Greetings from Mid Wales

mike-rutland · Post by **mike-rutland** » Mon Mar 26, 2012 8:08 pm

Hello

I would like to introduce myself to you all. I have been looking around the whole subject of prepping now for a while, and a recent change in my health has caused me to start prepping in earnest due to the severe lack of funding i now get!

Up until recently, i designed accommodation for hospitals and other health care premises, ironic really as now i am in need of the very buildings i helped design.

in my spare time (ha - there's a joke) i also write articles for a national magazine on Homefarming skills. My main subject i write on (as can be seen in my post on preserving meat) is on cookery and kitchen skills such as preserving, cheese making, smoking and curing and sausage / salami curing.

I now live in Mid Wales, where i rent a small terraced house and i also rent a small (3 acres) field nearby where i grow a lot of my own vegetables, raise poultry and also a couple of goats.

So all in all, i am trying to use this break in my life to reset my priorities, build up my skill sets and develop a way to provide my families food and sustenance without the reliance on the big bad world outside!

I am looking for help and advice and i am quite happy to give any advice or help that i can in exchange!

Thanks for reading

Mike

preppingsu · Post by **preppingsu** » Mon Mar 26, 2012 8:25 pm

Hi and welcome to the forum.
I think most of us would look forward to reading about preserving food. I, for one, rely too heavily on my freezer so I may well be picking your brains.
Hope we can help you on your prepping journey.

Post by **pseudonym** » Mon Mar 26, 2012 8:51 pm

Hello and welcome to the Forum Mike.

PreppingPingu · Post by **PreppingPingu** » Mon Mar 26, 2012 9:23 pm

Hello *smile* Welcome to the forum

maxilaura · Post by **maxilaura** » Tue Mar 27, 2012 9:47 am

hello and welcome

Rosesandtea · Post by **Rosesandtea** » Tue Mar 27, 2012 9:54 am

Hi and welcome Mike. Great to see you here!

Will pm you! Because you know me LOL!

Folks, Mike is very knowledgeable about all sorts of things and is a great guy.

Post by **scoobie** » Tue Mar 27, 2012 10:26 am

Hey Mike, great to have you here!

WhiteWolf · Post by **WhiteWolf** » Tue Mar 27, 2012 3:06 pm

Hello Mike and Welcome.

The Wolfies

CardiffGuy · Post by **CardiffGuy** » Tue Mar 27, 2012 5:40 pm

Welcome to the forum Mike,

Ive got alot of time on my hands at the moment working from home and if you dont mind I'll pick your brains on one or two things if thats ok(via way of pm).

C.G.

Post by **itsybitsy** » Thu Mar 29, 2012 7:24 pm

Hey Mike, welcome to UKP. Sounds like you've got a pretty good set up going there.

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