THE Prepping thread - a new beginning :)

boultdj

We've had lazy wind,rain,bright sunshine, a quick sleet shower and back to rain, the fine stuff that soak's you through, here in Derbyshire.

Still it's been a good reason to stay indoor's and play with my new stones.

silverwhistle

mardatha wrote: »

Of course! doesn't everybody?? and in china cups with wee saucers, naturally :D

What about the hedgehogs?

Here in the Deep South it's chilly for us, the wind really, but bright and sunny. It was yesterday too, and I kept warm playing football and came home to a deep bath, lit my stove and had home made casserole, which slightly took my mind off the appalling defeat for my women's side.

I'll be out later to stock on loose tea and I believe Waitrose have 25% off wines if you buy six or more...:D

Littlefrugalcottage

Hello, is it Ok if I join?? I've been interested in Prepping things for a while now and well the news lately makes me so sad that I want to have a stockpile. Not so much for a Zombie run but more for if myself or the other half find we don't have a job anymore of the £ dies a death and everything is really expensive. Plus the fact I don't have a stash of anything so have extra in will help in the long run.

Just a quick question, I am lacking in space with a capital L, where does everyone store their extra in small spaces? I don't think I could give up an extra cupboard in the kitchen, though with things like loo roll ect I could find space in the guest/storage/everything else bedroom but then I'd have to remember to use them!

milasavesmoney

Silverwhistle, when you wrote Deep South I thought you were American like me. I was thinking fried chicken and pecan pie. Then, I read Waitrose and realized this must mean the U.K. has a Deep South too.:D:p

Welcome Littlefrugal!

dreaming

silverwhistle wrote: »

What about the hedgehogs?

I was tidying the garden the other day, and decided to pull up the remaining beetroot and cover the bed with plastic for winter. Finding a pile of dead grass and twigs I tried to pick it up to put into the compost bin and thought I had pricked my finger on a dried holly leaf (very ouchy). I tried again and wondered where the hissing noise was coming from. Turns out the "holly leaf" was a hedgehog prickle and he/she was hissing at being rudely woken up. I quickly put Holly (had to be named that really) down and covered back up with the grass and stuff. Then worried that now the beetroot plants had gone, the cat might discover the hedgehog and worry it, so I made a "house" with 3 bricks and a roof tile balanced on top. Family think I'm nuts but I'm very happy to have a hedgehog in the garden. Hope it does better keeping the slugs down next year.

mardatha

Littlefrugalcottage you'll need to be LFC from now on! You can get those high shallow bookcases from Ikea and line a wall with them, you can get tons of tins and stuff on bookcase shelves and the taller the better - just make sure they can't fall forwards.
Above doors is a great place to build shelves as nobody tends to notice them there. Some people use the space behind the kick plates at the base of kitchen units, but I'd have to be seriously desperate to do that as I would just forget about them.
Under beds is another good one, you can buy or make drawers that slide out on castors.
One lady I knew up here local to me had an amazing stash - she lived in a very wee very old farm cottage with a 6ft sq kitchen. She had slit the entire back of her (very old) couch, which sat against a wall. Inside there was piles of tins and packets and sacks! And the dog was quite comfy on the couch

maryb

Everything that Mardatha said, plus Grey Queen normally sashays past of an evening and she has lots of experience stashing preps in a micro space

GreyQueen

maryb wrote: »

Everything that Mardatha said, plus Grey Queen normally sashays past of an evening and she has lots of experience stashing preps in a micro space

I utterly refute the suggestion that I sashay anywhere. I stroll, laconically. And lounge around my lounge drinking tea and kicking over rocks on t'web to see what scuttles out of sight.

Hello and welcome, LFC. You have your own abbreviation so you're officially one of us now.

I am chatelaine of one of the smallest council flats in captivity so have become a past mistress of the arts of preptastic concealment of supplies.

I have most of the grub under the bed and some thngs tastefully stashes in wicker picnic hampers, which look very fetching and can hold all sorts of things. My piece de resistance is a blockboard CD/DVD cabinet with multiple sliding sections. The front parts hold sewing supplies, the semi-hidden sliding sections hold all sorts of cans and a few other bits & bobs.

All you need to do is to think outside the box. Foodstuffs do not need to be kept in the kitchen. They can be kept anywhere they are not exposed to chemicals or heat/ cold/ damp/ vermin.

Chocolate stashes should be particularly carefully hidden as human beans are especially fond of them, and they have a greater reach than mice.

Si_Clist

GreyQueen wrote: »

I ... lounge around my lounge drinking tea

What an excellent person you must be, GQ. That immediately reminded me of Sir Henry at Rawlinson End and those wonderful lines ...

How nice to be in England
Now that England's here:
I stand upright in my wheelbarrow
And pretend I'm Boadicea

westcoastscot

Popping in quickly as have a houseful of men behaving badly :-)
Really hard frost here this morning and snow forecast overnight - horray!! winter is here. Mar did your snow arrive yet??
Welcome LFC, looking forward to getting to "know" you.
WCS