Preparing for Winter V

Rowan9

Love this post Greenbee. So interesting 

Saipan

Great posts @greenbee.  My son and his family live in Sweden and I have often been struck by how forward-looking the country is in its use of technology compared to the UK.  I really like how eco-friendly and sustainable their approach is to insulating and heating their homes, it makes absolute sense to me.   
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@MingVase - thanks for the info on the gas heater.  Can I ask where you keep your spare gas cylinders please?    

Jellytotts

Log order should be arriving on Wednesday, we still have some left from last year and plenty to chop for next winter but needed to fill the gap for this year.  We’ve also got solar panels going on in the next few weeks which will really help our bills.

The growing season here seems a couple of weeks behind most places so we are still in courgette and bean glut, tomato plants have been stripped back to help them ripen and the first lot of spuds came up yesterday.  This evenings job is blanching tons of chard for the freezer.

I fancy a new snoody/scarf so shall have a look through my yarn stash to see what I can use. I also fancy crocheting a granny square cardigan using up lots of oddments 😀

MingVase

Saipan we  get a lot of power cuts up here so gas makes sense rather than depending on elect. We have a wooden box beside the back door, we already use Propane for cooking so the cylinders sit in there.

MisterPym

MingVase said:

Big wedge of geese flew over south today, making a racket. Winter on the way now.

Delurking to say...I read... Big wedge of cheese flew over today!!!!!!

Saipan

MingVase said:

Saipan we  get a lot of power cuts up here so gas makes sense rather than depending on elect. We have a wooden box beside the back door, we already use Propane for cooking so the cylinders sit in there.

Thank you - I have a wooden shed a few feet from my back door, so I think that would work    Thanks again.

shoppingobsessed2020

Oh I enjoy this thread.  Used to be on mse many moons ago with a different user name but back again.  Thanks for whoever posted re flu jab.  I’ve got mine booked in now.

I feel like I’m already prepped for winter in a way this year as my snow shovel is still in the hall corner and my winter emergency box is still in my car.  We don’t do a lot of home baking but when Covid started to hit I did buy a second freezer and filled it to the brim, so we are still good on the food front (my meal plans for the next 3 weeks were to eat up the freezers and restock in some kind of order) The only thing I want but can’t really do is a gas cooker/wood burner we do have a bbq that I can use just outside the back door if the power did get cut off but other than that I feel we are already prepped and ready.  

I have an over door hanger on the back of the living room door where we have Blankets to snuggle under, I have flannel/brushed cotton bedding from previous years prepping.  Thermal curtains are already up at the front door and the patio doors.  Gloves and scarves are in a box by the front door.

the only thing I suppose I do need to Prep is an emergency box for dh car which won’t take long to do,

the boiler is being serviced tomorrow and I’m having a new fence built this week as the last one blew down in the winds a couple of months ago, handyman has had a terrible time getting wood to do a new one, I think those are the biggest prepping things we have to do and possibly buy monkey boy some new wellies or walking boots if the weather gets really bad but I can hold off on them for a bit longer.  

greenbee

@shoppingobsessed2020 - if you’re getting a fence put up, it’s worth getting one with gaps in it to minimise wind resistance. Hit-and-miss works well while maintaining privacy.

Nargleblast

I like the Swedish concept of Lagom, meaning having sufficient, enough for your needs, not cluttering your cupboards and rooms up with loads of stuff. I had a session of Swedish Death Cleaning last year and the house feels lighter as a result. I might have another mini Death Clean this autumn, so things are easier to keep clean and  tidy when the days are short and you don't feel up to much, Oh, and the Fika tradition is a very wise one, going against the workaholic, work through your break culture. 

VJsmum

I've been to sweden a couple of times - fantastic country.  I'm very keen on Fika

I will look up Lagom, nargle - it appeals.  is it quite like konmarie?