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Showing posts with label deals. Show all posts
Friday, June 1, 2012
Deal Alert! Sale on Tattler Reusable Canning lids
Straight off the Tattler Facebook page:
SALE TIME!!! TELL YOUR FRIENDS!
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
January 2012 in Review and February Preps
January was a quiet month for me on the blog, but not so much at home. I have been so busy. Between my kids' homeschooling, extra-curriculars, and the normal insanity of having two toddlers (including one who is doing her best to give up her afternoon nap), life has been pretty nutty. Hubby Dear and I have also been going full-throttle with diet and and exercise, which has eaten up time I normally spent on the computer. My derriere is thankful for the change, however, and I've managed to lose 10 pounds in the last month!
Even though I didn't get time to blog, I most certainly worked on preps during the month of January.
1. Sales!
I hope many of you were able to take advantage of the sales at markdown.com and Honeyville Grains. I am very happy that I was able to stock up on both Tattler canning lids and freeze dried foods.
2. Reading, reading, and more reading
I read quickly through The Small-Scale Poultry Flock
and have been mulling over all the interesting ideas it gave me for the role poultry can play on our homestead. Next, I bought a copy of The Holistic Orchard: Tree Fruits and Berries the Biological Way.
Talk about wow. If you are interested in growing fruit organically, you've got to get your hands on this book! The focus of the book is building plant health, starting at the soil level and working up. It has me re-imagining the layout of our orchard and has piqued my interest in permaculture. I really can't recommend this book enough.
3. Miscellany
I socked away items like work gloves, bandannas, and safety pins. These are all cheap, readily-available preps that could be important to have on hand in an emergency. Bandannas alone have countless uses.
4. Chicken business
Our chicks are due to arrive in early March. I spent a good portion of my prepping budget this month on various chicken paraphernalia.
I bought a couple of galvanized steel trash cans to store feed in and a couple of bales of pine shavings. Since I intend to use the deep litter method of manure management, I need mucho mas pine shavings.
I also picked up the supplies I'll need for our chick brooder. Hubby Dear and I weighed out a variety of options (including crafting our own brooder out of a plastic storage bin), but for reasons of ease, the number of chicks we'll be brooding, and because I'm a total sucker for a so-called complete kit, we bought the Deluxe Brooder Starter Package from Randall Burkey.
You're supposed to have at least 1/2 a square foot per chick in your brooder. This set up will give me just about the right amount of space for the 17 chicks I'm expecting.
I also bought chick-sized grit, a bag of starter feed, and forage cakes. I'm glad that February always flies by so quickly because I am more than ready for my chicks to arrive!
Oh, and there's this little something that arrived via tractor trailer.
This is an 8x8' chicken coop built by Horizon Structures. The delivery driver arrived after sunset one evening and decided that he couldn't make the turn into our driveway with his 75' long trailer. That meant he had to put the wheels on our coop and unload it directly on the country road we live on. Then he and I wrestled this nearly 1700 lb coop off the road and up enough of our hilly, rutted driveway to finally make it onto our yard. Hubby Dear, of course, was at work and missed all the fun. ;) The next day, he hitched up the coop to the lawn mower and moved it around back to take its place of honor in the chicken moat.
Horizon Structures is located in Pennsylvania and I... am not. Take a look at the amount of road dust that collected on the outside of the coop during the long journey to our home! It would have been better to buy locally, but I didn't have any luck finding something with the size and features I wanted.
This coop has a lot of upgrades, including an easy-clean glassboard floor, electrical package, and automatic chicken door. I'm pleased with the overall quality of construction, but was disappointed that the roof and paint got damaged during transport. Thankfully, Horizon Structures is not only sending me touch-up paint and extra shingles but also hiring a handyman to make it right. That's a business that knows how to treat its customers.
What's up for next month?
1. Books - You know I had to have more books on my list! Continuing the theme of permaculture, I plan to get (the unfortunately named, but useful) Gaia's Garden
. I also find the concept behind Artisan Pizza and Flatbread in Five Minutes a Day
to be very intriguing. I make all of our bread, but the recipe I use for homemade pizza recipe takes long enough that I don't make it very often.
2. Chickens - I still need to get a few odds and ends for the chickens, namely a long, high-quality extension cord so that my coop can have power. We need to finish constructing the north wall of the chicken moat as well.
