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Dug out my indoor gloves. I find fingerless gloves 80s-style great for being able to use your hands and stay warm, also wrist-warmers. I make these myself and I expect there are some non-copyright patterns out there I could look out if anyone wants them. I've trained myself to cope with cooler indo...

thanks for all the re-welcomes! I have a variety of kit: some big plastic containers of water that have been in daylight for months, a filter straw thing, some purification tablets somewhere in the stash, and so on. I'm going to finish inventory on those, refill them, and see how many days' supply I...

Hello everyone I joined a long time ago but have barely even lurked during the last few years. I am introducing myself again because 1) I could do with some quiet accountability - if I post saying I am going to sort out an area of prepping, perhaps I'll actually do it 2) On the basis that if you can...

the traditional Japanese Kotatsu warming system where a quilt is placed over a table with a heat source underneath and everyone tucks their legs under to stay warm ... I could consider the old fashioned option of heating up some (tested) stones or sand in the garden pot belly and putting that in a ...

Most of the veg box people near me are not taking on new customers, with one or two running a waiting list for when they have more capacity.

????????? I think that was you and me first off, jansman - perennial edibles :) your lovely link to the backyard gardener (?) gave me a few ideas too. And I'd forgotten that I have sorrel in my garden too, its seeded itself from one plant I bought, and I get some lovely rosettes each year. Sorrel s...

Thanks for the gardening tips - I knew I remembered there being some really helpful people on here.

After a long hiatus I've just started checking and rotating stored food, first aid and household stuff. I have a lot of stuff but the upkeep has been poor for a long time - basically moved into newer home and dumped it all in a small room, then life intervened big time. Spring is happening Chez Erro...

Cleric: You need to get yourself a fruit picker pole, they come in three basic types And Free https://cdn.instructables.com/F0Y/C0QJ/GSJ56ZO6/F0YC0QJGSJ56ZO6.MEDIUM.jpg The free one looks nifty. I should really get one of these for the lower branches - but the tree is taller than the house. I'm exp...

Yesterday my dehydrator arrived and I tested it out overnight on some pears. My new garden has a massive pear tree, too high to pick them, so I have a lot of windfalls to try to process. I can see I am going to love having this new piece of kit - jerky recipes next, I think...