pseudonym wrote:modernwisewoman wrote:I have 3 months ahead of me of recovering from a second episode of major surgery in nine months. I will not be able to prepare the garden do any heavy lifting etc so I have set myself to read as many of the threads on the forum as possible. In the main groups there are 1253 threads which is a lot of reading! I have a folder with paper in to take notes and plans for future activities when I am more mobile. Already have started the local library getting books for me to read.
Get well soon
I second that. At least you are able to use your time constructively.
As for my own preps, this week I made a considerable one. My Daughter has got herself a newer, much newer car. Grandad has given up driving(he is not safe TBH, and he knows it), and he threw the keys to her and said,"it's yours", lovely bloke. Anyhow, Daughter told me to have her motor(I did pay for it in the first place), and use it. She reckons I need a vehicle for Winter, instead of riding my bike, as it would seem 'I am getting older'!!!
cheeky mare!
) the advantage is I can use it for fishing, log carrying and general bloke stuff. My lovely Wife won't let me use her car for all that!
At the same time, I am rationalising the pantries,moving stuff on to family and the local food bank. And we have an extensive stash. However , life has changed as one Daughter has moved out, one is here only three days a week, and at lunchtimes my boss feeds us all. All this has changed our storage dynamics. Holding a bit less stock will make it easier to manage the rotation. I always hold a good stock of carbohydrates, herbs and spices etc. The polytunnels are very productive, and so are me goats ,fowls and rabbits. Goat milk IS an acquired taste, but it saves cash and makes crackin' yoghurt and cheese.
In three words I can sum up everything I have learned about life: It goes on.
Robert Frost.
Covid 19: After that level of weirdness ,any situation is certainly possible.
Me.
come home an hour late and see how she is "coping".. Its funny how many people fail the ability to survive a few hours without electric without going nuts its sadly funny I bet 50% of the uk houses do not have a torch .. and even fewer will have working batteries in it... (if they can find it in the dark) 