3. Orchard planning - Our apple trees and blueberry bushes will arrive in March. Ahead of that, I need to work on our plan and get some of the supplies that I can't find locally.
4. Garden - We are expanding our square foot garden next year and so we need to build a few more boxes and make more Mel's Mix.
Even though I didn't get time to blog, I most certainly worked on preps during the month of January.
1. Sales!
I hope many of you were able to take advantage of the sales at markdown.com and Honeyville Grains. I am very happy that I was able to stock up on both Tattler canning lids and freeze dried foods.
2. Reading, reading, and more reading
I read quickly through The Small-Scale Poultry Flock
and have been mulling over all the interesting ideas it gave me for the role poultry can play on our homestead. Next, I bought a copy of The Holistic Orchard: Tree Fruits and Berries the Biological Way. Talk about wow. If you are interested in growing fruit organically, you've got to get your hands on this book! The focus of the book is building plant health, starting at the soil level and working up. It has me re-imagining the layout of our orchard and has piqued my interest in permaculture. I really can't recommend this book enough.3. Miscellany
I socked away items like work gloves, bandannas, and safety pins. These are all cheap, readily-available preps that could be important to have on hand in an emergency. Bandannas alone have countless uses.
4. Chicken business
Our chicks are due to arrive in early March. I spent a good portion of my prepping budget this month on various chicken paraphernalia.
 |
| Feed storage |
I bought a couple of galvanized steel trash cans to store feed in and a couple of bales of pine shavings. Since I intend to use the deep litter method of manure management, I need mucho mas pine shavings.
 |
| Random chick stuff |
I also picked up the supplies I'll need for our chick brooder. Hubby Dear and I weighed out a variety of options (including crafting our own brooder out of a plastic storage bin), but for reasons of ease, the number of chicks we'll be brooding, and because I'm a total sucker for a so-called complete kit, we bought the Deluxe Brooder Starter Package from Randall Burkey.
 |
| The Deluxe Brooder Package from randallburkey.com |
You're supposed to have at least 1/2 a square foot per chick in your brooder. This set up will give me just about the right amount of space for the 17 chicks I'm expecting.
I also bought chick-sized grit, a bag of starter feed, and forage cakes. I'm glad that February always flies by so quickly because I am more than ready for my chicks to arrive!
Oh, and there's this little something that arrived via tractor trailer.
 |
| After some trial and error (including a dead lawn mower battery and creative use of a tire iron), Hubby Dear got the coop hitched up and moved it around to the back yard |
This is an 8x8' chicken coop built by Horizon Structures. The delivery driver arrived after sunset one evening and decided that he couldn't make the turn into our driveway with his 75' long trailer. That meant he had to put the wheels on our coop and unload it directly on the country road we live on. Then he and I wrestled this nearly 1700 lb coop off the road and up enough of our hilly, rutted driveway to finally make it onto our yard. Hubby Dear, of course, was at work and missed all the fun. ;) The next day, he hitched up the coop to the lawn mower and moved it around back to take its place of honor in the chicken moat.
 |
| It was tricky business to get the coop positioned in the moat. It took many tries to get it right. |
Horizon Structures is located in Pennsylvania and I... am not. Take a look at the amount of road dust that collected on the outside of the coop during the long journey to our home! It would have been better to buy locally, but I didn't have any luck finding something with the size and features I wanted.
 |
| In place and ready for action! Now we just need to finish the chicken moat. |
This coop has a lot of upgrades, including an easy-clean glassboard floor, electrical package, and automatic chicken door. I'm pleased with the overall quality of construction, but was disappointed that the roof and paint got damaged during transport. Thankfully, Horizon Structures is not only sending me touch-up paint and extra shingles but also hiring a handyman to make it right. That's a business that knows how to treat its customers.
What's up for next month?
February Preps:
1. Books - You know I had to have more books on my list! Continuing the theme of permaculture, I plan to get (the unfortunately named, but useful) Gaia's Garden
. I also find the concept behind Artisan Pizza and Flatbread in Five Minutes a Day to be very intriguing. I make all of our bread, but the recipe I use for homemade pizza recipe takes long enough that I don't make it very often.2. Chickens - I still need to get a few odds and ends for the chickens, namely a long, high-quality extension cord so that my coop can have power. We need to finish constructing the north wall of the chicken moat as well.
