What Preps are you doing this week

[2ndRateMind]

Just loving it! Cashed in a life policy I'd forgotten I had, and, with the money, have bought the few final items I needed for my 48hr emergency kit, which doubles as my holiday baggage (I'm going camping!) and a good stock up of tins and dried goods for the larder. Now it's just a case of each month, topping up a little more than I use, and heading for the French Riviera next summer. Just hope the sun shines!

Best wishes, 2RM.

[Trawlerman]

Added one of these today ................




The ubiquitous M10m Gas Mask from Czechoslovakia. I know there have been debates their usefulness in an NBC situation but I think that is highly unlikely. However, I do live about 5 miles from BP Saltend on the Humber, and they produce many millions of gallons of petrochemicals each year so it may be useful if that place goes bang.

[Stasher]

I bought myself a Land Rover & went playing out in the lake district for the day! who said prepping wasn't fun

You jammy dodger!

Have managed to amass all the ingredients for the Christmas sweetie box gifts (even managed to obtain maple syrup at a bargain price) Been making lists like fury (funny how they're always better on the back of envelopes and left on top of the microwave to grab and update)

Have fully rotated the medicine cabinet and happy that we have all the usual suspects stashed for the up and coming winter

The stove has been checked and lit (all good) just as well cos there's piles of wood to burn............ Just waiting for the oil tank to drop 'just one more point' so that we can squeeze a thousand litres in (it's going to be tight) and then we should be hunky dory til Easter

Have started the multi vitamin autumn regime

I believe we are a go for winter

[Stasher]

Got 6 silkie bantams 1 cockerel as broodies for next year, already have 6 laying hens and can now rear chickens without an incubator, hopefully. Hope to get some meaty type hens next year.

Went through my food preps and anything that had only 4 months bbf date left and put in my using cupboard and replaced with newer stuff.

Did a "hone a skill prep", laundry! Yes I know that's usually fires, skinning rabbits etc. but I thought I'd try practising doing laundry with no electricity. HARD work! Surprising how long it takes and how much water you use, how long it takes to heat enough on a camp fire. One tip if you're using rain water you need less soap or you'll have foam everywhere. Worst thing to wash - socks- they take as much scrubbing as jeans with little to show for it and sooo fiddily, got a wooden hard nail brush for that job, the soft ones are no use. Cheap tesco soap ok but hard household soap better, powder easier to use than liquid detergent. Also takes a long time to dry and can only really be hung outside as the water drips out for ages, sore on the wrists wringing out by hand. I really appreciate running water especially the hot tap and my "gone up in my estimation" washing machine now

Silkies are fantastic little broodies. Ours start sitting just because it's a wet Tuesday afternoon! You should have some great results. Generally we only let our girls sit on four eggs (two if it's goose) and they cope REALLY well. There is a joy all of it's own in hearing a little one, opening the door, and waiting, just waiting to see them peeping thro mums feathers. It's wonderful. Best of luck

Well impressed by the home laundry 'hone a skill'. I admit it's been a looooong time (oh dear, far, far too long) since I did that. I think you have inspired me to get back to basics again. Thank you

[munchh]

100 surgical masks (I have gatwick on my doorstep) and I just filled my leg pockets with sugar, salt and pepper in a certain fast food chain.

[kizzie]

I have spent £30 in Iceland on frozen veg, and in the processes of dehydrating it all.
My new dehydrator is the bees knees and knocks my old one into touch.

Bought a ton of butter and lard and putting it into jars and will vacuum it. butter has to be heated for a while first to get rid of moister, just heat and skim off the milk you see, then can up.

Will be pressure cooking and then dehydrating chicken and mince this weekend hopefully.

[Djorn]

Been a while since my last post so I thought I would give an update on my Prep's
Ebola is making a lot of people sit up and look at what is around them, so now is a good time as any to sort our kit and look at what might happen. In the last 6 weeks we have moved house, we now live in the wilds of Scotland off the beaten track, Wife and I have joined a Gun club and going through the process of FAC and SGC, in the mean time I have just bought a .22 Stoeger x20 and Crosman 2240, 3000 rounds and 30 Cartridges for the Crosman. The land the house sits on is large enough to have its own wood and now a shooting range for both Gun and Bow. Although we haven't hunted yet we have a good selection of Squirrel and Rabbits that I have no intention of discouraging in to the gardens.

From a food and water PoV I have hooked up the two 200 litre water butts to two gutter downpipes and in one wet Scottish weekend filled them both !!! The garage is quickly becoming a prepping dream, Good Wood pile to feed the Pot belly stove and enough shelving for the food. So far about 6 months supply for the pair of us, starting to vacuum pack dehydrated jerky, made a heavy fruit cake and sliced and sealed that up...Tried one from last year and was still good.

I have decided to remove the labels from the tinned food and write the contents on them, Wife stills doesn't believe sell by dates on tins mean jack squibbly.

Currently looking for a 1986 (ish) 4x4...so if and when TSHTF it will have a better chance of still running..

DJ

[Wulfshead]

This week I will mostly be ordering the first two of our Baofeng UV-5R hand held Ham radios, the Foundation Licence Now book, my Jaguar 175 Lb draw weight crossbow (because my son-in-law bought his first to see if my back and neck problems would be a problem for me, it ain't Im glad to say), some extra carbon fibre bolts and spare string.
When we get home from a weekend break Mrs Wulfshed and myself will be doing lidl to stock up on some extra food stores.
Ordering my son a 75 Lt BOB as a thank you present for looking after my aged father and doing his meds while we are away.
Off down to the British Military Surplus ( just up the road from me so stuff the P&P costs) toward the end of next week to buy some extra CCS 95 gear for my BOL clothing. I'm also taking advantage of their CCS 95 deal and therefore buying my son and son-in-law their BOL CCS 95 clothing and a CCS 95 DPM shirt for my wife to complement her own chosen outfit.
Need to buy some new gas canisters for my camping cooker also. £ shop had them in a while back so I may see if they still have a dozen laying on their shelves.

I do love a compo payment

Wulfshead

[Djorn]

Nice Radios, I have one Baofeng UV-5R hand held Ham radio, looking into a long wire aerial for it to boost the Signal.

[Djorn]

Wulfshead, that is a nice looking Crossbow, whats the specs on that? good distance?