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by Selfsufficient Chick
Sat Feb 08, 2014 3:13 pm
Forum: Medical and Healthcare
Topic: NATURAL PLANT /SPICE REMEDIES
Replies: 11
Views: 3978

NATURAL PLANT /SPICE REMEDIES

As preppers, while we will be stocking medicines, it is also best to know how to treat medical ailments and wounds with natural remedies like our great grandmother's and some of grandmother's used to do as these medicines will not last forever. Having come from a caribbean heritage, my great, great ...
by Selfsufficient Chick
Tue Feb 04, 2014 8:17 pm
Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
Topic: What are you dehydrating?
Replies: 616
Views: 534092

Re: What are you dehydrating?

[quote="triffid"Thanks for that, Selfsufficient Chick, I have just ordered one from Flea-Bay. Hope to have a go dehydrating this weekend.[/quote]

No problem :) - I to get on with dehydrating some stuff again in the next couple of weeks
by Selfsufficient Chick
Mon Feb 03, 2014 9:40 am
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: What Preps are you doing this week
Replies: 5086
Views: 929666

Re: What Preps are you doing this week

Today my foodsaver arrived :D so I've been sorting through my food prepps and vac-packing rice, pasta, noodles, oats, jerky and flour, ordering some mylar bags tomorrow, this weekend I'll be checking on my stash's and doing a stealth camp to practice my concealment skills, Does anyone have any tips...
by Selfsufficient Chick
Mon Feb 03, 2014 9:35 am
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: What Preps are you doing this week
Replies: 5086
Views: 929666

Re: What Preps are you doing this week

Starting getting serious with bagging out seasonings that I use on a daily basis - I think its very easy to forget this in the scheme of things when bagging out the larger stuff like flour, beans, rice etc, while some stuff is fine without any some will taste pretty awful if no additional seasoning ...
by Selfsufficient Chick
Fri Jan 31, 2014 7:23 pm
Forum: New Members Start Here
Topic: HELLO FROM OLD BUT NEW MEMBER.....
Replies: 7
Views: 1016

Re: HELLO FROM OLD BUT NEW MEMBER.....

Hi everyone - thanks for welcoming me back and have missed being on this site - so much info to glean.... :D
Arzosah wrote:Hi! Love the adapted name :) good to see you back.
selfsufficient woman, chick, gal, girl, all within the remit of my genda :lol:
by Selfsufficient Chick
Fri Jan 31, 2014 3:40 am
Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
Topic: GOOD MYLAR BAG SELLERS IN THE UK
Replies: 1
Views: 2696

GOOD MYLAR BAG SELLERS IN THE UK

I am sure this has posted somewhere not quite sure - so thought I would put list of UK Sellers of Mylar Bags and Oxygen Absorbers - as many use them and my personal experience of using them The Mylar Bag Store UK: http://stores.ebay.co.uk/The-Mylar-Bag-Store-UK Sellers of mylar bags and oxygen absor...
by Selfsufficient Chick
Fri Jan 31, 2014 2:56 am
Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
Topic: What are you dehydrating?
Replies: 616
Views: 534092

Re: What are you dehydrating?

brilliant step by step guide on dehydrating a variety of foods:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxVpIHre2ao
by Selfsufficient Chick
Fri Jan 31, 2014 2:52 am
Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
Topic: Nettles for a Survival food
Replies: 15
Views: 3537

Re: Nettles for a Survival food

Good reducing symptoms or actually curing asthma (those at a young age) - speaking from actual experience of my grandmother giving both myself and my uncle (asthmas suffers) nettle tea (picked stinging nettle and boiling in water. It cured his asthma - helped to reduce my symptoms and continues to d...
by Selfsufficient Chick
Fri Jan 31, 2014 12:11 am
Forum: New Members Start Here
Topic: HELLO FROM OLD BUT NEW MEMBER.....
Replies: 7
Views: 1016

HELLO FROM OLD BUT NEW MEMBER.....

Hello from London - I am old but new member previously Selfsufficient woman - had a great deal of trouble logging in for months on end and linked email no longer working -so gave up the ghost and just decided to re-register.

So hello (again) everyone.