Preparedness for when

ginnyknit

OOh newbies Yay :j Dippy is good at finding out how to fix things, she is a fountain of knowledge and can wield those spanners too. Hope your ankles better soon, did you fall over your toolbox Dip?

Fuddle we will look after you here, and in a really bad crisis such as the co-op running out of milk we will arrange delivery for you x

Charlylovesphil, great to have you on board the raft we are paddling up shi* creek on.

thats the last we will hear of WLL while she plays with her dehydrator, you will be able to hear her going 'ooh thats good, I never knew you could dry that' I have to knuckle down and put my pineapple in asap as I am dying to try it. The granola I made was lovely and all the better for the ys fruit I dries and put in it - little nuggets of yummyness :rotfl:

Alison_Funnell

jamanda wrote: »

My OH seems to have stopped laughing too. Taking me to Ikea tomorrow for solar lamps!! This would have met with ridicule not so long ago

Such a good idea. Sadly OH is in hospital for tests tomorrow but I will be attempting something similar.

D&DD

Simmed I'd love to rig up something like that seeing as I actually live on an old airfield you can imagine..we are blessed with an abundance of wind *that and the fact I also have 4 men in the house* :cool: Don't think the council would let me though,sadly not a home owner any more.:(

Noo sorry to hear lifes a bit carp atm incidentally I can bore for England about Casein free diets if you need any help just shout



Prepping news ooh been busy have harvested the rest of the greenhouse crops so have piles for the dehydrator again,xmas potatoes now safely installed in the greenhouse and herbs,citrus and nectarine all brought inside.
Winter crops growing are mizuna,mustard,corn salad,winter purslane and a salad mix.Potatoes,kales,collards,turnips,parsnips,spinaches,carrots and beet plus a few hardy herbs outside.

Potted up the more puny ones for the windowsill along with 2 x chillis.

I also have an empty cupboard to play with at the top of the stairs fully shelved floor to ceiling am I sad to be sooo excited by this :rotfl:

Alison_Funnell

fuddle wrote: »

Can I be a member of C.R.A.P R.O.L.L.Z too?

Not sure if I have the skills. I do have giant tins of tomatoes and plums, stupid amounts of bread sauce mix and dried soup mix thanks to AF. I have a stock pile of 8 cats - very useful as tempremental hot water bottles.:rotfl:And a house that is stuff to the gills with lots of things.
:eek:

SpikyHedgehog

thriftwizard wrote: »

My OH sadly hasn't a clue, just sighs at my efforts & wishes we could "live more like everyone else..." specifically with reference to stores & old fashioned gadgets. He doesn't seem to realise that that became impossible for us years ago, at the point where we went from 2 to 4 small children in one fell swoop. He thinks I should stop worrying my head about things that the Government is paid to deal with, forgetting that before kids, I was actually a Whitehall civil servant, albeit a very junior one!

And TBH he'd be extremely miserable if I did attempt to live like everyone else, or at least spend like them! But very happy if I gave up my chickens & preserving & went back to buying supermarket eggs & jam; sadly for him, that isn't going to happen. Poor man! Just wish I thought he'd see that it does all have a purpose eventually...

I bet he'd be fed up if you offered him supermarket jam instead of homemade though!

westlothianlass wrote: »

HI all
I am a very excited button (much to the amusement of my OH) as my dehydrator arrived today:T.
Luckily he is totally on board despite teasing me a bit.
In fact I was a bit worried the other night when he was watching the Kevin Mcleod programme about methane production and cookers, as he was extremely excited (I have a feeling his next project is going to be a composting Loo:rotfl:).
Oh well at least it would reduce our outgoings but I definately want to be there when he tells his sister to Poo outside so he can fuel his welder:D.
D&DD Mum is absolutely grand, so kind of you to remember.

I feel like im starting to sound like a cartoon character saying "we are doomed, doomed" but I don't like what is going on in this country or Europe one bit. Makes me more determined to be a bit more organised each week.
Hugs to our poorly's and poorly partners.
Happy prepping peeps, WLL x

Dunno what Errant Husband thinks about my preps, I don't tell him much about them . He does know we have appropriate clothes for winter, the sledge, etc.

The boys are into Old Style, DS2 cooked cakes for his packed lunch tonight though he does insist on making his own recipes... DS1 is more interested in the active components of prepping :cool: but is pretty good at thinking practically - he made a list of the stuff he wants to have with his motorbike and is ticking stuff off as he gets it - first aid kit, card with phone numbers on etc.

I've ordered a first aid kit for us to keep everything in one place rather than somewhere in the medicine cupboard, & it's 1 that's easy to carry, so good for evacuation.

Dippypud

ginnyknit wrote: »

OOh newbies Yay :j Dippy is good at finding out how to fix things, she is a fountain of knowledge and can wield those spanners too. Hope your ankles better soon, did you fall over your toolbox Dip?
:rotfl:

Nope, putting camping gear back in the trailer

fell down a dropped kerb as my ankle folded under me :eek:

not at all nice but that's silly old me

annie123

D&#8517 wrote: »

Prepping news ooh been busy have harvested the rest of the greenhouse crops so have piles for the dehydrator again,xmas potatoes now safely installed in the greenhouse and herbs,citrus and nectarine all brought inside.
Winter crops growing are mizuna,mustard,corn salad,winter purslane and a salad mix.Potatoes,kales,collards,turnips,parsnips,spinaches,carrots and beet plus a few hardy herbs outside.

Potted up the more puny ones for the windowsill along with 2 x chillis.

You forgot garlic and there was me all pleased with myself with leeks, garlic and mizuna:o must prep harder.

D&#8517 wrote: »

I also have an empty cupboard to play with at the top of the stairs fully shelved floor to ceiling am I sad to be sooo excited by this :rotfl:

You've got me thinking now, my wardrobe is a built in cupboard on the landing, decked out with rails etc. I've not worn anything in it since I left estate agency in '08 so if I'm honest with myself I'm unlikely to again. It's a very deep cupboard and would hold loads of useful stuff. Will have to fight my hoarding instinct first though........

Caterina

Hello newbies!

Vanoonoo I hope things get sorted out well for you, whatever it is that is troubling you!

AlisonFunnell best wishes for your OH hospital tests.

DP get that ankle sorted soon, we need you at the next fish and chips meet! Told ya already, get well NOW!

Looking forward to receiving my AF order. I really need to get a few bottles of water, now that I have grains, pulses and fat I feel that we can face a few weeks of difficulties ok, but need some fresh water stored up. Got candles but need matches!

Good night all

D&DD

My OH has been trained not to tut too loudly anymore when my useful things arrive..he does complain when attacked by my Plenty stockpile which happens frequently as its balanced on their games cupboard..:o but on the whole is reasonably supportive.

I heard him preaching about stockpiles to our eldest boys tonight while they were sorting the bathroom for me and complaining about excess stuff I was quite proud of him

He loves some of my gadgets though and is always nicking the Cobb to cook on and he never cooks usually so thats a bonus.

Hope you get the ankle sorted Dippy X

Annie I have never grown garlic very well sadly and my leeks were so prolific last year I still have some left,frozen and dried lol I stuck a few in and some spring onions too the red sort trying to resist pulling them just yet I love onions!Don't forget if you need any seeds let me know I still have more than a few!

Caterina I just noticed your new title lol thats brilliant! X

Popperwell

As for TSHTF I hear that the Red Cross have launched an appeal to help the people in Spain because they are struggling with that country's austere measures so how long before we see unrest here?

It's scary...