What did you do today to prep?

**marjorie** · 02-09-2012, 02:11 PM

Please let me know how you like the solar oven. It's one of the things on our list, as well. Paying attention to sites like Listening to Katrina, watching Doomsday Preppers. Continuing to add to food stockpile...

**annymoll** · 02-09-2012, 07:00 PM

Had an extra 500 bucks - placed an order for dehydrated strawberries, blueberries and some freeze dried meats, plus other long shelf life items.I used a tub of the blueberries- they are good!

**frugalwarrior2** · 02-09-2012, 07:35 PM

I watched the Doomsday preppers. I would like to live in the train cars but i would freeze here.
Found 4 pairs of jeans for Ds for 6.98-7.98.
They had air freshners cones in 6pks for $3.48 at Target. I feel odor and hygiene will be an issue.

**Stacia** · 02-10-2012, 01:38 PM

Originally Posted by MsMarieH

Today I am consolidating all my pantry excess onto a five shelf shelving unit in the basement. From this, I'll then create an inventory sheet of what I have. Then I will figure out what items I want to maintain excess of with a list created of my order of stocking up (which will be fluid depending on what is on sale as well). My goal is ultimately to have a one year supply of food and healthy/beauty items. Right now, I think I am about 2-3 months.

Tomorrow I am attending a class on backyard chickens. Just gathering knowledge in case I ever decided to go that route.

Last month I attended a fascinating program on aquaponics. Hubby and I are strongly considering trying that out in the future.

Next week I will be starting garden seeds.

My sister had about 20 chickens all at laying age, make sure you build the coop VERY well and secure, far from woods! She thought she had, and woke up to a massacre of chicken parts all over the yard. Raccoons had killed them all.

**Stacia** · 02-10-2012, 02:26 PM

Originally Posted by frugalwarrior2

I watched the Doomsday preppers. I would like to live in the train cars but i would freeze here.
Found 4 pairs of jeans for Ds for 6.98-7.98.
They had air freshners cones in 6pks for $3.48 at Target. I feel odor and hygiene will be an issue.

Two of my friends grew up living in three shelled out antique buses, they did not run. The large school bus type. (Parents were hippies) The girls were in one bus the boys and parents in another. They had bunk beds in them, a small fridge and wood stoves. They cooked on hotplates, everything was ran off generators, they got all their water from a river near where they were camped.

**frugalwarrior2** · 02-10-2012, 04:20 PM

Not exactly prepping proper
but
I got the living rm. finished w/ new to me couches,tables,bookcases and a chair all bought used and w/in the last year or so.
I always think of prepping this way.
If I couldnt go to the store for a year.. and the old stuff well curb shoppers would run.lol

**alaska_tiger_36** · 02-10-2012, 08:57 PM

marjorie - Over Christmas my bf and I built a solar cooker for less than $5. We used a shiney auto sun shade, a black pot and a couple of turkey cooking bags from the dollar store. We live in Idaho & it works great. We got free plans from builditsolar.com

Today we prepped by helping a friend in need.

**vigilant20** · 02-12-2012, 02:19 PM

Ordered 6 dozen more regular mouth Tattler lids, as well as 9 dozen each of wide mouth and regular mouth gaskets. I hadn't realized just how many of the second hand jars I found were regular mouth until I finished cleaning and making space for them in the pantry this week.

**calimomx2** · 02-13-2012, 01:46 AM

Great thread, wish I had found it sooner! We are in prep mode here too! I feel like I'm way behind since we have just started out. There are days I feel very overwhelmed by it all but we have a plan and I'm working through it each week.
Our biggest thing right now is food and water. I picked up #10 cans of tomato powder, freeze dried onions and quick cook beans. We also ordered 2 water BOBs and placed our seed order including heirloom seeds.

**marjorie** · 02-13-2012, 10:42 PM

My big prep deal this weekend was starting Weight Watchers. Trying to get healthy...

**annymoll** · 02-13-2012, 10:52 PM

I had alot to acomplish today ,I did manage to put back several packs of Dove soap. A friend gave it to me because she did not like it.I have 12 bars to store and add to my dry goods room.

**udwe** · 02-14-2012, 10:56 AM

Free is the best!! I put away 2 bottles of detergent that I got free with an Ace $5 card. (Not really free, but....)

**Jayceef** · 02-14-2012, 02:52 PM

Ill let you know how the solar oven works when it gets here. The fruit was on back order so having to wait on that. I thought about building an oven from scratch, but am worried about the high winds here and blowing it away.

**calimomx2** · 02-14-2012, 05:19 PM

Today I picked up some H&B things to add to the stash, bar soap and shower gel, tooth brushes and tooth paste, shaving cream and razors and baby wipes (don't have babies anymore but these will come in handy for cleaning up if needed). I also picked up a small sewing kit and extra thread and needles.

**vigilant20** · 02-14-2012, 06:51 PM

I've been working on upgrading my kitchenware to items that will last. When I set up my home I got a lot of cheap junk because that's all I could afford when I needed so many things. This week I got all of the following in stainless steel:

3 nesting bowls, set of 4 biscuit/cookie cutters, bread pan, potato masher, canning funnel, flat canning rack, and one of those nice secure-grip jar lifters