3. Orchard planning - Our apple trees and blueberry bushes will arrive in March. Ahead of that, I need to work on our plan and get some of the supplies that I can't find locally.
4. Garden - We are expanding our square foot garden next year and so we need to build a few more boxes and make more Mel's Mix.
5. First aid preps - I have a huge list of items that I have yet to buy. I hope to make inroads on this.
6. Feminine products - After my ill-fated cloth pad experiment, I kind of abandoned this area of preparedness. Time to get back to it.
So that's me. Any big plans for February or accomplishments from January you'd like to share?
So that's me. Any big plans for February or accomplishments from January you'd like to share?
Friday, January 13, 2012
Yet Another Deal Alert
The new year has brought some great bargains on preparedness products. Hopefully the deals will just keep coming! The next one is from Honeyville Grain. As per the email I received yesterday:
"OUR BIGGEST SALE EVER! SAVE 20% ON YOUR ENTIRE ORDER* from Thursday 1/12/2012 through Tuesday 1/17/2012. Stock up and save on all of your favorites, and try some of our great new items. Simply enter coupon code 2012 during checkout. ORDER NOW! SALE ENDS ON TUESDAY the 17th of January."
I have bought many products from Honeyville, from 50 lb sacks of hard white wheat to freeze dried fruits and vegetables. I can vouch for their quick shipping and fine customer service. I think I'll take advantage of this sale and add a few cans of freeze dried meat to my food storage. 20% off makes a big difference on such a pricey product!
"OUR BIGGEST SALE EVER! SAVE 20% ON YOUR ENTIRE ORDER* from Thursday 1/12/2012 through Tuesday 1/17/2012. Stock up and save on all of your favorites, and try some of our great new items. Simply enter coupon code 2012 during checkout. ORDER NOW! SALE ENDS ON TUESDAY the 17th of January."
I have bought many products from Honeyville, from 50 lb sacks of hard white wheat to freeze dried fruits and vegetables. I can vouch for their quick shipping and fine customer service. I think I'll take advantage of this sale and add a few cans of freeze dried meat to my food storage. 20% off makes a big difference on such a pricey product!
Monday, January 9, 2012
Deal alert!
As posted by the Tattler Company on Facebook:
"40% OFF! That's the deal TATTLER will be offering this Thursday, 1/12/2012 on www.markdown.com ! This is a limited, one time offer of 100 Regular lids and 100 Wide Mouth lids bulk packed and shipped for $85.75! Quantities are limited on this custom pack, so tell your friends and visit markdown.com this Thursday 1/12."
I use Tattler canning lids and love the fact that I am able to use them over and over. You'd better believe I'll be jumping on this deal!
"40% OFF! That's the deal TATTLER will be offering this Thursday, 1/12/2012 on www.markdown.com ! This is a limited, one time offer of 100 Regular lids and 100 Wide Mouth lids bulk packed and shipped for $85.75! Quantities are limited on this custom pack, so tell your friends and visit markdown.com this Thursday 1/12."
I use Tattler canning lids and love the fact that I am able to use them over and over. You'd better believe I'll be jumping on this deal!
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Want Some Free Batteries?
Yeah, me, too! A girl can never store too many batteries!
Here's how:
Free Rayovac Batteries at Wal-Mart posted on The Krazy Coupon Lady site
Hurry and print this off because I'm sure this is a limited time offer.
Here's how:
Free Rayovac Batteries at Wal-Mart posted on The Krazy Coupon Lady site
Hurry and print this off because I'm sure this is a limited time offer.
Friday, October 15, 2010
Snag yourself a deal on food storage containers!
Snapware is one of the most popular brands of storage containers for good reason. You can buy it online and in various brick and mortar stores, but it's hard to find a place that combines the whole line of Snapware with low prices and/or low shipping.
If you "like" Snapware on Facebook between now and 11/15/2010, you can get a coupon code for 40% off your next order from their website, http://www.snapware.com/. That's quite a deal! Simply go here when you're signed into Facebook, press the "like" button at the top of the page (what used to be "become a fan"), go to their wall, and get the code.
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