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- Thu Dec 05, 2024 8:22 am
- Forum: How are you preparing
- Topic: Straw Poll. How much food do you have in reserve? How well do you stock rotate?
- Replies: 72
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Re: Straw Poll. How much food do you have in reserve? How well do you stock rotate?
I know the sort you mention and wouldn’t be surprised if they were armed as well so could pretty much corner the market so to speak. A customer of mine has a terrier that is always on the lookout for rabbits and has caught a number . Getting her to drop the rabbit is another thing and when she final...
- Wed Dec 04, 2024 8:34 am
- Forum: How are you preparing
- Topic: Straw Poll. How much food do you have in reserve? How well do you stock rotate?
- Replies: 72
- Views: 2505
Re: Straw Poll. How much food do you have in reserve? How well do you stock rotate?
Check out Gamekeeper John on YouTube (based in the UK) for hunting with a slingshot. I brought home a pheasant today from my morning dog walk, 12mm BB to the head. If nothing else this does demonstrate the need to practice with one’s choice of weapon , practice , practice , practice. I’m decent wi...
- Tue Dec 03, 2024 8:27 am
- Forum: How are you preparing
- Topic: Straw Poll. How much food do you have in reserve? How well do you stock rotate?
- Replies: 72
- Views: 2505
Re: Straw Poll. How much food do you have in reserve? How well do you stock rotate?
Not wanting to piss on anyone’s bonfire but this idea of going out hunting with a bow or whatever is close to being a prepper fantasy. Hunting anything large is going to take a decent poundage bow not the lightweight ones most use . I’ve got a 70lb longbow that might just be ok but I’ve also got a c...
- Sat Nov 30, 2024 10:58 am
- Forum: How are you preparing
- Topic: Straw Poll. How much food do you have in reserve? How well do you stock rotate?
- Replies: 72
- Views: 2505
Re: Straw Poll. How much food do you have in reserve? How well do you stock rotate?
Since answering this thread I’ve been pondering on the question and have come to a conclusion that the question itself is a bit too vague to give a proper answer. This one rather assumes everything else stays pretty much the same and we just stop going out of the house.. As with a lot of things prep...
- Tue Nov 26, 2024 8:33 am
- Forum: DIY and Handicrafts
- Topic: Traditional way of lighting - making rush lights.
- Replies: 16
- Views: 568
Re: Traditional way of lighting - making rush lights.
I don’t throw anything out! It has to have legs and walk away by itself. I’m with you on the tins front though I’ve never made it to 12 years … I bet it didn’t taste that much different? If anything it was better than I remember . I never really liked rice pudding as a kid . It was a texture thing ...
- Mon Nov 25, 2024 10:28 pm
- Forum: How are you preparing
- Topic: Straw Poll. How much food do you have in reserve? How well do you stock rotate?
- Replies: 72
- Views: 2505
Re: Straw Poll. How much food do you have in reserve? How well do you stock rotate?
12 Years is impressive. My oldest is about 7 years past. I've had rice pudding and carnation milk go brown in the tin. We tried it cautiously , it smelt and looked fine and then a taste of a little . When we decided it was fine we ate it . I tend to avoid damaged tins of course . Funny you should m...
- Mon Nov 25, 2024 6:34 pm
- Forum: How are you preparing
- Topic: Straw Poll. How much food do you have in reserve? How well do you stock rotate?
- Replies: 72
- Views: 2505
Re: Straw Poll. How much food do you have in reserve? How well do you stock rotate?
To be honest I can’t really say for sure , probably around three months although it does depend on the time of year and what is in the garden . How well do we rotate ? Reasonably well but of course there’s always the odd hiccup . We pulled a tin of rice pudding out of the back of the cupboard recent...
- Mon Nov 25, 2024 6:10 pm
- Forum: DIY and Handicrafts
- Topic: Traditional way of lighting - making rush lights.
- Replies: 16
- Views: 568
Re: Traditional way of lighting - making rush lights.
I hate the waste so yes I’m uneasy about it. Going a bit off topic but there’s also some in the group who are really fussy with food too saying how any food with a short bb date should just be chucked “ because it’s cheap enough to just replace” . Needless to say it doesn’t get chucked it comes to o...
- Sun Nov 24, 2024 6:05 pm
- Forum: DIY and Handicrafts
- Topic: Traditional way of lighting - making rush lights.
- Replies: 16
- Views: 568
Re: Traditional way of lighting - making rush lights.
I’ve made these as part of the re-enactment I do . I’d heard t something people saying they smell but I’ve never noticed anything too objectionable. It might be when using old used cooking fat that some smell may occur . They don’t last as long as a candle although to be fair while I’ve never tried ...
- Tue Nov 12, 2024 8:12 am
- Forum: How are you preparing
- Topic: Thinking about winter 24-25....
- Replies: 60
- Views: 3175
Re: Thinking about winter 24-25....
By and large I tell my customers that I stop cutting grass when the clocks go back although some are very insistent that I give it another “run over” . I do use the mower on a higher setting though as it works to pick up leaves with the added advantage that it chops them up so they will decompose qu...