I have begun buying non-electric cooking items like whisks, rotary hand mixer, grinder, graters, sifters, cast iron or other cookware that c, an be used on an open flame, canning supplies & jars, ricer, strainers and food mill, mechanical juicer. If the grid shuts down, it will help with home cooking.
Recipes! Print out your recipes now and put in file......if grid goes down, the internet may not be available to search your favourites. Also buy some canning or cook books books...goodwill are fine...incase for reference. Many have given them away as use internet now.
Every time I go out shopping I spend about 20 bucks on stock up stuff that way it’s not too hard on me ( $ wise all at once ) but at least I’m getting things. :) hope everyone is doing ok thru all this
I do the same . I am retired so once a month I go to my local dollar tree and spend 20-50.00 whatever I can spare at the time and get the small 5x5 tarps they have I also buy batteries , toothpaste , toothbrushes, I buy their bags of beans and pasta when they have the 50% more packages. I also buy their 1.00 clear vinyl shower curtains to use for plastic sheeting. The shower curtains are much thicker. They also get bottles of name brand body wash and shampoo that are the 20-50% more sizes but you have to catch them when they first come in because they go fast. I get their antibiotic ointment and hydrocortisone cream. A lot of their items are crap but if you look you can get name brand items also and they do take coupons. Take care everyone and keep stocking up . God bless!
From a first aid perspective, I would add saline solution to rinse eyes. I would add also Morton's light salt to make an electrolyte solution to prevent dehydration with diarrhea. Look online for recipe.
I'm in the commercial cleaning business. I heard on the news yesterday that clorox disinfectant wipes will continue to be hard to find for another year. But if you know or have a commercial janitorial distributor in your area most will sell to the public. They do carry disinfectant wipes. They won't be the store brand but just as effective. Look for "monk" brand. They are typically sold in large containers. The ones I have are 800 and 1600 per container. And very affordable. There are other brands but I thought I'd mention one so you get a good example. Just a pro tip!
Ray Flores : well thanks for that. I do have two big supply companies here. I asked my husband to cut a roll of those blue shop towels to fit one of the old Kirkland wipes containers and just poured Clorox and a bit of water down through it til the roll was soaked. Oh. I removed the cardboard roll from the inside. No wipes in stores here either. But I had massive quantities of bleach, wipes, and alcohol, masks, and disposable gloves, toilet paper and paper towels here anyway. Why? A cat population in the teens. Needs a lot of clean up daily. Once again thanks as I have been Sharing wipes, sanitizer and alcohol so it’s going down some.
@@amieinnovascotia3237 I also found out that restaurant depot stores. (Where some mom and pop) restaurants get the bulk of their supplies had opened to the public during the time that the stores were out of most items. We were able to purchase most of what we needed. They are like a Costco or Sam's on steroids. We were able to help family, friends and neighbors. We used local bakeries for bread.
It's really crazy that so many people just don't have any xtra money for these things but seem to be able to find the funds for that new $1,000 cell fone, or those sporting event or concert tickets, or the latest fashion clothes, or another new car, or more toys for the adults. Shows where our priorities are.
Sadly, you are right about that. And, it isn't just the young with a lack of experience who fail to prepare, I have had folk in their sixties and seventies, ask what does 'Prepping' mean. I give up, they will wake up when it is too late. It seems that many people think that the 'Nanny State' or 'God' will come to the rescue, so they don't bother to help themselves.
@@sjordan7085 I hear ya, so many folks unprepared is not my concern any more. My brother talks about buying some "survival food" but it's all talk. I guess he's waiting for the stores to close b/4 he swings into action. For so many young people they have not had any difficult times to give them a perspective and it's not my responsibility to give it to them. Life will be their teacher. If they don't make it, oh well. Just like the women, "their bodies, their lives, their choice. They are on their own.
@BJ Giauque Well, the birds he feeds crap all over my house and vehicle, the groundhogs he feeds eat my green beans from my garden and the skunks he feeds also dig holes all over my flower beds. So I would say to him "do I know you sir?"
If the base rock is deep enough you can also just bury a rainwater barrel up to the lid and use that as a fridge. It requires no power and the racoons arent strong enough to open it. Im off grid and have a few by me they dont freeze in winter either. Im about zone 7
Love Always wins From Lil Giant A comment says there may be a blackout of all social media, Amazon, Netflix, etc. When that happens cell phones may be overloaded and cause a power blackout for about 10 days. That might create havoc for those with health problems. You might try concentrating the goods you have frozen into one place and getting a solar generator to power the fridge/freezer. Other generators work but make noise and require gas or other energy source. Gas powered would need ventilation, like a garage, which would need supervision against thefts.Advises you get an antennae for TV so you can get emergency broadcasts. Small multiple radios from Amazon would allow more communication, especially for emergencies and communication with neighbors.
T Innerste From Lil Giant Sounds really neat. But I have no idea what base rock is. Are you in the mountains? How do you make a hole as big as a rainwater barrel in rock? Where can you get a rainwater barrel with a lid that has a lock or catch? I have only seen those WITHOUT lids. But then I am not young or very conversant with Internet.
@@henryvalero9235 well, im in a steep rivervalley in the mountains, baserock is the hard solid rock under the topsoil and the larger broken rock layer. Some people have a few inches and people can go meters before they hit solid rock or huge unmoveable ones. We have a four meter deep fast flowing well, so i would assume thats where my baserock is. The water barrels by me are from one to two meters tall and vary a lot in width and volume. They have a metal ring that clamps shut or are screw top but too big and tight for a racoon to unscrew. You could always make a different lid if yours always have the downspout hole open.
T Innerste From Lil Giant THANK YOU! That was sweet of you to reply. I understand a little bit better now. I have never seen a barrel with a lid, either. I have seen many wooden barrels wrapped with metal bands set under the rain gutter spout in Illinois and Indiana, where my grandmother lived. No lids. Perhaps they removed them, or used wooden barrels intended for other purposes. I will have to check that out. Never know when that kind of info will help. Sounds like really nifty idea. Wonder if would work in soil-sort of like a mud cabin built into the hillside, but your method would be cleaner. I went to Canada around 1993. Studied French at the University de LaValle in their immersion class. Had a hard time getting enough vegetables. Suspect because their soil is very thinly laid over rock. They import a lot of vegetables. Too bad I did not ask more about their agricultural habits. Thanks again. 😉
I agree and ghee (not just clarified butter) is pure fat and shelf stable for quite a long period of time. If anyone out there decides to make ghee out of all that butter they have in the freezer: 1) put it in glass jars to store it; 2) don’t worry about having salted butter to make it from as the salt will be left behind with the solids; and, please do NOT discard the toasted solid bits left behind with that last bit of oil. It’s yummy to fry fish or really anything in. Or, just eat it with a spoon right from the pot if no one is looking. Oh! One more thing: use whatever butter you have. It really doesn’t need to be from grass-fed, organic, free-roaming herds of panda-massaged cattle.
Buy HEIRLOOM seeds and start a small garden. Grow and eat your own food. Please share this with family and friends, especially ones with children and elderly. I wish you all safety and security.
Please don't count on it feeding you, if one has never gardened before... you deal with pack rats, rabbits, squirrel, aphids, root worms, eating and killing your plants, ...soil has to be right condition, along with amending soil you need fertilizer and KNOWLEDGE with EXPEREINCE to tend to what is going on in garden... shade/ water/ nitrogen/ too much sun..not enough sun..frost.. ONE NEEDS to ALWAYS STOCK UP ON FOOD..plus you don't experience a harvest until several weeks later. It is not as easy as just throw some seeds in the ground and grow a garden..it is a skill and even with that...you never know. Please stock up #1. YEHOVAH bless you and keep you safe.
Ohio: cooking oil, yeast, flour, tolietries, cleaning products. Anything pasta or tomato related also gone. Meat also gone and now back to the tune of $50 for 4 small steaks. Find any spot in your house and stock up. I have no basement or attic and garage is way to hot in summer and way to cold in winter so all my preps are in the house. I just put 12 cases of bottled water behind my couch (I have more other places but that is my newest spot.) Moved it out a bit. Everything hidden but easy to access. Same for a hutch in a corner. Angled it and piled up stuff behind it. Get creative and stay home and use your preps. 😃
I'm just west of cleveland and i've not had much trouble finding all of the items you mentioned. cooking oil, about $2.50 per quart; yeast, $4 for 4 ounces of active dry; flour, pillsbury is $2.50 for 5 pounds; plenty of tomato products on the shelf, less than 20% higher than normal, clorox wipes are not on the shelf here or anywhere else; most cleaning products are still here. The exact same 3-ply masks i bought at my local grocery was 2x the price at home depo
SuperSaltydog77 : I’m several hours south. Was out tonight at 3 stores. No cleaners to be found. Luckily I have vinegar and dawn on hand. As well as bleach (not together). Wanted tub cleaner and microban. I found flour for nearly $8 for 5 lb. Got a jug of oil. No yeast still. Found masks at sams and aldis. Luckily I have a nice stash of food on hand. Just never expected flour and yeast to go so quick.
You can stock up on the blue shop towels also at your local auto store . They will save you from using your paper towels to wipe up spills on the floor ect.
I have heard a couple news stories about A/C parts, especially compressors, are extremely hard to get, that is so scary, especially when you live with n Arizona !! Keep up on the maintenance on your A/C !
For Water - instead of buying a bunch of plastic one time use bottles - I bought a BERKEY Water Filter - you can go out to a puddle and get water - it will clean it. Love mine
Berkey is fine for those who can afford it and who put all their eggs in one basket. We bought a Sawyer Mini Filter for each family member and stashed one in each vehicle. For base camp (home or away from home) bought the Sawyer PointOne filter and the 5 gallon bucket kit, along with 2 5-gallon food grade buckets. One bucket to receive raw water, the other to receive filtered water. If the need arises, we can filter hundreds of gallons of water, per day, for friends & family. How much can the Berkey process per day? How much can it process before the filters have to be replaced? How many replacement filters do you have on hand? Please do your own research, my friends to make the best choice possible for your needs and budget. PS: We also have other methods, in place, to turn raw water into potable water, if/when the need arises. Google SODIS to see one example. Disclaimer: I'm not associated with any company, in any matter, that produces/sells water sanitation equipment/supplies. Just a satisfied customer.
@@oldtimerlee8820 Just, because one has a Berkey does not mean I have all my eggs in one basket. I have another method of filtering water as well as that, and it is done in a smaller vessel. I thought long an hard before buying a Berkey, and agree they are quite expensive, but they are worth it to me. I am very happy with my purchase, from their 'scratch and dent' dept.. Reality is that I do not need hundreds of gallons of water a day, just enough for my pets and myself. And, I love the taste of the water, it tastes so good it encourages me to drink more than I might otherwise.
@@sjordan7085 Great that you have multiple ways to have safe drinking water! FWIW... I believe it is important to relay this very need to people who might not be aware of "One is none, Two is one". Next, many people cannot afford a Berkey. Period. Again, IMO, it is important to give viable alternatives. Given them the option of choosing what will work best for them, in their circumstances. Continuing.... There are only 2 people and currently (sadly) no pets in our home. So, a Sawyer Squeeze ($25-$30) can easily satisfy our potable water needs. Yet... I live in a rural area where many rely on electric well pumps. There's a small, relatively clean, stream on our property. If my extended family, neighbors and even strangers need water, I'm going to do my best to make it available to them! It's all about choice, my friend. If you're happy with your choice(s), that's great! If it (they) satisfy your long term needs, that's even better.
@@oldtimerlee8820 I just looked at Sawyer Squeeze on Amazon and was overwhelmed with the options! I'm a very old lady and had only heard of Berkey. If you have time, I would appreciate your advice for myself and maybe something affordable to help friends or family.
Yeah Pink salt, Nido Milk, Pasta BOXES of pasta, Noodles, Spagetti, ReadyBreak and Oatmeal, Sugar....I could go on all day. It would be cool for you to do a winter stock up like candles and stuff for light and heat. I am stocking up on usb lanterns and getting solar panels in for them. I am also stocking up on battery packs. If there is a second wave on top of a nasty winter it can be prepared for.
Thanks for doing this video. About water. Water never goes bad. After a few years it may taste a little flat and this can be corrected by boiling which helps get oxygen moving.
Pure raw honey is also a lifetime food item. If it goes to sugar, set jar in hot water and it will return to its original. Sugar and salt will last forever if stored right. Dinner napkins are wonderful to substitute for tp.
YES!😁 And I like to buy LOCAL honey..it worked Best for allergies. I tried all the OTC meds, then went to doctor and got prescription nasal spray and that started to wear off after a few months. The honey has always worked best and never faded for me on potentcy out of all the things I tried.😁
Dinner napkins for TP? Are you talking paper or cloth? Nothing but toilet paper should really go down the toilet. Problems for pipes and sewer plant or septic.
@@dianafuld3450 I buy sugar in 25 pound "paper" bag at Walmart. I transfer the sugar to glass jars, for your referance I have listed the weights for jar size. 1 pint .75 pound 1 qt. 1.75 pounds 2 qt canning jar 3.5 pounds 80 oz Pickle jar 4.5 pounds I store salt in wide mouth pint canning jars. 1 pint =1 pound With an oxygen absorber in the top the salt and sugar doesnt draw moister and turn into a lump. Store honey in a glass jar. If it crystallizes heat the honey in a warm oven (turn on to lowest temperature and the when its preheated turn the oven off and put jar of honey in) until the honey "melts". 8152020
When I was a little girl (so like 50-plus years ago), my dad would call a pits and parts wash a "horse bath". Of course he was saying "whore's bath" but my little girl ears innocently heard "HORSE bath." So to this day, its a horse bath---and yes, you have to make the neighing sound when you say it, LOL.
Just amazes me that some folk would even think of throwing food away, when it can so easily be donated to those who need it. Same goes for any item that can be of use to someone else.
@@sjordan7085 It depends on what it is. Canned tomato products are nasty a year or two after the bb date, and some food closets will sort by bb date as well, so your trash ends up in their trash.
@@Cleosbitch I've thought about buying up spam for that reason. My roommate and I get ill from eating it in any form, but there are a lot of people who swear by it. I'm more comfortable trading pork products than I am alcohol anyway.
MacKenzie Drake : what about canned corned beef. Two brands come to mind: Hereford from Argentina and Mario’s from France. To be honest, I’ve never tried Spam but I once read that it means “something posing as meat” so I never bought it. I’m fussy about where my food is processed. One very large Asian country is out of the question for me. I will admit that I haven’t bought canned corned beef since the 1970’s but bought it this spring. Actually quite good. I dream of a sandwich of canned corned beef with yellow mustard , iceberg lettuce and butter on a soft fluffy white bread. Ahhh. Can have all but the bread. So I guess I will have to settle for a lettuce wrap.
