A little tip re: real goods

You and I think a lot alike Zoe about the practical "how" of preparing for times to come. Here's a little story.

One of my homeschool buddies is the Diva of Resourcefulness. She sees treasures in everyone else's trash. She wanted a garden but had no money for plants. So what she did was save the seeds from vegetables and fruits that she bought from the grocery store. She figured if she was buying it at the store, it was something her family would eat next year out of her garden. So she just cut the seeds out and dried them instead of throwing them into the garbage. Voila! Seeds for next year. She's got a gorgeous tangerine tree in her front yard that's about 5 years old now and produces the sweetest organic tangerines I've ever had. A neighbor was removing some old landscape timbers from his yard when he was relandscaping. She asked if she could have them and she used them for her raised beds. They didn't  have money for a pool but wanted one so she and the kids measured one out with string and just started digging. She used the dirt for her garden beds and filled up a bunch of pots for "later." She used black trash bags to line the hole where the pool would be, kept dreaming, and after a couple of years, had a beauty of a pool with hand decorated mosaic tiles she and her kids had designed with marbles from the dollar store and quick set cement. Her back yard looks like it is straight out of Southern California. MAYBE she spent $100...

Just start thinking ahead and look for opportunities.

Donna