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  1. Disabled Preppers

    What are you growing?

    Your right on swings and roundabouts , i will never buy Unwins mini cucumbers again i use to get beth alpha as the wife loves to pick them and just munch , the Unwins i brought sowed indoor under grow lights i got 2 weak plants i mean weak i contacted the company who sent a new packet same batch...
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    What Food Combo's Do You Eat That Others Think Are Weird

    LOL @oldtimer yes my aunty well and uncle had us over af ew time , my aunty was or is a great cook she could take a tin of cherrys and make a cherry pie you would die to eat it never got left for long , but again in the 70's my uncle was a man for a bargain the tins with no labels oh how we...
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    Proper use of a Kelly Kettle?

    Hi i am a little late to the party but i will say i use old pallet wood i cut it to 4 inch log bits and keep a largish bag with the kettle but what i do also do is make my own fatwood the reason for that is pop a couple of sticks in the pan base and light wait a minute or 2 and begin feeding...
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    BushcraftShow '23 - leaving your camp??

    It isa shame i never heard of stuff being taken but in this world we live it you just do not know now days , it appears if it is not nailed down some little magpie with lift it , just a shame but i guess people infiltrat groups to profit from what they can get out of it and not be what can i put...
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    Sycamore Spoonage

    Really nice work and yes arthritus and lupus are a real bark sorry for the pun , my wife suffers but like you she is finding things she can do to keep her hands mobile . On the note of arthritus have you tried flexiseq , i know there are loads of snake oil type cures that just don't work as over...
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    Cool idea for a rotisserie

    I love this site i have been having a rough few days health wise and just sitting while my wife makes me something to eat well a milkshake drink nope not the nice type these are body building type . So i just watched that omg i had the wife in and said ok hon get out in the garden and get...
  7. Disabled Preppers

    Ever burned yourself Bushcrafting?

    Well this made me giggle and the wife slap me and say tell the nicve people how bad you are with fire , i have been known to heat something put it down and then pick it up without a glove yup oh so many times . The best burn i had yes laugh if you like but how many have done what i did , picture...
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    Kindling splitting chopper

    To be honest Tony the first one i ordered i was like hmm lets give it a go , see i grew up as a hand tools carpenter and always brought the best the same with battery tools when they came in if it was not DeWalt or Elu then i gave it a miss , i will say my Dewalt tools are still banging on some...
  9. Disabled Preppers

    Coleman stoves

    @MikeLA all i can say is be aware to check the seals everytime you use them , we were on a night fishing trip and my mate said i pop the stove on for a brew , he went i nthe bivvy and pumped the stove up tunred the switch and went to light the next thing he was running out screaming FFFFFFFFFFF...
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    Kindling splitting chopper

    Ok i want to say first and formost i am not connected to the seller in anyway but i am very happy with their item so wanted to give a review . I purchased a long chopper a bit like a meat clever or billhook size kindling splitter , the reason i went that way was i know i can just use a small axe...
  11. Disabled Preppers

    What are you growing?

    On my raised bed i use the blue plastic underground water pipe i cut it the length then pop it in holes drilled in the capping board and then put net over , but we also use that on the ground plants that need protection , you can get a huge roll of it and it lasts forever and ever , plus if you...
  12. Disabled Preppers

    What are you growing?

    Well been a long few days in the garden but due to health i have to go slow but at least i was in the sunshine sort of but the giggle is we have a couple of stray cats that live i nthe house now one is such a fussy pot she wants picking up all the time and we also have a neighbours cat that...
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    Neosporin USA

    HI yes some are even better but i am hoping this batch have a good life but again if kept sealed and unopened i hope they should stay good stored in a cool place in the medical chest , we use the large bright orange tool boxes as our first aid kit and as i have said in one kit we have a full...
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    Neosporin USA

    I fully undersatnd but again i like to cover all bases , in life i am a TCP addict my wife tells me because if i got cut well long stories but lets say boiling water and tcp are my go to for a septic wound . The tubes of creams and oniments i got before had a 5 year shelf life so again these...
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    Neosporin USA

    @gg012 i do full agree over use of antibiotics can be a problem but we are preppers by and large and the point of that is being prepared , now while i look at alternatives to modern meds my wife and i have major health issues and in a **** world iwant to knowi can reach in to the med chest...
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    Neosporin USA

    Hi thank you for the heads up , see this is why i asked my wife was a dental nurse for years fully qualified , the reason for the lidnocaine one was i am on a blood thinner and bleed like the saying says a stuck pig , growing up my blood healed fast cuts and wounds but now not so , i also got...
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    What excites you about spring arriving?

    @Woody girl lol oh the wilds now your talking bubble gum , we have a huge patch of these growing wild so to speak , i planted some i nthe rockey behind the bbq and extras got planted under where the blackberry frame is and they have carpeted the area we love these but you do have to eat fresh...
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    Neosporin USA

    Ok as the name says i know you can get in the UK but from people buying or bring it over , i have a friend state saide who is looking up the 2 we want to try neosporin + lidocaine and neosporin + pain relief cream , i am just wondering who here has used it and what do you think , as my friend...
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    What excites you about spring arriving?

    Like @Woody girl we try and save plants and grow from free seed some work some don't but if the land is going spare i throw somethign on or in the pots to try and get something to eat , i have doubles strawberry production lol mainly due ot the fact we freeze these for winter treats and a summer...
  20. Disabled Preppers

    What excites you about spring arriving?

    LOL your right on that , i just threw them in because mine had not come up lol but all mine came good 10 out of 10 came lol , i did the same with cucumbers i was feeling so let down as i germinate seeds under grow lights indoorsl ool my cucumbers where doing rubbish so i had a spare pack of old...