I found someone who has a list of guides..and a list of 100 things that disappear off shelves first

I found this website.

It has a list of all kinds of guides, including how to find medicinal plants, I thought it was too cool not to share.

http://2012forum.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=10

It's a pretty amazing site if you want to go and take a gander.  Remember to take it with the seriousness you want to put in this.

I also found this:

http://standeyo.com/News_Files/INFO_Files/100.items.html

This is a list of the 100 top items that disappear off shelves first when people get scared.  Maybe this is something you would like to take into consideration.

Micro Greens and Sprouting

Did you know that with a single cup of seeds you can get 5 lbs of a sprouting vegetable matter that is not only high in protein but worth it's weight in gold-uhm, I mean weight in a nutritional power???

Yep....it's true.

So I am putting some in my two week kit.  No access to fresh food if there is no electricity, this would be nice to have.  Even if they take
4-6 days to sprout, it will be something to look forward to and something for the kids to participate in.

I have actually already started growing some.  Picked them up at market organics in ottawa.  I've always enjoyed sprouts and of course I want to be sure I know how to grow them before I have to know I have to grow them!

Growing Yeast For Bread

So I have been looking into growing yeast for bread.

No grocery stores for bread, means we'll need to make our own....what happens if you don't have any yeast on hand??

Here you go:

http://www.ehow.com/how_5860081_grow-bread-yeast.html

Print it out and put it in your binder....pick a little bit of the ingredients to have on  hand....

Less Than 48 Hours of camping...Guess what our Water consumption was?

So we took the kids camping this weekend.  Guess what....I tracked our water usage.  I didn't hold back the water at all...I just kept track.  Boy!  Was I surpised!

We always camp with no electricity, no water.  So we took a 1.5 litter refillable water bag to fill for miscellaneous stuff, i.e.: dishes, washing hands, filling water balloons, yada yada....We refilled this 5 times. Almost 2 gallons for the american folk.

We also took a 8 Litre bottle of spring water for drinking and cooking with.  A full 2 gallons of water.  We did bring some of this home with us, maybe a litre.

I was actually surprised by how much we used, though I have to admit I did nothing to tone this down.  We also drank other things, juice, beer, coke....

They recommend that you must have 4 litres a day to survive.  So, yeah, they are almost bang on.  Next trip I intend on tailoring our needs to meet this exactly...that will be a challenge!

Less Than 48 Hours of camping...Guess what our Water consumption was?

So we took the kids camping this weekend.  Guess what....I tracked our water usage.  I didn't hold back the water at all...I just kept track.  Boy!  Was I surpised!

We always camp with no electricity, no water.  So we took a 1.5 litter refillable water bag to fill for miscellaneous stuff, i.e.: dishes, washing hands, filling water balloons, yada yada....We refilled this 5 times. Almost 2 gallons for the american folk.

We also took a 8 Litre bottle of spring water for drinking and cooking with.  

Your First List

So the deal is that there is so much information and so many different ideas as to what you should have and should do.

I am not saying you have to do exactly what I do and remember that everything should be tailored to meet your needs and the needs of your family.

I have three websites to share with you, I'm doing different kinds of things.  You should do what you need to do.

http://www.town.newmarket.on.ca/en/services/emergencysurvivalchecklist.asp

I really, really like this one: http://urbansurvivalsite.com/?s=where+to+begin&search=Search

and this one is very fascinating if you want to take it to the extreme:

http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/

Go check them out and take a look.  Print off what you want to do and it add it to your binder.

Today is the day we start buying stuff to put in our stash!

Go to the grocery store and buy 4 4 litre bottles of water.  You are then going to put these in the back of the cupboard for an emergency....