Preparedness and you - How prepared are you for a 30 day shutdown

[mosquito]

I’ll probably get one at some point, demographics seems to point to being able to sell a lot more lamb locally in the future and it’s a good way to sell the ones that don’t fit in nice uniform groups to send through Cookstown

The companies like TruLocal and Butcherbox are growing more and more it seems. Depending on the volume you are looking to sell they may be a way get more sold. At that point larger freezers would be a big must. If properly insulated and good equipment the electric charges maybe less than what you have now.

[MarkB]

MB I think I will stay thanks. Please don’t start flinging proverbs around or I will come up some doozy ones from your the book.

Words from a fool.

[MikePal]

So back to the thread.

I think I might have to sell the new freezer I thought it was enough but it's already full. It's 5 cubic feet and the old one was I think around 7 or 8.

I'm hoping to buy a side a beef in March when my friend send two steers to the butcher, so going to have to figure something out here.

GW, I'm down to 3 freezer now since we stopped raising so much livestock. I've got two 12 cu/ft and an 8 cu/ft. I like the suggestion of rotating the old and new to seperate freezers...good idea.

I use milk crates to hold types of meat..1or 2 for pork, 1 or 2 for chicken etc etc.. That way you can lift it (them) out sort it and put it back.

One freezer is for wild game (has 4 Camp deer it right now waiting to go in for pepperetts) . It also holds my wife's bee frames that she uses in the spring to feed them. Nice to have one for overflow.

One freezer is for meat. I buy stuff on sale and keep that separated in milk crates.

One freezer is for the day to day stuff, bread, ice cream, fast food etc. Again everything in milk crates.

We were going to scale back to two...but we seem to always need them. We don't fill them more than 3/4, extra space better than too full.

[fishermccann]

Words from a fool.

Again with the same old ? ......proverbs 26:11 for you.

[MikePal]

S Dude just cancel your account on this forum and go away, you are nothing but a fool.

Maybe we could get Jeff, some torches, have a campfire, take a vote, snuff his torch and kick him off the island.....HaHa..

[MoiraView]

The companies like TruLocal and Butcherbox are growing more and more it seems. Depending on the volume you are looking to sell they may be a way get more sold. At that point larger freezers would be a big must. If properly insulated and good equipment the electric charges maybe less than what you have now.

I wouldn’t have anything to do with either one of them. Just another middleman trying to get his sticky fingers in somebody else’s pie.

[MarkB]

Maybe we could get Jeff, some torches, have a campfire, take a vote, snuff his torch and kick him off the island.....HaHa..

LOL, sounds like a lot of fun. If we're going to light a fire ... I assume everyone is okay if we bring some meat to bbq?

[73hunter]

On another recent thread, the Ignore button was discussed at length.

Rather than ignore any particular person, a button to ignore mindless bickering would be helpful.

I thought there was a forum rule about not discussing religion ?

[MikePal]

I thought there was a forum rule about not discussing religion ?

Yup: Rule # 2. Controversial, religious or political threads deemed inappropriate or needlessly provocative will be removed without warning.

It's also a rule in society; in general never to talk religion or politics in mixed company...

[mosquito]

LOL, sounds like a lot of fun. If we're going to light a fire ... I assume everyone is okay if we bring some meat to bbq?

I volunteer MoiraView to bring lamb :-) Everyplace needs a jester, leave him... BBQ sounds good though!

I wouldn’t have anything to do with either one of them. Just another middleman trying to get his sticky fingers in somebody else’s pie.

It depends on how well you can sell directly and the size you want to get to. If you sell to a market or anywhere that is a reseller they will of course want their cut but the delivery places should .... probably SHOULD... give a better price than a location that has a market and sales staff etc. Might be a waste of time, might work for you, depends on scale etc.