Personally, I would prefer not to keep risking my health by shopping frequently. When I shop, I get in and out as quickly as possible, and if that mean buying a dozen items that are on sale, it still leave more than enough for other shoppers. I think very carefully, before going inside, and make it a point to shop when the stores are the least busy.
I think it's a matter of what you can afford and what you feel comfortable being seen doing. Where I live, stocking up on payday(s) once or twice a month makes sense, especially in lockdown, so I stock up beyond what I need this payday each time I go out, and I cruise Walmart dot com several times a month for items that I can't find elsewhere, or which I don't want to lug home on the bus, like four half gallons of hand and dish soap at a time. I don't intend to scalp it later, and we will use it over the course of six months or so, so my conscience is comfortable.
Everytime I go shopping I just grab a few extra canned goods and a case of bottled water. I am reorganizing and taking inventory of all our food. Some other things to consider are: feminine products, OTC medications, vitamins, bandages/ first aid, a good pair of scissors to cut hair, extra clothing, buying sizes up for growing kids at thrift stores, or garage sales. Basically having a mini store in your home. I don't drink but I do keep whiskey wine and vodka around in the event of having something to barter with. Thank you for this video. I'm grateful for the many good people out there who are willing to share their ideas and knowledge. I'm still learning.
Clorox was also hard to find for a while. Everything you mentioned was also out in our area, Houston, TX. Luckily, I prep and when I saw C-19 jump the China border I knew it was only time before it reached here. So every time I went to the store I bought a little more, never more than one because I wanted everyone to have a chance to get some.
HI all, I have been prepping for a while and am stocked up in many different categories. I recently watched some prepping channels telling us not to forget to have a good stock of underwear and socks for the whole family. So many of us cannot make our own clothing and/or don't have the materials to make them. It's good advice and helps with morale and personal hygiene. Hugs to everyone out there x
This is what I started doing in lieu of brea and having to buy yeast. Five easy ingredients to make flat bread or biscuits. I never have to worry about yeast shortage. take 1 cup All Purpose Flour, 2 tsps baking powder, 1/4 tsp salt, mix with spatula in med size bowl. Add in 3 tblspoons butter, mix it with hands or fork, whatever you method you prefer, till like it looks like beads. Sometimes I forget to take out butter from my freezer, so in a pinch I grate the butter into the bowl. Then put in about 1/3 cup water, maybe a little less. Stir around with spatlua till into a ball.if too wet, add a pinch of flour, if too dry add a drip of water. Divide in half, take each half and divide into 3 equal balls. Then put on baking sheet and flatten with hand. If you want flatbred, take the whole ball and flatten in the baking sheet. I use this as my pizza dough too, but you can just cook it plain which makes a terrific flatbread. My glass baking sheet is about the size of the inside of a medium size microwave or a little smaller than a lasanga pan. I cook it in my little counter top oven, on 425 degrees for 12-14 mins total. I turn it once sometimes, if I remember. Best biscuits ever. This is the easiest quickest bread type to have fresh with breakfast. No kneeding and waiting for dough to double.
I live down south. In my city we got plenty of food, toilet paper, cleaners except Clorox wipes, meat, medicine. Even during lock down we were rationed but food kept on coming. I do prep and help feed people in need especially during these times but, I am not going broke. What ever happens let God be the glory.
It seems so many folk are in total denial that they are not bothering to prepare anything. And, if and when something happens they will expect the government to take care of them, so I am not expecting too many complaints. It is up to folk to take care of themselves, and grow a garden if they can, if they have the means to, and refuse, that is basically their own fault. Not much we can do, if others do not share our values.
True "preppers" were already prepared.. BEFORE the Pandemic hit the states. Now it should be about only maintaing /replacing stuff because the system IS already stressed. Those who clean off the shelves of a particular product are not being fair. Some, especially the elderly may not be able to stock up a lot. They may be counting on that last box of outmeal. Everyone.. be kind and share. 😘
Here is a tip for you. Don't buy online shopping during the pandemic. Such as, Amazon & eBay seller are still price gouging to sell more than original price. Most store are now stock up with sanitizing, masks, & foods.
My area still a lot of shortages. I am in California in a fairly large city. I spent $150 at Dollar Tree buying what I could to restock my pantry beans, rice, dried potatoes, pasta, canned pineapple and mango (better than no fruit). I’m amazed at how most stores are 50% empty including Walmart’s and Targets in my area.
True, and I also notice that often when I have bought several items on Amazon, the order arrives incomplete, because they are out of stock on some items. It is a bit of a pain having to keep track to make sure that one does eventually receive everything one has paid for. So, given up on Amazon, don't need anything else anyway.
@@sjordan7085 I've found an online store called Thrive Market. It's one you suscribe too, but I made up the cost in the first 2 orders. They have mostly health food stuff. It's good quality food. And they have lots of cleaning supplys. It comes fast, and to your house. Hope this helps.
@@donnastockwell296 The Thrive Foods, could be is a company based in Utah. A portion of their profits go to charity.Tiny House Preppers Bill and Elizabeth of You Tube fame sell it. There is a factory that you can go to, but it is sold through distributers. When I buy it again, I will buy it through Bill and become a disributer, just not ready to do that yet, because I already have a lot of food stocked. It is very good quality food and lasts at least 25 years, some people use it on a daily basis, because they feel it eliminates food waste. But, I never waste food anyway. They have monthly specials, and various discounts depending upon what you buy. I am thinking of driving there and filling RV. I understand they could be a bit behind on shipping orders due to heavy demand and the pandemic.
We have a bidet kit on our toilet. Keeps us very clean and uses a small amount of water. You can find them on Amazon starting around $30. We bought a Tushy. Super nice.
I tend to keep stock on hand anyway, so as soon as things started showing up in stores, I started restocking. I will continue. Great video. I really enjoy the reminders on things that I could be missing or have overlooked. By the way, I've actually noticed some things that have been "overstocked" at local stores on clearance. I picked up alcohol, small bottles of hand sanitizer, even paper products on clearance. Also, cold/flu meds! I bought Elderberry syrup at 90% off that expires in 2021 yesterday. Holy cow!! Cough drops for 16 cents. Great deals to be found if you're out there. Check your drug store chains, local mom & pop stores, and dollar stores.
Dollar Tree does have some great buys, but beware, some things are more expensive than they need to be. Just because the price is $1 does not necessarily make it a good deal!
Just found your channel through youtube suggestions? Happy to support a fellow prepper channel. New sub with bell. Agree with everything here. Wave 2 is coming, and also social unrest in November. Grab what you need, and then some extras for family/friends/people you will help.
About the freezer, keep any unused space filled with jugs of water. This gives you water but most importantly it keeps your food frozen longer. You can also freeze milk.
Be the "grey man" (person). If soup lines form or everyone goes to the food bank - get in line. If they require wearing the masks, find some thin opaque material to make your own so it will look like you're complying but can still breathe. If you're not losing weight like the rest of the area, wear clothes a size or two too big to "blend in". The goal is to be as unnoticable as possible and slip under (their) radar.
If you buy jars of items, pick jars that will be similar to canning jars, or use the same canning lids. The jars are considered “free” since they are reused afterwards.
Oh how Hubby would gripe about my "jars everywhere" that I would wash and save. At least a couple brands of pasta sauce use Ball Atlas canning jars. A tad smaller than a quart, usually, but still take quart lids and rings. Now we can't find canning supplies in stores, but I'm well-stocked!
If you are a canner, buy whatever lids you see. In my area in the midwest, none of the stores have them. A few people are trying to sell a box of 12 on facebook marketplace for $10/box... speaking of price gouging!!
WM is basically out; the one pack at $14+ is basically a placeholder. At that price you might as well buy a box of jars with lids as they are cheaper per dozen.
@@donnabrown1518 That's always a question at this point. I've got them on my shopping list just in case I see some on my grocery run this weekend. It will be one of the hottest weekends of the summer, but I am helping out another family, and they need supplies more than we do. Otherwise, I would settle in here at home with a half-frozen bottle of water and wait for evening or a break in the weather. On the upside, I'll get fresh veggies and mushrooms for the dehydrator.
A whole house generator would be so great to have, especially if you have a full freezer. The grid is at risk and extreme weather is getting more common.
It is time to lose weight and get fit with intermittent fasting. That will improve your body immunity and work your way to 24 hour fasts. If the SHTF you can come out stronger and leaner.
Just found you! I have been restocking on supplies we went through during the first wave of lockdown. Our household was so grateful to have prepped for years, but there were a few items we did not foresee stores having shortages on, so we are building up on those supplies now.
Someone in a lockdown situation said they ran out of bin liners. i also like to make sure i have plenty of Tea and Coffee. i would also get Butter and Cheese which can be put in the freezer.Also top up herbs and spices.and Olive Oil.
Buy small cans of Crisco to make Emergency Candles. Buy wicks or you can use tapered candles for the larger cans of Crisco. These candles burn long term if you are using them for 8 hours a day. Initially the company that makes Crisco made candles. Note the flame in the word Crisco.
Susan Jacks ; darn. I threw out two cans (unopened) last summer. I will pick up a couple. So what about the wicks? Do you dig out the centre and kinda shove them in?
Maine? Been there many times from Pennsylvania.. I don't tell people cause I don't want them to mess it up.. lady you are on top of this as I am.. thanks for sharing
I buy bleach and mix with water I also buy vinegar and dilute with water. You can also add citrus peels directly to the vinegar and it smells really good for cleaning the bathroom and kitchen. Great video !!
I bought a nice stack of microfiber cloths from Walmart to use instead of paper towels. I still use paper towels on something, but these cloth have really cut day on paper towel usage. They wash up very nicely.
I stocked packages of tortillas. Wraps and breakfast tortillas go a long way. I bought a one burner butane cook stove for $20 on Amazon and fuel in case electric goes out in winter. Our heating fuel sometimes gets low, so I will also purchase a propane heater, that is ok for the indoors. I am 66 and my husband has severe health issues, so we stay in, in winter. I think this winter will be rough with shortages. Compleats dinners are good to stock...most have a nice portion of meat, cost less than $2 each...you can buy them by the box on Amazon and they don’t take much heating. Sealed well......Candy is a good treat to have. I buy the chocolate bags...Halloween is coming..candy will be on sale. Butter cookies in tins. We have a shortage at the moment, of canned goods, but restaurant size cans are available. I open a can, then store in plastic containers til used up. My son is a chef and bought restaurant sizes on many items. He bought canned fruits in restaurant size to make Cobblers to freeze.....over the counter drug store items can be a great help if one should run out of prescription medications. I keep tums, pain relievers, vitamins such as Potassium, St. John’s Wort, and herbs, pre sleep relaxer, electrolytes in package dry to add to water. I also have water treatment and filters for drinking bottles. Teas can help treat a sick person, masks and gloves....for caring for the sick at home. Whiskey used as a medicine can break up the mucus if out of pharma meds, and onions will treat flu...because of the sulfer. Get a good natural medicinals book. This is just some of what i have stocked. Colorado/Utah here. We have a home in Utah, but came here to have help with my husband who has had 11 strokes....three of them major.And he has parkinsons. We are staying at my son’s in Colorado. Point is that I have prepped here and storing my stuff in one bedroom with a walk in closet and bathroom. I am using plastic containers. You can do it!
@@michaelkaer maybe a tarp with a few bricks and a outdoor cooker to heat up bath water....if we have a cme or solar flare no water natural gas or electricity
@@rhondalandrum7646 paint a 5gal bucket solid black , fill it with water and sit it in the sun. It will heat the water naturally except in the winter ....not sure about winter on that.
Buying facial tissues in cardboard boxes is a complete waste of money when TP does the same thing for a lot less. If you want to save on TP, buy a bidet, or you can DIY one from an empty dishwashing soap bottle. Leave a little soap in the bottom of the bottle and fill with warm water. Voila! Learn to do without paper towels, another waste of money, sponges or clean rags can be used instead. If you want to be a bit more fancy, fill a pretty basket with cheap washclothes and keep it on your kitchen counter to use instead of paper towels. When I was a child we had cloth hankies and used cut up rags if we had a cold often made from an old sheet. Make your own soap and cleaners, easy to do, and many instructions on RUclips. One does not need to consume meat, I haven't eaten it for more than sixty-five years. Most Americans have far too much animal fat and protein in their diets. Protein of high biological value can be found in veggies and by combining rice and beans. I love home made soups, cheap to make from Organic veggies grown in my garden, nutritious and a good way to increase one's water intake. I love 'Better than Boullion,' to flavour soups. And, I buy Salt Free Veg Seasoning, like Mrs. Dash to cut down on salt intake. They sell it at my local Grocery Outlet. A one pound container for $5.99. Similar at Walmart is almost $25.00 for the same size! I bought six of them for my storage pantry. I adore pickled beets, so bought them and almost all of my storage items from Grocery Outlet, prices are always half if not, less than half of the prices in conventional grocery stores. They sell Organic, Keto and other items for special diets. The foods are surplus from regular grocery stores, and are not expired dates. Some items my say, "Best Before Date" I bought four cans of decaffinated coffee 2.5 lb size cans for .96cents a can. Can't beat that! And, no need to use coupons, because they don 't accept them. As I live on Social Security, I have to be very frugal. If you don't make your own bread, or have a breadmaker, you can buy bread and other baked goods from Bakery Discount stores for a fraction of the cost regular grocery stores sell it for. I have more than enough food and supplies to last one to two years, probably more if I ration it carefully. That also includes enough to help my grown daughter and family if necessary. I have camping equipment, generators, extra fuel and petrol stored in metal cans with fuel stabilizer. Prescription eye wear with spares, first aid items, cough drops etc. Sewing machnes that are electric as well as a treadle, materials and supplies, nails, screws, hinges, and hand tools as well as electric incase I need them. I have bought spare oil and oil filters for my car and RV, as well as fluids and wiper blades. I own an electric bike as well as two others, that have been tuned up. It would be a good idea to buy tire repair kits. I started with the basics and refined as I went along. Now, I just look for gaps in my food storage. I have all the toiletries and feminine items I need as well as clothes, and shoes enough to last this lifetime and the next. 'How To' books will help add to my skills if the Internet goes down, because the libraries are still closed. I believe in being resilient and prepared to the best of my ability. Self-protection has not been over looked. My animals are well provided for. I have enough Timothy hay to last my rescued rabbits for several months. I have a small dehydrator and buy veggies and fruit from market stalls to dry at home. I also like Winco's dry products that are in their bins. Prices are great, because you are not paying for packaging. You can save containers from foods precviously bought, and refill them for storage. They even look attractive on the shelf. Picking wild blackberries to freeze or make pies and crumbles with saves money. My favourite prepper item is my Berkey water purifier, I have bottles of water stored and have started using empty plastic cat litter bottles to store water that I plan to use for tasks other than drinking. Bottles are free, and it costs nothing to fill and store them. If I can do all this on minimal income, anyone can. All it takes is a little planning and making the effort to focus on goals as funds and being creative allows. My daughter used to make fun of me for having items for my little grandchild on hand, but there has not been a peep out of her lately. I have prepared for future birthdays and Christmases. Santa's Workshop will be opening in a week of two. Always better to shop in advance, rather than pay full price in time of need. For those with children, finding other parents interested in sharing or passing on children's clothes can be benefitial. Being prepared brings a feeling of peace, so I suggest it to everyone, because none of us know what the future may bring. We can only hope for the best, and prepare for the worst!
