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Weekly Preppers Thread
3/16/12

Posted on 03/16/2012 10:27:34 AM PDT by Kartographer

Weekly thread to post good buys for preparedness equipment and supplies, tips and tricks or just an update on where your are in your preparedness plans.


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: beprepared; getreadyhereitcomes; preparedness; preparenow; prepperping; preppers; selfreliance; selreliance; shtf; survivalping; weeklyprepperthread
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To: Kartographer

INDEED.

WELL PUT.

Sigh.


41 posted on 03/16/2012 11:51:01 AM PDT by Quix (Times are a changin' INSURE you have believed in your heart & confessed Jesus as Lord Come NtheFlesh)
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To: MrB
You should keep some pint water bottles and a 5 gal bucket of rice and beans. When such freeloaders/grasshoppers come by, scoop out a cup of rice & beans into a baggy, hand them that and a bottle of water and send them on their way. (beats shooting them)

Wrong,,, ammo's a lot cheaper ,, after they're gone and eaten that ,they'll be back for more and more,thinking you have plenty and something better. Then what are you gonna do?

42 posted on 03/16/2012 11:52:51 AM PDT by piroque ("In times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act")
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To: appalachian_dweller
I also suggest that you learn how to preserve foods without a cannier.

This is not a bad book to get hints from " Preserving Food without Freezing or Canning " but you will be better off looking on the internet for tips.

It is surprising how many things can be made shelf stable even without canning.

43 posted on 03/16/2012 11:55:55 AM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Would you sing if someone sucked YOU up the vacuum cleaner hose?)
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To: piroque

Give them the food then show them the bullet and tell them: “This time you get rice, beans and water, next time you get this.”


44 posted on 03/16/2012 11:56:27 AM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: Kartographer

may work for a while,, one of those things we may find out someday , if it works or not.


45 posted on 03/16/2012 12:10:04 PM PDT by piroque ("In times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act")
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To: appalachian_dweller

We live in NY and I’ve already got peas, lettuce, garlic, and scallions in and growing.

It’s supposed to be in the 70s all week, but even if it cools off, the plants will have had a good start and can take the cold weather.


46 posted on 03/16/2012 12:14:01 PM PDT by metmom ( For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore & do not submit again to a yoke of slavery)
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To: JRandomFreeper

google books -

Can you transfer them to a handheld?


47 posted on 03/16/2012 12:14:52 PM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter knows whom he's working for)
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To: Kartographer; piroque

Oh, I changed my mind, piroque’s right.

You should just shoot people who come to your door asking for help.

/sarc


48 posted on 03/16/2012 12:17:52 PM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter knows whom he's working for)
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To: MrB
A lot, but not all of them are available as E-pubs.

I read a lot of technical literature from late 1870s to 1920s anyway. One of the things I like about it is that I can carry literally thousands of books on hundreds of subjects in such a small package.

I do have a dead-tree library, but the last time I had to move it, it kicked my arse, and eats up most of my living room.

/johnny

49 posted on 03/16/2012 12:22:49 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: MrB
You should just shoot people who come to your door asking for help.

Depends on whether they have a young, sturdy daughter that looks capable of pulling a plow. ;)

/johnny

50 posted on 03/16/2012 12:25:22 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: metmom

We’ve got peas and garlic growing, and we’re planting some lettuce and onion this weekend. Loving this weather! Meanwhile, trips to Sams club are helping with the preps. We are not exactly master gardeners, plus we live on a very small piece of property with very poor soil and black walnut trees, so canned goods and dehydrating are the way to go. We have a few raised beds and we’re trying to do what we can with that.


51 posted on 03/16/2012 12:36:18 PM PDT by sneakers (EAT YOUR PEAS!)
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To: Kartographer
Give them the food then show them the bullet and tell them: “This time you get rice, beans and water, next time you get this.”

GMTA

52 posted on 03/16/2012 12:38:01 PM PDT by metmom ( For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore & do not submit again to a yoke of slavery)
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To: Drill Thrawl; All

“thesurvivalpodcast.com
Listening to episode 852 as I type.”

I wrote 20+ articles on prepping on the survivalpodcast.com forum. They are all in one place. Over 10,000 have read them - anyone interested in reading them, send me a Frepmail.


53 posted on 03/16/2012 12:38:33 PM PDT by Marcella (Vote Newt; Newt needs money)
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To: sheana

I don’t talk about preps to friends or neighbors. Too risky for me.


54 posted on 03/16/2012 12:43:10 PM PDT by Marcella (Vote Newt; Newt needs money)
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To: sheana

“My best friend was laughing about it the other day and literally said...we will just go to your house cause we know you are prepping. I told her unless they brought something to the table they wouldn’t get in and laughed. She doesn’t know how serious I am.”

I wouldn’t call that a BF...i’d call it a lazy leech.

My grandparents went through the Great Depression, and taught us kids about “being ready for anything”. I was squeamish at the time, but now I understand the value of knowing how to hunt & trap & fish for your food...and how to store it, for years, if necessary... And how to protect your family....

The person who expects you to take care of her is not your friend!


55 posted on 03/16/2012 12:44:43 PM PDT by LadyBuck (In the immortal words of Jean Paul Sartre, 'Au revoir, gopher')
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To: sheana

“My best friend was laughing about it the other day and literally said...we will just go to your house cause we know you are prepping. I told her unless they brought something to the table they wouldn’t get in and laughed. She doesn’t know how serious I am.”

I wouldn’t call that a BF...i’d call it a lazy leech.

My grandparents went through the Great Depression, and taught us kids about “being ready for anything”. I was squeamish at the time, but now I understand the value of knowing how to hunt & trap & fish for your food...and how to store it, for years, if necessary... And how to protect your family....

The person who expects you to take care of her is not your friend!


56 posted on 03/16/2012 12:44:56 PM PDT by LadyBuck (In the immortal words of Jean Paul Sartre, 'Au revoir, gopher')
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To: sneakers

We don’t have a lot of land but I’m using it as efficiently as possible. We also have a couple black walnut trees but they don’t interfere with where I have my garden.

I have planted some currants and blueberries, both of which do double duty as decorative shrubs and fruit producers.

I also set aside a small plot for an herb garden and have in it sage, Greek oregano, English thyme, rosemary (which is an annual but cheap enough and one can EASILY provide you with enough rosemary to harvest and dry yourself to last you the year), and echinacea. I’m going to do some basil as well, although that is also an annual but seeds are cheap enough.

I liked the idea of having herbs on hand. Food can be pretty boring without them and grow a few tomatoes and you can still have Italian.


57 posted on 03/16/2012 12:47:21 PM PDT by metmom ( For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore & do not submit again to a yoke of slavery)
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To: Kartographer

I have had the flu all week as well. First day up for me and still rather shakey. Hubby has it now. ;(


58 posted on 03/16/2012 12:53:54 PM PDT by sheana
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To: Marcella

I don’t either. We have been friends for a very long time and she ‘knows’ us.


59 posted on 03/16/2012 12:54:52 PM PDT by sheana
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

Cabbage can also be “replanted.” Bury it in the ground head first with a little of the root sticking up. Cover with straw or some type of insulation. It will keep most of the winter. The outer leaves will rot, but the inside will be all white and so very sweet.


60 posted on 03/16/2012 1:24:28 PM PDT by Library Lady
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