Preparedness for when

mardatha

It's cold, it's windy, it's pelting down, it's grey it's horrible and I'M NOT HAPPY!

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It's not pelting down here (yet), but it is grey, cold and miserable.

ALIBOBSY

D&DD wrote: »

*waves at Wyre and Ivyleaf*

Well Pops I am really sorry hun sourdough is still on my to do list so I'm no help Will have a read up see if I can spot what might have happened,have you tried MrH's cobb loaf? It's really lovely and not too large for one,keeps well too,I think I posted the recipe on here somewhere..

Have been a good girl and tidied up the raised bed a bit,cut some spinach and parsley for a veggie lasagne for dinner *yum*
Peppers are from the garden which were the last of whats left in the freezer,onion was from the garden,cheese sauce mix from the stores as were the tinned toms and lasagne sheets.

I'm going to make some kale chips later too as the last of the curly kale is starting to go over now sadly and this years plantings are not quite ready yet,I'll be ok as I haven't got to go out later..anyone who's ever eaten these will know what I mean,for those that haven't they take about 3 toothbrushes to get rid off afterwards :rotfl: but oh so nice to eat !

Apart from some herbs we had our first harvest of the year this week-just salad leaves, but its lovely eating your own lol. We didn't freeze as much as normal last year and TBH it was so bad weather wise and we seemed to be limited to time gardening-so many things got in the way so nothing accept a few leeks in our garden . Trying to get a better plan this year and with the oldest 3 at school and youngest now doing 2 mornings in playschool and turning 3 shortly I have more free time to grow and they are old enough to play about in the garden whilst I do stuff as well.

Not done sourdough, but fancy trying it. I believe it takes a much longer rise than normal.

Kale chips sound good and as I have just got some kale plants popping up out of the compost for later on would love to have a recipe stashed if you can give it?

Thanks
Ali x

ALIBOBSY

Butterfly_Brain wrote: »

I think us preppers should all pool our resources and buy an island, declare independence making sure that we have our own sustainable forest and real seeds to grow food with a communal farm for milk and meat, have wood burning agas, a water turbine for electrickery (catweazle), no tv licence have our own like minded farmer butcher, doctor, nurse, plumber, electrician, engineer etc, you know useful peoples..........No banksters or politicians allowed and shut the world out!
wadja think girlies and gentlemensies?

Sounds fab to me. LOL catweazle, Dad still refers to talking on the "telling bone".

Ali x

ALIBOBSY

VJsmum wrote: »

I call that Bull$h!t bingo :rotfl:

Write a list of words and tick off every time you hear them (you know "outside the box", "holistic", "green", "sustainable", and my personal pet hate "synergies" ) - when you get them all yell "bingo" - if you dare. I did dare once - and the boss had the grace to laugh. I did convince him that I must have been listening though.

ANother one is song titles, see how many you can get in "millennium" has probably had its day now, but was good value for a while, "don't look back in anger", "sound and vision" "knock on wood",

I told you it's best I don't go to meetings anymore!

I'll come to the island. i am in the building trade so can teach you how to build and tell you how to cost it (I am a Quantity Surveyor) - can't actually build it though. Never could get the mortar on the trowel. I am quite bossy so could get you organised. I'm a fair to middling cook and a will get on with whatever I'm given.

It'll have to be a warm one though - none of your cold dark scottish ones I'm afraid. I am liking the sound of Bermuda with a sweet shop. And I'll have to take some make up.....

Dare I tell you about when I worked as a pensions advisor and we did "pensioner bingo", we each had a card with the typical "pensioner" names of the time and as you took calls you ticked off names.

Ali x

ALIBOBSY

Prepping wise been lovely weather for most of the last week (the odd dull period and light shower) so been gardening like crazy here.

Got a 5l plastic water storage baggy thingy from B and M bargains (think pound stretcher et al) for £1.29. It folds down flat and seems to work well. Been potting up stuff in all the many pots I got from my lovely Freegle gent.

Just read in the local free paper that the council are giving away bags of compost next week from the local recycling centre. It says 2 bags per person so OH and I are wondering if we go together can we have 4 lol. OH said to tell them I am his "friend" and he offered me a lift up-kids will all be in school and nursery lol. Not sure I could keep a straight face tho.

DD1's BD today and she came back from a school trip at 2, so been a busy week lol.

Anyone here have chickens as we are thinking of getting some more-have lost a couple over the years and the 2 girls we have left are 6 ish. They tend to lay massive eggs, but often only every other day. Whats the best way to introduce new girls to the group?

On the subject of islands why does all this talk remind me of these guys



Keep prepping
Ali x

boultdj

Better mention I'm also a qulified massuse and aromatherapist, so I can help ease sore muscle's after we've been planting the tattie's for the chip shop and OH make's a lovely cuppa, and I can throw a shilling in the buy pot.
p.s adopt-a-cat is good at killing rats.

thriftwizard

Oooh, another volunteer for island living here! Also a jack of all trades & master of nothing much, I'm a spinner, weaver, dyer, stitcher, papermaker & general recycler of useful things, chief cook & bottle washer. Done a bit of barmaiding too, and am keen on growing, preserving, fermenting & baking.

I also keep a few backyard chickens, aged from 8 down to 18months. It's never easy to introduce new birds; I tend to bring them in as day-old chicks & let a broody bantam raise them, which is usually trouble-free, but that rather depends on having a broody bantam! Otherwise you'll need to keep them separate but in view of each other for a week or two before removing the barriers; they'll still have a go at each other to establish the pecking order, but it's not as bad as just adding them into the shed at night when they're roosting, as we've had to do once or twice when fielding homeless chooks all unprepared. Good luck!

suzybloo

Longtime lurker here, can I come too please? :-) I can make jams and preserves and crochet granny blankets, I would sit quietly in the corner honest! Oh and I could make tablet, coconut ice and fudge for when we run out of chocolate.

Wouldn't it be great to feel normal, instead of getting raised eyebrows when you mention your stores lol!

GreyQueen

suzybloo wrote: »

Longtime lurker here, can I come too please? :-) I can make jams and preserves and crochet granny blankets, I would sit quietly in the corner honest! Oh and I could make tablet, coconut ice and fudge for when we run out of chocolate.

Wouldn't it be great to feel normal, instead of getting raised eyebrows when you mention your stores lol!

I am of the utter conviction that we are normal and the non-prepped are the weirdos. Nice people, many of them relations and friends, but a bit weird, nonetheless.

We shouldn't mock them, you know. It may be that we were once amongst their number before we saw the light.*

I had people over last night and there was no weirdness in sight. But it took a little subtefuge to get the incriminating books hidden; just gotta remember where I put them........:p

Of course, everyone has a year's supply of most foodstuffs under the bed. Plus pasta, porridge oats and cooking oil in the saucepan cupboard and many a nook and cranny hiding candles, matches, water etc.

* an LED head torch, most probably.