S Jordan : I still make hankies. Was able to buy some loose woven cotton material at our Princess Auto store and each one makes 4 lady’s size. So when I’m watching telly at night (u-tube, of course), I hand stitch lace around the edges. Bought the lace cheap. If I’ve got a cold though, I am still using flannelette diapers I bought back in the 70’s just for the purpose. No! They were never used as diapers but a nice soft cotton so it doesn’t make my face all red and sore. Kleenex is wood, after all.
@@amieinnovascotia3237 Makes sense to me. I have lots of pretty hankies from when I was a child and young person. Always took a clean hankie with me to school, or anywhere else for that matter. Some of the lace ones are really pretty, little works of art. I also like drinking tea from bone china cups, they are little works or ar too, and make the tea taste better. Can't understand those who drink out of styrofoam!
S Jordan : sounds like you and I could switch homes and both of us be perfectly comfortable. I don’t have a water purifier though or a dehydrator. A good dehydrator is on my list. Anyone got recommendations? No shortage of “wet” here. In a couple minutes, more will be along from the heavens. Mine and my friend’s husband’s maintaining supplies of food and comfort items has always been the source of much amusement. No one is laughing now. There are no shortages here right now but I expect that is due to the fact that we (most of the world) is still operating on last year’s harvests. We all might be a bit hungrier come this time next year. At this point, I am fine to feed family (nieces -have no kids myself) and some friends for about two years but we won’t have to worry about dieting. Won’t be that much. It probably wouldn’t hurt for people in rural areas to pick up spare parts for things like water pumps. There is still a well here with plentiful water and I just need to connect that new pump to make it operational even though I expect to not need it. My old wood furnace and new wood burning kitchen stove are ready to go with a four year supply of very dry wood cut and split. I have a cat door into the sunporch for the feral cats and they use it. I put an electric blanket (an older one without auto shut-off) turned on high on the sofa for them and an electric fireplace for the really cold nights. And a huge supply of cat food and treats. So don’t forget the wildlife. These videos are great resources especially for the younger women. And this one reminded me of items I never thought of.
Canned meats. "We don't buy a lot of canned meats, I am not even sure where this can came from..." LOL. I couldn't stop laughing. Paper towels are a waste of money. You should only use them sparingly, such as for food preparation. Use cloth towels instead. They can be washed and used multiple of times. When they get raggity, then use them for cleaning.
We don't use a whole lot of paper towels, but I do keep them on hand. I keep several kitchen towels and we use them a lot. I normally don't buy a whole lot of paper products, it's just more stuff to go into the landfills. And we don't normally eat a lot of canned meat. But I have bought some cans of canned ham and chicken breasts. We are not much on tuna, I think I ate too much of it as a kid.
When the cleaning supplies sold out, people started buying all the vinegar up. It's still limit one in my area, and I go through tons of vinegar for pickling, hair care, cleaning, etc. Stocking it up now.
It's not all about getting full either. Getting nutrients is the most important thing of all. I've been fasting & training my body to only eat a few times a day very small amount of food. However I'm stocking up on Vitamins and Protein Powders. We will need these things more than we actually will need food. With everything that's going to hit soon you aren't going to be able to be going out tending to a garden either.
We do not have possible food shortages coming. We have definite food shortages coming. The famine will come after the world war. We are living in the end of days. It is in the Bible.
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Homestead Corner, you are right on many things. People should stock up on some things like cleaning products, when they can. I work at a Walmart in Massachusetts, and I can tell you that cleaning and disinfectant products are STILL hard to come by for consumers. As soon as we get some in, it's bought up. Many people miss out on it! For my store, I tell the customers the best times to buy one of these items are early mornings, or late afternoons. Yes, we get trucks every day! Sometimes we get lysol and similar products in; sometimes we don't. It's a hit or miss. Also, we can't order these things right now, so don't ask if we can, or if we have any in the back room. We don't! The company decides how to distribute it fairly to all stores. Stock on items, while they are available. About water... Store your tap water ( unless where you live tells you that your tap water is bad ) ! Buy a water filter. If you can afford to buy water daily, then you can afford to buy a water filter! Also, buy a water purification item if you can. Use both, and you will NEVER have to BUY water ! Reuse the hand sized bottles you already have, if you buy water, and fill them with YOUR filtered tap water! That water will be similar to what water companies sell you anyway ! If people don't believe me about this, than keep wasting your MONEY by buying W A T E R ! ! ! It's like buying coffee at a coffee shop. Spend more money for it, or make it at home, and spend less. Just common sense stuff that most people know anyway. But if you're spending too much on some things and your rent or mortgage is due, or other bill, and you're wondering where you are going to get the money..., cut out things like buying water, or coffee at the coffee shop !
Great comments. Thank you! I have a Berkey water filter & have been filling our empty vitamin water bottles & cleaned out large plastic soda bottles & filled them all with tap water. I store those & will put the water through the Berkey water filter to use as drinking/potable water. Our tap water is not great where I live so we put all our water through the Berkey first. Our Berkey water filter has been worth it's weight in gold!
@@maureen5054 Be sure you have a backup to your Berkey in case it fails, is damaged or is stolen. There are an number of economical backup solutions from SODIS to chemical purification to boiling to filters such as the Sawyer line. Since, if memory serves Berkey filters are rated for about 6,000 gallons, be sure to have a set or 2 of backup filters. I'm reasonably sure the rating is based on optimal water conditions. Keep a backup, in case the water you have to filter far less than optimal. Muddy water is an example. Never assume that water will always be flowing from the tap. There are a number of disaster situations (natural and man-made) that can disrupt the flow of "city" water. Thus, it may be necessary to work with whatever natural water source you have in your area. If water conditions are bad, use a pre-filter. Can be as simple as a coffee filter or a clean cotton dishtowel. For our setup, I use a flour sack dishtowel (Walmart) and a grease splatter screen large enough to cover the container that I'll use beneath. Put the screen on the bucket and cover it with the towel. Pour raw water though it to remove as much debris, as possible. If the water is silt laden, after pre-filtering let the remaining silt settle to the bottom on the bucket, before dipping out the water for your Berkey.
@@oldtimerlee8820 Thank you so much Lee! I have taken notes & will follow all your directions. We have (3) 55 gallon treated blue water barrels in our basement (it is just me & my husband now) and a room in the basement stocked with gallons of drinking water from floor to ceiling on shelves. Have a 350 gallon hot tub we no longer use in a hot tub house on our deck that I store tap water in. I did all this to save us from making the longer trips to the lakes & creeks near us. I am 68 years old now & my husband is 61 so we are no longer spring chickens!
Learn how to build a rocket stove. You’ll need bricks and some small twigs, matches and a burner grate (optional). There are tutorials all over RUclips.
CheapRV Living also has ideas on portable solar, batteries and other things. Micro fibre towels instead of paper towels. They rinse out in the sink very easily with a$ spray bottle with diluted dish soap makes it easy. And if there are limits, if you don't have someone with you, check out put your items in the vehicle. Go back into the store for what was limited. Go through a different line of course. 😎😎😎😎
For people who take prescription medicine ask your Doctor to write for three months supply. Most insurance companies will fill 90 day supply on maintenance medicine. Antidepressants and pain meds are usually limited to 30 day supplies
Also if you pay cash you can get your Rx filled for a year. My blood pressure meds were 1/2 the cost if I filled them for the year at Costco and did not file my insurance. My doctor had no problem writing that script when he ran the numbers himself.
I told my doctor I needed refills for my thyroid medication for a full year!!! 90 days is nothing if your life depends on the medication, scary how everything is right now!
This is an excellent video, covering a lot of ground. One serious mistake about water: one can survive on 1 gallon a day if he doesn't cook doesn't wash himself AT ALL. The absolute minimum amount is 3 gallons a day. It is rather impractical to store bottled water for an emergency. The smallest usable container is Aqua-Tainer (7 gallon).
I bought fairy lights years ago for outdoor ambience didn’t use but I put one sting in a mason jar when we had power outage it was great for lightening up the room so you’re not stumbling in the dark you can get them on eBay cheap also the batteries in bulk hope that helps
Many years ago, I developed a food storage and rotation system. Fortunately, I had plenty of everything when Covid hit, but some items like wipes and toilet paper did begin to dwindle, so I adjusted and am adding more of the items I use most often. Good video, thanks!
Thanks for the video. Good points here. Just an FYI, you can't flush tissues unless they are labeled as flushable. Which is rare. If you flush tissues you're going to have a clog or some other kind of plumbing problem.
All the more reason for folk to buy TP instead of tissues, it is cheaper, and serves the same purpose. If you don't like the look of a TP roll, just sew a little bag for it, with a slit in the side or use a round container to hide it.
@@Aknot2099 Apparently, it must be. LOL That's why some folk go to 'powder their noses', rather than go to the toilet, or loo. It provides a more pleasant visual.
Last year we spent $300 to unclog our sewer line just near the street because one of our neighbors uses flushable wipes 😠. So don’t flush them even if they say flushable !
@@shellp888 Where I live the sewer treatment plants are complaining that even the treatment plants are having problems due to people flushing baby wipes. And, if people use TP that is not made for use in RV toilets it will block their tanks too. If it doesn't belong in a toilet don't put it there, I guess some folk just don't seem to understand that. One would think such knowledge would be basic common sense, but apparently, it isn't. I am becoming more and more of a recluse...LOL!
Im up in upstate ny and things are finally back on the shelves they even have tons of hand sanitizer and masks but i have yet to find disinfectant wipe and got the last lysol spray once until just recently and lucky at dollar tree with both yes the sizes smaller but i got the limit of 4 of both to stock up for winter. I think it will get crazy again this fall and winter so stocking up now. Even getting what i need for my family for Thanksgiving and Christmas yes it sounds crazy but dont want to be searching the ends of the earth for cranberry sauce come November.
I have a turkey and a Christmas ham and cans and boxes of side items we like on holidays. If nothing else we will have a nice family meal with the things we are accustomed to having.
I been doing that too. As for thanksgiving, as soon as you find cranberry sauce, get it, dried cranberries are also good for thanksgiving, you can use it in stuffing, salads , quick breads, desserts, ect.
Sunaug vttony I’ve been trucking along with my prepping but I never thought of prepping for Christmas and Thanksgiving! What a wonderful idea! I can’t believe I didn’t think of that also! Thanks for sharing! I’m gonna get out there and get all my Thanksgiving and Christmas stuff now😄
I am having trouble finding canned tomatoes here in the deep south as well. Today I got 8 large cans of crushed and several cans of whole to add to what I already have. I have 260 rolls of TP in the stockpile! My family and I have sat down on several occasions discussing our stockpile list and are preparing a 3-6 month supply of EVERYTHING we use on a normal basis. We have three upright freezers packed with meat and vegetables. We have huge amounts of canned foods, dry beans, rice, flour, sugar, yeast, and basically everything we use. We are the 12th highest cases in the country. Very, very bad here. I am going to prepare for the future as much as possible.
@@donkemp8151 We have a standby generator that runs on natural gas. It has our home up and running in 8 seconds after a power outage. We have a portable generator at our warehouse to plug up two freezers over there.
Colleen Howard make sure that you have all your canning supplies Incase that natural gas stops flowing by design. Just saying cover all your bases. Good luck.
Yeah but the powdered milk is still expensive:( I went ahead and bought some but I won’t do it again. We’re not really milk drinkers anyways (except my husband) but we also super hated the taste of it so it sucked paying so much for something we didn’t like at all and didn’t even need.
Chinese Chicken oh yes definitely agree on this one. We have a market that is multicultural and you can get amazing deals on spices compared to your “regular” grocery store like Safeway or Albertsons (whatever is your common store)
I keep Tea Tree Oil around for first aid , First Aid is an area where a lot of folks that prep are weak in. Get first aid supplies - stocked up with vinegar for both cooking and cleaning - as I write this Im dehydrating 11 lbs of frozen veggies, not sure why I never thought to do this so long ago, but doing it now. Love how it frees up room in the freezer. Plan to do a few pounds of ground beef later this week. Typical stuff here was sold or hard to get as else where ( British Columbia) Costco has not had yeast for a few months, perhaps since May, was in there today and they had a very small amount but grab one. Other thing I would like to get but the wife thinks Im crazy as we do not use sugar is to buy 50lb bag from Costco. Would make for good bartering if it gets that bad. they're floating the idea that there is a tin shortage so canners of veggies may have a hard time this harvest in canning the veggies. Lots of misinfo and fear info being put out. We need to God's wisdom and discernment more then ever to determine what we should be buying and not wasting our resources as it may be needed else where. Something that I did, was to purchase 100 pounds of wheat berries. Really don t use flour but figured I may if these get out of hands and at least I can bless others with a pound or two if they need it. Of course I will have to grind it up for them. Mind you, you can just soak the berries and then warm them up and eat it that way very delicious. Also stocking up on spices, if folks have Costco close by large and cheap containers
Excellent advice! When I heard the hurricane forecast for the east coast of the US, I started cleaning out our freezer by canning and dehydrating. This was before the panic of Covid set in. Forecast, which has already been proven accurate is a more active one than usual. It has been and we haven't reached peak season yet. Because of the potential for even more panic, this fall, have been adding to our supply of canned and dried / DIY dehydrated as sales & time permits. Agree "lots of misinfo and fear info being put out". Especially for political reasons. (sigh) We DO need God's wisdom to guide us during these trying times. May God bless your journey.
@@oldtimerlee8820 - your's to my friend = May God bless your journey. -Just finished vaccum packing my veggies from last night - from 5.5 lbs bag to a dehydrated weight of 12.8 ounce pouch - left them a couple of hours to long but thats ok - the other veggies had similar weigh in- getting ready to cook up some ground beef then will dehydrate and vaccum seal it.
Restaurant food supply stores (at least the one here), sells spices and herbs (huge boxes of just about anything you’ve ever heard of), and vanilla (real and artificial) not in tiny wee bottles, and chocolate of all kinds in 5kg slabs. Huge bags of the finest cocoa powder. All kinds of stuff. Here they sell to the public. During the worst of it, they had yeast and a steady supply.
I use so little salt because I use lots of other types of spices. The 26 oz round box of salt in my cabinet has a date of 10/09 on it. A word of caution, if you have to use tissues, paper towels, etc. instead of toilet paper, do NOT flush them. Toilet paper is designed to break down in your sewer pipes. The other paper products are not and can clog your toilet system.
Exactly... plus... those baby wipes that say "FLUSHABLE"... DO NOT BELIEVE IT. They wreck havoc with both private septic systems AND municipal systems.
