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gallovidian

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About gallovidian

  • Birthday 09/10/1961

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  1. Well I tried again for a while, but don't think MrsSurvival is the forum for me any more. I wish you all well.
  2. Will be dehydrating with skins on, they're thin skinned eating apples. BTW, I'm not new to dehydrating, just this machine. I used to have a large one, but it was sold and this small compact one suits me much better now.
  3. Started using my new dehydrator; mushrooms are done, I'm pleased with how they turned out. Mixed veg now in there, apple slices next.
  4. Weather is cold and clear, dry at the moment, a couple of hard frosts overnight. MREs arrived all present and correct; good value, 24 for £36 with free p&p Gloves finished, cast on socks and a frog; started a Knitting for Preppers group on Ravelry Dehydrator arrived, pleased with it, it's a more suitable size for one person; been researching drying potatoes More tins, packets, bottled water bought for stores, stuff for making washing powder Few shortages here for now, everything I ordered in my shopping arrived, just needs to be put away now. Prices rising fast though, I'm glad I'm well stocked up with everything. 5p increases at a time on lots of things, but it soon adds up.
  5. Cold and dry here, little sun. Finished another pair of socks, started on gloves. Ordered MREs for the stores. Still re-organising my preps. Looking forward to getting started with the new season's gardening
  6. Had the first hard frost here last night; cold today, but milder towards evening; no snow yet where I am. Got a message to say that delivery of my dehydrator has been delayed as the e-bay seller has to isolate - just as well I forgot to order mushrooms. I read that prices of coffee are set to rise substantially - drought and other weather conditions have decimated the arabica crop in Brazil; I'm well stocked up here. Whole list of goals and plans for the new year.
  7. It's got seasonally cold here now, but I'm resisting putting the heating on yet, heavy rain yesterday, dull and overcast today. Have ordered a dehydrator - I had one years back, but rarely used it, so it got sold. Now inspired to have another go. I also found a hanging net drier for outside in the summer at a decent price on e-bay. Also ordered cheese wax, darning mushroom. Seed potatoes and Jerusalem artichokes have arrived, and larger water containers. I'm about to do a major overhaul and reorganisation of my preps, so that will keep me busy. Knitting is socks, a scarf and some Latvian mittens to start; have begun a new tapestry and made a ribbon wreath yesterday. I've been watching lots of prepping channels on Youtube - UK ones are more or less non-existent, although there are a few bushcraft/survival ones. Interesting to see the different foods in the U.S. - and ofcourse the prices. I reckon there will be major hikes here in January, so I have a big shop ordered for next weekend to top off the food preps; I'm ok in the non-food dept. More Covid restrictions brought in here in Scotland this morning - social distancing, rules for hospitality, no Hogmanay gatherings, stay at home as much as possible.
  8. Shopping has arrived, needs sorting and putting away tomorrow; only one thing missing - one pot of vitamin C with zinc, but one was delivered, so at least I've got some. Small baskets arrived, I want to get my packet mixes sorted and stored in them. Keeping an eye on the news as usual; new Covid guidelines introduced, but I think they might be made stricter soon. Hospitality industry up in arms about it all. Hope everyone is safe - I've been watching the U.S, weather.
  9. Ooops lol - sorry about that; I edited the image and the original one I posted disappeared. Hopefully this one should be ok: It's been quiet her weatherwise; garden is ok, it's just a bit battered, but nothing major. It's tine, but seems to be quite exposed under certain conditions. I'm just coming up to a year here, so it's all been a learning curve; my last two gardens were very large, this one not much bigger than my sitting room ! I had a shopping delivery today; a few more bits for the storeroom, including dried pulses etc for making up some soup mixes. I need some more shelving for storage, so am researching that at the moment. It needs to be suitable for me to manage to put together by myself.
  10. Thankyou everyone on a very wet and windy Scottish night
  11. Weather has gone back to wet and windy; the south westerlies blow diagonally right across my wee garden, Still got to sort out some things that suffered in the last storm, but they're secure where they fell, so I'm thinking it's better to leave them where they are for now. Sundays are usually a bit of a down time for me, I read and knit, spend time on the laptop doing reading and research. One thing I came across was a short film on Youtube about a tiny cottage that was virtually unchanged since the 1920s; the only changes (apart from electric lighting installed in the 1930s), at the local council's insistence were an inside toilet (earth closet as there was no water connected) and a single cold water tap. It was occupied by a single woman who was born there; she cooked on a cast iron range and went up and down a ladder to the bedrooms. She lived in the house until she died, at the age of 102 - something to aspire to! A couple of things I took away from the film to help with warmth - use rugs around the home (hers were a mixture of homemade and bought, over lino) and at night, put your clothes between the bed blankets so they're warm in the morning. My new-to-me coffee set came that I bought from a local charity, I'm looking forward to using it. It cost £7 - $9.28 - which I reckon is a real bargain, I love it.
  12. Just a fun title lol Nice to have a wee space to write in here I'll be telling you of my prepping that I do here. I live in a tiny toun (900 folk) that is quite isolated in the very south west of Scotland, about 3 miles from the shore. I prep for lots of reasons, and my prepping confidence has grown over the years. I cook, preserve, brew, grow fruit, vegetables and herbs, knit, dye, spin, sew, read a lot and generally keep myself busy with an eye to being as self-reliant as possible.
  13. I've always hankered after a wood stove for cooking. Nearest I got was an old 1970s Rayburn which was run mainly on coal, but I used wood sometimes. It was in the house when we bought it, we converted it from oil back to solid fuel - it was the reason we bought the house really. I made peace with it quickly, and loved it to bits; it was on 24/7 all year round, did all my cooking, bottling (canning), brewing, baking on it, it heated the house and all the hot water; had a Kitchen Maid drying rack over it for laundry and drying dyed wool, herbs etc. I loved that thing with all my heart, even though the temperature gauge never worked in the whole 17 years I used it. I just stuck my hand in the oven to see how hot it was lol I love your pictures
  14. Finally managed to get back here - the first survival/prepping forum I joined way back when! I did re-join some years ago, but life got in the way again, now I'm here. I was Lowlander back then, married, two children, living in England. Now I'm divorced, children are adults with their own lives (very different to mine), I'm back living in Scotland, a couple of serious illnesses, two breakdowns, an emergency hernia op and two house moves, here I am Lol My prepping has come on in leaps and bounds; I now have a newish prepping blog, a new forum of my own, a book underway and a cupboard full of dried noodles lol Looking forward to joining in and contributing from across the ocean - we here in Scotland, and the UK, have our own unique set of problems, so maybe I'll be able to show a different side of life. I've become a lot more feisty in the interim so be prepared for that, but I promise to behave myself
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