What Preps are you doing this week? Part 12

[itsybitsy]

Once I was in there, there were so many gaps on the shelves in general that I had a bit of a 'prepper wobble' and £110 later...

That's interesting, itsy - I only get supermarket deliveries, I don't often go in myself, so I couldn't tell you what our shelves are like down here (though I did pick up a JL delivery at Waitrose recently, and the shelves weren't the fullest I've ever seen ). My usual delivery is from Asda, and I'd got used to 10-15% not being available. Just had an order on Tuesday, and there was nothing out of stock, and only one substitution, and since that was frozen tropical fruit mix substituted for frozen mango, it wasn't particularly perturbing

Because of the "expecting cancellations" thing, I now have a *lot* of toilet paper. A lot, a lot ...

I did buy more toilet paper, despite having around 90 rolls in the garage, lest we ever return to the days of Great Toilet Paper Wars of 2020.

[Frnc]

I get my bog roll in boxes of 48 from whogivesacrap. I usually get one a few months before the last one runs out. They last about a year. £44. No plastic packaging. Recycled paper.

[pseudonym]

Snip>Because of the "expecting cancellations" thing, I now have a *lot* of toilet paper. A lot, a lot ...

Still going through my "Covid Stash"

[Yorkshire Andy]

Been on the allotment the new drive belt now means the rotorvator is now unstoppable need to slacken the lever a bit tomorrow

[pseudonym]

Been on the allotment the new drive belt now means the rotorvator is now unstoppable need to slacken the lever a bit tomorrow

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I see why, vertical gardening is so much harder

[Yorkshire Andy]

Been on the allotment the new drive belt now means the rotorvator is now unstoppable need to slacken the lever a bit tomorrow

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I see why, vertical gardening is so much harder

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That's only half of it the other side is getting to the point it's nearly all soft fruits year before last on super market prices my dad took 45 quids worth of gooseberry alone not counting the strawberries and black currents and plums


Tried deep layering the chicken coup this winter then turfed 4 barows worth of poo Straw and shavings onto the plot then turned it in

Red mite forced my hand to clean them out they are early this years chickens now all dusty with demetrius earth they look like they've got a bad habit mixed some with water and watered the walls.. dry dusted the nest boxes ... and gave them a cat litter box full of it to dust bath in

No sign of mites 48 hours later...

[mcprepper]

Been on the allotment the new drive belt now means the rotorvator is now unstoppable need to slacken the lever a bit tomorrow

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That soil looks lovely quality
I’ve been reading my ‘Scottish Gardening’ book that NurseAndy recommended (thank you!) and I’m ready to try some new ideas for what might grow better here in our wet and windy climate! Also my new chicken coop and run have arrived (flat-packed) so that’s today’s job. I’m a returning chicken keeper, after a 10 year break, but feel like it could be a good time to return to that hobby …

[diamond lil]

I dont miss my garden but still miss my wee chickens, loved them. I read a wartime book on it and copied that, it was the deep litter method and it worked for me. And I remember buckets of diamthingy earth too - pale pinkish?

[mcprepper]

I dont miss my garden but still miss my wee chickens, loved them. I read a wartime book on it and copied that, it was the deep litter method and it worked for me. And I remember buckets of diamthingy earth too - pale pinkish?

I’m just getting a few- last time around I had loads and they free-ranged but at this house they’ll be in a run so I’ll just get 3 or 4. I’ve really missed them too. I don’t know about the deep litter method, I just used to clear up as I went but I might read up on that, thanks.

[Yorkshire Andy]

I dont miss my garden but still miss my wee chickens, loved them. I read a wartime book on it and copied that, it was the deep litter method and it worked for me. And I remember buckets of diamthingy earth too - pale pinkish?

This is a sort of gray white colour guessing some comes coloured I got the cheapest commercial stuff going...

Won't mention bagging some up for a mate in big zip lock bags and doing the exchange outside weatherspoons surprised he didn't get stopped driving home with them stuffed in his vans door pocket



As for deep litter

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articl ... oop.76343/