I have chosen to sew 5”x5” squares of flannel material for toilet paper. I sewed them inside out and turned them right side out. I also stitched an X so they keep their shape in the wash. We used them when we urinated and then gathered them in a container with vinegar and water til we were ready to wash a load. This saved the toilet paper for poop 💩. We easily got through the shortage. I’m also willing to use it for poop if we run out of toilet paper. We would have to rinse the poop and scrub the wipes and then put them in the vinegar water container. It’s the same thing I did with cloth diapers back in the day. It works. We need to think outside the box.
That's not necessarily true, I'm a Wal-Mart cashier. Save money and use old fashioned cleaning supplies...wipes won't save you from this fake pandemic.,your govt is the real threat.
Seeds and compost or potting soil. Seed companies have been inundated with orders and are still out of many items even though it's the end of the summer season. Even if you don't garden or don't have much room, you can grow salad materials. A tray of lettuce microgreens will cost you about $3 for the seeds and $3 for the compost and maybe $2-3 if you don't have a seedling tray. If you do "cut and come again", this should give you salads for 2-3 months and the compost and tray are reusable.
That's what I do, one can use a clear plastic tote, to put the bag of potting mix on, cut holes on one side of the bag for drainage, remove most of the other side of the bag and some fo he contents, before planting. Then use the bottom of the tote tote to form a mini greenhouse, which will withstand frost. Not my idea, but I think it is a good one.
Being a prepper for 32 years, I have found one thing that will always be true...THE difference between what you will and will not EAT... is 72 hours...I've been there, and rattlesnake is pure heaven after not eating for 72 hours. Now... it is a delicacy that is always looked for.
We had the usual stuff go out of stock: toilet paper, yeast, hand sanitizer. Still can't get alcohol here. Our canned foods are starting to run low now again. Crazy times! So glad I'm prepared. Thank you for your videos!!
Still enough stuff in the shops in The Netherlands. The only shortage we had in the first Lockdown was toiletpaper and paracetamol. But prices of everything have gone up 10 %.
carolineleiden : here in this part of Canada too but I think prices are slowly getting back to normal and at one point gasoline was particularly low which helped level things out.
I hope the stores continue to limit items. Slow stocking up is the way to go. Millions of people are struggling more than normal and even buying a weeks worth of their regular grocery items is a financial hardship. People who can afford to just spend extra money right now to look after their own families need to think of other families who are barely able to buy food. Prepare but don't be greedy and wipe out shelves. I live in an Amish area and that was the only place I could find yeast and some other things at the little market I go to. Our Walmart does have alcohol and peroxide but no wipes ever (when I am there) and just started to get cleaning sprays back in. We are having money problems (salary cut in half) so I am attempting to buy just a little more when I can. Doesn't help that all the prices seem to have increased too. Thanks for the video!
Vinegar too. Thanks for the info. I try to stay stocked as well, but don't garden myself anymore. Just 2 of us here to feed, but never know if my daughter and family may need assistance or something.
If you have an Ace hardware in your area check them out for alcohol. For around 25.00 I got a 1 gallon can of 99% isopropyl alcohol . You mix with destilled water to make 70% . The amounts are online. I had plenty when this mess started and haven't had to open mine yet . By the time you dilute to 70-75% that gallon will make a lot of alcohol. Take care everyone and God bless !
@Jas Mac it will be good for a long while as long as you keep it in its metal container and keep the lid closed tight. Just pour the amount needed to dilute to 75% and keep the rest in original container in a cool dry place.
Our store shelves were empty of childrens medicines as well as adult Advil/Tylenol etc.. You mentioned salt, but a different kind of salt is one of my "go-to's". Epsome salts. It's a safe bet to stock up on anything the household uses that is non-perishable, including auto parts/fluids.
If you are on any type of medication try to get your doctor to, ok 3 months worth. If not ask for your meds a week ahead do this for 4 months you will have a months worth stocked up. Tell them you're going on vacation if nothing else works. Also over the counter what ever you use for headache, muscle aches, toothaches, eyewash, allergies, bandaids, burn cream, stock up your first aid supplies. If you are in a house divert your gutter system to fill a tank in your cellar. Make sure you have the Water Purification Tablets to clean it with and strain it boil it if you can. Save your clean milk jugs now to store water in. If possible get a book on eddible plants for your area. Did you know you can eat the center of acorns?
We can’t get hunts tomatoes & oatmeal. We can get flour but not the kind I use! Peroxide, hand soap, dried beans, & wipes are very limited. So much is still limited here. I ordered powdered whole milk and buttermilk. We couldn’t get butter for week! Now very limited. I pray the country opens back up and we have an abundance of products for at least a while. I also keep a supply but I wasn’t ready for weeks and weeks without. I’m trying to replenish and add too. Thank you for all your suggestions. We forget about some of the most important stuff. 💞💞
Jennifer Draper I did the same. One bag of GV flour was more than I ever want again. I told my daughter I hated to waste it but I will never use it so I threw it out. That was AWFUL flour. Just awful.
I forgot, one last comment, Get seeds that you can keep sealed well in the freezer, and they will last longer. Emergency Preparedness a store that sells emergency supplies, used to sell #10 cans of seeds that reproduce their own seeds, with like 16 large packets in them, enough to sow a football field. Growing your own food will be maybe a real necessity, and if you grow more than you can use, you can bless others.
Spam is very rare to find ever since March here in WA state. Just a thought, but a few gallons of gas stashed away wouldn't hurt as well. Love your content👌🇺🇸👍
We have two cars we keep full and a few 5 gallon cans. My husband uses a tank of gas a week for work. At least he’ll be able to work three weeks if gas stops.
We had a rare tornado in California yrs ago ~we were not able to leave our hilltop home because of debris. The power was out. Our BBQ was "gone with the wind". I used heavy duty foil to make solar ovens! Worked awesome! Also definitely ALWAYS have more than one hand can opener! Good to have one an emergency bag in car!
Michael Kaer I get Walmart or Sams has it I put smoothies or you can mix water make peanut butter I haven’t tried that tho but it tastes good smoothies
Coloring books, markers, crafting supplies were cleaned out in my area for 2 months when the 1st wave hit. If you have kids, that's bad news. Also mild taco seasoning. That just came back on shelves a few weeks ago 🤷
I’d say what we’re looking at is a quite drawn out, boring economic depression. At least in the last depression, people could visit each other and have card nights etc etc but we have a highly contagious disease thrown into the mix. What I’m trying to do is list 20 or so different foods and focus on them to store a bit of - being vegetarian makes this a heck of a lot easier. For me it’s just beans, lentils, oats, spices, canned tomatoes, etc - all those healthy Mediterranean things. I’ve got a pretty big veggie garden, a freezer, canning gear and a dehydrator. It’s a indictment on the government actually, that people feel so frightened and threatened by this. No-one will starve to death in a western country. Great video - enjoyed it!
FlowerGrower Smith - I am leaning towards a plant based eating plan as well. I eat meat but not a lot of it and on a fixed income that is becoming even less!! But I have all the basics: beans, lentils, oats, canned fruits and veggies, rice. I can make my own bread as well.
Appreciate your comment! Just wanted to mention that having B-12 and other B complex vitamins stocked up would be wise on a prolonged meat free diet, especially for older people.
Make no mistake, what is coming will be no boring economic depression. Any person who dismisses the coming, imminent future as something that will pass and normalcy will return, is sorely and gravely mistaken. We are now in the days of sorrow, the time period just prior to the end of day’s Tribulation. Jesus is coming, folks need to get right and stay right with Jesus. Our time remaining here is short and Revelation 13 fulfillment is on the doorstep. God bless all.
I grow a toothache plant. Bought the seeds from baker creek. Gave a flower to my dad to chomp on for his toothache and it worked. Numbs your whole mouth. Could be helpful for sore throats too I think.
I'm in Florida and yeast has been impossible to find since the pandemic hit. I recommend that everyone have some local sourced honey. It doesn't go bad and it has so many benefits from being edible to first aid. It can help with allergies too. Also, baking soda so many good uses. Soap, lotion or whatever you use for dry skin. Last thing, flavoring for water, plain water can get boring, so I got Crystal Light packets. Also, sometimes I mix juice into the water just to give it a little flavor. Good video, thanks.
I can’t remember where you’re located but if you have an ace hardware check them out… I was able to get a gallon of alcohol and I stocked up on it...They usually keep a pretty good stock here but I’m in Florida
Also, check out the discount liquor stores for Everclear. That is ethyl alcohol so you can drink it, use it as a disinfectant, and even burn it for fuel. Don't bother with rubbing alcohol as it is usually methyl alcohol and is undrinkable.
I have begun buying non-electric cooking items like whisks, rotary hand mixer, grinder, graters, sifters, cast iron or other cookware that c, an be used on an open flame, canning supplies & jars, ricer, strainers and food mill, mechanical juicer. If the grid shuts down, it will help with home cooking.
Thank you for that wonderful idea!
Me too!!! Have all if it now... started a year ago...
Great idea!
Good thinking! Thanks for the tip.
Me too. I started buyingtools like tortilla press and mortar and pestle. I hit many ethnic stores for the old fashioned stuff they still use.
Recipes! Print out your recipes now and put in file......if grid goes down, the internet may not be available to search your favourites. Also buy some canning or cook books books...goodwill are fine...incase for reference. Many have given them away as use internet now.
I have a big out trapper keeper full of recipes, patterns for items to crochet, what plants are edible, seeds
I'm doing this now! It's great advice
Every time I go out shopping I spend about 20 bucks on stock up stuff that way it’s not too hard on me ( $ wise all at once ) but at least I’m getting things. :) hope everyone is doing ok thru all this
That is how I do it! It’s sustainable that way. 😁
I do the same . I am retired so once a month I go to my local dollar tree and spend 20-50.00 whatever I can spare at the time and get the small 5x5 tarps they have I also buy batteries , toothpaste , toothbrushes, I buy their bags of beans and pasta when they have the 50% more packages. I also buy their 1.00 clear vinyl shower curtains to use for plastic sheeting. The shower curtains are much thicker. They also get bottles of name brand body wash and shampoo that are the 20-50% more sizes but you have to catch them when they first come in because they go fast. I get their antibiotic ointment and hydrocortisone cream. A lot of their items are crap but if you look you can get name brand items also and they do take coupons. Take care everyone and keep stocking up . God bless!
@Jack Burton nothing would surprise be.
@Jack Burton yes.
@Jack Burton I will get back to you.
From a first aid perspective, I would add saline solution to rinse eyes. I would add also Morton's light salt to make an electrolyte solution to prevent dehydration with diarrhea. Look online for recipe.
I'm in the commercial cleaning business. I heard on the news yesterday that clorox disinfectant wipes will continue to be hard to find for another year. But if you know or have a commercial janitorial distributor in your area most will sell to the public. They do carry disinfectant wipes. They won't be the store brand but just as effective.
Look for "monk" brand. They are typically sold in large containers.
The ones I have are 800 and 1600 per container. And very affordable.
There are other brands but I thought I'd mention one so you get a good example.
Just a pro tip!
Ray Flores : well thanks for that. I do have two big supply companies here. I asked my husband to cut a roll of those blue shop towels to fit one of the old Kirkland wipes containers and just poured Clorox and a bit of water down through it til the roll was soaked. Oh. I removed the cardboard roll from the inside. No wipes in stores here either. But I had massive quantities of bleach, wipes, and alcohol, masks, and disposable gloves, toilet paper and paper towels here anyway. Why? A cat population in the teens. Needs a lot of clean up daily. Once again thanks as I have been Sharing wipes, sanitizer and alcohol so it’s going down some.
@@amieinnovascotia3237 I also found out that restaurant depot stores. (Where some mom and pop) restaurants get the bulk of their supplies had opened to the public during the time that the stores were out of most items. We were able to purchase most of what we needed.
They are like a Costco or Sam's on steroids. We were able to help family, friends and neighbors.
We used local bakeries for bread.
Thank you.
Ray Flores : Great advice and it’s appreciated 😀
Ray Flores Thank you for the tip. It was very helpful.
It's really crazy that so many people just don't have any xtra money for these things but seem to be able to find the funds for that new $1,000 cell fone, or those sporting event or concert tickets, or the latest fashion clothes, or another new car, or more toys for the adults. Shows where our priorities are.
Sadly, you are right about that. And, it isn't just the young with a lack of experience who fail to prepare, I have had folk in their sixties and seventies, ask what does 'Prepping' mean. I give up, they will wake up when it is too late. It seems that many people think that the 'Nanny State' or 'God' will come to the rescue, so they don't bother to help themselves.
@@sjordan7085 I hear ya, so many folks unprepared is not my concern any more. My brother talks about buying some "survival food" but it's all talk. I guess he's waiting for the stores to close b/4 he swings into action. For so many young people they have not had any difficult times to give them a perspective and it's not my responsibility to give it to them. Life will be their teacher. If they don't make it, oh well. Just like the women, "their bodies, their lives, their choice. They are on their own.
@@SuperSaltydog77 Friend, I get the feeling your brother is going to be knocking on your door. What will you do?
@@YvogaAZ Gonna remind him that he's a dumb ass for buying toys instead of food.
@BJ Giauque Well, the birds he feeds crap all over my house and vehicle, the groundhogs he feeds eat my green beans from my garden and the skunks he feeds also dig holes all over my flower beds. So I would say to him "do I know you sir?"
Buy a mini fridge and a solar generator when the power goes out so you still have some cold food. They sell them on Amazon 👍🏻
If the base rock is deep enough you can also just bury a rainwater barrel up to the lid and use that as a fridge. It requires no power and the racoons arent strong enough to open it. Im off grid and have a few by me they dont freeze in winter either. Im about zone 7
Love Always wins From Lil Giant A comment says there may be a blackout of all social media, Amazon, Netflix, etc. When that happens cell phones may be overloaded and cause a power blackout for about 10 days. That might create havoc for those with health problems. You might try concentrating the goods you have frozen into one place and getting a solar generator to power the fridge/freezer. Other generators work but make noise and require gas or other energy source. Gas powered would need ventilation, like a garage, which would need supervision against thefts.Advises you get an antennae for TV so you can get emergency broadcasts. Small multiple radios from Amazon would allow more communication, especially for emergencies and communication with neighbors.
T Innerste From Lil Giant Sounds really neat. But I have no idea what base rock is. Are you in the mountains? How do you make a hole as big as a rainwater barrel in rock? Where can you get a rainwater barrel with a lid that has a lock or catch? I have only seen those WITHOUT lids. But then I am not young or very conversant with Internet.
@@henryvalero9235 well, im in a steep rivervalley in the mountains, baserock is the hard solid rock under the topsoil and the larger broken rock layer. Some people have a few inches and people can go meters before they hit solid rock or huge unmoveable ones. We have a four meter deep fast flowing well, so i would assume thats where my baserock is. The water barrels by me are from one to two meters tall and vary a lot in width and volume. They have a metal ring that clamps shut or are screw top but too big and tight for a racoon to unscrew. You could always make a different lid if yours always have the downspout hole open.
