A host of powerful forces are whirling emphatically this year, impacting our farms and food. Each human being on Earth has a stake in how it all settles out.
Photo by Bruce McElmurray
We started planning our move to our retirement cabin well in advance of the actual move. It took careful planning, because our finances were very limited and the cost to develop our property was beyond our financial ability. We knew we had to plan carefully and change our lifestyle habits if we wanted to accomplish our long-term goal.
When the dream is finally formulated, the planning starts. In our case ,it was years of planning, so we had plenty of time to put together a realistic plan. We made our plan by segments. Our first segment was to determine if we could even afford the move based upon our ability to earn money. We were aware that we would need a total and complete plan to make our move successful.
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I turned an old, re-purposed material into a custom headboard. Photo by Adam Bearup
My wife created a “honey-do” list for me quite awhile ago and my schedule never allowed me to get started on that list. Like many other people in our country, I have found myself working from home more than I had in the past. One of the big items on the list is to clean the barn, and that got me thinking about the other line items on the list. As I looked at the different line items that would require me to build stuff, I immediately thought about all of the material that I had accumulated throughout my building career and how using that material to build stuff would be better than just throwing it out.
Cinnamon buns, photo by Kerry Mann
To stretch our budget we started on day zero by preparing a bunch bread, cinnamon buns, english muffins and tortillas using our flour and yeast.
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Please watch the video to see the meals in all of their glory but here is a quick summary:
Day 1. Meals 1-6. Egg sandwiches
Day 2. Meals 7-12. Cinnamon bread
Day 3. Meals 13-18. Simple Oatmeal
Day 4. Meals 19-24. French toast and some powdered sugar along with some syrup
Day 5. Meals 25-30. Sausage Egg tacos with some potatoes
Day 6. Meals 31-36. Omelettes, Leftovers, Cinnamon buns, Simple Oatmeal, French toast
Day 7. Meals 37-42. Broccoli Quiche