I waxed 10 cheeses today - old cheddar, edam and some old Amsterdam :). I am not sure how long I should wait to test it out..not sure I can wait a year!
I also got some long-undie shirts and new winter boots rated to -36...my old boots bit the dust last winter and weren't that warm to begin with.
HopeImReady
"The thing about smart mother f*ckers, is that they sometimes sound like crazy mother f*ckers to dumb mother f*ckers." -Abraham .”
I found two, yup two, brand new pair of my expensive ($160) running shoes at thrift stores for $5 each. They are stored for future use.
Picked up some green beans on sale and canned up 25 pints.
Picked up some pork shoulder on sale for the annual sausage making.
Boosted my chicken feed supply.
Set up an old steel barrel as a trash incinerator.
Checked and restocked my GHBs in the cars.
Stocked up on juice powder, spices, and other dry goods.
Got a hand crank USB generator.
I found two, yup two, brand new pair of my expensive ($160) running shoes at thrift stores for $5 each. They are stored for future use.
Good deal you got.......I too used to pay 100..130+ for good running shoes...now Value village for good leather, brand name shoes and most in that pic are brand new never worn, we pay a little more in Alberta I think 8 to 11 dollars is what I pay for good shoes.
13 pair in that pic, and I maybe spent 100.00 total for all of them, I think one pair may have been worn twice or so, the rest new.
Give a man a gun, and he can rob a bank. Give a man a bank, and he can rob the world.
Picked up an MFJ antenna tuner...I am now able to use my 20 meter dipole from 15 to 80 meters.
Got 6 AA to C battery converters.
We're always making more ammo and bucketing food, but my most recent decent purchases are a beautiful wood cook stove and a bigger, better pressure canner. A manual log splitter (works well and allows us to take breaks from axe splitting). The group has also recently decided to meet more often to do more effective training/prepping!!! All great prepping additions!
nothing really - still working on Xmas gifts
I have started to collect baby patterns though
Bought a replacement (spare) wick for the kerosene heater, a pick axe and I've decided to try a hand a growing alpine strawberries from seeds. Seeds are in the freezer now for a few weeks and will start germination process afterward. My goal is to grow them on mostly upright pallet planters. Will see how this turns out.
Been a while since I posted, had a rough coupla months and facing some health issues. Collapsed at a wedding reception back in Oct, found out I was severely anemic.. as in a day or so from a possible coronary problem. After some transfusions, some muck ups re my treatment going forward and re-starting the whole thing with a new local GP, blood tests, referrals etc I now go in for 2 scpes in January to see what the problem is in my gut/ bowel. Hoping for an ulcer, fearing cancer - my mother nearly died a coupla years ago with a perforated and cancerous bowel. So yaay...
Am eating better, cutting caffeine back, and having a slow burn purge of my oh so cluttered tiny Bedsit flat/unit. have found a few cool things like some great small lantern torch combos, bought several and handed some out to family n friends (storm/cyclone season here). Passed on a big 20X12 foot heavy duty tarp and rope to my uncle for his motor home - had been in my cupboard for 4.5 years and never used..
Today I gave a good friend a 210 piece ok first aid kit with a few extras, dynamo torch, a micra, 2 ponchos, key ring torch and a pen/torch combo.
Been needing to purge/sort my way unorganised stuff, not just my preps but the clutter as well. Am committed to clearing at least 1/3rd of the stuff out. And getting it sorted to an organised and usable state.
Hope you and yours have a happy, safe and smile filled holiday time.
Happy Prepping preeps!
I grew up on Looney Tunes, Marx Brothers mvies and Robin Williams, Enter my mind at your own risk
Hey Razerp, hope your medical scare is mostly behind you now. This reminds me that as preppers, we often are good at making sure things are all squared away in as many aspects as possible: Heat, food, shelter... But sometimes forget to properly assess our overall health readiness.
Cheers
HP
Been a while since I posted, had a rough coupla months and facing some health issues. Collapsed at a wedding reception back in Oct, found out I was severely anemic.. as in a day or so from a possible coronary problem. After some transfusions, some muck ups re my treatment going forward and re-starting the whole thing with a new local GP, blood tests, referrals etc I now go in for 2 scpes in January to see what the problem is in my gut/ bowel. Hoping for an ulcer, fearing cancer - my mother nearly died a coupla years ago with a perforated and cancerous bowel. So yaay...
Am eating better, cutting caffeine back, and having a slow burn purge of my oh so cluttered tiny Bedsit flat/unit. have found a few cool things like some great small lantern torch combos, bought several and handed some out to family n friends (storm/cyclone season here). Passed on a big 20X12 foot heavy duty tarp and rope to my uncle for his motor home - had been in my cupboard for 4.5 years and never used..
Today I gave a good friend a 210 piece ok first aid kit with a few extras, dynamo torch, a micra, 2 ponchos, key ring torch and a pen/torch combo.
Been needing to purge/sort my way unorganised stuff, not just my preps but the clutter as well. Am committed to clearing at least 1/3rd of the stuff out. And getting it sorted to an organised and usable state.
I am so sorry you have had a very rough go of it. I hope things are settling down.
I think the purge/sort unorganized stuff happens to everyone when there is a close call. I have been slowly working through my stuff as well. Please be patient with yourself, it will take much longer then you think. {{{hugs}}}
I finally got a camp Dutch oven (a Dutch oven with legs) so I can cook in my wood fireplace. Also made a whole wack of salmon jerky. I have away most of my homemade soap as gifts this year, so in the new year I'll be making some more.
HopeImReady
"The thing about smart mother f*ckers, is that they sometimes sound like crazy mother f*ckers to dumb mother f*ckers." -Abraham .”
We're always making more ammo and bucketing food, but my most recent decent purchases are a beautiful wood cook stove and a bigger, better pressure canner. A manual log splitter (works well and allows us to take breaks from axe splitting). The group has also recently decided to meet more often to do more effective training/prepping!!! All great prepping additions!
Hi Dakota,
I'm reaching out to you, Please feel free to contact me. I to am looking to find a group of like minded people to share ideas, network, and possibly join forces in community.
I still believe there is some decency in humanity, just need to weed out the good from the bad.
Regards,
Charles
yarn - lots and lots of yarn
A few recent arrivals from online purchases, my "present" to myself, a security bar for the front door (hope I never need it), and some wrought iron accessories for the dutch oven - a lid lifter and a lid rest.
Lately I've been adding knowledge to my preps, more than anything else. From the library, I am currently reading Ted Koppel's Lights Out - great book - I know most of it already (due to the business I'm in), but he did a good job to bring it all together in a "mainstream" book. I also got a few ideas from "52 Prepper projects" by David Nash. I have already done many of the projects, but will be trying two: making washing soda from baking soda, and making seitan from flour (I am a vegetarian). There is a snowstorm here and I think I am getting the flu, but I have the next week off, so we'll see how much I get done 😉 If nothing else, it's nice not to have to venture out for anything 🙂
HopeImReady
"The thing about smart mother f*ckers, is that they sometimes sound like crazy mother f*ckers to dumb mother f*ckers." -Abraham .”