Death To Zombies

It is certainly wonderful that I know I won’t wither away anytime soon, but a full freezer means that I don’t have any space to put up produce as I harvest it.  Certainly, I can dry and jar more than I was planning on but there are some things that don’t lend themselves to those food preservation methods.  And I don’t actually have all the food stored that I wanted to have stored.  Here are all the things that I am running short on space that I was planning on acquiring this year:

30# of catfish

Photo by cliff1066

40 whole chicken fryers

4# of brats

15 rabbits, dressed out

70c of blackberries

70c of strawberries

20c of frozen melon balls

14c blueberries

photo by Nick Saltmarsh

6c peaches

18c raspberries

20c grapes

9# broccoli

10# spinach

7# peas

4# cauliflower

How did I get my freezer so full so early in the season you ask?  Because I’ve been shopping all the local deals.  When stores sell items at a loss to lure me in, I’ve been buying up the amount I’d use for an entire year of that particular item.  It’s a great way to save money.  So I’m probably going to have to use a few different methods to handle this problem.

When it comes to chickens and rabbits I may have to come up with a method that is me slaughtering them as I need them.  Tractor Supply Company only has chicks for a month or so as far as I can tell.  I just did some research and it turns out that some hatcheries will let you purchase smaller amounts, as low as 10 or 8 chicks at a time.  So that is probably how I’ll end up handling the meat issue.  I will also stop stocking up on items that I rarely use but picked up because they were cheap, like roasts and stew meat.

I’ll also thaw out that nasty spaghetti sauce I made with spam that just never turned out any good.  I’ve been procrastinating eating that stuff for a year now.  I’m sure the dogs will love it.

As for the rest of it, I think I’ll have to keep my eyes open for a slightly larger freezer or a second small freezer.  I hate to consider it though as I’m already tight on space in the house.

The Dervaes family may be more liberal than many of my readers but they have also plotted a course that many of us only dream of.  Leave politics aside and see how they feed their family on a tenth of an acre and bring in $20k in income to boot!  Don’t criticize and instead learn from those who are willing to share and then implement their lessens in your own life.  You CAN change the world, change yourself and live the way you dream to.