If a power outage lasts for more than 4 hours, you need to err on the side of caution with regard to refrigerated and frozen food. Coolers can help – you can put your most expensive perishables in a cooler and fill it with ice from the freezer to extend its lifespan. Whatever you ...
Covering your plants is one way toprotect them from a freeze. Greenhouse plants can be covered in horticultural fleece (also known as gardening fleece), row covers (typically made of clear plastic), or cloches. The latter can be recycled drink bottles, old milk containers, or even mini green...
Camping/Hiking– A lightweight sleeping bag and pad for everyone, small pillows, two tents suitable for car-camping and backpacking- one for the kids, one for the grown-ups, internal frame backpacks for everyone in case we decide to do some backpacking, headlamps, a lantern, and rope for ...
We have to be aware of how much fresh water we have left, and when we’re running low we need to seek out a place to fill up (and find somewhere to dump our grey water). Same with stove fuel. And we need to keep an eye on our camper van electrical system, make sure we’re ...
A central location is set up to accept recyclable materials, which the homeowners transport themselves. Even communities with curbside pickup may still have drop-off centers for the reclamation of hazardous materials like paint or propane gas. Buy-back centers These centers are similar to drop-off...
bottles, which I can occasionally fill up with drinking or teeth brushing water, or buy such bottled water when such taps cannot be found. Only to casually throw into a big garbage bin something that looks like apple juice on my way to the beach, or otherwise to surreptitiously and quietly...