What Preps are you doing this week

[Ogre]

Hard copy, laminated and filed info on Primitive Weapon Making, Rucksack Making and Cordage Making from here.

http://www.wilderness-survival.net

Sat and read PAW stories from here

http://web.archive.org/web/200710210531 ... forum;f=64

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Persuaded Daughter to take responsibility for our medical kit. The Wife has also agreed to take over the food inventory (as long as I take sole responsibility for 'lubeing up the tins').

Once we work out a new monthly prep budget for each, this will leave me free to concentrate on other prep items.

[itsybitsy]

(as long as I take sole responsibility for 'lubeing up the tins').

What does that mean?

[Ogre]

(as long as I take sole responsibility for 'lubeing up the tins').

What does that mean?

Okay. Couple of things.

In the aftermath of Katrina it was reported on some US forums that representatives of the powers that be, were quite willing to confiscate stored food stocks to be shared for the 'common good'. However, they wouldn't touch stuff of 'unknown origin'. Home canned stores, tins with no labels etc. So, when adding to our stocks, we always strip the store label off and write on the tin its contents and best before date.

We also discovered that the glue used to stick the shop labels on can have a detrimental effect to tins in long time storage. To prevent this, every tin going in to storage now has a blob of vaseline rubbed all over it.

She who must be obeyed and daughter hate the feel of this, so. Daughter strips label off each tin on a tray, wife labels them up, muggins here has to carry them down to storeage, organise them and rub in the vaseline.

[preppingsu]

(as long as I take sole responsibility for 'lubeing up the tins').

What does that mean?

Okay. Couple of things.

In the aftermath of Katrina it was reported on some US forums that representatives of the powers that be, were quite willing to confiscate stored food stocks to be shared for the 'common good'. However, they wouldn't touch stuff of 'unknown origin'. Home canned stores, tins with no labels etc. So, when adding to our stocks, we always strip the store label off and write on the tin its contents and best before date.

We also discovered that the glue used to stick the shop labels on can have a detrimental effect to tins in long time storage. To prevent this, every tin going in to storage now has a blob of vaseline rubbed all over it.

She who must be obeyed and daughter hate the feel of this, so. Daughter strips label off each tin on a tray, wife labels them up, muggins here has to carry them down to storeage, organise them and rub in the vaseline.

my mind was playing tricks when you said 'lubeing up the tins'. Glad you explained it...

[Selfsufficientwoman]

Bagging up 25kg jasmine thai rice & 20 kg basmati rice and 10kgs plain flour, 5kgs self raising flour.

Got some excellent foam draught proofing self adhesive strips in £1.00 store 4 rolls per pack at 4.5m per roll bought 3 to draught proof all windows and doors in house

[dizzydays]

Continued the fight against damp this week with one interesting result. I have horrible aluminium frame windows which should be double glazed but have blown and are generally a complete waste of time. They run with condensation no matter what I do and also let a gale force wind blow in. Last year I went all round the edges with packing tape, which stopped the gale but not the condensation. This year I've got the de humidifier running and the heating turned up which has helped a bit but not much. This week I've covered one window in bubble wrap and taped round the edges - result? No wind through and no condensation
My flabber has never been more gasted!

DD

[nickdutch]

Bagging up 25kg jasmine thai rice & 20 kg basmati rice and 10kgs plain flour, 5kgs self raising flour.

Got some excellent foam draught proofing self adhesive strips in £1.00 store 4 rolls per pack at 4.5m per roll bought 3 to draught proof all windows and doors in house

My word that is SERIOUS quantities. makes mine look like kinda small But i aint feeling inadequate because of it

Today i am dehydrating more potatos and am hoping I got my potato technique right this time

[Selfsufficientwoman]

Bagging up 25kg jasmine thai rice & 20 kg basmati rice and 10kgs plain flour, 5kgs self raising flour.

Got some excellent foam draught proofing self adhesive strips in £1.00 store 4 rolls per pack at 4.5m per roll bought 3 to draught proof all windows and doors in house

My word that is SERIOUS quantities. makes mine look like kinda small But i aint feeling inadequate because of it

Today i am dehydrating more potatos and am hoping I got my potato technique right this time

No don't feel inadequate - Size dosen't matter

[the-gnole]

We cleared some of the barrels from our store room a few weeks back and kept finding more and more rice and sugar, I think we have about 50Kg of sugar and close to 60Kg of rice along with a six month supply of assorted pasta.

Going to whittle it down a bit next year, especially the sugar as we like our home made wines and Sloe gin and Elderberry vodka

[itsybitsy]

Had a cracking week on Freecycle! Got two carrier bags full of jam jars with lids, and off to pick up a load of hand tools on Saturday. The chap who owns them said they will need cleaning up as they've been in the shed for yonks, but I guess that won't be too hard...right?