What have you done this week to prep?

[eldirector]

Froze about 2 weeks worth of chili and my wife's awesome ham-n-bean soup in single-serving containers last weekend. I plan on eating like a king when SHTF!

Might whip up another batch (out 2 gallons) of chili this weekend and try canning it. I've never canned a "finished product" like chili - just the raw stuff (beans, tomatoes, etc...). Can't be all that much different.

 

[Danger Boy]

Put a 5 gallon bucket in the closet... When I get some super deals from the store... I'll just pitch them in the bucket... When it's full repeat. Had a few get full thus far.
Deals to date:
1/2 price organic soy milk 5 gallons total
25 cent almond snickers 10
75 cent tuna in oil packets 10
50 cent chef ravioli 10

 

[Iroquois]

Am building a stall in the barn I can hear...that way I can keep working on prepper projects all winter this year. Got lots of metal work/welding planned.
Gonna ambush the son_in_law tomorrow so he can help me set a wall up....before Thanksgiving
Dinner.

 

[Kmcinnes]

Got the deep hand pump well done! Water flows great!

 

[churchmouse]

That is perfect. Your water issues are forever dealt with and you can get all the Cardio work out you need with out a membership at the Gym........

Sorry you missed out on the phones. So did we.

 

[inrunner]

Added a nice big muscle rack to the preps for food and now just slowing going to Aldis and filling it up.

 

[melensdad]

Stopped in to Tractor Supply. Picked up another fuel dispenser pump assembly, with hose and nozzle.

 

[ThrottleJockey]

Got 6 barrels 4 steel and 2 plastic free from craigslist today. Lots of uses for these.

 

[Kmcinnes]

My brother I went out to a friends place and shot. My brother got to shoot his new AR, I got to shoot my 308, my son shot the AR, Glock, and the 12 Guage with slugs. We had a blast! Great time bonding since we haven't seen each other for 5 years.

 

[flagtag]

Bought 2 "Muscle Rack" shelving units (on sale @ Lowes for $49.oo each) and a 6 foot aluminum ladder. (So that we won't have to keep borrowing.)

 

[littletommy]

Me and my step daughter went to lowes this afternoon, wasn't crowded at all. I bought six 5 gallon, food grade buckets, with lids, four mini mag LED flashlights, and four 30 packs of AA batteries.

 

[teddy12b]

Spent some more time trying to get a fire started using a feral rod. About all I accomplished was not having the kids hear me swearing. I suck with a feral rod and I need to keep working on it.

 

[smokingman]

Spent some more time trying to get a fire started using a feral rod. About all I accomplished was not having the kids hear me swearing. I suck with a feral rod and I need to keep working on it.

Are you using charred cloth?If not try using some.I use a small mint tin with a pin whole in it to make char cloth.I use t-shirt patches mostly,any tight nit cotton will work though.
Cut them to fit in the tin and place the tin in a fire.Take it out of the fire when almost no smoke is coming out of the hole(small hole made with a nail in the lid...SMALL).The char should be fragile but not fall apart.If it falls apart very easily you over cooked it and need to try again.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VW_m7tKTMK8&feature=related

 

[ThrottleJockey]

Spent some more time trying to get a fire started using a feral rod. About all I accomplished was not having the kids hear me swearing. I suck with a feral rod and I need to keep working on it.

Try what smoking man said, then when you get that part down focus less on using the ferrous rod and more time learning to find and select good tinder in the field.

 

[churchmouse]

My wife collects all the dryer lint and puts in in sealed freezer baggies. With dry leaves and as TJ mentioned...proper tinder it is easier to get a good base fire started. Also you need to shelter your tinder. Block out the wind and not over load the initial coal you may get started. It is an art to get one going with the rod but not impossible.

 

[Cozy439]

Grabill is close by

We went to Grabill Country Meats and Sams. Couple cases of meat, some more supplies from Sam's and 5 buckets with seals to store with. The Owner of Grabill meats was very friendly and very supportive of preppers. Also got the last of my onions in from the garden and got it plowed for the winter. Added 2 truck loads of manure to get it ready for next spring.

 

[katfishinking]

when S H T F.

we got a small wood stove, made from old well casing, ammo, and put away 6 more buckets of saeled food, rice, beans, oats and such. now we need more wood for stove. always something more to do.

 

[Aszerigan]

Bought Kerosene for our heaters before the price goes up. Still $4.29/gal, better than $5.00. Got some new lanterns and replacement wicks too.

 

[smokingman]

Bought Kerosene for our heaters before the price goes up. Still $4.29/gal, better than $5.00. Got some new lanterns and replacement wicks too.

Aladdin lamps?
We love them because the fill two needs in a power outage.Light equivalent to a 60 watt bulb and they put out 9000 btu of heat each.They also sip fuel(kerosene) burning a quart every 7-8 hours.When properly burning they have no kerosene smell at all.
They are costly compared to wick lamps,but there is no comparison on fuel usage,light,and heat output.They are roughly 80 times the efficiency of a standard oil wick lamp.
Aladdin Oil Lamps UNDER $150.00

 

[teddy12b]

I didn't use char cloth or cotton balls ouzing in vaseline or anything like that. I found some super dry lightweight wood that I cut into almost as easily as a paper towel. I tried doing it that way but I either totally suck with a feral rod or I bought a bad one. Since it makes sparks I'm going to blame myself.