preps

Hi - the long thread drift (which I am fine with) on keeping rabbits under the Fodder crises/Maunder Minimum thread on the Main Page got me looking and I didn't see a recent thread on small livestock and farm animals (including barn cats, sheepdogs, and other not food critters) so I thought I'd...

I'm planting two whole beds of garlic this fall. Already have 1 1/2 bed of Chesnok Red in, with just a half bed of Music to go. Garlic is so yummy, but it is of course very healing and strengthens the immune system, plus it is a very nutritionally dense food which stores well. Great for trading...

Just thinking that with what's happened in the last week, both natural and man made disasters and crisis, it may be a good time to bring up the need to review and refresh prep plans and supplies regularly in terms of changing circumstances, lessons learned and just rotating stock.

The Ultimate Guide To Food Dehydration and Drying: How To Dehydrate, Dry, and Preserve Your Food by Brian Night Good preparation means being ready for an unexpected shortage in basic necessities. This makes home food preservation techniques as important as ever in today's uncertain climate...

Let the games begin!! - BG http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2200150/Homeland-Zombie-Warning-Amusing-campaign-prepares-Americans-genuine-disasters.html 'The ZOMBIES are coming!' Government warns of living dead pandemic in witty campaign to prepare Americans for genuine disasters By...

It is possible. I was trying to can pickels today. It had developed a pin hole near the base of the canner. There was water all over the stove. So I'm planning on picking up brand new water bath canners. In the mean time I intend to try using a big pot with a lid and tossing a bunch of nickels...

I was browsing around, looking for a copy of 98.6 degrees, and ran across this poster over at PirateBay... has some utterly fascinating downloads, including one that includes over 1100 Gun manuals, Urban Survival stuff, six full pages of downloads.. well worth checking out...

OK folks, check out the big sale they are having at Dollar Tree stores this week. They had cases lined up of those single LED solar lights. At $1 each - that's a steal. We bought almost a case (nearly all that was left then) to keep for those extreme emergencies you always need to plan for...

September Specials on Wise Food Storage Long Term Emergency Packages During September, which is National Preparedness Month, we are offering free 72 hour kits with orders of packages 1080 Servings or more. Our Long Term Packages can be found here...

So I figure we need a thread with pictures of cooking when using preps. I think it'd be a really good educational guide for anyone new to prepping if they could see how to prepare a meal from scratch. Also, if you prepare a meal from anything foraged or gathered (or hunted) please post those...

....finish the sentence. May be silly or serious. Maybe it will help some newbies get pointed in the right direction. You're not a REAL prepper if you are not living below your means. You're not a real prepper if you haven't considered how many pounds of rice and beans you'd eat in a year...

I just wanted to let everyone know here about our new line of Food Storage, as many TBK members have purchased Berkey Water Filters because of our last post on TBK and we really appreciated the response here. Anything purchased does support TBK, as we are making a donation today. We are...

Ok So TimeBomb was the first place I thought to ask for help, I Live in Los Angeles (I Know MOVE NOW) But here I sit. I found a great deal on Potatoes I would love to stock up on them Like 30 or 40 pounds of fresh potatoes. But I need a way to store them. I do not have .... A Basement...

The BIG 2.5 GALLON THERMETTE is the BIG NEWER one someone in the know told me FEMA bought a lot of. They big one is around $400 according to the person who told me. She said she used it when the power was out for hot water for bathing and dishes and otherwise. USES just about anything for fuel...