Successful Homesteading, Issue # 15, How to Prepare for a Swine Flu Epidemic

Hello, Friend, Issue #015, May 1, 2009. In This Issue... --How to Prepare for a Swine Flu Epidemic --Why Keeping Chickens are the First Step in Self-Reliance There's timely and relevant information here, so read on! It's Finally Here! You Can Build a Chicken Tractor If you've ever thought of keeping free range chickens in a chicken tractor, this book is for you! In addition to providing full plans and giving you step by step instructions on how to build your own chicken tractor, this handy guide gives tons of great tips, including great sources of free wood, how to recover your costs by selling chicks, chicken care and egg recipes. All for the great low price of $12.95. Ready to buy? Click here. Want to learn more? Click here. How to Prepare For a Swine Flu Epidemic There's been a lot of talk in the media these days about swine flu and a possible pandemic. If the illness strikes in your area, what can you do to be prepared? Here are a few tips: Buy Dried Beans The best way to keep from getting sick is to stay away from public areas where the virus can be easily spread. The more food you have on hand, the less time you have to spend at the grocery store where the germs could be running rampant. Therefore, beans should be at the top of your list of items to stock up on in an emergency. Why Beans? Beans are cheap, so you can buy a lot of them for not much money. Think you don't have time to cook beans? Lentils only take 20 minutes to cook, can be used as a substitute for ground beef in most recipes and are an excellent source of iron. You can also grow sprouts from almost any bean, meaning you can have fresh greens along with your excellent, low-fat protein source. Buy Colloidal Silver This is a natural antibiotic that is safe to use both as a preventative as well as a way to boost your immune system during an illness. This worked wonders on my two-year-old the last time he had the flu. He woke up in the morning with a 102.5 fever. Within an hour of taken colloidal silver, he felt well enough to play with his sister. We always keep a bottle or two of this on hand for an emergency. You can get this at any health food store. Buy Oscillococcinum And while you're at the health store, also stock up on Oscillococcinum. It's made by Boiron, a homeopathic remedy with a long name and a lot of power. It will boost your immune system and help you recover more quickly from the flu. Eat Healthy Start today. Cook those beans and eat them. Cook your foods from scratch and quit going to fast food places. You will avoid germs as well as tons of fat and chemicals. Stock Up Now Get emergency supplies. Buy a three-week supply of diapers, medicines and other necessary supplies. If you can get it, buy bulk wheat along with rolled oats. Learn tips on storing bulk grain here. What's New at Organic Gardening and Homesteading! Got a Question About Homesteading? Is there something you'd like to know about living the self reliant life that you haven't found on my website? Ask me and I'll answer it. Interested in Increasing Your Hive of Bees? Learn to catch of swarm of bees, and you can add to your hives and increase your honey output. Here are some tips. And as always, happy homesteading! Like this issue of Successful Homesteading? Please forward it to a friend! And if a friend did forward this to you and you like what you read, please subscribe here. Comments? Ideas? Feedback? I'd love to hear from you. Just reply to this zine and tell me what you think! And thanks! You are subscribed to Successful Homesteading. The back issues are at the following URL... http://www.organic-gardening-and-homesteading.com/Successful_Homesteading-backissues.html If you wish to remove yourself from this mailing, please click on the following URL... http://organic-gardening-and-homesteading.com/cgi-bin/mailout/mailmgr.cgi?us=LQ.21105766.21128990.99f78e8146c0413293385207f995b74d (If the above URL is not a link, copy-and-paste the URL into your Web browser. That will confirm your removal.) To change your e-mail address, please click on the following URL... http://organic-gardening-and-homesteading.com/cgi-bin/mailout/mailmgr.cgi?ca=LQ.21105766.21128990.99f78e8146c0413293385207f995b74d (If the above URL is not a link, copy-and-paste the URL into your Web browser. That will confirm your change.)