What Preps are you doing this week

[survival chic]

I am very pleased with my prepping this week. I bought more canned foods from tesco. Sorted out my non food items into plastic storage boxes i have one full boxes prepped and this week need to buy more items to full up the second one. Then i will move on to prepping my Bug out Bag. And of course buy more canned foods this week plus buy bottled water.

[TonyAge]

Awaiting a LiveSaver filter flask - hopefully I can give that a trial at the weekend.
Am aiming to have a stock of "normal" tinned food for rotation etc and a stock of longer shelf life "store and forget" type foodstuffs - so have ordered a trial pack from Germany.
Of course, the tidying of stuff I do have, planning for where the stuff I don't have is going (especially water storage) & general list making is ongoing

[pseudonym]

Awaiting a LiveSaver filter flask - hopefully I can give that a trial at the weekend.

After you've used it , remember to store it full of water as recommended. This will increase its life to a maximum of 5 years:

http://www.lifesaversystems.com/FAQRetr ... D=35073&Q=

Spare filters every 250 litres can be bought at Silvermans/ebay....

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1-NEW-SET-OF- ... 0340740109

[nickdutch]

Just thought I would remind everyone to have some olive oil handy. it was very useful for helping me to remove earwax. you can warm it in a bain marie to make sure it is warm (but not warmer than body temperature, and maybe a bit cooler) and therefore runnier and better at getting the ear wax out.

[TonyAge]

After you've used it , remember to store it full of water as recommended. This will increase its life to a maximum of 5 years:

Thanks. I hadn't appreciated it lasts longer if you do that rather than just leave it in the box.

[SooBee]

I'm renewing and sorting first aid stuff just now, throwing away the out of date items.



Soobee

[nickdutch]

Ordered myself another UV wand to help me in my fight against evil. I do believe that they can be useful in conjunction with other cleaning methods.

[Moony]

Just had my house valued to sell it off so I can become mortgage free again. Surrounded by boxes of stuff ready to move to new house on friday then I can begin a new chapter in my preps. More land to grow stuff but less storage space so it's turning out to be a great opportunity to de-clutter and try out new storage ideas. Seedlings are coming up nicely in their trays so hopefully I can transplant them as soon as I move in. Looking at the expense of converting from oil-fired to wood fired heating/water to improve my self-sufficiency, and avoid the huge cost increases that oil (and gas) users will no doubt face in the years to come. Also considering Solar PV (roof is good size/orientation), but that'll have to wait for an improvement in finances for now. Found an 'all-you-need' chicken supplier (coops, feed, equipment and POL birds, etc) just round the corner from the new house, perfect to give me advice on keeping chickens !

I just hope I manage to sell quickly as I'll be skint until it does

[junmist]

Not been doing a lot on the prepping front for the last fortnight as my time has been booked by family members and I am taking my mother of on a holiday to Devon soon. But I am slowly getting stuff together for a boot sale and once back I am hoping to get my stuff together and start prepping again.

[jansman]

Just had my house valued to sell it off so I can become mortgage free again. Surrounded by boxes of stuff ready to move to new house on friday then I can begin a new chapter in my preps. More land to grow stuff but less storage space so it's turning out to be a great opportunity to de-clutter and try out new storage ideas. Seedlings are coming up nicely in their trays so hopefully I can transplant them as soon as I move in. Looking at the expense of converting from oil-fired to wood fired heating/water to improve my self-sufficiency, and avoid the huge cost increases that oil (and gas) users will no doubt face in the years to come. Also considering Solar PV (roof is good size/orientation), but that'll have to wait for an improvement in finances for now. Found an 'all-you-need' chicken supplier (coops, feed, equipment and POL birds, etc) just round the corner from the new house, perfect to give me advice on keeping chickens !

I just hope I manage to sell quickly as I'll be skint until it does

good luck there! Mortgage Free is a good place. Best feeling in the world. Hope it works out.