Join me for a show on tactics for beating inflation that anyone can work on. This goes beyond “stop buying froo froo coffee” and delves into five places to focus your attention as we navigate quickening technological advances, a transitioning economy, and, well, friggin high prices at the grocery store that are outpacing income increases.

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Tuesday 9:30am: Tuesday Coffee with CJ Killmer and Shawn Mills

Friday 9:30am: Homestead Happenings with the Tactical Redneck

Sunday 6pm: Shoot the Breeze with Toolman Tim Cook and Spags

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

• Freezer Audit Complete
• Livestreams of weird things: beef heart
• Collecting much more herbal tea items to dry
• Final round of tomato canning up this week to free up freezer space
• Canned good reorganization
• Prepper Pantry Redo Update

Weekly Shopping Report

Home Depot. The online price of a 2x4x8 there remains $3.65.

Along with the new type, Aldi had some of their canned cat food back in stock, so we got two cases. We found everything else we wanted, but noted they were out of watermelon (not on our list this week). Staple prices were: bread (20 oz. white): $1.39; eggs: $3.77 (++); whole milk: $2.92 (+); heavy cream: $5.39; OJ: $3.45; butter: $3.99; bacon: $3.99; potatoes: $4.59; sugar: $2.99; flour: $2.35; and 80% lean ground beef: $4.39 (+).

A gallon of untainted regular gasoline remains at $3.599.

Frugality Tip from Margo

Hey y'all. After talking to someone recently I realized there are probably some things that are second nature to some, but unfamiliar to others. This week's frugality tip is using media mail with the post office. If you are mailing books, movies, music, or educational material you can send them via media mail. Maximum weight is 70 lbs and it is $4.13 (at time of writing) for any size package. But don't put anything else in the package, they can and will, randomly open media mail packages because some people have tried to skirt the system and mail other things. So send a book to someone and save a few bucks by sending it media mail. 

Happy savings y'all.

Operation Independence

That single beef heart yielding 7 meals was pretty slick - especially considering that people all but THROW hearts, livers and tongues at me.

Main topic of the Show: Five Tactics To Beat Inflation

Long Term View on Necessary Purchases: Quality - repairable freezer without a computer was $200 more than a good-name freezer. Likely to last twice as long.

• Maintenance on a regular schedule
• The $5 coffee coffee “problem” and gearing up at home
• How can you side hustle this?

From Scratch Cooking: This CAN cost more but doesn’t have to. Do you eat bread? Bake it. Make homemade tortillas. Make them. 

• How often do you grab something for lunch or dinner from a place. Can you premake things and replicate the ease while getting more bang for your buck
  • $15 foot long subway
  • Premade burritos in the freezer
• Make your own spice mixes
• Start where you are and make one change at a time. (eating out and making convenience foods on the weekend, meal planning, learn to cook rice or steaks well. If you dont know what to do, do something)
• SavingsNinja on tiktok -2000/ calories a day on $4
• Soapless laundry
• How can you start a side hustle with this?

Prioritize health whatever that means for you. If you are not getting nutrition, exercise, sleep, health maintenance like regular dental attention, mental health – it is harder to tap into new ways to beat inflation.

• Exercise is free. Making time for exercise is in your control even when you are slammed. Excises do not serve you.
• Nutrition Reduced Bills, whatever that means for you and your family, when done right will push down the hunger and the bills. Yes. Plenty of people point out that chips are cheaper than vegetables and meats. But in the aggregate ARE THEY? When you cut out the refined sugars, the processed foods and transition to whole foods (yes even if that includes Nicoles nemesis CARBS), the overall grocery bill goes down. At first you may eat more, but your body adjusts. And if you must bake a thing to have a treat, I dont know about you, but it slows me down. Especially since I dont even keep the supplies on hand for something like a cookie. 
• Learn herbal remedies.
• Dr’s and herbalists OH MY. Create access to care for you and your family whether that be insurance, direct care, relationships with herbalists, taking that on at home, etc. Do what you can.
• Good mental health = resilience. Hard times are hard to get through and if you are mentally weak, it is EVEN harder. Address your mental health. (Nutrition and exercise helps with this) 
• How can you make a side hustle out of this?

Produce What You Need: your home can work for you no matter where you live. Growing food, making beer, taking up knitting as a hobby, weld things together for projects, fix things yourself, find the ways to do this that reduce reliance on cheap Just in time solutions that do not last.

• Herbs and kitchen garden - lowes barrier to entry
• Backyard meats, rabbit, chickens and eggs, quail
• If you drink beer, brew beer (Caveat about how much you drink)
• Make a list and find things that fit with your lifestyle that you can build into how your household works from a production standpoint
• Adjusting by just spending less doesnt address the other side of the battle: You need more income. Side hustle, start a business, etc.
  • How can you make a side hustle out of that?

Community - This is what gets it done. No one can do everything but together we can do most.

• Trade/sell based on what you are good at (Side Hustles)
• Bulk buying in groups to tap into savings without having to buy a WHOLE CASE of chicken
  • Jacks show on food pma and the roundtable at SRF
• Project blitzes
• Tapping into the lows when there are highs and lows (Eg lumber)
• Entertainment for free (potluck, campfires, picnics, movie night, etc)
• Events and gatherings
• How can you make a side hustle out of that?

What ideas do you have?

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. 

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