10 Cheap Tractor Supply Items Mexican Households Stock Up On Before Winter (And 5 They Never Touch)

#TractorSupply #WinterPrep #MexicanMom Winter finds the one thing a house forgot. In the country, the store that got my grandmother's family through it was the feed store, and in this country that store is Tractor Supply. Ten things a Mexican household picks up there before winter, each with this week's price from their website, what it is for, and the honest word (most of it is under $25, and one thing is $100 and it is the one thing I would not skip). Plus the five things on those same shelves I walk right past: the lamp oil, the survival kit, the name on the cuff, the heated everything, and the dollar things at farm prices. 📖 The despensa that lives in glass is page 562 of The Old Mexican Way, and the carbon monoxide paragraph I would read at every door in the county is page 187: https://oldmexicanway.com None of this is your fault. Nobody taught you that the store with the tractors in the name was for a house with no tractor. The 10: 10. Rock salt, 50 lb, about $9 (and the $10 jug of magnesium chloride for the night below twenty) 9. Wool socks, about $8 for three pairs (never cotton) 8. Lined work gloves, about $13 (a little loose) 7. Five gallon buckets with lids, about $7.50 (rice and beans, water, the flush) 6. Canning jars, about $13 to $18 for twelve (the despensa lives in glass; buy the lids in October) 5. Cast iron skillet, about $25 (the grill outside is the only stove you have) 4. Pipe heat cable, about $40 (against the $200 plumber; never on an extension cord) 3. Propane, refilled by the gallon, not exchanged (the cage gives you 15 lb in a 20 lb tank) 2. A headlamp, about $13 (two working hands in the dark) 1. The indoor rated propane heater, about $100, and the battery CO alarm, about $27, bought together And two more: the box of hand warmers (a dollar a pair, cheaper than the Dollar Tree) and a bale of straw. SAFETY, said plainly: only a heater rated for indoor use comes inside, with a window cracked, never while anyone sleeps, and never without a carbon monoxide alarm on batteries. Grills, camp stoves, the big garage heaters and generators never come inside, not for an hour, not with a window open. Propane tanks live outside. Never thaw a pipe with a flame. Prices are from tractorsupply.com this week and every store is different. Not medical advice. CHAPTERS 0:00 Out of town: the feed store with the red sign 1:06 The honest word: farm prices are not dollar prices 2:12 10 · rock salt (and the jug for the coldest night) 3:30 9 · wool socks, not cotton 4:39 One book for the whole house 4:54 8 · lined work gloves 5:52 7 · five gallon buckets with lids (rice, water, the flush) 7:24 6 · canning jars (the despensa lives in glass) 8:38 The five I never touch: lamp oil, survival kits, the name on the cuff, heated things, dollar things at farm prices 11:19 5 · cast iron skillet (the grill outside) 12:44 4 · pipe heat cable (forty dollars against two hundred) 14:23 3 · propane refilled, not exchanged 15:48 2 · the headlamp (two working hands) 17:01 1 · the indoor rated heater, and the alarm that goes with it 19:23 Two more: the box of hand warmers, and the bale of straw 20:31 The ten, the two totals, and the daylight check 21:51 Cuando el río suena, agua lleva 22:10 Who profits from the first ice storm 22:47 One thing this week: one trip, and the order to buy in Tell me what your family kept by the door before winter out in the country, the thing nobody in town would think of. Tell me your county too. I read every one. #WinterBlackout #FrugalLiving #FeedStore