Preparedness for when

Perplexed_Pineapple

It's a bright sunny day here and time to get out in the garden and tidy up ready for the planting season. I can't see any indication that we're going to have a really cold snap - those charts aren;t making any sense to me, maybe there was more context in the original tweet?

COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote: »

.was going to make sure our discovery was legal and on the raod for this winter, BUT will get it taxed and on the road for next week, just incase ( its insured and mot'd and on sorn as it is only an emergency car now... to expensive to run it all the time...)..

Cooltrikerchick, how do you work the insurance please? I can see that the MOT would be ok and tax as you need it but I've found that the insurers won't cover an "emergency" aditional car except at extortionate rates if the no claim discount is already on a regular car? Do you transfer the insurance across and leave your regular car uninsured? (Our insurer will do this for a "small" admin fee of £25....:()
Also, I love the pictures of your pork and bacon, do you slaughter yourself and then take to the butcher or does the butcher do everything? I know there are lots of regulations around slaughtering which don;t fit well with OS ways necessarily....

sb44 wrote: »

This is coming from someone who has used sellotape to keep up hems of their jeans in an emergency, not to mention chewing gum when one leg fell down once when on a school run! Disgusting I know but it worked.

Improvisation at its best! :T

COOLTRIKERCHICK

PP... the discovery is on its own insurance policy and our others are our business fleet insurance...


we take the pigs to a small family run abotoir which will also butcher and vac pac them. to your own spec,.. so that way its meets all legal standards with full traceability and legal use by dates etc..( assuming it is going straight in the freezer).


We only sell to family and friends, but it is mainly for our own food.

Pollyjuice

I know this is a bit off track and possible these have been mentioned before but ...

I've been wandering around Kindle and thought the following may of be interest. Currently £0..00. I've not read them yet but keeping them for a rainy day hahaha.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Knit-Socks-Easy-Learn-ebook/dp/B00IBQNCJG/ref=sr_1_1323?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1392550134&sr=1-1323

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Easy-Vegetables-Grow-In-Containers-ebook/dp/B00ICE0X4O/ref=sr_1_1774?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1392557036&sr=1-1774

http://www.amazon.co.uk/make-tinctures-heal-your-naturally-ebook/dp/B00FMYO07S/ref=sr_1_1884?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1392557263&sr=1-1884

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Final-Epidemic-Casey-Thriller-Thrillers-ebook/dp/B00H341TSS/ref=sr_1_267?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1392547824&sr=1-267

Pollyjuice

Oh and there is this one

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rice-Flour-Recipes-Gluten-Occasions-ebook/dp/B00CXOF8Z8/ref=sr_1_1906?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1392557340&sr=1-1906

for gluten free occasions. Again I've not tried any but may give it a go.

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sb44 wrote: »

and just make sure you leave the pug out if you are going to be away.

You can't leave a dog out in weather like that.

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craigywv wrote: »

I'm afraid I would prob get too attached to the pigs to slaughter them, but if tshtf I would wouldn't have a second thought if it meant feeding my family.

I guess you would do pretty much anything, to save your bacon.

I'll get my coat.

BTW. On the subject of pigs and slaughtering, did anyone see the Kill It, Cook It, Eat It series, where they slaughtered piglets, lambs, calves and young goats?

Charis

Bedsit_Bob wrote: »

Are you sure you mean 12W?

Not 12 Volt?

Or maybe 12KW?

You're right, 12 Volt. Little more than emergency lighting and needs special bulbs.

Karmacat

Thanks for the kindle links - some very interesting ones there. The freebies can be really good, like that 3rd one, 74 pages on making tinctures - there must be good, detailed information in there - I hope! got to get into the garden, got to, got to

VJsmum

I buy a lot of my pork from here

http://www.packingtonpork.co.uk/

They sell locally around the Lichfield, Alrewas, Tamworth area of the Midlands. YOu can see the piggies from the main road and I was only remarking yesterday just how much space they have. We didn't eat pork for many years after a bad experience but these pigs have converted us back on to it. It is a little dearer but worth every penny.

thenanny2die4

Bedsit_Bob wrote: »

BTW. On the subject of pigs and slaughtering, did anyone see the Kill It, Cook It, Eat It series, where they slaughtered piglets, lambs, calves and young goats?

Ha. I see you couldn't bring yourself to risk mentioning infanticide.