T Innerste From Lil Giant THANK YOU! That was sweet of you to reply. I understand a little bit better now. I have never seen a barrel with a lid, either. I have seen many wooden barrels wrapped with metal bands set under the rain gutter spout in Illinois and Indiana, where my grandmother lived. No lids. Perhaps they removed them, or used wooden barrels intended for other purposes. I will have to check that out. Never know when that kind of info will help. Sounds like really nifty idea. Wonder if would work in soil-sort of like a mud cabin built into the hillside, but your method would be cleaner.
I went to Canada around 1993. Studied French at the University de LaValle in their immersion class. Had a hard time getting enough vegetables. Suspect because their soil is very thinly laid over rock. They import a lot of vegetables. Too bad I did not ask more about their agricultural habits. Thanks again. 😉
Dried milk--my mom used to add a touch of vanilla to the milk so that we children would drink it.
Thanks for the idea. I will keep that in mind if I have to give my littles powdered milk
Malted milk powder also.
Yes! We'd mix it up the night before and keep in glass pitchers in fridge so it'd be nice and cold.
We used to add a pinch of salt and a pinch of sugar...sounds weird, but it does make it taste more like regular milk.
theresa rooney : fantastic pointer - thanks ❤️
Coconut oil has a great shelf life does not require refrigeration and will replace butter in cooking..
I agree and ghee (not just clarified butter) is pure fat and shelf stable for quite a long period of time. If anyone out there decides to make ghee out of all that butter they have in the freezer: 1) put it in glass jars to store it; 2) don’t worry about having salted butter to make it from as the salt will be left behind with the solids; and, please do NOT discard the toasted solid bits left behind with that last bit of oil. It’s yummy to fry fish or really anything in. Or, just eat it with a spoon right from the pot if no one is looking. Oh! One more thing: use whatever butter you have. It really doesn’t need to be from grass-fed, organic, free-roaming herds of panda-massaged cattle.
I made ghee the other day
Buy HEIRLOOM seeds and start a small garden. Grow and eat your own food. Please share this with family and friends, especially ones with children and elderly. I wish you all safety and security.
Please don't count on it feeding you, if one has never gardened before... you deal with pack rats, rabbits, squirrel, aphids, root worms, eating and killing your plants, ...soil has to be right condition, along with amending soil you need fertilizer and KNOWLEDGE with EXPEREINCE to tend to what is going on in garden... shade/ water/ nitrogen/ too much sun..not enough sun..frost.. ONE NEEDS to ALWAYS STOCK UP ON FOOD..plus you don't experience a harvest until several weeks later. It is not as easy as just throw some seeds in the ground and grow a garden..it is a skill and even with that...you never know. Please stock up #1. YEHOVAH bless you and keep you safe.
My girl said “I ain’t throwing NOTHING out so i be eatin it!”💪🏾😘💯
Huh
BornAPawnDeathAsQueen i noticed that too, so funny!
I like your name.🤗 We were born to Reign...
Cohiba Night thank you 😊
TIP. cigarette lighters/ matches. Candles, flash lights & battery operated lamps, charcoal & lighter fluid for grilling.
Yes i am still amazed stores do not carry matches anymore🤭😳😳
Get or Make a Rocket Stove for when your charcoal and propane run out....
Gigi or just make a Campfire.
@@annladner7303 At my grocery store I just bought 5 boxes of book matches for $1.00 a box on clearance. Wood matches are better but price was good.
@@Gigi-uy3wt I have watched many videos on these. They are amazing and only use small amounts of sticks.
Ohio: cooking oil, yeast, flour, tolietries, cleaning products. Anything pasta or tomato related also gone. Meat also gone and now back to the tune of $50 for 4 small steaks. Find any spot in your house and stock up. I have no basement or attic and garage is way to hot in summer and way to cold in winter so all my preps are in the house. I just put 12 cases of bottled water behind my couch (I have more other places but that is my newest spot.) Moved it out a bit. Everything hidden but easy to access. Same for a hutch in a corner. Angled it and piled up stuff behind it. Get creative and stay home and use your preps. 😃
Emilia, a board across preps behind couch becomes a sofa table. You can put cover on or not.
Under bed is also good if you are strapped for space. Great job already!
@@annief3062 Also under your linens and towels..stash a case or 2.
I'm just west of cleveland and i've not had much trouble finding all of the items you mentioned. cooking oil, about $2.50 per quart; yeast, $4 for 4 ounces of active dry; flour, pillsbury is $2.50 for 5 pounds; plenty of tomato products on the shelf, less than 20% higher than normal, clorox wipes are not on the shelf here or anywhere else; most cleaning products are still here. The exact same 3-ply masks i bought at my local grocery was 2x the price at home depo
SuperSaltydog77 : I’m several hours south. Was out tonight at 3 stores. No cleaners to be found. Luckily I have vinegar and dawn on hand. As well as bleach (not together). Wanted tub cleaner and microban. I found flour for nearly $8 for 5 lb. Got a jug of oil. No yeast still. Found masks at sams and aldis. Luckily I have a nice stash of food on hand. Just never expected flour and yeast to go so quick.
You can stock up on the blue shop towels also at your local auto store . They will save you from using your paper towels to wipe up spills on the floor ect.
For the people with Central Air-conditioning get your Filters now. It was hard to get the size we needed for a few months.
I have 25 filters
I have heard a couple news stories about A/C parts, especially compressors, are extremely hard to get, that is so scary, especially when you live with n Arizona !! Keep up on the maintenance on your A/C !
I have reusable filters. Use one, swap and clean. You can change your filter way more often.
I have a reusable filter. You just remove and wash it.
Exactly!! I noticed that too. Good Point. And I will be getting more within the week!
For Water - instead of buying a bunch of plastic one time use bottles - I bought a BERKEY Water Filter - you can go out to a puddle and get water - it will clean it. Love mine
I agree, I love my Berkey too. It really works and encourages me to drink more water, because it tastes so good!
Berkey is fine for those who can afford it and who put all their eggs in one basket. We bought a Sawyer Mini Filter for each family member and stashed one in each vehicle. For base camp (home or away from home) bought the Sawyer PointOne filter and the 5 gallon bucket kit, along with 2 5-gallon food grade buckets. One bucket to receive raw water, the other to receive filtered water. If the need arises, we can filter hundreds of gallons of water, per day, for friends & family. How much can the Berkey process per day? How much can it process before the filters have to be replaced? How many replacement filters do you have on hand?
Please do your own research, my friends to make the best choice possible for your needs and budget.
PS: We also have other methods, in place, to turn raw water into potable water, if/when the need arises. Google SODIS to see one example.
Disclaimer: I'm not associated with any company, in any matter, that produces/sells water sanitation equipment/supplies. Just a satisfied customer.
@@oldtimerlee8820 Just, because one has a Berkey does not mean I have all my eggs in one basket. I have another method of filtering water as well as that, and it is done in a smaller vessel. I thought long an hard before buying a Berkey, and agree they are quite expensive, but they are worth it to me. I am very happy with my purchase, from their 'scratch and dent' dept.. Reality is that I do not need hundreds of gallons of water a day, just enough for my pets and myself. And, I love the taste of the water, it tastes so good it encourages me to drink more than I might otherwise.
@@sjordan7085 Great that you have multiple ways to have safe drinking water! FWIW... I believe it is important to relay this very need to people who might not be aware of "One is none, Two is one".
Next, many people cannot afford a Berkey. Period. Again, IMO, it is important to give viable alternatives. Given them the option of choosing what will work best for them, in their circumstances.
Continuing.... There are only 2 people and currently (sadly) no pets in our home. So, a Sawyer Squeeze ($25-$30) can easily satisfy our potable water needs. Yet... I live in a rural area where many rely on electric well pumps. There's a small, relatively clean, stream on our property. If my extended family, neighbors and even strangers need water, I'm going to do my best to make it available to them!
It's all about choice, my friend. If you're happy with your choice(s), that's great! If it (they) satisfy your long term needs, that's even better.
@@oldtimerlee8820 I just looked at Sawyer Squeeze on Amazon and was overwhelmed with the options! I'm a very old lady and had only heard of Berkey. If you have time, I would appreciate your advice for myself and maybe something affordable to help friends or family.
Yeah Pink salt, Nido Milk, Pasta BOXES of pasta, Noodles, Spagetti, ReadyBreak and Oatmeal, Sugar....I could go on all day. It would be cool for you to do a winter stock up like candles and stuff for light and heat. I am stocking up on usb lanterns and getting solar panels in for them. I am also stocking up on battery packs. If there is a second wave on top of a nasty winter it can be prepared for.
May I recommend having pedialyte (DG or Dollar Tree brands work)for kids and adults ...helps with dehydration if they get sick.
And a good idea to search out recipes to make your own - Pinterest has a number of sites listed.
Good idea!
Gatorade/Powerade works too
@@sjordan7085 Powdered electrolytes are shelf stable.
Pickle juice is good for this too.
Thanks for doing this video. About water. Water never goes bad. After a few years it may taste a little flat and this can be corrected by boiling which helps get oxygen moving.
Pure raw honey is also a lifetime food item. If it goes to sugar, set jar in hot water and it will return to its original. Sugar and salt will last forever if stored right. Dinner napkins are wonderful to substitute for tp.
YES!😁 And I like to buy LOCAL honey..it worked Best for allergies. I tried all the OTC meds, then went to doctor and got prescription nasal spray and that started to wear off after a few months. The honey has always worked best and never faded for me on potentcy out of all the things I tried.😁
Thank you. This is why l like reading the comment section; there’s always so much more knowledge there!
@Helen Wall - What do you recommend as the best way to store sugar and salt?
Dinner napkins for TP? Are you talking paper or cloth? Nothing but toilet paper should really go down the toilet. Problems for pipes and sewer plant or septic.
@@dianafuld3450 I buy sugar in 25 pound "paper" bag at Walmart. I transfer the sugar to glass jars, for your referance I have listed the weights for jar size.
1 pint .75 pound
1 qt. 1.75 pounds
2 qt canning jar 3.5 pounds
80 oz Pickle jar 4.5 pounds
I store salt in wide mouth pint canning jars. 1 pint =1 pound
With an oxygen absorber in the top the salt and sugar doesnt draw moister and turn into a lump.
Store honey in a glass jar. If it crystallizes heat the honey in a warm oven (turn on to lowest temperature and the when its preheated turn the oven off and put jar of honey in) until the honey "melts".
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If you buy Can goods make sure you have a MANUAL can opener on hand.
No electricity, no getting into the cans without one.
The powdered milk tastes better the colder it is. We drank it as kids about 50 yrs ago
Or mix a tad bit of regular milk with it. Mom did that 55 years ago, lol.
I eat powdered eggs on the ship. Stock lots of hot sauce.
Oatmilk taste better!
I remember my mom, fixing powder milk. And I have bought some for just in case and used it with my coffee. I need to purchase more.
When I was a little girl (so like 50-plus years ago), my dad would call a pits and parts wash a "horse bath". Of course he was saying "whore's bath" but my little girl ears innocently heard "HORSE bath." So to this day, its a horse bath---and yes, you have to make the neighing sound when you say it, LOL.
Lmaooooo...my girlfriend used to call it a cat lick..
@@lblake5653 Cannot top "cat lick," but we.called it "sponge scrub."
My MNL called it a PTA bath. I'm sure u adults can figure out the letters. She had a sharp sense of humor 🤣
Top and tail
If you happen to have stocked up on something you don't like, try donating it before throwing it away.
Or trading it for something else. Likely there are other people in the community who have items they dont want either lol.
Just amazes me that some folk would even think of throwing food away, when it can so easily be donated to those who need it. Same goes for any item that can be of use to someone else.
@@sjordan7085 It depends on what it is. Canned tomato products are nasty a year or two after the bb date, and some food closets will sort by bb date as well, so your trash ends up in their trash.
@@Cleosbitch I've thought about buying up spam for that reason. My roommate and I get ill from eating it in any form, but there are a lot of people who swear by it. I'm more comfortable trading pork products than I am alcohol anyway.
MacKenzie Drake : what about canned corned beef. Two brands come to mind: Hereford from Argentina and Mario’s from France. To be honest, I’ve never tried Spam but I once read that it means “something posing as meat” so I never bought it. I’m fussy about where my food is processed. One very large Asian country is out of the question for me. I will admit that I haven’t bought canned corned beef since the 1970’s but bought it this spring. Actually quite good. I dream of a sandwich of canned corned beef with yellow mustard , iceberg lettuce and butter on a soft fluffy white bread. Ahhh. Can have all but the bread. So I guess I will have to settle for a lettuce wrap.
Start now buying 1-2 of ?? weekly. Not a raid on an item but a controlled stocking up.
Personally, I would prefer not to keep risking my health by shopping frequently. When I shop, I get in and out as quickly as possible, and if that mean buying a dozen items that are on sale, it still leave more than enough for other shoppers. I think very carefully, before going inside, and make it a point to shop when the stores are the least busy.
That's what I have been doing.
I think it's a matter of what you can afford and what you feel comfortable being seen doing. Where I live, stocking up on payday(s) once or twice a month makes sense, especially in lockdown, so I stock up beyond what I need this payday each time I go out, and I cruise Walmart dot com several times a month for items that I can't find elsewhere, or which I don't want to lug home on the bus, like four half gallons of hand and dish soap at a time. I don't intend to scalp it later, and we will use it over the course of six months or so, so my conscience is comfortable.
@@sjordan7085 I'm with you there. Early is good.
Where I live there are a number of items often with limits of one per person.
Everytime I go shopping I just grab a few extra canned goods and a case of bottled water. I am reorganizing and taking inventory of all our food. Some other things to consider are: feminine products, OTC medications, vitamins, bandages/ first aid, a good pair of scissors to cut hair, extra clothing, buying sizes up for growing kids at thrift stores, or garage sales. Basically having a mini store in your home. I don't drink but I do keep whiskey wine and vodka around in the event of having something to barter with. Thank you for this video. I'm grateful for the many good people out there who are willing to share their ideas and knowledge. I'm still learning.
Clorox was also hard to find for a while. Everything you mentioned was also out in our area, Houston, TX. Luckily, I prep and when I saw C-19 jump the China border I knew it was only time before it reached here. So every time I went to the store I bought a little more, never more than one because I wanted everyone to have a chance to get some.
That's really kind if some of the world thought as yourself.
That was nice of you!
I found bleach tablets on Amazon. One tablet + one gallon of water = gallon of bleach. Really cost effective too!
When Venezuela started falling I started.
HI all,
I have been prepping for a while and am stocked up in many different categories. I recently watched some prepping channels telling us not to forget to have a good stock of underwear and socks for the whole family. So many of us cannot make our own clothing and/or don't have the materials to make them. It's good advice and helps with morale and personal hygiene.
