I find the Holidays a wonderful time filled with prepping opportunities!
Farm stands have winter squash and pumpkins on sale. (They really get low after Thanks Giving).
Grocery Stores have frozen turkeys on sale at ridiculously...
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Canning, an Amish pantry and shelf space real estate
All that is required to put some humility into me is a visit to my Amish friend's home. The last time I visited they were busy canning a bin of apples; not a basket, not a banana box, an 18 bushel wooden bin. The kind that comes straight from the commercial... -
A reminder and expensive warning to check and rotate preps
Grain storage:
Recently I had to toss several hundred pounds of grain (corn) I had stored as food for my livestock and for my family if times got really desperate. The corn and had been stored in an unheated shed in 50 gallon metal drums. The... -
Halloween Snowstorm
Halloween Snowstorm
This last weekend we had an operation prep check due to the Halloween Snowstorm. It dumped a boat load of sticky, heart attack snow. A lot of this snow stuck to the leaves weighing down limbs on trees just starting to turn... -
A Sick Room kit-in-a-bucket for my family
The following is a sick room bucket kit that I put together for my own family. Basically it contains most items needed to for me to set up a sick room contained in a 5 gallon bucket. This might be a quick "doable" flu season pre prep project.... -
Free cook books - How 100 people were fed from stored food stuffs
The links below are for free US Navy cookbooks from early 1900's. US Naval food rations per man were mandated by law. Just the thought of trying to prepare meals for 100 men in a ship's galley of the time boggles my mind. I imagine the stoves and ovens... -
Filters on Stored N-95 Masks Can Fail
Several years ago shortly after joining the board I purchased a supply of disposable n-95 masks. It looks like the glue on the seals holding the filters to the exhalation valve has failed. There are gaps and puckers that would let unfiltered air in.... -
Swiss people getting preps for months rather than weeks
[Google Translation]
Swine flu: the Swiss buy more disinfectant
PANDEMIC | In response to the swine flu, the Swiss purchase of disinfectants, disposable gloves and masks. Major retailers are preparing for a boom in online...