Practical Prepping Protocol even if Poor

The first "canned" food was actually bottled.

It was a big hit with the King and Queen who wanted seconds.(This is from memory and I am too lazy to source it.)



Inverted bottles might make a good poor man's thermal window or wall, like for a sun-room. I would use QuikWall or mortar, mortar still being pretty cheap.

Pooka you ok?

Imagine having to survive on a diet of nothing but flour and rice (and oil) for weeks or months?

IMpossible. Nobody resists in the long run to something like that, if only psychologically and even on the physical level you will not stay healthy very long.

Tortillas? lol!

Nice, but only for a short time, particularly if you have nothing else.

Nowadays, milk in cartons keeps for a year I think, so why wouldn't you stock up on milk?

There is so much more one can do.

Learn how to make biofuel.

EVERYTHING about biofuels!

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Free gas can?

How can this be true?

Those diesel guy leave their discarded, old Diesel Urea containers all over the place.

Has a great spout built in that works great.

Free tarps?

How can this be true?

When I go to my local hardware store / lumber yard, if I buy wood or concrete materials, I always ask if I can get some of the plastic sheeting out of the dumpster "to cover my load. Or I tell them I need it to protect the material when I get home.

This is the fiber reinforced, plastic sheeting that covers the plywood and stuff when it is shipped.

They usually let me take it.

I have been known to take more than one.

This is what I use to cover my firewood and stuff.

Not to say that I am above buying a tarp or two, but free is an excellent price.

Found this precious gem and thought it worthy of sharing during this time of uncertainty.




And with this I thought it a good time to pin it~


Be safe~
Much Love~



Last Edited by KTee on 03/11/2022 11:17 PM

Prepper suggestion: make very sure to have enough extra blankets, sheets and whatever else so you can afford to wait as long as it takes to dry your stuff: thrift stores, yard and garage and estate sales, relatives unloading cast-offs, just pile them up. They don't have to be pretty, just clean and functional, anything you can get.


I am in the desert, on the edge of a city and on city water. I have water stored in the garage and have a portable 250g spa. But, what if it is 3 years? Both neighbors have pools, next time me...I have firearms, they don't....but hoping some protection and all the extra beans and rice I have will be a good exchange.

I have been investigating finding natural leaks out of the mountains but haven't gone and filled up some large bottles, yet. I am thinking I need to get on that, NOW.

Also, the main reason for my post. Most of the large cities in the desert areas didn't form until refrigeration and then they grew when air conditioning was invented. Prior to that, they hung up wet sheets around them or even slept outside, up, off the ground, wrapped in a sheet. I can't imagine surviving a week of 125 degree weather, though. I'd make the 90 mile trek to the ocean but would never leave my home and food supplies...and LA would be a shit storm without power.

Last Edited by Fhre A'an on 03/11/2022 11:34 PM

terra cotta candle heater.

I found terra cotta at Hobby Lobby.

Best bets to survive long term for cheap:

-Trustworthy multivitamins
-Berkey water filters and lots of replacement filters
-Tons of beans
-Tons of rice
-Grow as many potatoes as possible
-Spare phones and memory cards in an EMP proof galvanized steel garbage can (aluminium tape where air can get in)
-Solar chargers and solar lights
-Water butt for rain water

Smarrrt. Love this thread and all the great tips from GLPers.

EMP proof galvanized steel garbage can lined with cardboare inside bottom, sidewalls and lid.

Old microwave ovens are also EMP proof when unplugged and grounded.

Land lines work.

Having lived in a variety of areas where the power has gone out - primarily due to some type of storm for days at a time... camping gear is great for light, cooking, sleeping bags when no heat. In two housing locations when the power went out so did the water pump, so there was no water to flush toilets, shower, cook, etc. So we always kept a few 5 gallon water bottles filled, a porta potty / lugaloo. In an emergency even a waste basket with plastic liner and kitty litter. Baby wipes. We have something similar at the cabin as it doesn't have a bathroom yet and yesterday it was -9° outside. An inside loo with kitty litter is a blessing.

Big Berkey for purified drinking water.

Since where we live now has snow 6 months out of the year a wood stove is a blessing.

Thread: Building an Off-Grid Homestead ..... start to finish

Thread: No Electricity Needed Heater

Breakfast
Oatmeal
cinnamon (1t)
chia seeds (1 scoop)
powder or can milk

honey / maple syrup / raw sugar
pancake mix

dehydrated fruit and veggies
canned meat / canned fish / jerky
dried soup mixes

pasta and jars/cans of tomato sauce

Spices: salt, pepper, cayenne pepper, garlic, etc

flour / yeast for bread if the oven works

Wax covered cheese will last forever

I'll add a bit to this.

People tend to forget that communities, towns, cities, etc were built off of trade/bartering. You do not have to have EVERYTHING as it becomes overwhelming. Have your basics to start and trade for others. Example, I have nowhere to keep chickens, cattle, etc... but I am very skilled at securing fish, lobster, etc out my back door. Get the picture?

Know how to secure protein. For some that is fishing, others hunting, other farming chicken, goats, beef.

Then you need veggies... canned? grow your own? barter? You'll figure it out.

1 - Have comfort that you have started some sort of preparations... Get started if you haven't. Start with 3 days/2 weeks/1 month... in that order. (only preppers will be left after 1 month).

2 - WATER... you'll need it and need to filter/purify it. LEARN.

3 - SHELTER... Look around, You are most likely in a shelter now. Stay there.

4 - PROTECTION... Don't be the guy that gets rolled up.

5 - COMMUNITY - ie: don't be a dick.

