If you don’t have insulation around to insulate your freeze coma SHTF scenario, corrugated cardboard works good also. also a good area filler in the freezer are small cardboard boxes. Also placing newsprint or cardboard, across the top of your freezer goods, acts also as an insulation.
Absolutely, but if you are a prepper or just plain frugal, boxes full of air are wasted space. Bags full of water that can be thawed and drank is a better choice. I would take it one step further and and have those bags full of stock or milk as well. Although they are a luxury for long term situations, if you are only worried about the short term, its all good. Cardboard and newspaper will help keep the food frozen, but insulation will help keep the electricity consumption down as well.
When the money was low, so went the freezer. Therefore the boxes took over.
"We 'Prep.' to live after a downfall, Not just to survive."
We were talking about buying a BBQ because we don't own one but we decided to order a Volcano 2 Cook Stove instead. It uses propane, charcoal or wood and it's portable.
http://www.bridensolutions.ca/volcano-2-cook-stove-with-propane-attachment-kit
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I picked up another book, The Prepper's Pocket Guide. It seems like a no nonsense beginners guide to prepping. I will post more when I finish the book.
Friday night at the auction (I go every Friday ) I picked up another wood stove ($ 1o)and free old natural gas water heater.I want to heat my water in summer time with wood.In winter my hot water is heated by my wood burning furnace. It is so easy to combine wood stove with water heater and use only wood.We just received note from hydro that the charges are going up again.(nothing new) Henry
By the way, water rates are going up also, because everyone is conserving , they have lost the revenue needed for maintenance. Catch 22. 🙄
"We 'Prep.' to live after a downfall, Not just to survive."
Heads up for this weeks new Freshco flyer...
TP...Cashmere Double 20 or Ultra 15 roll $5.77
Ivory Bar soap 10 for $3.99
Miracle Whip if you use it...$2.99 for 890ml (notice the size shrinkage...not that long ago it was 1 litre)
Diana BBQ sauce $1.99
Chana Dal, Kala Chana, Urad Whole or Moong Whole 3.63 kg/7.98 lb $.4.99 ...we love Indian food
Tata tea 216 bags $4.99
Les Chamelles dates...1kg...$4.99
National Vermicelli...150g pkg...33 cents this is a specialty vermicelli...I know you can get the regular kind cheaper but I like this very thin one for pilafs and it's in small pkgs so easy to only open a little at a time
Fresh cored pineapples (500g) $2.99 (dehydrating this if I get some)
Ontario green peppers 79cents a pound (making relish/pickles/canned coleslaw base this week)
There are some other good deals for fresh/frozen stuff too
I'm the lady you're stuck behind in the grocery store with the over loaded cart filled with cases of tuna, peanut butter, huge bags of rice and the weary looking husband
i got the supplies to make a 4 level worm compost bin, including the tap to drain off the tea from the bottom. (getting worms next week)
picked up 10 small tomatoe cages, 5 larger ones (on sale home depot) some dolomite line for my organic fertilizer, some alfalfa meal, root boost, bug spray (for areas not plants) neem oil 3 more water hoses 75', and some Y connectors with shut offs so i can water multi areas with great ease.
i went to home depot after my night shift for 2 things. . . spent $195, saved about $60 on sale stuff. . . but damn, i have to stop shopping when i'm tired.
added a couple of new books, some info videos, a heating pad for starting seeds, some more seeds for fall/next year. . .
i hope that's it for this month lol
adsum. . . aut viam inveniam aut faciam
still working towards getting rid of stuff.........making more room and easier to move later. Just have to find an auction house now.
Dried 2 large zucchini, canned 28 one litre jars of tomatoes, did up 1/2 bushel apricot pulp and froze
Bought an insulated sleeping pad, $5, Paint marked the toolboxes needed for a quick move out. I havent a place to move to, but I'm getting ready. Rice and legumes are all packed with dry ice and sealed.
"We 'Prep.' to live after a downfall, Not just to survive."
Haven't made it to Freshco yet...but ...I did go to Hamilton Produce on Upper Ottawa by the Giant Tiger.
9 x200g packages of vermicelli (a better deal than Freshco) @ 3/$1.00
4x 4lb bags of NuPak product of USA semolina/cream of wheat @ $1.99 each...so now hubby is set up for the winter
A new stainless jar funnel for canning
dried Curry leaves (YAY! Finally found some!) 50g for $2.99 ...it's a big bag, it will keep me supplied for making curries for quite a while.
several packets of Indian spices I need and 3 boxes of good curry powders in different blends.
4 1lb packages of vac packed gnocchi $1.99 each
2 1liter jars of pomegranate juice to make jelly with ....I think this will go well with turkey/chicken in place of cranberry jelly as well as being tasty on toast or stirred into yogurt/rice pudding etc.
I'm the lady you're stuck behind in the grocery store with the over loaded cart filled with cases of tuna, peanut butter, huge bags of rice and the weary looking husband
Just one item for me this week...
a 6' cross cut saw, recently sharpened...price...
FREE
Picked up a new dehydrator from Walmart.
Tried out our new pressure caner so last week I placed an order for some produce thats next door to my gun club.
we turned out 23 pints and 2 quarts of roasted tomato sauce
7x half gallon jars of dill pickles
4 pints of corn off the cob
also,
cleaned a bunch of brass and reloaded the following
150 rounds of 40SW
180 rounds of 223
for next week we plan to can some beef stew and maybe 4lbs of bacon
bought a lot of herbs while at the meet at Richters
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