOT making the switch?
Add to that the fact that you could heat your home, run your car and everything else you need on bio-diesel for only 46 cents a gallon?
Imagine the SAVINGS!?
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