6 -IMPORTANT: - HAVE A SERVICE YOU PROVIDE! Need help if you have nothing? Invest $400 in sharpening supplies... now you have a sharping service for shears, knives, axes, etc. Buy a book on Blacksmithing... melting scrap into ingots... (right there I just made you one of the most valuable people in a civil society). Gotta a tractor or a plow mule? Soil prep is a business... Figure it out. It will be more valuable than money.

And as a last bit of info... I see people all geeked up of their IFAK... great. My question is, If something happens so bad that you need your IFAK, where are the backup supplies you'll need for the next month to heal up without getting infection? Don't have a month's worth, how about two weeks?... Don't have that? What about 72 hrs?... oh, you only have an immediate kit (ie: IFAK). Hope no-one else got injured. Doctors, nurses... this is where YOUR SERVICE and supplies come in handy. STOCK THE "F" UP! for what service you provide.

You can wax your own cheese, it is easy. But if doing cheddar, use Mild. It will turn sharp on it's own.

Don't forget MEDICINES. Bandages, butterfly stitches, antibiotic creams, TYLENOL because nobody wants to go thru the zombie apocalypse with a headache! Anti diarrhea, pepto bismal, calamine lotion, cold medicine, etc, etc, etc...

SEEDS! Heirloom Seeds! you can barter and trade as they will be the new currency!

If you can't EAT it or Heal yourself with it,or Protect yourself with it, it will be useless.

If you're going to collect rainwater for using in the house (as opposed to watring your garden), put a first flush system into your pipework before the water hits the barrel. Basically this collects the first couple of gallons off your roof, (which can be pretty dirty)and allows cleaner water into your tank.

There are plenty of vids on utube on how to do this and it's easy to do.

My first attempt at collecting water had no such protection and one day I discovered a very dead, very bloated, two foot long lizard submerged in the tank.

Incidentally, I use agricultural grade irrigation pipework. It's cheap and tough as old boots.

Oil of The Good Samaritan.

Blessed grapes.

You can thank me later pilgrim GuLPers.

Living on a couple solar panel kits in the woods, one thing that really would help is a cellar. I live in the UP of Michigan, not a hot place, but this would help both in Winter and Summer. Extending shelf life just a little in the Summer is a big help. Not often considered, is how nice it is to keep things from freezing hard in the Winter. If you're chopping your own firewood, you don't want to burn it unless you have to, and you need to be able to cope if you run out (happened to me once). I really only heat the place when it's single digits (40x8 shipping container, 320 sqft). I'll just use a small buddy heater to warm my hands most days. It sucks to have all your buckets of water freeze, and you may have some items you want to protect from the harshest cold. Especially if you have to leave for a few days. Start digging.

Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN) 3.0-4.5mg at night.. increases your immunity 300% with no side effects. Known since 1985.. coast $1/day.. Rx.

Can be given to kids and dogs at lower doses.. 100 lb dog = 3.0mg

Tricks the immune system like priming a pump.. as it drives the cycle lower at night for 4 hours. Body thinks you have crashed.

One can purchase the 50 mg pill from overseas without a script. Dissolve it in 11 oz of distilled water.. keep cold and drink 1oz at night.

Stops progression of MS, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, Arthritis and Cancer. Works even if you only take it say 3-5days a week..

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Dilantin is a cheap Rx for pain from the 1930s. Can be ordered from overseas without a script. 100-300 mg normal dose .. works for 12 hours..

No virus, fungus or bacteria has built up a resistance to Iodine yet.

They used Iodine Vapors inhaled 150 years ago to treat the worst influenzas cases.. inhale every 2-3 hours.. It coats the Mucus that virus and bacteria live in. So it can not grow.

Flush your sinus with warm sea salt water. and 1-3 drops of Iodine. And gargle with same.. to stop drainage of mucus..

TMG is a cheap antihistamine you can purchase in bulk powder.. to stop drainage.. Plus Mucinex.

Vitamin D3 plus Mag is the most important for winter. 5,000-20,000 units a day.. plus zinc, C, etc..

If you think that milk lasts for a year in the carton,
I double dog dare you to drink that same milk.

That shit would be solid.

Dumb .. and quick way to get the hershey squirts, when the shits would be detrimental to your survival.

Did you know that shelf stable milk is sold in a carton? If you are in the US it is readily available. You can even get them at Dollar Tree.

Here's the cheapest prep tip you will get. It's free.

Keep your head down and keep your cards close.

Planning doesn't cost you anything. At least have a reasonable expectation of what might happen. Bonus points if you actually have some idea of what you might do.

ANYTHING is better than gibbering to yourself about how unexpected this thing is that happened several times in the past and in nearby areas.

And for goodness sakes have some REAL alternate routes figured out.

Man .. I gotta admit .. that shit would scare me.
What chemicals are in that stuff?

I'm not a calf, so I don't drink milk, but .. geez.

*cringe-worthy*

PS - Thanks for the info. I did not know that!
:)

I'm as prepared as one can get, a few years of patriot supply, off grid solar, a well, a water tank, a big berkey filter, a katadyn filter, lifestraws, a stream .3 miles away. Situated in a very rural location. My back yard ends and a 100 miles of forest begins, today there were 9 deer in the yard, But my number one prep is Trust God and prayer.

I have a good supply of 5 gallon Pickle buckets from Chick-fil-A and a bunch of Gamma seal lids. That with my Freeze Dryer and I will hopefully be able to store a good crop this year.

Mylar bags, oxygen absorbers and food grade desiccant packs and a vacuum machine to remove the extra air from the bags, then heat seal the bags and seal the Gamma lids.

My strategy for storing most foods for the next 20 years.