Hugs to everyone out there x
This is what I started doing in lieu of brea and having to buy yeast. Five easy ingredients to make flat bread or biscuits. I never have to worry about yeast shortage. take 1 cup All Purpose Flour, 2 tsps baking powder, 1/4 tsp salt, mix with spatula in med size bowl. Add in 3 tblspoons butter, mix it with hands or fork, whatever you method you prefer, till like it looks like beads. Sometimes I forget to take out butter from my freezer, so in a pinch I grate the butter into the bowl. Then put in about 1/3 cup water, maybe a little less. Stir around with spatlua till into a ball.if too wet, add a pinch of flour, if too dry add a drip of water. Divide in half, take each half and divide into 3 equal balls. Then put on baking sheet and flatten with hand. If you want flatbred, take the whole ball and flatten in the baking sheet. I use this as my pizza dough too, but you can just cook it plain which makes a terrific flatbread. My glass baking sheet is about the size of the inside of a medium size microwave or a little smaller than a lasanga pan. I cook it in my little counter top oven, on 425 degrees for 12-14 mins total. I turn it once sometimes, if I remember. Best biscuits ever. This is the easiest quickest bread type to have fresh with breakfast. No kneeding and waiting for dough to double.
I live down south. In my city we got plenty of food, toilet paper, cleaners except Clorox wipes, meat, medicine. Even during lock down we were rationed but food kept on coming. I do prep and help feed people in need especially during these times but, I am not going broke. What ever happens let God be the glory.
Amen
Preppers will get blamed for hoarding when TSHTF. Heaven forbid you guys take precautions for your family !
Only if they know. I told a neighbor I lost everything in the basement due to flooding.
There’s a difference between buying up thousands of tp rolls and trying to resell them and tucking away a good supply of food for emergencies.
It seems so many folk are in total denial that they are not bothering to prepare anything. And, if and when something happens they will expect the government to take care of them, so I am not expecting too many complaints. It is up to folk to take care of themselves, and grow a garden if they can, if they have the means to, and refuse, that is basically their own fault. Not much we can do, if others do not share our values.
True "preppers" were already prepared.. BEFORE the Pandemic hit the states. Now it should be about only maintaing /replacing stuff because the system IS already stressed.
Those who clean off the shelves of a particular product are not being fair. Some, especially the elderly may not be able to stock up a lot. They may be counting on that last box of outmeal. Everyone.. be kind and share. 😘
@@suebee3329 Was it true???
Here is a tip for you. Don't buy online shopping during the pandemic. Such as, Amazon & eBay seller are still price gouging to sell more than original price. Most store are now stock up with sanitizing, masks, & foods.
Just can’t find Lysol so I got hurt by those prices on eBay but I got a few cans
My area still a lot of shortages. I am in California in a fairly large city. I spent $150 at Dollar Tree buying what I could to restock my pantry beans, rice, dried potatoes, pasta, canned pineapple and mango (better than no fruit). I’m amazed at how most stores are 50% empty including Walmart’s and Targets in my area.
True, and I also notice that often when I have bought several items on Amazon, the order arrives incomplete, because they are out of stock on some items. It is a bit of a pain having to keep track to make sure that one does eventually receive everything one has paid for. So, given up on Amazon, don't need anything else anyway.
@@sjordan7085 I've found an online store called Thrive Market. It's one you suscribe too, but I made up the cost in the first 2 orders. They have mostly health food stuff. It's good quality food. And they have lots of cleaning supplys. It comes fast, and to your house. Hope this helps.
@@donnastockwell296 The Thrive Foods, could be is a company based in Utah. A portion of their profits go to charity.Tiny House Preppers Bill and Elizabeth of You Tube fame sell it. There is a factory that you can go to, but it is sold through distributers. When I buy it again, I will buy it through Bill and become a disributer, just not ready to do that yet, because I already have a lot of food stocked. It is very good quality food and lasts at least 25 years, some people use it on a daily basis, because they feel it eliminates food waste. But, I never waste food anyway. They have monthly specials, and various discounts depending upon what you buy. I am thinking of driving there and filling RV. I understand they could be a bit behind on shipping orders due to heavy demand and the pandemic.
Get rain barrels for water for a lot of things can’t survive without water
I got a small plastic kiddie swimming pool to use to collect water, and I have a gravity water filter to make it potable.
Valerie R that’s great idea if grid goes down we have be able wash clothes water plants etc I have huge supply diaper wipes for bathing if necessary
Believe or not, rainwater collection is illegal in some states. Search your state’s website to find out.
crystalClarity wow I bet crazy Maryland is one of them I’ll check that out thanks 😊I remember as a child washing my hair in rainwater good for hair
Sharon Bice that’s great
We have a bidet kit on our toilet. Keeps us very clean and uses a small amount of water. You can find them on Amazon starting around $30. We bought a Tushy. Super nice.
I tend to keep stock on hand anyway, so as soon as things started showing up in stores, I started restocking. I will continue. Great video. I really enjoy the reminders on things that I could be missing or have overlooked.
By the way, I've actually noticed some things that have been "overstocked" at local stores on clearance. I picked up alcohol, small bottles of hand sanitizer, even paper products on clearance. Also, cold/flu meds! I bought Elderberry syrup at 90% off that expires in 2021 yesterday. Holy cow!! Cough drops for 16 cents. Great deals to be found if you're out there. Check your drug store chains, local mom & pop stores, and dollar stores.
I purchased Elderberry syrup kits to make my own - got them from Seattle Elderberry but Mountain Rose Herbs also carries them. These don't expire!!
Dollar tree, dollar general has some great stuff to stock up.
I got hooked on Hormel canned chicken enchiladas because of the Dollar store 😂 sounded gross to me but after I tried 1 can I went back and got 10
Yes there banana chips are the bomb and the sunflower kernels you can't find any cheaper
My preferred store like that is 99 Cents Only! If you have those around, they're really great treasure troves. :)
Dollar Tree does have some great buys, but beware, some things are more expensive than they need to be. Just because the price is $1 does not necessarily make it a good deal!
@@sjordan7085 yes like 30% of the store
Just found your channel through youtube suggestions? Happy to support a fellow prepper channel. New sub with bell. Agree with everything here. Wave 2 is coming, and also social unrest in November. Grab what you need, and then some extras for family/friends/people you will help.
About the freezer, keep any unused space filled with jugs of water. This gives you water but most importantly it keeps your food frozen longer. You can also freeze milk.
Be the "grey man" (person). If soup lines form or everyone goes to the food bank - get in line. If they require wearing the masks, find some thin opaque material to make your own so it will look like you're complying but can still breathe. If you're not losing weight like the rest of the area, wear clothes a size or two too big to "blend in". The goal is to be as unnoticable as possible and slip under (their) radar.
Coffee filters work for mask. Taped one on my glasses LOL 😂. I'm cheap !
Yes. Good advice. I am a gray person.
Being neat clean with your grooming attended to works against you. Smelly dirty wit scraggly hair hair is the look I aspire to fit. Lol
Just wear a decent mask so we can get back to as close to normal as possible.
The closest thing to an H1N1 is HEPA filters - like for vacuum cleaner bags or HVAC filters. Just slip it between the layers of a bandana.
If you buy jars of items, pick jars that will be similar to canning jars, or use the same canning lids. The jars are considered “free” since they are reused afterwards.
Oh how Hubby would gripe about my "jars everywhere" that I would wash and save. At least a couple brands of pasta sauce use Ball Atlas canning jars. A tad smaller than a quart, usually, but still take quart lids and rings. Now we can't find canning supplies in stores, but I'm well-stocked!
If you are a canner, buy whatever lids you see. In my area in the midwest, none of the stores have them. A few people are trying to sell a box of 12 on facebook marketplace for $10/box... speaking of price gouging!!
Supply and Demand....
WM is basically out; the one pack at $14+ is basically a placeholder. At that price you might as well buy a box of jars with lids as they are cheaper per dozen.
@@mackenziedrake yes, IF you can find them!
@@donnabrown1518 That's always a question at this point. I've got them on my shopping list just in case I see some on my grocery run this weekend. It will be one of the hottest weekends of the summer, but I am helping out another family, and they need supplies more than we do. Otherwise, I would settle in here at home with a half-frozen bottle of water and wait for evening or a break in the weather. On the upside, I'll get fresh veggies and mushrooms for the dehydrator.
A whole house generator would be so great to have, especially if you have a full freezer. The grid is at risk and extreme weather is getting more common.
pat verbiest ...no louder than a fast draw boom boom...bye-bye intruder....
It is time to lose weight and get fit with intermittent fasting. That will improve your body immunity and work your way to 24 hour fasts. If the SHTF you can come out stronger and leaner.
That’s what I have been doing for 3 weeks now. Getting healthy and used to eating one time a day!!
When the SHTF you’ll have plenty of time for fasting and exercise.
Chinese Chicken right!!! Lol
Just found you! I have been restocking on supplies we went through during the first wave of lockdown. Our household was so grateful to have prepped for years, but there were a few items we did not foresee stores having shortages on, so we are building up on those supplies now.
Someone in a lockdown situation said they ran out of bin liners. i also like to make sure i have plenty of Tea and Coffee. i would also get Butter and Cheese which can be put in the freezer.Also top up herbs and spices.and Olive Oil.
Buy small cans of Crisco to make Emergency Candles. Buy wicks or you can use tapered candles for the larger cans of Crisco. These candles burn long term if you are using them for 8 hours a day. Initially the company that makes Crisco made candles. Note the flame in the word Crisco.
Susan Jacks ; darn. I threw out two cans (unopened) last summer. I will pick up a couple. So what about the wicks? Do you dig out the centre and kinda shove them in?
I LOVE WHEN YOU SAID I AIN'T THROWING NOTHING, AMEN.... FOOD IS FOOD!!! GOD BLESS YOU ALL IN JESUS NAME🙏🙌😇❤️
Maine? Been there many times from Pennsylvania.. I don't tell people cause I don't want them to mess it up.. lady you are on top of this as I am.. thanks for sharing
Sadly people are coming here in droves and the coastal parts of the state are changing quickly....
I buy bleach and mix with water I also buy vinegar and dilute with water. You can also add citrus peels directly to the vinegar and it smells really good for cleaning the bathroom and kitchen. Great video !!
Be careful to not v accidentally mix vinegar and bleach.
I bought a nice stack of microfiber cloths from Walmart to use instead of paper towels. I still use paper towels on something, but these cloth have really cut day on paper towel usage. They wash up very nicely.
I stocked packages of tortillas. Wraps and breakfast tortillas go a long way. I bought a one burner butane cook stove for $20 on Amazon and fuel in case electric goes out in winter. Our heating fuel sometimes gets low, so I will also purchase a propane heater, that is ok for the indoors. I am 66 and my husband has severe health issues, so we stay in, in winter. I think this winter will be rough with shortages. Compleats dinners are good to stock...most have a nice portion of meat, cost less than $2 each...you can buy them by the box on Amazon and they don’t take much heating. Sealed well......Candy is a good treat to have. I buy the chocolate bags...Halloween is coming..candy will be on sale. Butter cookies in tins. We have a shortage at the moment, of canned goods, but restaurant size cans are available. I open a can, then store in plastic containers til used up. My son is a chef and bought restaurant sizes on many items. He bought canned fruits in restaurant size to make Cobblers to freeze.....over the counter drug store items can be a great help if one should run out of prescription medications. I keep tums, pain relievers, vitamins such as Potassium, St. John’s Wort, and herbs, pre sleep relaxer, electrolytes in package dry to add to water. I also have water treatment and filters for drinking bottles. Teas can help treat a sick person, masks and gloves....for caring for the sick at home. Whiskey used as a medicine can break up the mucus if out of pharma meds, and onions will treat flu...because of the sulfer. Get a good natural medicinals book. This is just some of what i have stocked. Colorado/Utah here. We have a home in Utah, but came here to have help with my husband who has had 11 strokes....three of them major.And he has parkinsons. We are staying at my son’s in Colorado. Point is that I have prepped here and storing my stuff in one bedroom with a walk in closet and bathroom. I am using plastic containers. You can do it!
Buying a tortilla press, Masa, flour and making sure I know how to make my own. A month of the store bought spoil and mold.
I honest think a plastic swimming pool to catch water and put bleach in it. And gatorade powder for dehydration.
The only problem is open pools are mosquitoe breading grounds. Covered rain barrels deals with that.
@@michaelkaer maybe a tarp with a few bricks and a outdoor cooker to heat up bath water....if we have a cme or solar flare no water natural gas or electricity
@@rhondalandrum7646 paint a 5gal bucket solid black , fill it with water and sit it in the sun. It will heat the water naturally except in the winter ....not sure about winter on that.
I have a covered rain barrel, and a Berkey water filter. No one mentioned sugar...I wonder why.
Buying facial tissues in cardboard boxes is a complete waste of money when TP does the same thing for a lot less. If you want to save on TP, buy a bidet, or you can DIY one from an empty dishwashing soap bottle. Leave a little soap in the bottom of the bottle and fill with warm water. Voila! Learn to do without paper towels, another waste of money, sponges or clean rags can be used instead. If you want to be a bit more fancy, fill a pretty basket with cheap washclothes and keep it on your kitchen counter to use instead of paper towels. When I was a child we had cloth hankies and used cut up rags if we had a cold often made from an old sheet.
Make your own soap and cleaners, easy to do, and many instructions on RUclips. One does not need to consume meat, I haven't eaten it for more than sixty-five years. Most Americans have far too much animal fat and protein in their diets. Protein of high biological value can be found in veggies and by combining rice and beans. I love home made soups, cheap to make from Organic veggies grown in my garden, nutritious and a good way to increase one's water intake. I love 'Better than Boullion,' to flavour soups. And, I buy Salt Free Veg Seasoning, like Mrs. Dash to cut down on salt intake. They sell it at my local Grocery Outlet. A one pound container for $5.99. Similar at Walmart is almost $25.00 for the same size! I bought six of them for my storage pantry.
I adore pickled beets, so bought them and almost all of my storage items from Grocery Outlet, prices are always half if not, less than half of the prices in conventional grocery stores. They sell Organic, Keto and other items for special diets. The foods are surplus from regular grocery stores, and are not expired dates. Some items my say, "Best Before Date" I bought four cans of decaffinated coffee 2.5 lb size cans for .96cents a can. Can't beat that! And, no need to use coupons, because they don 't accept them. As I live on Social Security, I have to be very frugal.
If you don't make your own bread, or have a breadmaker, you can buy bread and other baked goods from Bakery Discount stores for a fraction of the cost regular grocery stores sell it for.
