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Rick
07-10-2009, 04:29 PM
I just thought I'd offer up another option for acquiring seeds for food should you need to. Bird seed. That might sound crazy but bird seed contains thistle seed, sunflower seed and corn (depending on the type of bird seed). Most of that seed is perfectly viable. I know because I feed birds and have a host of plants that volunteer from the dropped seed.

Corn can be cracked or whole. If it's cracked then you could use it to make flour. If it's whole then you can plant it and grind it. The ground squirrels are forever planting corn in my garden and it sprouts everywhere. There must be something in the ground squirrel spit. :sneaky2:

Anyway, put bird seed on your list. For TEOTWAWKI crowd and the economy is going to the dumpster group then look for bird seed when the stores have all been ransacked and you'll have your garden seed and, maybe, some corn to grind.
Ken
07-10-2009, 09:23 PM
You're always making some nasty comment or other about squirrels. This had darn well better stop or I'll ask the moderators to Ban you.
Rick
07-10-2009, 09:28 PM
It wasn't squirrelly squirrels. It was ground squirrels. They are the outcast outlaw bunch in the family.
crashdive123
07-10-2009, 09:29 PM
Ah squirrels - the other white meat.
Ken
07-10-2009, 09:36 PM
It wasn't squirrelly squirrels. It was ground squirrels. They are the outcast outlaw bunch in the family.


Ah squirrels - the other white meat.


Where's Sarge?
crashdive123
07-10-2009, 09:38 PM
Where's Sarge?

I talked to him earlier. He said he'd log on as soon as the squirrel stew was done.
Ken
07-10-2009, 09:38 PM
I talked to him earlier. He said he'd log on as soon as the squirrel stew was done.

Liar. Sarge doesn't eat stew.
Rick
07-10-2009, 09:39 PM
I love the smell of squirrel cooking in the evening. It smells like.....dinner.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/93/237901393_094db53a30.jpg?v=0
Ken
07-10-2009, 09:40 PM
:sneaky2: I'm logging off now..........
SARKY
07-11-2009, 05:35 PM
The only problem I see with this is that many companies irradiate their seeds in order to render them infertile, especially the wild bird seed. Check the packaging first to make sure it isn't irradiated.
texashiker
07-14-2009, 05:06 PM
Bags of deer corn works out well also. Instead of buying a few pounds of corn at a time, buy 40 or 50 pound bags of deer corn. Feed it to the wildlife in the area through the year, and buy new corn during the fall.
welderguy
07-14-2009, 06:50 PM
Ken I am going to guess you like squirrle's. and not as dinner.
2dumb2kwit
07-14-2009, 08:09 PM
Ken I am going to guess you like squirrle's. and not as dinner.

I'm not sayin' that Ken hangs out anywhere other than here, but.....:innocent:

http://www.thesquirrelboard.com/forums/index.php
Ken
07-14-2009, 08:17 PM
Ken I am going to guess you like squirrle's. and not as dinner.

Love the little critters. I've adopted a dozen of the little guys. Feed 'em peanuts every morning, and not to fatten them up as Rick once suggested. :sneaky2:

They all have names, and race into the yard when they hear me say "peanuts." No problem - the neighbors all know I'm harmless.
Rick
07-15-2009, 12:35 AM
Mine are named as well. There is "Breakfast", "Lunch", "Dinner", "Morning Snack" or MS for short and of course........