What have done towards your prep?

[MaryN]

I have been using the lockdown time to review my preparations. It has been a useful exercise. By and large I am quite pleased with my situation, but it has thrown up a few areas to review. One of those is lack of variety in stored goods, and I shall remedy that when circumstances allow. I have also taken the opportunity to unpack, defrost and reassess the contents of my freezers, and that has been an eyeopener. I have been able to bring to the top the older packs of food and to reorganise the various items in a more logical manner. That is going to save me a bit of time when looking for something, and I now know what to restock.

On the non-food side of things, we have taken the opportunity to clear out and restock our log store. After months of chucking anything burnable into the store, it was time to do a stockcheck and restack everything in the various sizes needed. We do have central heating here, but there is no point in heating an entire house when we tend to mainly occupy a couple of rooms. We have a logburner and an open fire, and they provide our main heating over winter. We normally burn from Sept/Oct to March/April, depending on the weather. So, we have decided now is the time to start thinking about getting the next year's wood in. There has been a big demand in this area for well-dried wood due to the popularity of logburners, and the best time to get the wood in is the end of the season. We have contacts.

So, we may be stuck on the property, but there is masses of useful stuff to do. So far, so good - fingers crossed.