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by grenfell
Tue Nov 22, 2016 8:50 am
Forum: New Members Start Here
Topic: Hello / Small DIY project for storing food and water
Replies: 23
Views: 4834

Re: Hello / Small DIY project for storing food and water

Also need axe, spade, shovel,saw, a machete maybe? Are these from b&q any good? Also few questions - what is the best powerless method of sharpening knives? What would be best to prepare warm meals if no gas/electricity at home? I live in new house so no stove, chimney etc. There are countless ...
by grenfell
Tue Nov 22, 2016 8:32 am
Forum: New Members Start Here
Topic: Hello / Small DIY project for storing food and water
Replies: 23
Views: 4834

Re: Hello / Small DIY project for storing food and water

Cables running in free air space ie clipped to joists should be run OVER the boarding and not sandwiched between it and the insulation UNLESS you uprate the cable to take into account the thermal resistance of the substrate its running in.... https://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Book/4.3.6.htm And to add t...
by grenfell
Fri Nov 18, 2016 8:48 am
Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
Topic: Non-tea Teas for dummies
Replies: 17
Views: 5987

Re: Non-tea Teas for dummies

Yes I read that as wilted too although to be honest they seem so abundant it's no real loss to try the recipe with both wilted and fresh.
by grenfell
Fri Nov 18, 2016 8:45 am
Forum: Homes and Retreats
Topic: Bugging in dangers?
Replies: 20
Views: 6902

Re: Bugging in dangers?

I'll throw something else in too , which probably seems trivial and non life threatening but is a real issue that could easily have ramifications , and that is boredom. I'm currently on jury service , not on a case I'm what is classed as a waiting jury and as such I and around 15 others have spent a...
by grenfell
Thu Nov 17, 2016 7:27 pm
Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
Topic: Growing food that don't look like food
Replies: 16
Views: 7472

Re: Growing food that don't look like food

I posted a thread sometime ago where I said I had planted potatoes in the front garden. Non ever went missing and as said probably the majority of people can't recognise a vegatable unless it's in a Tesco plastic bag. That said I do have other edibles in the front garden that are perhaps a little mo...
by grenfell
Tue Nov 15, 2016 1:49 pm
Forum: Homes and Retreats
Topic: Bugging in dangers?
Replies: 20
Views: 6902

Re: Bugging in dangers?

A simple analysis probably isn't possible as such. There are a lot of variables as I see it , nature of the event , location , geography , time of year and age , fitness and numbers of people in a household. Those variables are then balanced against the bugging out alternatives. Fire is probably som...
by grenfell
Mon Nov 14, 2016 12:46 pm
Forum: Equipment
Topic: Draper 1.25lb Hand Axe with Steel Shaft
Replies: 41
Views: 18643

Re: Draper 1.25lb Hand Axe with Steel Shaft

Well I've been using the machete this morning . A job to remove branches from trees and useful to reduce the brash to a more manageable size. I did say the machete was a little bent but unfortunately it became a tad more bent. One branch was around a foot in diameter and I was using the mechete stuc...
by grenfell
Mon Nov 14, 2016 9:03 am
Forum: Equipment
Topic: Draper 1.25lb Hand Axe with Steel Shaft
Replies: 41
Views: 18643

Re: Draper 1.25lb Hand Axe with Steel Shaft

I can't help but think that reading this alongside the zombie knife thread and then looking at the tools in forge's post that I'd go for the bill hook too. Ok so they are both classed as tools and do the same job and it could also be argued , with some logic , that a bright orange handle would make ...
by grenfell
Sun Nov 13, 2016 9:21 am
Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
Topic: Non-tea Teas for dummies
Replies: 17
Views: 5987

Re: Non-tea Teas for dummies

Yes thanks for that , only wish I'd seen it earlier in the year. They are fairly common around here and I've binned loads of the stuff from gardens as they are generally considered a weed.
by grenfell
Sun Nov 13, 2016 9:14 am
Forum: Homes and Retreats
Topic: Do you want to buy a bunker?
Replies: 25
Views: 8383

Re: Do you want to buy a bunker?

Roughly what its like here then. Ferment what you want, as much as you want. But you can't distill, and not one drop may be sold I think distilling non-potable alcohol for use as fuel isn't a problem..... Excuse me while I flex my google I googled just that some time ago and you are right that dist...