Posted on 03/24/2020 5:14:41 PM PDT by CottonBall
This is our ongoing prepper thread, re-invented to be more specific to prepping for, and of course during, pandemics.
Where gave you found your preps have withstood this test? What would you like to have done differently? What are your current prepping plans?
oats is the only thing we got caught short on.
How do you make your own power? Solar? Thanks.
Sounds similar to our filtration system...whole house. Then, we also have our Berkey, as a back up.
I did that more because I am likely to klutz something off the side of the shelf.
I had mr. mm cut some pieces of plywood and I painted them and wedged them in the sides.
The front was not covered but we don't get earthquakes.
That name sounds familiar. That might be what we have.
Just looked them up. Nope, not the same thing.
No, that’s not the name of ours...I meant that it filters entire house supply of water.
“You betcha!” - erroneously attributed to Sarah Palin. :-D
Thanking God for my little flock of laying hens. My family uses a lot of eggs every week, and thanks to the chickens we’ve been eating normally even through the shortages.
I’ve started taking seed catalogs apart and using them to make origami seed-starting pots. I save a copy of each of the best catalogs, but since they all sent me 3-4 copies each this year, I’m going to run out of greenhouse space before I run out of pages.
I’m planning on starting some extra plants and selling them. Reports are coming back about seeds and starter plants being sold out at the stores. I’ve put together some care packages with vegetable seeds in case my neighbors need them. Just about every neighbor is talking about gardening this year. For some of them it’s their first. I’m curious to see how many keep it up.
I’m planting with the assumption that there will be several waves of shutdowns like this one. If I’m wrong, I’ll have tons of home-grown food to eat. If I’m right, I’ll have tons of home-grown food to eat. I tend to grow things that keep or preserve well, so not a problem if there’s more than I can use right away.
One of my hens went broody yesterday. I’m not quite to the point yet where I can let her hatch out a dozen chicks, but I’m working on that. We’re still eating some of the meat from last year’s excess chickens. I have no problem with the idea of raising more, but that’s something that needs family consensus.
It’s kind of amazing to see the mental reset going on in people’s heads. People who had no interest in cooking are learning to cook. People who mocked preppers or gardeners are coming to them for advice. That eccentric relative who butchers their own meat? That’s your new grocery store.
It’ll be interesting to see the long-term changes that result from this.
Kartographer are you still here....
things are easy to grow in the east....or mid east....its the humid air and plentiful rain and good soil...I miss that......in the west we fight the dry air, the deer, the sandy soil....
True that.
Common Wisconsin phrase.
Also, instead of saying, ‘You’re Welcome’ we say, ‘You’re Lawrence Welk-Um!’
Ya know, to pay homage to our Polka King, Ya-Hey! :)
I searched for the original directions on canning butter and cheese, and if I still have them, they’re on a thumb drive, somewhere... So, I did some searches. I found one site with what seem to be the same directions. All other directions used pressure or water bath canning for the butter, which was not the way I tried.
Now, huge caveat - all the official sources etc say do not can dairy products at home etcetc. So, having said that, here are the methods to can butter and cheese. I did can butter this way, but never got around to trying the cheese; mainly becaucse it keeps in the fridge unopened for a year. If it doesn’t get eaten...
Canning Butter
https://frontierfreedom.blogspot.com/2010/12/canning-butter.html
Canning Cheese
https://frontierfreedom.blogspot.com/2010/12/canning-cheese.html
If anyone wants to know how I make and can ghee, let me know.
Thank you!!
The front was not covered but we don’t get earthquakes.
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Well we haven’t had a bad one since the big one-we live around the new Madrid Fault zone.
I see your point.
I would do something, too, in that case.
I’m thinking bungee cords stretched tight about 3 inches above the bottom of the shelf might just be the ticket.
That could work.
Maybe more than one.
And maybe not for the big one.
If your animals start acting weird, head for the canned goods, like in Mary Poppins when they fired the cannon.
The last one was over before I could even duck under the table where I was sitting. It was just a little over 3 in magnitude.
Shook the ceiling tiles in the basement, but nothing else really moved-thank goodness.
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