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Originally Posted by sparrowhawk1
Thanks. I'm taking this social distancing very seriously. I haven't been to the grocery store in 2 months and between my fresh greens, tomatoes, sweet potatoes, fermented food and dehydrated food I'm eating vegetables everyday.
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Yeah that's awesome
Unfortunately I'm not in the same position with being able to grow so many things at the moment, but my wife and I are also taking the social distancing very seriously too. We go to the supermarket about once every 10 days. If the supermarkets were closed, or there was limited access or stock, we could easily go a month and not starve. Easily. I'd say three months if we were put on rations. We didn't panic buy, because our pantry is always stocked up (but I'm not talking prepper level or anything, just a normal pantry).
But I grew up with my mother teaching me how to grow and preserve all different types of food since I was a very small boy (and how to keep a pantry stocked too). She's 92 now, still gardens (although the end is getting close for this sadly), and still picks fresh lettuce everyday (and leaves the plant growing - she did this already 40 years ago, so much for these modern fads
).
Some of the things you post here I already remember from decades ago so I'm living somewhat vicariously through some of the things you post.
It's all great stuff, and can be modified for individual circumstances
Thanks again.