What Preps are you doing this week

[hobo]

Whey got my 80 and 40 watt panels on the roof of my shed! They are flat but it should make a difference! My DIY panel was thrown up there aswell! Made 10 candles from a cheap lidl candle! And I have made a start to a couple of projects!

What will you run on them? I have a 6w panel on my allotment shed - just to top up a leisure battery for occasional lighting or battery charging for my drill.

[Technik]

Bought a Tilley lamp on ebay and am on the look out for another one or two.

[moocher]

so far i have a 10 pack of toilet roll
4 tins of corned beef
4 of bacon grill
4 of butter beans
6 lots of cup a soup which each one is a 5 pack so 30 servings in total.

if i can buy roughly the same amount of goods each time i will be happy

the good thing about joining this forum is i wouldnt think of storing water or first aid items like asprin etc

so will be looking into those i have a aquired a green first aid box like in offices i just have to fill it now.
an it can join the food.

[preppingsu]

so far i have a 10 pack of toilet roll
4 tins of corned beef
4 of bacon grill
4 of butter beans
6 lots of cup a soup which each one is a 5 pack so 30 servings in total.

if i can buy roughly the same amount of goods each time i will be happy

the good thing about joining this forum is i wouldnt think of storing water or first aid items like asprin etc

so will be looking into those i have a aquired a green first aid box like in offices i just have to fill it now.
an it can join the food.

This might help. Although not british you can substitute items for those that are easy to get here. I thought it was a very comprehensive list.
http://www.hss.state.ak.us/prepared/ass ... S-7Day.pdf

And this one for ideas for building a basic kit.
http://www.ready.gov/basic-disaster-supplies-kit

Plus check out your local council website and look under emergency planning for their suggestions as well. You've made a great start and you can only do what you can afford!

[metatron]

Picked up a bunch of extra pairs of shoes and lots of extra clothes to put in storage. Also picked up more weight training kit as I've outstripped my max weight and need to go bigger.

[pietka]

Whey got my 80 and 40 watt panels on the roof of my shed! They are flat but it should make a difference! My DIY panel was thrown up there aswell! Made 10 candles from a cheap lidl candle! And I have made a start to a couple of projects!

What will you run on them? I have a 6w panel on my allotment shed - just to top up a leisure battery for occasional lighting or battery charging for my drill.

It runs the sheds! i run All my bench tools and lights! Mainly to cut pallets up for free heat in the log burner at the moment! With concent of my mum were going to attempt panels on the house and run the lighting.

[prepareathome]

so far i have a 10 pack of toilet roll
4 tins of corned beef
4 of bacon grill
4 of butter beans
6 lots of cup a soup which each one is a 5 pack so 30 servings in total.

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I would add water to every trip you make to buy food, remember water could go off and those cup a soups would be useless without it.

Remember you can survive without for for around 3 weeks, can be far longer, but water only 3 days without water so water has got to be the No1 item to buy,

Also have you sorted some water to heat water and food - most of what you bought I think can be eaten straight from tin ( never had bacon grill so don't know about that )

And make sure you have a few can openers at very least, can pick up cheapo ones for a quid at most.

[hobo]

It runs the sheds! i run All my bench tools and lights! Mainly to cut pallets up for free heat in the log burner at the moment! With concent of my mum were going to attempt panels on the house and run the lighting.

Great stuff!

[moocher]

so far i have a 10 pack of toilet roll
4 tins of corned beef
4 of bacon grill
4 of butter beans
6 lots of cup a soup which each one is a 5 pack so 30 servings in total.

)

I would add water to every trip you make to buy food, remember water could go off and those cup a soups would be useless without it.

Remember you can survive without for for around 3 weeks, can be far longer, but water only 3 days without water so water has got to be the No1 item to buy,

Also have you sorted some water to heat water and food - most of what you bought I think can be eaten straight from tin ( never had bacon grill so don't know about that )

And make sure you have a few can openers at very least, can pick up cheapo ones for a quid at most.

funny enough i said to wife must get can openers,
we have one in kitchen but i want several in the stash,
my main concern with the water is the weight of it ,ideally it needs to be on ground floor i suppose.

bacon grill is in lidls in a spam? shaped tin
i normally slice it an fry it both sides it cooks quickly ,
abit salty tasting though .

[TomW]

Mmmm Bacon grill.... Used to get in army ration packs as Bacon burgers. Open both ends and slide it out slicing as you go for evenness. Fry and away you go, perfick have to admit we've added a few cans if it, much cheaper in pound shops!