Preparedness for when

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charlies-aunt wrote: »

Pinch , nick and peel back method

That's my method too.

Some people slit the belly full length, rather like you would do with a larger animal like a pig, but I think it increases the risk of rupturing something in the intestines.

I have to pull their jumpers as far as their necks as I can and then chop the neck to decapitate.

You can actually twist the head off.

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Runcorn_Bridge wrote: »

Since the bathwater must contain other 'solids' (sorry if you're eating) how safe is the environment?

I'd give the tins a good soak in a strong bleach solution, followed by a good rinse and dry.

Frugalsod

herbily wrote: »

I am drooling as I type - bit messy, but hey....


That is stunning, I've always wanted a little white cottage on a hillside.

Very low energy rating though. You might be going through a lot of fuel. Do Waitrose deliver?;)

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MrsLurcherwalker wrote: »

For can crushers would it be an option to use those little gadgets for making paper bricks?

They do make can crushers.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Heavy-Duty-mounted-Crusher-drink/dp/B001UFK6ZI/ref=tag_dpp_lp_edpp_ttl_in

D&DD

Back again Firmly entrenched on the sofa for the evening!


Runcorn Bridge I'd keep them as TBH you don't know how clean the warehouses are where they came from in the first place! I'd wipe round with antibac wipes too just to be on the safe side,but as long as the tins are sound I would think they'd be fine.
Lets see what the others think??


Mar you'd pay that a week down here I nearly fell over when I saw it was monthly!




Jazee to continue my train of thought from earlier,I have made some good friends here so yes I would help them out even in dire circumstances as they would do the same for me and over the years I've learnt that some have useful skills too.


We have had a few 'events' in the last 14 years including gas leaks,flooding,a house fire, a chemical fire,been snowed in,lots of power cuts,water losses and riots!
In most of these situations I have helped out either practically or in the case of the chemical thing by phone as we had to stay indoors.


It hasn't always involved handing over preps to others,sometimes its just reassurance and guiding hand people need.There are lots of ways you can assist people without having to give up your resources.

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mrsmortenharket wrote: »

How much would I need for 72 hours for 5 people?

For drinking and food preparation (no washing), they recommend 1 gallon per person, per day.

So that would be 15 gallons, which is roughly 70 Litres.

Three of these would cover it, with a bit to spare.



Ideally, store as much as possible.

I store 50 litres, and I live alone.

GreyQueen

Evening all.

Been staying offline so's I could get some curtains (re)made. Have one plain and one patterned curtain up atm. Hmm, could this be a whole new designer look?

Runcorn Bridge, I'm sorry to hear of your plumbing catastrophe and hope that it's soon sorted. FWIW, I have read in several places that canned goods which have been wetted with floodwater should be discarded and they can't be reliably cleansed and you could easily introduce something revolting into the food when you breach the can with the can opener.

I guess it's a matter of choice; if you were up against it and it was eat that or starve, you'd risk it. Anything else and I think I'd personally ditch them, and I speak as a tightwad and a waste-hater. Whatever you choose, I hope it works out for you.

Jazee, the role of charity and common humanity in a crisis is one well worth considering. It's important to consider others (and like nuatha observes, some of us, me inc, have serious health problems ourselves) but you have to also be a realist about these things. If the S had HTF, all food stores are empty, there is no end to the crisis in sight, and what you have by you is all that you may have for the forseeable future.........?

Would you give supplies away if it meant that your children or grandchildren would be crying themselves to sleep with hunger? If you were getting so hungry and weak yourself that you were in danger of death, or being debilitated into helplessness? Or would you respond to the highest virtues which we are capable of, and sacrifice your scarce resources to a stranger or neighbour in need?

I'd look out for me and mine first, with 'mine' including a select group of friends who live nearby, one of whom is a pensioner neighbour. Beyond that, I won't risk my survival for a random stranger or an unbeloved neighbour, like the bone-idle drug dealing scumbag neighbours whom I'm presently helping to support via the tax and benefit system. You may be appalled at my selfishness or shrug at my realism, but those are my genuine feelings on the matter.

Tomorrow's cunning plans involve (if these incessant heavy showers and strong winds deign to cease) a trip allotmentwards, as well as putting the finishing touches to my other curtain.

Oh, and treating the white pine shafts of my new arrows with boiled linseed oil, as recommended by Teach. My arrow livery is 2 yellows and one black fletchings. They're turkey feathers, from USA. Where they have some excitingly-coloured plumage, obviously. Just nobody tell Bernard Matthews or he'll be importing those special turkeys and it'd be a bit alarming to see something that size in a bright yellow, I reckon.

jk0

I think you guys are saints for even considering giving tins to your neighbours if you don't have any way of replacing them.

My neighbours are such a***holes, they can starve for all I care.

NinjaSavingKat

Hello all....... It's been a little while since I was on here but since you all seemed to like the last post on my Pa's little small-holding I thought I would update you.

I went home last week for five days mainly to see the cherry blossoms in bloom (don't tell Ma) ad the field surprises me again with just how big a half acre is.

Pa has bought himself 20 railway sleepers and formed them into 5 beds for potatoes, tubers, and lots of beans. They are already showing their little heads and by his own admission there are possibly too many tatters but we are Irish - they will get eaten. I have even suggested "sharing" with the neighbors should be have lots to spare. :rotfl:

The orchard is coming along nicely with the (24) trees already baring tiny fruits last year. It is Pa's dream to juice the apples and sell it to unsuspecting tourists for exorbitant amounts of money.......... (I'm kidding we are gonna drink/eat the lot!)..

The pond we have is a fresh water spring a little too close to the road for my liking but considering it has been there for many years we didn't get a choice as to where it was situated. There is nothing stopping people from getting over the cr*ppy fence we have and pilfering the lot should anything hit the fan albeit it hasn't stopped running for decades so I doubt it would run out any time soon. Pa has planted some sort of tree / shrub thing along the road so he is planning to let them grow to about 6ft.. there is a chance we will add plumbing ( is that the right word) which will allow us to re-direct the flow into the house should we need to. But that might be very expensive and way down on the list....

I am trying to convince Pa to add an under-ground bunker to the "estate". He is warming to the idea considering he and my brother work away during the week and my vulnerable Mother ( who will gasp as my description of her) will be alone to fight off the crowds of lunatics who pilfer our food and water should they decided to come in droves onto the land. But again not the most pressing issue....

I am talking hypothetically here but there is no way Mumsy would be able to defend herself, OR get into town to get water / food etc on her own knowing how bad it gets simply over Christmas when the vodka comes out in truck loads and those from "across the border" come up with their extra strong euro....

No we need storage. They know that but there is so much work to be done on the land first. A 20ft x 16ft greenhouse is next on the list which will go right near the railway sleepers. Pa will be building this himself so the foundations are needing to be dug before anything else is bought ( glass / metal etc)..

I have 5 years off work starting soon. A sabbatical to explore the world. One of these years might be spent back home with Ma and Pa on the homestead and attempting to live off the land - I will convince them don't you worry - and will probably blog about this someday somewhere. Canning and food preservation is high on my list... what a thrill I am...:rotfl:

There is another little area of shrubbery between our house and the garage that is away from prying eyes and ready to be turned into a kitchen garden. Again with the amount of trees in the house garden and work to be done on the field it's not important..... I know they are leaving it for me...:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

So there you go.... sorry this was so long but I am on a night shift and could type for England...Feel free to drop in questions or suggestions...

mardatha

Frugalsod Asda deliver to that cottage - they deliver to me and I'm just as far out. And they sell you cheap wood from the estate for the stove