I have more than enough food and supplies to last one to two years, probably more if I ration it carefully. That also includes enough to help my grown daughter and family if necessary. I have camping equipment, generators, extra fuel and petrol stored in metal cans with fuel stabilizer. Prescription eye wear with spares, first aid items, cough drops etc. Sewing machnes that are electric as well as a treadle, materials and supplies, nails, screws, hinges, and hand tools as well as electric incase I need them. I have bought spare oil and oil filters for my car and RV, as well as fluids and wiper blades. I own an electric bike as well as two others, that have been tuned up. It would be a good idea to buy tire repair kits. I started with the basics and refined as I went along. Now, I just look for gaps in my food storage. I have all the toiletries and feminine items I need as well as clothes, and shoes enough to last this lifetime and the next. 'How To' books will help add to my skills if the Internet goes down, because the libraries are still closed. I believe in being resilient and prepared to the best of my ability. Self-protection has not been over looked.
My animals are well provided for. I have enough Timothy hay to last my rescued rabbits for several months.
I have a small dehydrator and buy veggies and fruit from market stalls to dry at home. I also like Winco's dry products that are in their bins. Prices are great, because you are not paying for packaging. You can save containers from foods precviously bought, and refill them for storage. They even look attractive on the shelf. Picking wild blackberries to freeze or make pies and crumbles with saves money. My favourite prepper item is my Berkey water purifier, I have bottles of water stored and have started using empty plastic cat litter bottles to store water that I plan to use for tasks other than drinking. Bottles are free, and it costs nothing to fill and store them.
If I can do all this on minimal income, anyone can. All it takes is a little planning and making the effort to focus on goals as funds and being creative allows. My daughter used to make fun of me for having items for my little grandchild on hand, but there has not been a peep out of her lately. I have prepared for future birthdays and Christmases. Santa's Workshop will be opening in a week of two. Always better to shop in advance, rather than pay full price in time of need. For those with children, finding other parents interested in sharing or passing on children's clothes can be benefitial. Being prepared brings a feeling of peace, so I suggest it to everyone, because none of us know what the future may bring. We can only hope for the best, and prepare for the worst!
I'm truly happy that you are so prepared, but I think this video is for those who are not, and the advice will serve that demographic well.
@Sharon Bice wow...where do you live?
S Jordan : I still make hankies. Was able to buy some loose woven cotton material at our Princess Auto store and each one makes 4 lady’s size. So when I’m watching telly at night (u-tube, of course), I hand stitch lace around the edges. Bought the lace cheap. If I’ve got a cold though, I am still using flannelette diapers I bought back in the 70’s just for the purpose. No! They were never used as diapers but a nice soft cotton so it doesn’t make my face all red and sore. Kleenex is wood, after all.
@@amieinnovascotia3237 Makes sense to me. I have lots of pretty hankies from when I was a child and young person. Always took a clean hankie with me to school, or anywhere else for that matter. Some of the lace ones are really pretty, little works of art. I also like drinking tea from bone china cups, they are little works or ar too, and make the tea taste better. Can't understand those who drink out of styrofoam!
S Jordan : sounds like you and I could switch homes and both of us be perfectly comfortable. I don’t have a water purifier though or a dehydrator. A good dehydrator is on my list. Anyone got recommendations?
No shortage of “wet” here. In a couple minutes, more will be along from the heavens.
Mine and my friend’s husband’s maintaining supplies of food and comfort items has always been the source of much amusement. No one is laughing now.
There are no shortages here right now but I expect that is due to the fact that we (most of the world) is still operating on last year’s harvests. We all might be a bit hungrier come this time next year.
At this point, I am fine to feed family (nieces -have no kids myself) and some friends for about two years but we won’t have to worry about dieting. Won’t be that much.
It probably wouldn’t hurt for people in rural areas to pick up spare parts for things like water pumps. There is still a well here with plentiful water and I just need to connect that new pump to make it operational even though I expect to not need it.
My old wood furnace and new wood burning kitchen stove are ready to go with a four year supply of very dry wood cut and split.
I have a cat door into the sunporch for the feral cats and they use it. I put an electric blanket (an older one without auto shut-off) turned on high on the sofa for them and an electric fireplace for the really cold nights. And a huge supply of cat food and treats. So don’t forget the wildlife.
These videos are great resources especially for the younger women. And this one reminded me of items I never thought of.
Canned meats. "We don't buy a lot of canned meats, I am not even sure where this can came from..." LOL. I couldn't stop laughing.
Paper towels are a waste of money. You should only use them sparingly, such as for food preparation. Use cloth towels instead. They can be washed and used multiple of times. When they get raggity, then use them for cleaning.
We don't use a whole lot of paper towels, but I do keep them on hand. I keep several kitchen towels and we use them a lot. I normally don't buy a whole lot of paper products, it's just more stuff to go into the landfills. And we don't normally eat a lot of canned meat. But I have bought some cans of canned ham and chicken breasts. We are not much on tuna, I think I ate too much of it as a kid.
When the cleaning supplies sold out, people started buying all the vinegar up. It's still limit one in my area, and I go through tons of vinegar for pickling, hair care, cleaning, etc. Stocking it up now.
Vinegar is also good battling virus. It will not "kill" virus, but it will destroy virus phalanges so the virus can't attach and infect.
80 proof vodka
@@dawnmeier2834 yep
I appreciate you - you are very real and I can relate to everything you say - THANK YOU!
It's not all about getting full either. Getting nutrients is the most important thing of all. I've been fasting & training my body to only eat a few times a day very small amount of food. However I'm stocking up on Vitamins and Protein Powders. We will need these things more than we actually will need food. With everything that's going to hit soon you aren't going to be able to be going out tending to a garden either.
We do not have possible food shortages coming. We have definite food shortages coming. The famine will come after the world war. We are living in the end of days. It is in the Bible.
SmellyCat It’s funny right now anyway 😉
Lisa Schaum You deserve to know that Malachi 4:5 has already come and gone. God turned from the Jews law to the Gentiles with grace at the crucifixion. It’s time for Messiah to turn back to the Jews before the earth burns as an oven. We can never figure it out for ourselves.The Word of the Lord comes to the Prophets. Themessage.com ruclips.net/video/7HZ9SEzZpXU/видео.html. Return email notifications are not available at this time.
You are right, I’ve read it, people need to get right wit yeshua,
Homestead Corner, you are right on many things. People should stock up on some things like cleaning products, when they can. I work at a Walmart in Massachusetts, and I can tell you that cleaning and disinfectant products are STILL hard to come by for consumers. As soon as we get some in, it's bought up. Many people miss out on it! For my store, I tell the customers the best times to buy one of these items are early mornings, or late afternoons. Yes, we get trucks every day! Sometimes we get lysol and similar products in; sometimes we don't. It's a hit or miss. Also, we can't order these things right now, so don't ask if we can, or if we have any in the back room. We don't! The company decides how to distribute it fairly to all stores.
Stock on items, while they are available.
About water... Store your tap water ( unless where you live tells you that your tap water is bad ) ! Buy a water filter. If you can afford to buy water daily, then you can afford to buy a water filter! Also, buy a water purification item if you can. Use both, and you will NEVER have to BUY water ! Reuse the hand sized bottles you already have, if you buy water, and fill them with YOUR filtered tap water! That water will be similar to what water companies sell you anyway ! If people don't believe me about this, than keep wasting your MONEY by buying W A T E R ! ! ! It's like buying coffee at a coffee shop. Spend more money for it, or make it at home, and spend less. Just common sense stuff that most people know anyway. But if you're spending too much on some things and your rent or mortgage is due, or other bill, and you're wondering where you are going to get the money..., cut out things like buying water, or coffee at the coffee shop !
Great comments. Thank you! I have a Berkey water filter & have been filling our empty vitamin water bottles & cleaned out large plastic soda bottles & filled them all with tap water. I store those & will put the water through the Berkey water filter to use as drinking/potable water. Our tap water is not great where I live so we put all our water through the Berkey first. Our Berkey water filter has been worth it's weight in gold!
Michael Best we just cut cable and saved $95 on this months bill.
@@maureen5054 Be sure you have a backup to your Berkey in case it fails, is damaged or is stolen. There are an number of economical backup solutions from SODIS to chemical purification to boiling to filters such as the Sawyer line. Since, if memory serves Berkey filters are rated for about 6,000 gallons, be sure to have a set or 2 of backup filters. I'm reasonably sure the rating is based on optimal water conditions. Keep a backup, in case the water you have to filter far less than optimal. Muddy water is an example.
Never assume that water will always be flowing from the tap. There are a number of disaster situations (natural and man-made) that can disrupt the flow of "city" water. Thus, it may be necessary to work with whatever natural water source you have in your area.
If water conditions are bad, use a pre-filter. Can be as simple as a coffee filter or a clean cotton dishtowel. For our setup, I use a flour sack dishtowel (Walmart) and a grease splatter screen large enough to cover the container that I'll use beneath. Put the screen on the bucket and cover it with the towel. Pour raw water though it to remove as much debris, as possible. If the water is silt laden, after pre-filtering let the remaining silt settle to the bottom on the bucket, before dipping out the water for your Berkey.
@@oldtimerlee8820 Thank you so much Lee! I have taken notes & will follow all your directions. We have (3) 55 gallon treated blue water barrels in our basement (it is just me & my husband now) and a room in the basement stocked with gallons of drinking water from floor to ceiling on shelves. Have a 350 gallon hot tub we no longer use in a hot tub house on our deck that I store tap water in. I did all this to save us from making the longer trips to the lakes & creeks near us. I am 68 years old now & my husband is 61 so we are no longer spring chickens!
@@maureen5054 Thank you, so much for your kind reply. Glad that I could be of some help. BTW, at 75, I know what you mean about chickens. :-)
Learn how to build a rocket stove. You’ll need bricks and some small twigs, matches and a burner grate (optional). There are tutorials all over RUclips.
Campfires are good too.
Canned food is usually horrible to eat in a can but it's better than nothing 😋
You mean like cold or heated up in the can?
The lining of the can and the preservatives...
Yoders Bacon in a can is pretty good but now its $30. a can on Amazon, last I looked it was unavailable.
It helps to add fresh food to it.
CheapRV Living also has ideas on portable solar, batteries and other things.
Micro fibre towels instead of paper towels. They rinse out in the sink very easily with a$ spray bottle with diluted dish soap makes it easy.
And if there are limits, if you don't have someone with you, check out put your items in the vehicle. Go back into the store for what was limited. Go through a different line of course.
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Exactly what I’m doing.
For people who take prescription medicine ask your Doctor to write for three months supply. Most insurance companies will fill 90 day supply on maintenance medicine. Antidepressants and pain meds are usually limited to 30 day supplies
Also if you pay cash you can get your Rx filled for a year. My blood pressure meds were 1/2 the cost if I filled them for the year at Costco and did not file my insurance. My doctor had no problem writing that script when he ran the numbers himself.
I told my doctor I needed refills for my thyroid medication for a full year!!! 90 days is nothing if your life depends on the medication, scary how everything is right now!
This is an excellent video, covering a lot of ground. One serious mistake about water: one can survive on 1 gallon a day if he doesn't cook doesn't wash himself AT ALL. The absolute minimum amount is 3 gallons a day. It is rather impractical to store bottled water for an emergency. The smallest usable container is Aqua-Tainer (7 gallon).
I bought fairy lights years ago for outdoor ambience didn’t use but I put one sting in a mason jar when we had power outage it was great for lightening up the room so you’re not stumbling in the dark you can get them on eBay cheap also the batteries in bulk hope that helps
Many years ago, I developed a food storage and rotation system. Fortunately, I had plenty of everything when Covid hit, but some items like wipes and toilet paper did begin to dwindle, so I adjusted and am adding more of the items I use most often. Good video, thanks!
Thanks for the video. Good points here. Just an FYI, you can't flush tissues unless they are labeled as flushable. Which is rare. If you flush tissues you're going to have a clog or some other kind of plumbing problem.
All the more reason for folk to buy TP instead of tissues, it is cheaper, and serves the same purpose. If you don't like the look of a TP roll, just sew a little bag for it, with a slit in the side or use a round container to hide it.
@@sjordan7085 I never thought someone would not like the look of a TP roll. Everyone poops. Fact of life. Is this really a thing?
@@Aknot2099 Apparently, it must be. LOL That's why some folk go to 'powder their noses', rather than go to the toilet, or loo. It provides a more pleasant visual.
Last year we spent $300 to unclog our sewer line just near the street because one of our neighbors uses flushable wipes 😠. So don’t flush them even if they say flushable !
@@shellp888 Where I live the sewer treatment plants are complaining that even the treatment plants are having problems due to people flushing baby wipes. And, if people use TP that is not made for use in RV toilets it will block their tanks too. If it doesn't belong in a toilet don't put it there, I guess some folk just don't seem to understand that. One would think such knowledge would be basic common sense, but apparently, it isn't. I am becoming more and more of a recluse...LOL!
Im up in upstate ny and things are finally back on the shelves they even have tons of hand sanitizer and masks but i have yet to find disinfectant wipe and got the last lysol spray once until just recently and lucky at dollar tree with both yes the sizes smaller but i got the limit of 4 of both to stock up for winter. I think it will get crazy again this fall and winter so stocking up now. Even getting what i need for my family for Thanksgiving and Christmas yes it sounds crazy but dont want to be searching the ends of the earth for cranberry sauce come November.
I’m with ya on the Thanksgiving prepping. We like turkey ham. It’s been out for months. Finally found some and got 4.
I have a turkey and a Christmas ham and cans and boxes of side items we like on holidays. If nothing else we will have a nice family meal with the things we are accustomed to having.
I been doing that too. As for thanksgiving, as soon as you find cranberry sauce, get it, dried cranberries are also good for thanksgiving, you can use it in stuffing, salads , quick breads, desserts, ect.
Sunaug vttony I’ve been trucking along with my prepping but I never thought of prepping for Christmas and Thanksgiving! What a wonderful idea! I can’t believe I didn’t think of that also! Thanks for sharing! I’m gonna get out there and get all my Thanksgiving and Christmas stuff now😄
What a great idea about Thanksgiving and Christmas! Thank you for sharing that!
You can make yeast. Directions on line. It's bacterial reaction better flour and water.
I’m 63 and didn’t know you could go this... thank you. I’ll be making sure I have supplies to make my own... THIS WEEK!
I am having trouble finding canned tomatoes here in the deep south as well. Today I got 8 large cans of crushed and several cans of whole to add to what I already have. I have 260 rolls of TP in the stockpile! My family and I have sat down on several occasions discussing our stockpile list and are preparing a 3-6 month supply of EVERYTHING we use on a normal basis. We have three upright freezers packed with meat and vegetables. We have huge amounts of canned foods, dry beans, rice, flour, sugar, yeast, and basically everything we use. We are the 12th highest cases in the country. Very, very bad here. I am going to prepare for the future as much as possible.
Colleen Howard what do you do if power grid goes down?
@@donkemp8151 We have a standby generator that runs on natural gas. It has our home up and running in 8 seconds after a power outage. We have a portable generator at our warehouse to plug up two freezers over there.
Colleen Howard make sure that you have all your canning supplies Incase that natural gas stops flowing by design. Just saying cover all your bases. Good luck.
