What have done towards your prep?

[Straight Shooter]

I bought 48 mason jars this year Pete.....also gallon wide neck glass jars with plastic screw lids (excellent product ) from WHAT £6.99 i have 12 of these Kilner wire clamp jars of all sizes and loads of other jars and bottles......i know this may seem a lot ....but.....we would all NEED to preserve foods wtshtf and need the knowledge of how to and all the tools to get the job done.

In my case....its a tradition ....from my grandmother's kitchen to our kitchen ....i spent many hours learning the do's and don'ts and it just stuck in the very make up of me .....wild child has the same outlook and the same (near enough) upbringing .....and we are both encouraging our grandchildren in "the old ways" and give instruction whenever a spark of interest shows itself from a game counsel or mobile phone.

How to grow food , and preserve it ,is the most important part of survival ....quantities of food, what types,when to sow,how to look after crop....what tools are required, how long do things take to grow
50 years ago ....anyone you passed in the street would have had some hands on knowledge about food production and how to prepare for the (winter) but sadly its mostly all gone now except for a few ,of which i am one , so when you read my constant goings on in my brew and preserving shed and the quantities that's being turned out....i am not bragging or trying to impress you all .....these types of activities and quantities were quite NORMAL not so long ago .....and a good reminder of effort , planning , and recognition of four seasons .....the favourite excuse i here a lot (within my family) ....."i simply have no time dad" my standard answer is always the same "well bloody well make some then!" .

Just to update and piss you off even further...........We peeled the bag of cooking apples John gave us yesterday and into the freezer they went five bags of 2lbs , we picked 14lbs of elderberries ....and had a game of kiss chase around the lawn (i have a sneaky feeling that Wild child falls over quite deliberately) 22 times she fell "oh i slipped !" .....yeah right !