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Hi All, I have just discovered a new app which aims to help both with putting your stores together and assessing them for any obvious gaps. It is called Provision and is available on the web and Android. It is firmly aimed at the UK and looks as if it has been written to help both beginners and more...

Start by thinking about the things that you already have that could be repurposed in an emergency. If you have any 2l lemonade/cola bottles, these can be washed out and used to store drinking water for free. Swap it out every couple of months and you shouldn't need Oasis tablets. (Don't try milk bot...

Maybe call it insurance instead of prepping. And occasionally - as the news stories prompt, share horror stories you have heard. e.g. A colleague of mine returned at midnight from a holiday to discover no water in the taps. The whole town had been out of water for 2 days by then but she did not know...

I find courgettes are great once you get them big enough to shrug off the slugs and plant them in very rich soil. Think old compost heap. In poorer soil they get powdery mildew. But they need picking several times a week as do runner beans. If you have less time, squash/pumpkin and drued beans like ...

I think distance as well as finance would be the killer here. The price is way out of my range. The 6 hour (for me) drive is too far for weekending and would definitely multiply to a 24 hour drive if SHTF.

You could embrace some tactics that work when you aren't there although these can be expensive. Eg nematodes to reduce the slugs and snails. But if some thing has managed to wreck Jerusalem Artichokes you may have bigger pests and need to defend against rabbits or deer. Those may need electric fenci...

Dare I ask what you plan to grow in your hydro setup? 😂😂. Yes, purple sprouting broccoli and in the other have three smaller baskets with Pak Choi, will also corry a kratky method outside to increase yield, we really have been battered by the gastropods this year then flipping caterpillars 🐛. 🤬🤬 Ev...

We picked up a smallish Petromax Dutch oven last summer and managed to make a soda bread in it using an open fire with charcoal underneath and more heaped on the lid. It took 30 mins to cook. The key takeaway from the 'speriment was that the charcoal underneath needed to be a bit cooler or the pan r...

Hi Jimmy Welcome to the gang. You are clearly already thinking on the right track. If you are prepping for power problems and have smaller kids I would look at rechargeable LED camping lanterns rather than candles as they are much safer to have around youngsters. They can either be recharged as/when...

Dare I ask what you plan to grow in your hydro setup?