What preps are you doing this week? Part 3.

[Yorkshire Andy]

Just repaired a small tear and a missing zip on a Softie 12 sleeping system from a Surplus store.

£17.50 all in for a £120 bag Result,

Snug pack bag?

[pseudonym]

Just repaired a small tear and a missing zip on a Softie 12 sleeping system from a Surplus store.

£17.50 all in for a £120 bag Result,

Snug pack bag?

Yes,

It fills a niche I had a gap in.

I have had no problems with the temp ratings that some have.

[DustyDog]

Planted 20 cherry tom seeds and 20 dwarf French bean seeds, under cover but open to the snow that came down this noon, walked out of shelter and then flat on my arse with seed trays going all over. Any way, seeds re done, with 15 caulis plugs done and some bell pepper plugs done, ready for when this snow clears off and it warms up.

Mmm, power keeps going off here, this is the second time i have written this out.

[jansman]

At 7 am today I had a coal delivery. This will give us enough to last until Spring 2017. ( solid fuel is our primary heating) and next Monday I have a truckload of logs coming. That will give sufficient until Autumn 2017.

I have spent the morning in the greenhouse potting - on tomatoes, cucumbers and aubergine. Got robe careful as it is still very cold, so I am being judicious with the heating ( tight! ) I am holding off sowing courgettes, corn and squashes because of the cold. They will not take long to catch up.

After lunch I am bottling beer!

[DustyDog]

Mmm, i like the sound of 'bottling beer'

Me too, have seeds and plugs to go outside but too cold as of yet.

[jansman]

Mmm, i like the sound of 'bottling beer'

Me too, have seeds and plugs to go outside but too cold as of yet.

Ha ha! 10 gallons bottled and another 10 brewed. All in all a productive day.

[Decaff]

After a roast chicken dinner yesterday, today I removed the rest of the meat and made my chicken stock, I got 3.5 pints of yummy goodness which I will can up Wednesday, after removing the fat.

Popped to my butchers to pick up the beef bones I ordered on Saturday and will make beef stock tomorrow, will also can up when I do the chicken and add them all to the pantry.

Need to get the rest of the kale on the dehydrator which I will also do tomorrow.

Got a bargain 5kg chicken breasts for £26 on Saturday, butchers bulk order choice of that week and 3.5kg skirt beef for £13 today, this week's bulk order choice. The freezer is full now of good quality meat. Next week's choice is pork, not my favourite meat so will not mind missing that one!

[MissPrep]

Favourite 'prep' of the year - got out the hot tub!
If the SHTF, it's 1000 litres of chlorinated water sat in the garden, handy for flushing the toilet etc..., if it doesn't, it's just a little bit of bliss every day.
Watched the sun come up soaking in it this morning & felt really lucky to be right where I was.
Normally I'm looking at the woodlands in the distance wishing I was over there.

Also been out checking seedlings in the greenhouse, planting a few more, building a new strawberry bed in my garden as I have better uses for the area where they are & making a shopping list for the jobs I want to get done this summer.
Checked my food stocks & they are looking good, everything now rotated properly, in date & in the right place so I can find everything so feeling very positive right now.

[Slazanger]

Favourite 'prep' of the year - got out the hot tub!
If the SHTF, it's 1000 litres of chlorinated water sat in the garden, handy for flushing the toilet etc..., if it doesn't, it's just a little bit of bliss every day.
Watched the sun come up soaking in it this morning & felt really lucky to be right where I was.
Normally I'm looking at the woodlands in the distance wishing I was over there.

Also been out checking seedlings in the greenhouse, planting a few more, building a new strawberry bed in my garden as I have better uses for the area where they are & making a shopping list for the jobs I want to get done this summer.
Checked my food stocks & they are looking good, everything now rotated properly, in date & in the right place so I can find everything so feeling very positive right now.

what hot tub do you have ? the other half has been chuntering on about getting one

[poppypiesdad]

I've got the laz-e-spa, palm springs , bought it last May and its Been out side since , new filter every week , couple of chlorine tabs each week , make sure they shower off before going in , and no oils , creams allowed.
Got from Amazon

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00N8P ... ref=plSrch

And if it goes pop I'll buy a new one without blinking .

J