Preparing for winter II

bluebag

Caterina wrote: »

Ah well, I am going camping on Friday 19th, at least the weather forecast is good on the day, in time for me to set camp properly. It is horrid to have to pitch the tent in the rain. Once the tent is well pitched I shall make the best of whatever the weather brings and cross fingers for the un-pitching!

Going to the Isle of Wight for a week in early September and hope that the Indian Summer weather will treat me well there!

I have to laugh, I haven't been camping in ages as we both are getting on a bit, but I missed it so much we bought a new tent and are going soon.
I don't mind pitching in the rain but really hate it if it's windy and feel like you are windsurfing with your tent all over the field.
I've had many a soaking tent dripping all over the house after a wet finish. It takes an age for the guy lines to dry.

Hope we both have good weather!:)

Fruball

Rummer wrote: »

The temperatures here have clearly dropped and I was tempted to pop the fire on tonight but I put on an extra layer and made a hot cup of tea, worrying that it feels that cold in August!

I know - disturbing - My friend put her heating on for an hour the other day :eek: And we are in the south! I am soooo glad I am not up in the north or Scotland... I hate the cold and wet

I don't mind chilly, crisp, sunny days... But the damp, grey ones

Confuzzled

Rainy-Days wrote: »

I could not live without my pure shea butter tin of magic which L'Occitane do and it has saved me from seriously chapped lips. Also Vaseline has saved the day for me as well on my lips previously too as a cheapy alternative.

So, I intend to mini treat myself, the house has had time and money spent on it, and now I intend to pamper myself when the weather does set in!

thank you that reminded me that i need to dig out all the chapstick/lip balm tubes i have laying around and scrape out the bits left at the bottom of the tube to go into my old empty carmex container. i love my carmex but it's soooo expensive now. i got a slew of lipbalm tubes for 10p each off of chemist 4 u earlier in the year but i've nearly finished them all. i've figured out that i have enough bits left over at the bottom of all these tubes to fill two more carmex containers so hopefully that will see me through the winter as i too suffer badly with chapped lips and find it unbearable.

Confuzzled

bluebag wrote: »

Spouting seeds are easy to grow on a windowsill in a matter of days ,may help supplement some fresh foods if you are unable to obtain supplies.

Folks often don't understand how different the weather can be just a few miles out. My mum lives just a few miles away from me and she can have all her washing dried on the line and I have wall to wall rain.

when i was a kid in the states we lived quite literally at the end of an area that got 'lake effect' weather (from lake michigan, it's massive, seriously!) there were times i had to call into work telling them i couldn't get there. after the 3rd time i think they didn't believe me because it was clear enough for them a few miles away so they had someone attempt to come pick me up. they got to the end of our road which was about a mile from the house and couldn't go any furhter... needless to say they never questioned me again, especially as the person that attempted to pick me up nearly got her car stuck in a ditch trying to turn around and go back to work :rotfl:

in the same area i would also quite often literally drive into a wall of rain or snow. it was just like a curtain and the demarkation was incredibly clear, very very strange!

SuziQ

Hi Prudent - I would suggest those vacumn seal bags where you take out the air with a hoover. That way its completely sealed from bugs etc.

The problem with these is that rodents can nibble straight through them-if it was me I would rather use very tough plastic like really useful boxes or tins, although if you used the vacuum bags inside you would be doubly sure. You never can be 100% sure that you have no mice (or God forbid, rats!)

rising_from_the_ashes

SuziQ wrote: »

The problem with these is that rodents can nibble straight through them-if it was me I would rather use very tough plastic like really useful boxes or tins, although if you used the vacuum bags inside you would be doubly sure. You never can be 100% sure that you have no mice (or God forbid, rats!)

Would agree with this. I know we often have a problem with mice in the loft:eek: during the winter as they're trying to find somewhere warm.

Walked into the kitchen on Sun night to find a baby mouse sitting in the middle of the floor - my wee girl cat (who rarely catches anything as she's a dodgy knee) brings anything she does manage to catch into the house unharmed. It's supposed to be a sign of affection that they bring you "presents" but .... :eek:.


Having a bit of a worry this morning (been up since 4 and no chance of getting back to sleep now so got up @ 5 and it was still dark:().

When you go your emergency supply - how long do you cater for:question:

I'm going for a month - is that reasonable:question:

Having a bit of a panic (for no reason in particular) as just counted my loo rolls (thought I was fine as have a month's worth put away and have a month's supply apart from that) - until I realised that in a month I won't be able to drive for around 2-3 months so will need to head off to Home B's this morning and get around another 4 packs!:eek:

I am a "worrier" by nature but think the op / post op no driving being so close to when the weather will turn is getting to me a bit .


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boultdj

I'm looking at a 2 month supply, having moved back to a farming village this year and told that they where cut off for 2-4 week's, depending on where you were in the village, and remembering being snowed in for 5 week's as child in the village I grew up in, so seeing as I'm also a worrier, I double up, knowing that if we get the snow we'll be ok for quite a while.
And yes also having problem's posting

sammy_kaye18

bluebag wrote: »

Spouting seeds are easy to grow on a windowsill in a matter of days ,may help supplement some fresh foods if you are unable to obtain supplies.

Folks often don't understand how different the weather can be just a few miles out. My mum lives just a few miles away from me and she can have all her washing dried on the line and I have wall to wall rain.

This sounds like where we live!

I use to live at the bottom of the hill, and my MIL at the top. I'd ring her saying how lovely and sunny it was and she would say it was pouring down.....and I could literally see her house from my kitchen window! Like two seperate worlds - no such luck now being that Im across the road from her

Prudent

SuziQ wrote: »

The problem with these is that rodents can nibble straight through them-if it was me I would rather use very tough plastic like really useful boxes or tins, although if you used the vacuum bags inside you would be doubly sure. You never can be 100% sure that you have no mice (or God forbid, rats!)

I hadn't thought of the rodents nibbling through. Although I am pretty sure the cat has already nibbled through all our rodents . I think I will do both. Buy some really tough lidded storage boxes and then put the vacuum packed bags inside. I have a very elderly fridge and freezer, the freezer being out in our leaking garage. I was hoping to make them last another year after all the cost of new heating and insulation, but now wondering about replacing them before this winter. If I bought a fridge freezer to replace the fridge in the kitchen, I could keep the garage freezer and have two to stock up. I need a 55cm wide one and have seen one for £249 delivered on the John Lewis website.

Mazzawa

Quick question - where has everyone bought their snow shovels from at this time of year? Moving house soon and will have a drive to clear if it snows