When you combine down grid with homesteading and finances LOL

 

These cover what I had trouble getting during the pandemic especially when the milk cow next door went dry. I got my oats and speltz flours from the Amish bulk store.

Hopefully the new place that is going to grind flour for the Amish will be open this year.

I restocked medical supplies.

I need to check paper products, dog items and restock the cresote logs when we stop using the wood stove. 

I will be starting seeds next week in the grow cart.  SO I will need to cut other places to pay the rise in the electric bill. I already got it down almost $35 a month the last 3 months. 

I might be able to cut the amount of propane I usually order also. Will know by May.

We got news that there could be a drought late summer going into fall so I will plant with that in mind. As we already are in a drought, our pond is so low the Amish didn't cut ice from it. Neighbor bought square buckets like we use to freeze ice for them in summer for ice cream making, and filled them with his well water and let them freeze during the sub zero weather. Said he had his ice house filled and extra in one week and didn't have to be out in the cold at all.

We still have 16 yrs on mortgage, already cut 14 yrs off the 30 yr loan. We have been paying this loan 4 years. So I need to reset that and stay focused on getting it paid off. Right now our interest rate is half of what current farm interest rate is.

If I save $5 on something, penny found on the road,etc.I put that in the saving and note it on the calendar. At the end of the month I add those savings up and transfer to the mortgage. Refunds go there also. Our withholding on taxes changed, I put the differnce in savings. When our Social Security comes in and I pay the bills, I more that savings to the mortgage. I actually save more doing that instead of letting it sit for months in the savings. 

The only things I need to put in stock for food is corn, asaparagus (Cross fingers it doesn't get frozen before harvest like last year), peas, cauliflower, broccoli and brussels sprouts. We are almost out in freezers of those in freezers.