Check the Latin food section. They have higher fat powder milk. I also go to the Asian market to find rice etc.
Indian markets are also great for split beans and lentils which cook very fast, especially if they have been presoaked for 30-60 minutes.
Also spices are cheaper.
Yeah but the powdered milk is still expensive:( I went ahead and bought some but I won’t do it again. We’re not really milk drinkers anyways (except my husband) but we also super hated the taste of it so it sucked paying so much for something we didn’t like at all and didn’t even need.
Chinese Chicken oh yes definitely agree on this one. We have a market that is multicultural and you can get amazing deals on spices compared to your “regular” grocery store like Safeway or Albertsons (whatever is your common store)
K well consider yourself blessed cause the price of that huge canister at my store was twice that around $25 per can 😓
Almond milk is in smaller containers but is delicious and can be stored in a cool area outside the fridge until opened.
Tea bags became scarce where im at along with a lot of the aame stuff you mentioned. But tea bags and even instant tea is something to not forget
I keep Tea Tree Oil around for first aid , First Aid is an area where a lot of folks that prep are weak in. Get first aid supplies - stocked up with vinegar for both cooking and cleaning - as I write this Im dehydrating 11 lbs of frozen veggies, not sure why I never thought to do this so long ago, but doing it now. Love how it frees up room in the freezer. Plan to do a few pounds of ground beef later this week.
Typical stuff here was sold or hard to get as else where ( British Columbia) Costco has not had yeast for a few months, perhaps since May, was in there today and they had a very small amount but grab one.
Other thing I would like to get but the wife thinks Im crazy as we do not use sugar is to buy 50lb bag from Costco. Would make for good bartering if it gets that bad. they're floating the idea that there is a tin shortage so canners of veggies may have a hard time this harvest in canning the veggies. Lots of misinfo and fear info being put out. We need to God's wisdom and discernment more then ever to determine what we should be buying and not wasting our resources as it may be needed else where.
Something that I did, was to purchase 100 pounds of wheat berries. Really don t use flour but figured I may if these get out of hands and at least I can bless others with a pound or two if they need it. Of course I will have to grind it up for them. Mind you, you can just soak the berries and then warm them up and eat it that way very delicious. Also stocking up on spices, if folks have Costco close by large and cheap containers
Excellent advice! When I heard the hurricane forecast for the east coast of the US, I started cleaning out our freezer by canning and dehydrating. This was before the panic of Covid set in. Forecast, which has already been proven accurate is a more active one than usual. It has been and we haven't reached peak season yet. Because of the potential for even more panic, this fall, have been adding to our supply of canned and dried / DIY dehydrated as sales & time permits.
Agree "lots of misinfo and fear info being put out". Especially for political reasons. (sigh) We DO need God's wisdom to guide us during these trying times. May God bless your journey.
@@oldtimerlee8820 - your's to my friend = May God bless your journey. -Just finished vaccum packing my veggies from last night - from 5.5 lbs bag to a dehydrated weight of 12.8 ounce pouch - left them a couple of hours to long but thats ok - the other veggies had similar weigh in- getting ready to cook up some ground beef then will dehydrate and vaccum seal it.
Restaurant food supply stores (at least the one here), sells spices and herbs (huge boxes of just about anything you’ve ever heard of), and vanilla (real and artificial) not in tiny wee bottles, and chocolate of all kinds in 5kg slabs. Huge bags of the finest cocoa powder. All kinds of stuff. Here they sell to the public. During the worst of it, they had yeast and a steady supply.
I use so little salt because I use lots of other types of spices. The 26 oz round box of salt in my cabinet has a date of 10/09 on it. A word of caution, if you have to use tissues, paper towels, etc. instead of toilet paper, do NOT flush them. Toilet paper is designed to break down in your sewer pipes. The other paper products are not and can clog your toilet system.
Exactly... plus... those baby wipes that say "FLUSHABLE"... DO NOT BELIEVE IT. They wreck havoc with both private septic systems AND municipal systems.
You should eat salt in sufficient quantities or you might end up developing a thyroid problem. Iodized salt is a necessity.
Salt doesn’t expire.
I have chosen to sew 5”x5” squares of flannel material for toilet paper. I sewed them inside out and turned them right side out. I also stitched an X so they keep their shape in the wash. We used them when we urinated and then gathered them in a container with vinegar and water til we were ready to wash a load. This saved the toilet paper for poop 💩. We easily got through the shortage. I’m also willing to use it for poop if we run out of toilet paper. We would have to rinse the poop and scrub the wipes and then put them in the vinegar water container. It’s the same thing I did with cloth diapers back in the day. It works. We need to think outside the box.
I found out that you have to be at Walmart right when they open in the mornings, for Clorox wipes.
That's not necessarily true, I'm a Wal-Mart cashier. Save money and use old fashioned cleaning supplies...wipes won't save you from this fake pandemic.,your govt is the real threat.
You can easily use diluted bleach water as a cleaner, or a steam cleaner just uses water or vinegar water. A few different options :)
Seeds and compost or potting soil. Seed companies have been inundated with orders and are still out of many items even though it's the end of the summer season. Even if you don't garden or don't have much room, you can grow salad materials. A tray of lettuce microgreens will cost you about $3 for the seeds and $3 for the compost and maybe $2-3 if you don't have a seedling tray. If you do "cut and come again", this should give you salads for 2-3 months and the compost and tray are reusable.
That's what I do, one can use a clear plastic tote, to put the bag of potting mix on, cut holes on one side of the bag for drainage, remove most of the other side of the bag and some fo he contents, before planting. Then use the bottom of the tote tote to form a mini greenhouse, which will withstand frost. Not my idea, but I think it is a good one.
Google ohio heirloom seeds, he has plenty of seeds for sale right now. I hope you guys dont clean him out
Being a prepper for 32 years, I have found one thing that will always be true...THE difference between what you will and will not EAT... is 72 hours...I've been there, and rattlesnake is pure heaven after not eating for 72 hours. Now... it is a delicacy that is always looked for.
We had the usual stuff go out of stock: toilet paper, yeast, hand sanitizer. Still can't get alcohol here. Our canned foods are starting to run low now again. Crazy times! So glad I'm prepared. Thank you for your videos!!
Go to liquor store and ask for pure grain alcohol.
@@CM-ve1bz Oh wow! I didn't know you could do that. I'll check into that this week. Thank you!
Still enough stuff in the shops in The Netherlands. The only shortage we had in the first Lockdown was toiletpaper and paracetamol.
But prices of everything have gone up 10 %.
carolineleiden : here in this part of Canada too but I think prices are slowly getting back to normal and at one point gasoline was particularly low which helped level things out.
Spam was hard to find where I am.
I hope the stores continue to limit items. Slow stocking up is the way to go. Millions of people are struggling more than normal and even buying a weeks worth of their regular grocery items is a financial hardship. People who can afford to just spend extra money right now to look after their own families need to think of other families who are barely able to buy food. Prepare but don't be greedy and wipe out shelves. I live in an Amish area and that was the only place I could find yeast and some other things at the little market I go to. Our Walmart does have alcohol and peroxide but no wipes ever (when I am there) and just started to get cleaning sprays back in. We are having money problems (salary cut in half) so I am attempting to buy just a little more when I can. Doesn't help that all the prices seem to have increased too. Thanks for the video!
slow stocking was good for me the last ten years, but i believe now that the time is limited.
Vinegar too. Thanks for the info. I try to stay stocked as well, but don't garden myself anymore. Just 2 of us here to feed, but never know if my daughter and family may need assistance or something.
If you have an Ace hardware in your area check them out for alcohol. For around 25.00 I got a 1 gallon can of 99% isopropyl alcohol . You mix with destilled water to make 70% . The amounts are online. I had plenty when this mess started and haven't had to open mine yet . By the time you dilute to 70-75% that gallon will make a lot of alcohol. Take care everyone and God bless !
@Jas Mac it will be good for a long while as long as you keep it in its metal container and keep the lid closed tight. Just pour the amount needed to dilute to 75% and keep the rest in original container in a cool dry place.
@Jas Mac I have noticed it evaporates quickly once opened. It was in a plastic bottle.
Our store shelves were empty of childrens medicines as well as adult Advil/Tylenol etc.. You mentioned salt, but a different kind of salt is one of my "go-to's". Epsome salts. It's a safe bet to stock up on anything the household uses that is non-perishable, including auto parts/fluids.
If you don't like something...save it to barter with those who won't have things they need.
If you are on any type of medication try to get your doctor to, ok 3 months worth. If not ask for your meds a week ahead do this for 4 months you will have a months worth stocked up. Tell them you're going on vacation if nothing else works. Also over the counter what ever you use for headache, muscle aches, toothaches, eyewash, allergies, bandaids, burn cream, stock up your first aid supplies. If you are in a house divert your gutter system to fill a tank in your cellar. Make sure you have the Water Purification Tablets to clean it with and strain it boil it if you can. Save your clean milk jugs now to store water in. If possible get a book on eddible plants for your area. Did you know you can eat the center of acorns?
No, l didn’t know that about acorns. Thanks!
We can’t get hunts tomatoes & oatmeal. We can get flour but not the kind I use! Peroxide, hand soap, dried beans, & wipes are very limited. So much is still limited here. I ordered powdered whole milk and buttermilk. We couldn’t get butter for week! Now very limited. I pray the country opens back up and we have an abundance of products for at least a while. I also keep a supply but I wasn’t ready for weeks and weeks without. I’m trying to replenish and add too. Thank you for all your suggestions. We forget about some of the most important stuff. 💞💞
I bought Wal-Mart brand flour and it was so terrible. Worst pizza dough I ever made.
Jennifer Draper I did the same. One bag of GV flour was more than I ever want again. I told my daughter I hated to waste it but I will never use it so I threw it out. That was AWFUL flour. Just awful.
Martha Warren if and when you get your butter, can it. I got butter for $1.99 and was running out of freezer space so I canned it.
I had trouble getting cleaners. So I tried to get plastic spray bottles to make my own solution and apparently everybody else bought them also.
I forgot, one last comment, Get seeds that you can keep sealed well in the freezer, and they will last longer. Emergency Preparedness a store that sells emergency supplies, used to sell #10 cans of seeds that reproduce their own seeds, with like 16 large packets in them, enough to sow a football field. Growing your own food will be maybe a real necessity, and if you grow more than you can use, you can bless others.
Spam is very rare to find ever since March here in WA state. Just a thought, but a few gallons of gas stashed away wouldn't hurt as well. Love your content👌🇺🇸👍
I read somewhere that non ethanal gas last longer with stabilizers added.
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Non ethanol is better, but I've yet to see gas that wouldn't work if it's free of water.
We have two cars we keep full and a few 5 gallon cans. My husband uses a tank of gas a week for work. At least he’ll be able to work three weeks if gas stops.
I'll have to pick some up, then. Not a fan, but other people love it.
Yeah the only Spam I see is reduced sodium or lite. So I switched to Walmart brand. Pretty good.
We had a rare tornado in California yrs ago ~we were not able to leave our hilltop home because of debris.
The power was out.
Our BBQ was "gone with the wind".
I used heavy duty foil to make solar ovens!
Worked awesome!
Also definitely ALWAYS have more than one hand can opener!
Good to have one an emergency bag in car!
Peanut butter powder is good also. Protein powder
Peanut butter is good but it doesn't last very long even in the jars because the peated oil can go Rancid.
Where do you get or how do you make peanut butter powder?
Michael Kaer I get Walmart or Sams has it I put smoothies or you can mix water make peanut butter I haven’t tried that tho but it tastes good smoothies
@@michaelkaer Walmart
I have seen peanut butter powder in the bins at Winco, but I have never used it.
Coloring books, markers, crafting supplies were cleaned out in my area for 2 months when the 1st wave hit. If you have kids, that's bad news. Also mild taco seasoning. That just came back on shelves a few weeks ago 🤷
I’d say what we’re looking at is a quite drawn out, boring economic depression. At least in the last depression, people could visit each other and have card nights etc etc but we have a highly contagious disease thrown into the mix. What I’m trying to do is list 20 or so different foods and focus on them to store a bit of - being vegetarian makes this a heck of a lot easier. For me it’s just beans, lentils, oats, spices, canned tomatoes, etc - all those healthy Mediterranean things. I’ve got a pretty big veggie garden, a freezer, canning gear and a dehydrator. It’s a indictment on the government actually, that people feel so frightened and threatened by this. No-one will starve to death in a western country. Great video - enjoyed it!
FlowerGrower Smith - I am leaning towards a plant based eating plan as well. I eat meat but not a lot of it and on a fixed income that is becoming even less!! But I have all the basics: beans, lentils, oats, canned fruits and veggies, rice. I can make my own bread as well.
Leanne Long Fantastic! It’s also important not to panic - we will all get through it.
Appreciate your comment! Just wanted to mention that having B-12 and other B complex vitamins stocked up would be wise on a prolonged meat free diet, especially for older people.
The Beans Very true.
Make no mistake, what is coming will be no boring economic depression. Any person who dismisses the coming, imminent future as something that will pass and normalcy will return, is sorely and gravely mistaken. We are now in the days of sorrow, the time period just prior to the end of day’s Tribulation. Jesus is coming, folks need to get right and stay right with Jesus. Our time remaining here is short and Revelation 13 fulfillment is on the doorstep. God bless all.
I lucked up and found 2 70% bottles of alcohol. Now I can hold on to my one bottle of 90%
Go buy some Everclear. That is 95% ethyl alcohol so you can use it for all purposes, including drinking.
Hoarder!
JK :)
Don’t forget Toothache medications.
I grow a toothache plant. Bought the seeds from baker creek. Gave a flower to my dad to chomp on for his toothache and it worked. Numbs your whole mouth. Could be helpful for sore throats too I think.
@@huismanshomestead8746 what is the plant called please.... ive had 2 teeth pulled during this pandemic :-(
You mean ‘ whisky ‘
@@huismanshomestead8746 the toothache plant also helps with menstrual cramps.
Cloves are the main ingredient in toothache medicine. Check it out.
I'm in Florida and yeast has been impossible to find since the pandemic hit.
I recommend that everyone have some local sourced honey. It doesn't go bad and it has so many benefits from being edible to first aid. It can help with allergies too. Also, baking soda so many good uses. Soap, lotion or whatever you use for dry skin. Last thing, flavoring for water, plain water can get boring, so I got Crystal Light packets. Also, sometimes I mix juice into the water just to give it a little flavor. Good video, thanks.
I love her accent and attitude
I can’t remember where you’re located but if you have an ace hardware check them out… I was able to get a gallon of alcohol and I stocked up on it...They usually keep a pretty good stock here but I’m in Florida
Also, check out the discount liquor stores for Everclear. That is ethyl alcohol so you can drink it, use it as a disinfectant, and even burn it for fuel. Don't bother with rubbing alcohol as it is usually methyl alcohol and is undrinkable.
My ace in ny has pallets of alcohol in stock