Practical Prepping Protocol even if Poor

Same here, but use quart mason jars to store flour and sugar. It protects better from rodents. Store them in a cool, dry, dark space for best results...

Potatoes need to be stored in DARK & cool area about 50 degrees with a little air flow.

A paper bag is great.

In Texas, often refrigerate potatoes in a paper bag, take out and let warm up before cooking potatoes.

Also adding an apple will keep potatoes from sprouting but not forever.
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Store in popcorn tins or small covered clean new trash cans. Uncover occasionally and check potatoes. This well keep bugs & rodents out.

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How long were you able to keep your potatoes using your technique...

I do not count meals, I count calories! and carbs fats
Min 1500 a day that is 500,000 a year.

All basic foods have apx 100 calories per serving so I do plan on doubling up, like
200 cals 2 serving rice,
100 cals 2 servings butter ghee or butter powder,
200 cals 1 serving beans,
100- 200 cals 1 serving corn muffin jam or jelly
600-700 calorie meal

Canned Green coffee beans for me.

They keep over 20 years in the can and when you roast them they are just like fresh coffee.

Nothing like it.

I keep about 50 lbs of the stuff on hand at all times.

yep, good ideas!!

A good idea for winter heating in case this winter goes dark:


One of the comments said used denatured alcohol, from any hardware store, for less smoke.

Not a pleasant thought, nor pleasantly written, but worthy of consideration by all means.

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Oh dear. More people on GLP should be reading prepper threads. That post just makes me want to tear my hair out and say 'stop what you are doing and learn to deal with your shit'. St Lance/William Poole/Tidbits. It's poo fer fox lake. SMH.

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UPDATE NOVEMBER 23, 2021 (by Half Dollar)

So, Dollar Tree is apparently raising the price of all items, nationwide, to a price point of $1.25.

Fresh off the press from Dollar Tree (bold added for emphasis and commentary):
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Bean sprouts will be important if we get into a hard lock down quarantine situation. It's important to health to have live food enzymes and if you can't get to the store, and it's winter so your garden isn't producing, better have something to sprout.

"Citing a General Mills letter provided by an anonymous wholesaler, the report says that the company will raise prices in mid-January on brands that include: Annie's, Betty Crocker, Cheerios, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Fruit Roll-Ups, Lucky Charm's, Pillsbury, Reese's Puffs, Trix, Wheaties, and more."

Looks like they plan to raise prices by an average of 7% to 8%, with some items set for a 20% increase.

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SLightly OT but I know OP enjoys tales such as this.

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And who knows what use knowing 100's of obscure apple varietals might be? SHows a fine botanical eye anyhow.

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by Fabian Ommar
Author of The ULTIMATE Survival Gear Handbook and Street Survivalism

Here’s a fun fact. Approximately one percent of the urban population in developing countries makes their living from scavenging. And more than 15 million people get their income from waste picking worldwide. Scavenging is a multi-billion dollar industry and a way of living for many, even in wealthy nations.

It’s also one of the oldest economic activities known because living is consuming. Therefore we produce waste simply by existing. The type and amount of waste generated are constantly changing. The more wealthy and urbanized a society becomes, the more waste it will produce. A lot of folks think of scavenging as an activity that only happens after the SHTF, but it’s a way of life for many on the planet.

Waste management is crucial. Most people are just content to have their trash magically disappearing from the front of their houses every day and give this no second thought. I suspect society, in general, would be a lot more discerning and restrained (and respectful) about consumption habits if a more significant number of people became more aware of this process and its implications, but I digress
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NO reason to have any empty windows....

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For years now in grocery and garden stores, we’ve seen potted herbs, like basil, that are ready to take home, pop on a windowsill and begin harvesting. Next spring, for the first time, a whole new series of ready-to-harvest miniature tomatoes and peppers will start appearing on store shelves.
European breeding companies have been developing miniature food plants for some time. PanAmerican Seed Company is an innovative seed-breeding corporation, based in Chicago, that sells its seeds through associated businesses to growers around the world. PanAmerican has been breeding new varieties of vegetables, annuals and perennials for many years, including the amazing line of lettuce blends called Simply Salad. The company will be introducing its new Kitchen Minis Series next spring.
I had the chance to speak with Felicia Vandervelde, PanAmerican’s regional account manager and product development manager in Chicago, about these exciting new plants.
Vandervelde gave credit to Susanne Villemoes, a breeder in Denmark, for developing this miniseries. She said the concept is to provide folks who have no garden space with the opportunity to pick and enjoy their own fresh produce. PanAmerican is focusing on three products: tomatoes, sweet peppers and hot peppers. Because of their miniature size, these plants fit nicely on small windowsills and once fully established, they’ll provide small, flavourful fruit for about 70-to-80 days.
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No, not an ad, just a good idea for small spaces. We grew out a birdseye pepper over the summer, got about 50 peppers, and look forward to more come Spring.
Chillies are high in Vitamin B and C, fresh red chillies are believed to help boost collagen levels and great for maintaining healthy skin production and blood vessels.

