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by Medusa
Wed Feb 18, 2026 7:56 pm
Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
Topic: Do we store enough Protein?
Replies: 25
Views: 11969

Re: Do we store enough Protein?

Currently packing the store room into storage boxes and just admitted to my husband that we have 76 cans of tuna and 20 cans of corned beef and about 12 packets of red lentils. I havent got round to the canned chicken in sauce, various tinned beans, chickpeas or tinned meats yet. Tuna, corned beef a...
by Medusa
Tue Feb 17, 2026 11:12 pm
Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
Topic: Manure briquettes
Replies: 6
Views: 2014

Re: Manure briquettes

Interesting, thank you for posting this. Do you use fresh manure or do you leave it to rot for a while? Do you mix it with anything at all and do you leave the brickettes to dry out after you have made them?
by Medusa
Mon Feb 16, 2026 8:40 pm
Forum: Homes and Retreats
Topic: Have we any firemen or maybe gas engineers?
Replies: 15
Views: 7383

Re: Have we any firemen or maybe gas engineers?

diamond lil wrote: Mon Feb 16, 2026 8:37 pm Brilliant help ty preppers! I'll get one. And yes plenty cupboards to stash it in. I'd get away with it anyway if it did go off, I can do a terrific batty old lady bit (Andy I'm lookin at you. Don't go there :mrgreen: ) Cool, ty all very much.
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by Medusa
Mon Feb 16, 2026 7:26 pm
Forum: Homes and Retreats
Topic: Have we any firemen or maybe gas engineers?
Replies: 15
Views: 7383

Re: Have we any firemen or maybe gas engineers?

I'm not sure if you rent or own your place but if you rent have a read of your tenancy agreement as sometimes they state no portable gas appliances (calor gas heaters usually). However, they could use this against you if they found out that you were using a gas stove. I have no idea if it would set ...
by Medusa
Sat Feb 14, 2026 10:23 pm
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 13
Replies: 178
Views: 64503

Re: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 13

Snip> I still have an Esse Ironheart in my sights for the new place when we are in a position to find one. ooo very nice, I didn't have room for one that big so an Esse 100 had to do: 42406954_460023537852572_7249954695256318790_n.jpg That looks very cosy indeed. We have 2 logburners in our current...
by Medusa
Wed Feb 11, 2026 9:22 pm
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 13
Replies: 178
Views: 64503

Re: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 13

I have an Ikea battery charger, it will charge 12 batteries AA & AAA or a mix at a time. It takes forever, probably much better for the batteries but wanted something a little faster for times of need so bought a Eneloop one which will charge 4 at a time on the recommendation of a non prepping b...
by Medusa
Mon Jan 26, 2026 8:55 pm
Forum: Homes and Retreats
Topic: Prepping homes for COLD weather
Replies: 22
Views: 7189

Re: Prepping homes for COLD weather

2 wood burning stoves here also with decent stove top kettles and cast iron cookware plus trivets if required. Decent sleeping bags, woollen blankets and hot water bottles. Our curtains are thick and lined and the windows are mostly triple glazed, the curtains would remain shut to keep some of the h...
by Medusa
Sat Jan 17, 2026 9:23 pm
Forum: Medical and Healthcare
Topic: Ouch!
Replies: 8
Views: 7629

Re: Ouch!

Had a broken tooth, the root was still left when the remaining piece came away and I got a minor abscess...... I can fully understand pulling your own tooth, you just want to make it stop. Clove oil (pure essential, cut with cooking oil), and paracetamol got me through the week before the appointme...
by Medusa
Fri Jan 16, 2026 10:45 pm
Forum: Medical and Healthcare
Topic: Ouch!
Replies: 8
Views: 7629

Ouch!

I see my NHS dentist every 6 months as recommended, I brush my teeth twice a day and floss as I cant get to grips with those interdnental brush things. I have spent the last week in pain and couldnt work out if it was earache from a recent virus, a dental abscess or something else. Turned out to be ...
by Medusa
Sun Jan 11, 2026 7:54 pm
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: Straw Poll. How much food do you have in reserve?
Replies: 11
Views: 4989

Re: Straw Poll. How much food do you have in reserve?

3 months, probably a little more. There are only two of us at home plus the cat who although he is currently an indoor cat might be sent out to find his own food, the only thing he has ever caught is a frog and the occasional spider and woodlouse. Husband would likely perish from lack of sweets and ...