THE Prepping thread - a new beginning :)

Jazee

Chard is good. I have a plot of chard which seems to self seed somehow so there is plenty all year round, although it does need netting in the summer months.

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GreyQueen wrote: »

Is Buggalugs safely indoors?

Yes. She spent the whole night on my bed.

In the end, it was a damp squib. Barely a quarter of an inch on the cars, and nothing sticking to the tarmac.

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It even snowed here this afternoon when we were walking the hound, not enough to lay but definite flakes in the shower that landed on coats and slowly melted. The gritters were out when I popped into the village for the shop this afternoon too so we must have some chance of some freezing weather elements overnight although it's rare in this southern part of Hampshire. It has snowed here before and in 2010 we had ice after a snowfall that lasted for well over a week on the roads and pavements. Have dug out my yak-traks just in case and some thick wool socks and am feeling grateful that we've lost some weight of late and that I can now wear some of the nice warm jumpers that DD1 saved for me as she slimmed down a couple of years ago. Pleased we had the stove installed and that we've never let the chance of free wood for it pass us by. Pleased too that I have the store cupboard with enough supplies to keep us comfortably through any bad weather patch that stops us getting to the shops. Prepping might be seen as lunatic activity by some folks but it makes me feel safer and much more secure in the winter months.

thriftwizard

Just a couple of tiny flakes flittering down from a grey sky here, when I went to get my chickens up this morning. They melted instantly on landing, so I doubt we'll be needing the yak-trax today. I do know exactly where they are, though!

mardatha

Woke up to about 4 inches and still snowing, but they say it's to turn to rain. Robin was waiting on the kitchen windowsill for his digestive biscuits.

Jazee

Mar, that made me smile, thank you. Raining here.

Cappella

It's raining here again but it's bitterly cold, and I've just realised that the hellhound has ripped my last pair of gloves to ribbons - which explains the enthusiastic play growling I ignored earlier (thought it was his squeaky toy he was destroying:o:o). So have been through my wool stash and will sit in a warm house while soup simmers in the slow cooker and knit two new pairs. This will use up some pure wool a friend passed on and will ensure I'm better prepared for this cold spell were in.
Are there any thermal gloves better organised preppers would recommend? My hands are still numb after this mornings walk without gloves, and I could use some advice?

elona

Mar

You are spoiling that robin - he will be demanding chocolate ones next!

No snow here but very cold. DD and sil are coming over to drop off their cat till tomorrow afternoon so will make a light early lunch .
DD has prepared instructions for me on cat sitting (two pages last time)

I need to get dressed and whizz round with hoover etc so they don't think I am a complete slob. All the boxes from AF don't help the ambience but I am well set up with diet drinks, tea, coffee, chopped tomatoes and have a meat delivery in the fridge and freezer. If I do pop out later it will be for a small bag of potatoes and a loaf. If weather gets really bad I have a breadmaker, long life milk , large bottles of water etc.

I made a soup from leeks, potato and (don't look mardatha) kale
so will try some later.

Karmacat

:wave: back again, from the land of probate forms ... loved reading the thread, thank you all

DigForVictory wrote: »

So make an odder toy for the child who happens to be with relatives - an octopus, a sheep, whatever you could reasonably explain away that doesn't scream "I could be useful, nick me".

The prepper doll! I might have to start a new custom on my blog and link to that! I was thinking about storing things at home, though - nobody steals cushions, hey? Some stuff could be squirrelled into cushions. But definitely, handmade gonks and dolls wouldn't be attractive to looters.

Should things suddenly lurch sideways, I imagine medicines will become a whole new currency.

Definitely agree - think of Greece, anywhere thats had problems, the medical system is the first thing to go. This last week, I've been sharing my mum's house with my brother, who's about to get his State Pension, and as we watched the news, we kept looking at one another and saying "don't get ill. Don't get ill!".

GreyQueen wrote: »

Just noticed that Tosspots have put the price of cukes up by 33% in just over a week! Never mind LettuceGate, this is serious (can't stand lettuce and don't buy it). I left the dadblasted thing there.

In times like these, I always recall my dear ole Mum's exhortation: Don't pay that, you'll only encourage them!

Some basic things have really gone up in price, though some have stayed the same. I used £20 of vouchers yesterday as a temporary stock up at Iceland - you used to get a kilo of frozen veg for £1, now its 800g for a lot of it. Let alone the other stuff thats going on.

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Karmacat

I have a query ... two queries. As per the Iceland stock up - I'm going to have a concerted effort at fermenting some veg, and dehydrating others. I've started dehydrating. All my info has come from blogs - but I want a single book on each. Preferably a book I can buy on ebay, as I have some paypal money I can use. What would people recommend?