The Prepping Thread - A Newer Beginning ;)

Nargleblast

You can get milk from sheep too. And wool. Now that's a good kind of prepping!

annieb64

We have had an offer for our house so will have to run down our food stocks. It's  a bit scary . Still with a bit of luck we should be settled  before winter. We are downsizing too so will have less space for storage. 

-taff

I just got fat [ter] through over nutrition

We did stuff in the garden and built the goth box but that was about it.

LameWolf

pollyanna_26 said:

LameWolf said:

ivyleaf said:

The flowers are the same colour as alkanet flowers, but the petals are a different shape.

Tea - I prefer it with milk as a rule, but black if it's Earl Grey. I do know someone who has milk in their Earl Grey though. Each to their own 

So do I, @ivyleaf. Mr LW. However, I forgive him, because he's wonderful in many other ways.
I'm with @thriftwizard - to my mind, tea or indeed coffee with milk in tastes awful.

I'm milk and two sugars Wolfie. Yorkshire tea or the Bedtime Brew. Can't stand fruity teas but homemade mint or ginger teas are refreshing and I don't have milk or sugar in those.

It's nice to see you . Hope you enjoyed your Cookie visit.

pollyxx

Thank you Polly, yes Cookie was a lovely guest. I now have The Snippets (one whippet and one whippet/border collie cross) in residence til next Monday. They're utterly crackers, and great fun. Then I have a couple of dogless days (during which the mobility buggy will be serviced) then a German Shepherd for the following weekend.

Dog bookings are resuming, HURRAY!! *Would do the Happy Dance, but don't want another fall*

I'm running down a little of the stuff we bought at the start of the first lockdown; mainly because I simply can't move in the Room of Doom. We shall keep extras of everything, but not LOTS of extras iyswim. The only other option is build an extension, and I don't think my nerves would take the upheaval!

euronorris

I like my tea so milky that my colleagues have always been disgusted with me for it. They refer to it as toddler tea lol When we lived in Holland everyone drank it black, so milk wasn't readily available for me to add. I got used to it black, and likely would again in the future if needs be, but still prefer it milky where possible.

The garden went a little crazy over the last week. Had side salads with our jacket potatoes tonight using lots of lettuce from the garden. Barely dented the cut and come again lettuce, so will be having salad for lunch tomorrow also lol. Mange tout has taken off and flowering. First 2 ripe strawberries collected, and eaten by DD tonight. 2 sets of potatoes are looking very close to being ready, definitely dying back. I reckon the garlic can be harvested this weekend. Looking forward to it.

Pollen doing a number on me. Otherwise nothing much to report. 

MrsCD

I'm another who likes tea very weak and milky, but if I couldn't get milk I would just have water. Our water up here in County Durham is really nice so I drink lots of it anyway! Everything in the garden is taking off this week, but the veggies are a bit behind compared to last year. The store under the stairs is start to run down a bit.  I want to use some up before the dates on them if I can, but I'm not too worried if I go over the date. Most of what I have is in tins, and as long as the tins are not bashed or damaged they're fine. I also bought 4  huge bags of oats online last year as it was cheaper than any other way, and I'm still wading through the last bag. At least now DH has decided he can eat porridge without milk, it should be used up more quickly and I can start again!

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We had the chimney swept yesterday and had the 'right kind of soot' according to the sweep, we've booked him again for January and June next year as he gets fully booked up very quickly and he's checked how we store logs (luckily we've had a delivery of kiln dried, barn stored logs and the woodstores are full.) and we're doing it right with a breathable membrane over the front of the stores,  apparently new legislation came into force this month and only kiln dried wood is allowed to be burned to cut emissions from wood burners.  I'm not sure how this can be enforced but we're happy to comply with it as the woodstove is our comfort in the colder months and emissions and global warming are a problem for each and every one of us. 

 If it's only barn stored then that will be easier to source, the sweep must have realised we only have limited storage and assumed we only did kiln dried as we can't buy in bigger amounts and keep them dry as we could when we lived in Hampshire. We try for as small a carbon footprint as we're able but sadly we're only human and can't be 100% but at least we don't fly these days!

It was so warm in the evening yesterday that I considered putting the electric fan on and then remembered I have a hand held bamboo and silk fan I got for 20p from a jumble sale and used that instead, very effective and I was soon cool again. No electricity needed!

greenbee

@boazu - it's the sale of wet wood in small volumes that's been banned, not the burning of it. Slight difference, and for most people, who buy less than 2m cubed at a time, it will solve the problem. For those who cut their own and don't bother to check moisture levels, it won't. Likewise those who buy in larger quantities are going to have to be trusted to follow instructions. 

The rules are less than 20% moisture, which doesn't mean it has to be kiln-dried. In fact, barn dried is probably a more eco-friendly option as it takes longer and is a natural air-drying process rather than using heat (which is probably generated using fossil fuels). So depending on your priorities, you might want to investigate the most ethical and sustainable source of fuel. 

maisie_cat

annieb64 said:

We have had an offer for our house so will have to run down our food stocks. It's  a bit scary . Still with a bit of luck we should be settled  before winter. We are downsizing too so will have less space for storage. 

When we moved in 2019 I knew there was no way to run down the tinned & home canned stores. We hired a storage unit anyway to part transfer our stuff and a few really useful boxes of food stores ended up in there.
When I rotate stores I'm still finding waitrose & sainsbury tins that we brought with us. We have neither shop here so must have brought them from Surrey.

annieb64

We may have to borrow a flat from a family member  for a while as our buyers are eager to move ASAP. Still it will probably  be a couple of months yet so I have time to run down the freezers. Normally I freeze a lot of fruit from the garden but won't  be able to do that unless DD has space in her freezer.
I can always give it away to friends.