What Preps are you doing this week

[cavealaska]

I just ripped my garden decking out and put a chicken coop in, also ordered 3 months worth of mountain house supplies along with the breakfast and desert package, also got another freezer to stock it up with meat.

[Tocsin]

Just had a small greenhouse delivered (6ft. x 4 ft.), all I could afford / fit into the limited space I've got. Still too cold up here to start planting anything but have been chitting seed potatoes in the spare room for about a month. Hope to start them off in buckets in the greenhouse in a few weeks.
Going to look through leftover seed packets tomorrow and seed saved from last year's crop.

[hobo]

Got the woodburner finished in the shed and fired it up. Now I need a toasting fork!

[Huntsman]

Shot around 50 rounds of my air rifle today and bought 500 more, also order a bear grylls parang today, hopefully it will be of good build

[badassam]

10 Year old cheese! I had no idea. Might give that one a go... Was thinking I'd hate to miss out on my cheddar if TSHTF.

[badassam]

Ive got about 40% of the wax left over for next time

The pics I've added show the finished blocks which should be good for at least 10 years (I believe)

Easy to do & only took 45 mins or so to complete I'd recommend anyone to have a go

10 Year old cheese! I had no idea. Might give that one a go... Was thinking I'd hate to miss out on my cheddar if TSHTF.

[preservefreak]

the key thing with storing cheese that you've waxed is that you shouldn't put the cheese in plastic. The cheese needs to breathe otherwise you can get mold under the wax. also the longer you store the cheese the more mature it will get so I start with the cheap mild stuff and after 3-6 months it's got a lot more flavour.

[Yogi1kanobee]

the key thing with storing cheese that you've waxed is that you shouldn't put the cheese in plastic. The cheese needs to breathe otherwise you can get mold under the wax. also the longer you store the cheese the more mature it will get so I start with the cheap mild stuff and after 3-6 months it's got a lot more flavour.

Do you now if you can rewax chunks of Edam?

[badassam]

the key thing with storing cheese that you've waxed is that you shouldn't put the cheese in plastic. The cheese needs to breathe otherwise you can get mold under the wax. also the longer you store the cheese the more mature it will get so I start with the cheap mild stuff and after 3-6 months it's got a lot more flavour.

Thanks - I must look into it. Where are you storing the cheeses once you've waxed them? I'm guessing you have to keep them reasonably cool?

[preservefreak]

Do you now if you can rewax chunks of Edam?

I've never tried in truth, I've only done mild cheddar and parmesan. I don't see why not, though I'd try a small piece and open it up after 4-6 weeks. look for mold and dry areas. If it survives that long it should be fine. but keep an eye on it.

Thanks - I must look into it. Where are you storing the cheeses once you've waxed them? I'm guessing you have to keep them reasonably cool?

I keep mine in the kitchen (ours is a shoddy extension so it's colder than anywhere else in the house) just covered with a thin tea towel to keep the dust off. You don't need to keep them fridge cold but I figure keeping them cool is a good idea. I guess you could keep them stacked in a Tupperware if it had lots of wholes drilled into for air flow( the tub, not the cheese).

I'm not an expert on this so you'll prob want to do some internet research. Just telling you what I've done.