Preparedness for when

maryb

I did the same, buying tinned fruit I will never use. I found it just before the use by date. so I was able to give it to the food bank, fortunately.

D&DD

Bedsit_Bob wrote: »

Glad you found the article interesting/useful.

Fire lighting can be achieved by dribbling on battery acid or antifreeze.

When mixed with a little sugar, it can also be ignited by a spark (eg. electrical or flint & steel) or by friction, such as in a fire drill.

I feel a science experiment coming on lol I taught my boys (and OH) how to light a fire with firesteel and dryer lint..earnt me a few 'coolmum' points so they'd love this thanks.

Pineapple I did much the same when starting out many moons ago..fortunately I am a human dustbin and will eat most stuff so even if the family won't eat it I will so it hasn't gone to waste I just don't buy it in such bulk as before.

I tend to store more dried stuff than tins too although I can't live without spam anyway so whenever thats on offer I buy trays of the stuff

The pint canning jars worked out around £24 all in with customs and shipping and considering they're a much more usuable shape for me I'm very pleased with that.The Kilners seem to have rocketed in price recently I suppose 'cos it's trendy now..

I remember paying about £20 for a set of 12 from lakelands but they all seem to be selling them in 3 packs now for around £9 :eek:

Tescoman finally arrived..not sure what planet he was on though lol he wasn't even aware he was late and I was his second delivery!

D&DD

mardatha wrote: »

D3, tell me what happened to your van/driver/shopping. I won't sleep until I find oot. Wonder if he's done a runner with a vanful of food - maybe he's a prepper! LOL

LOL I did wonder Mar if North Korea had suddenly 'gone up' and he'd headed home with a van full :rotfl:

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pineapple wrote: »

It had consequently got well past it's use by date and though I know you can usually go beyond the date on the tin - I'm not comfortable going beyond a certain margin.

Canned food will keep for decades.

Butterfly_Brain

D&DD thanks for the recipe, I will lurk on you tube when it is dark, I have been in the garden all day making the most of the sun

I have seen lamp oil in Hobby craft and our local hardware store does it as well but it is expensive at around £5.99 Ltr and so I buy mine from here http://www.candlesontheweb.co.uk/acatalog/Lamp_Oil_and_Accessories.html

katieclampet

Weather lovely and sunny but very cold here. Have a line full of rugs airing out, 2 bags of stuff for the cs, and sorted out tins from back of cupboard to use up.
Have got some herbs planted in pots, not ready to go out yet, too cold.

Solar radio charging up in window sill, love my little gadget! Feels like spring could finally be here!

katie

ginnyknit

I remember the smells of childhood -paraffin and stera milk. Didn't mind the paraffin but the milk made me feel sick. My Aunties house smelled of it. I recently saw some bottles of it in a corner shop, wonder if its still the same?

Just been to a model railway exhibition ( OH's passion not mine but they do have very cheap tools) It was a mixed bag with old buses in the car park and someone who made generators. Boy were you guys right when you said they were noisy, you certainly couldnt hide the fact you were using them!

Called in at my favourite garden centre because lots of things were on Bogoff including cream scones Well it is my wedding anniversary day out Got everything I wanted and with my vouchers it was half price so Im now stocked up for all eventualities. DS just carried my gravel through to the back garden and I have a nice path through the living room of gravel as a bag split. Cant get mad at him as he is always ready to help me. Am going to spend tomorrow laying the new path and Im ready for action, Ive waited years to get the path sorted but now we have our little driveway at the front its not as daunting to get stuff from front to back, before I had to negotiate a very slippy grass verge full of tree roots, then the gate etc. Basically I am insuring I will be able to get out to the greenhouse etc without slipping - its all prepping really isnt it?

Mar Im afraid it sounds like you will have to just lug the soil through bucket by bucket unless some lends you a luggage trolley and you load sacks onto that. I have one and Dd's fella has just moved the washing machine on it from the old house to the new. Damn shame we dont live nearer!

elaine241

Mardatha you could try rubble sacks available at builders merchants. They are strong thick plastic bags used for moving rubble/building rubbish funnily enough! We use them to clear builders rubbish when we can t get a trailer near, they are reusable and last a long time.You could seal them up to prevent spillages and they would carry more than a bucket.

DD&D Thank you for the book list, its official the librarians think I am a weirdo as I have requested inter library loans for some of the books listed. I will become a strange prepper recluse at this rate reading by candlight with blankets on my knees and wood fire roaring!! reading zombie books :rotfl:

We are definately lambing with 5 ewes producing today! One poor soul is on the bottle after I found him frozen in the wind the other day, investigation found his mum only had one teat working and she had twins. He is now sun bathing in my front garden and sleeps in a box next to the wood burner. Very MSE he is wearing a sleeve cut from an old jumper, elasticated cuff round his neck and the rest over him like a blanket held on with an elastic band left by the postie!

Keep prepping and enjoy the sun!

mardatha

TY everybody - will do what I can, thanks for all ideas

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Margaret54 wrote: »

Forgot to say, it has been lovely weather wise here.

Same here today.

70 degrees and sunny. :cool: