tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32960314.post3891425662227812305..comments2024-03-23T21:38:31.368-04:00Comments on Coffee Tea Books and Me: Living the Pantry Lifestyle - Always something new to learnUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32960314.post-56764673106247538292019-08-14T07:21:46.899-04:002019-08-14T07:21:46.899-04:00Thank you so much Brenda for mentioning Bluebirds....Thank you so much Brenda for mentioning Bluebirds. I am sorry to be slow to thank you but I got this surprising large response and then had to get busy working on the next post.<br />Now as for rain barrels. Everyone needs back up water. And a way to get it to the house even if it is a bucket. Here on the farm we have underground water that is pumped up by electricity but also solar pumps and we have rain water that will feed into the house (albeit slower) via gravity. We have no mains water at all. I feel MUCh more secure as we are water independent and have many tanks fed by many roofs i.e. the house and garage, a workers cottage, an implement shed, the shearing shed.... it is so good as even if a tank sprung leak we would just switch to another. Of all things water security might be the undoing of many people in a power outage or crisis. Thank you again and for your thoughtful posts. xxxAnnabelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027539528156492413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32960314.post-48316294384420694442019-08-12T21:13:54.550-04:002019-08-12T21:13:54.550-04:00And it never fails. When the water goes off...the...And it never fails. When the water goes off...the well doesn't work....and you immediately have to use the bathroom. Always. Lolmdoe37https://www.blogger.com/profile/03019276985594142350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32960314.post-23705879228608350162019-08-12T09:54:36.866-04:002019-08-12T09:54:36.866-04:00Did you know the British don't rinse their dis...Did you know the British don't rinse their dishes? Just wash up in soapy water and let them dry. I found that interesting when I learned that from my British friends. Thank you for the link to Annabel's post. I follow her but hadn't read that post yet. It opened my eyes. Wow. I know about the crops here in the states but not about the situation with prices in Australia. Lots to think about and more work needs to be done on my pantry. We have a good well here at our home, and we are thankful. We installed propane when we bough our home 18 years ago, and then changed the water heater, dryer, and stove to gas from electric. It saves us so much money, and last week when we lost power for a little while during a thunderstorm, we were able to light our stove and cook easily.Deanna Rabehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07946588895797307347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32960314.post-5195697200604788982019-08-10T22:19:04.655-04:002019-08-10T22:19:04.655-04:00Sorry that you had to learn another water lesson t...Sorry that you had to learn another water lesson the hard way. Even though the hot water wasn’t used for the dishes, I am sure that Mr. Coffee (😁) appreciated its being there. How wonderful to wake and find the water back. <br /><br />I have always wanted to have rain barrel here...I have the perfect spot for it. John felt it would be a mosquito magnet. I remember we had one at camp for a long time and we all washed our hair using that rain water and it seemed our hair was improved for it. Veehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00618654361869856894noreply@blogger.com