Winter Homesteading Gifts

'Don't tell anybody, but it's 100% styrofoam!'

Thrift: New way to eat eggs (avoid needless transport costs).

NYer uploaded by mod - "Come look, hon! We just got a new cactus!"

"Yes, it's a safe: I was fed up with my winter provisions being raided by freeloaders!"

'You mean to tell me you forgot where you buried dinner?'

'According to the budget, we'll have to count on body heat to keep the offices warm.'

Skier and his dog.

Ice Skater

Woman keeping a chicken in her room for fresh eggs

"One silo is for grain, the other is for the money we save on gas."

'I take back everything I said about this sweater you knitted for me.'

'I got a good place in my exams today. Right next to the radiator.'

'Mom, what setting do you use for warming up slippers?'

'You'll have to excuse Gerald - he suffers from Seasonal Affected Disorder' (Naked man in arm chair in living room)

"OK then, I admit it. Installing the log burner was a bad idea!"

So those are your 'weapons of mass destruction? - Slugs?

"If I have this peanut in my pocket, it means I must have buried my keys!"

Pre-Winter Ennui-'Hon, did you have the furnace checked?'

'It's the worst possible diagnosis a bear can receive -- sleep apnea.'

"Just think how much we could save if we switched the heating off altogether."

"Here's the new smart plant...it tells you when you're overwatering it."

"Well, they have to hibernate somewhere...and your airing cupboard is no exception."

'Yes, Ralph, they are nuts, but...'

"Oh, come on! I've told you, I'm not your 'imaginary friend.' I'm your father."

"When it's extremely cold out, I prefer flambés to winter stews."

"You've got termites."

"Have you seen my hot water bottle?"

Norman's decision to raise chickens first in the back yard, then the front yard and eventually the living room would cause great dismay the day his car keys went missing.

"It's a midriff warmer."

"Fuel poverty is not the same as being too mean to switch the heating on...."

The Rudges' peaceful home

"I'm tired of having to apologize for the condition of the house."

"The government is comin' to take away our freedom. Barricade yourself inside, Marge, and stay there 'til I tell you."

'You won't last ten minutes out there.'

'I have all our acorn storage spots geolocated on my smart phone...'