Vitamin-C (Ascorbic acid) – 240%
Vitamin B6 – 39%
Vitamin A, – 32%
Iron – 13%
Potassium – 7%

So grow enough to have a pepper a day. Just take off the stem and swallow whole if you don't like heat.

I found this...cheap and fun for the whole family
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I used to dumpster dive when I was younger and had the agility. I just couldn't see some of the stuff they throw away some places going to the landfill. I scavenged a lot of stuff that I ended up cleaning up, fixing if needed and flipping on ebay.

But scavenging might be considered looting after a SHTF scenario. So you gotta be careful that whatever you take is actually something the owner doesn't want any more.

You'll want to get Dollar Tree preps before the price goes up. Where I live, that's January 1. There are a lot of things I get there to stock up, prep-wise. I got a small windfall, and I plan to get as many preps as I can there with that money. Soon the same items will cost 25% more.

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Personal Winter Protection.

If heat REALLY gets to be an issue, have some thermal long johns on hand.

Rubber boots for mud and such.

Talcum or baby powder if you can't bath.

Gloves.

You can double up on socks. Warm feet are important.

For goodness sake, warm gloves in the car.
Warm headgear. Keep something in the car for your noggin.

You don't have to buy stuff.

Use what you have intelligently.

Also, stuff here!

(Handwarmers and such)
Thread: I just love HANDWARMERS! Best invention since sliced bread.

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We just got one recently but I haven’t been. They had a sale today that I hit $3.99 a box but I may run by Ollies and look as well.

These huge windstorms, derechos, and December tornadoes that keep sweeping through the heartland of USA are being spawned by the crazy jet streams (and possibly helped along by HA8RP). The magnetosphere is shifting around and the jet stream is becoming inconsistent in both southern and northern hemispheres, sometimes dipping down all the way to the equator. This isn't going to go away any time soon and will have a huge impact on food crops in the years to come.

ANYONE WHO IS NOT STACKING SHELF STABLE FOOD TO THE RAFTERS IS GOING TO REGRET THEIR LACK OF FORESIGHT.


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Behind your toilet keep one gallon clear plastic jugs filled with water. I have 5 jugs.

Then if water goes out you can still flush by pouring out these jugs of water.

And these jugs of water can serve as light lanterns by putting head lamps around the jugs and provide light.

The weather has been weird in central FL too. We are used to prepping here due to hurricanes and wild weather.

I got a prepper gift that I got today that is a great item, something that no one thinks about getting. It's a STORM GLASS. It's a weather barometer that's a glass bulb with things inside it to read what the weather will be. It predicts winds, clouds, rain, sunshine and snow. The thing has had me mesmerized all day. It's the nicest gift I've gotten in a long time.

But it is also a prepper item. Non-electric. But accurately predicts weather. Today we had a mix of all of it (but no snow). And I watched it form strings before the wind kicked up. I saw when we had rain and when the rain stopped, the sun came out. But some 15 minutes or so before, I saw that the rain would be stopping.

It's very cool and helpful if you don't know what the weather will be and want to know. They make all kinds. Mine would fit in your palm and has stuff floating inside of it. They make more elaborate ones. Mine is very simple and I really love that thing.

If you think you have everything, consider getting a Storm Glass.

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Then the criminalization of Turkish preppers began.
People there have started turning to tangibles. They saw what was coming – how things were taking a turn for the worse – and so they attempted to prepare for it.

Then, the ironically named Justice and Development Party (AKP) submitted a bill to the Turkish Parliament asking for fines of anywhere between what would be $7000 – $144,000 USD for those “hoarding….food and other goods”.

That was Step 1 in the criminalization of preppers.

Step 2 took place this past week as 51 various Turks were arrested by police for “panic hoarding” new cars. Turkish media widely reported people were investing in new vehicles as a means of inflation protection.

But this was deemed to be a threat.

These 51 individuals were accused of “lowering dealership inventories,” which allegedly led to higher prices. The AKP fiddling around with their centralized banking system most certainly couldn’t be the cause. It must be the citizens’ fault that inflation is rocking the country.

And so, anybody who attempts to protect themselves from totalitarians must be stopped.
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Snow water.

Seven gallons of snow equal one gallon of water according to my mother.

Google says it's 10 to one.

Either way, if you want to bring snow in your house to let it melt for water, bring plenty.

I have never had to do this and I welcome those more experienced to comment.