Hi 👋 Barbara, how are you doing?

My mum used to use old stockings stuffed with old socks as draft stoppers.

YES. We used to do this in our old farmhouse. I may have thought of this or I may not have in current times. Thanks for the reminder.

I still live in an old house and yes we let the water drip. But from the dollar store we got pool noodles and put them around any exposed piping in the basement. Since we started doing that we have not had a freeze problem with our pipes

YES?! Pool noodles are great! I redid all my pipes under house with the new flex plex pipe. Instead of the expensive insulation foam tubes I used the pool noodles! Just slit down one side slip over pipes perfect and higher R value to boot! Even was able to color code hot cold pipes with red and blue noodles. No tearing off insulation later on to find the right line. Had some interesting conversations at the dollar store buying my noodles!

How do you turn the tap on for the washing machine and dishwasher?

@@ingridlavone1 The washing machine tap should be just beside the machine on the wall. Turn it OFF, and then make sure the hose is empty. For the dishwasher, there should be a supply line under the sink. Turn it OFF. If you will be away from home for longer than a day or two, turn your washing machine supply line OFF. If the hose breaks while you are away, and the water is turned on, it will continue running until you return home. Very expensive repair. Same with the toilets.

Fantastic idea!

I used the small bubble wrap to distort viewing outside to inside yet I have plenty of light. Pick up the clean wrap at the recycle center. Plan to put on a second layer. I also have large plastic sheeting that is reflective on one side black on the other. Reflective for summer and black for winter. It is not attractive yet really keeps my house a lot cooler.

@@dtl2081 I've just stumbled on Rose's channel! I'm in the UK where the weather is temperate to cool. About 6 years ago, I researched bubble wrap window insulation and then fitted the colourless small wrap to several windows and the front door panes (all double glazed). It certainly does make a big difference. A couple of tips if I may: all the research I found advised placing the bubble side next to the pane because it creates another layer where air is trapped and thus another layer of insulation (which is how double and triple glazing works). Secondly, I stuck it on with a mild solution of either water and disinfectant or water and spirit/white vinegar - this ensures that mould etc is kept at bay.

@@iggle6448 …I’ve just landed on this lovely lady’s channel and I too am in the uk ……great advise on the bubble wrap 🙂

@@cwingate4780 That's very kind of you, thank you! Have you tried bubblewrap on your windows?

I saw on you tube where you can use bubble wrap. It keeps the cold air out

Great idea

My grandma stuffed rags around the cracks between the edges of the door and the frame.

Patricia ribiacmy mother used to do that when I was a toddler

That’s fantastic. I use blankets instead of curtains.

I LOVE my Ugg* boots for keeping my ankles warm. The Bailey Button is the least expensive model, I believe.

As graceful and absent minded as I am; I no doubt would wait till the last moment to go dashing for a wee run and end up face planting because I forgot I put my feet in a box... 😂😂😂 And Uggs... Well, I probably wouldn't be able to wear them because my 7 lb tabby girl (identifies as a Siberian Tiger) would most likely think they were prey and attack the Uggs. (I wore a new coat just once... It had a fur ruff on the hood and she about mauled me to kill her "prey" 👀😱😂😂 Damn cat!

@@susie.goodwin1356 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 same with a crazy pets.

@@susie.goodwin1356 😂😂😂 That's hilarious!!! I love cats.

@@susie.goodwin1356 , forgetting that my feet were in a box - that would be me, too 😆

I've used this in my non-heated Southern exposure sunroom where I stage all my tender houseplants during the Winter. Loved that the sunlight and view weren't obstructed.

@@Jack.333 Oh, I love that suggestion! Thanks.

If you have hard water, use distilled or vinegar...it leaves hard water stains on the glass!

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Thank you.

Try EcoFlow for the generator instead of Patriots and save a lot of money.

This happened to us with a candle. It burned all the way down to the glass, burst, and started the wood underneath of it on fire. Thankfully we had a working smoke detector that called us to the room and we also had a fire blanket that quickly put it out. Good idea on water at the bottom of the candle!

Water is a great idea

Great idea with the water in the lamp. I will remember this idea.

Great advice on the candle cracking the jar. I have been watching so many reviews about the battery banks. 4 Patriot is a brand that came out when the prepper bang hit a couple of years ago, I believe they are a marketing company, but they’ve definitely been highly visible thus bringing awareness. You might enjoy HoboTech another KZfaq channel. I’ve seen him review at least a couple of different brands, Bluetti was one. I keep dreaming of owning a Jackery 1000, but as I’ve learned the wattage is the dollar amount lol meaning the Jackery 1000 is about $1,000!

I've done this for many years, lived off grid. Everyone should prep by trying to live w/o power for at least 2 weeks. You'll learn a lot & get the bugs out of your SHTF plan.

Hello 👋dear, how are you doing?

This is a brilliant suggestion, thank you, you gave me a great idea to gift my daughter who has young children.

They have Solar Lights and glass jars at Dollar Tree , for those of us on fixed incomes and tight budgets .

Solar lawn light hack. 8 weeks of light from one D cell battery. SIMS DEAD CELL CANDLE. > google it. Cheap and easy to make in minutes.

My furnace broke ( now) 2.12.2022 - I’m so very thankful for my 2 wood burners. The oil lamps and hurricane lamps are helping. It’s 10 degrees outside. This is a good test for my preps. After watching this video, I used the bubble wrap on the windows and The towels in front of the outside doors helps! I learned that you need a lot of wood for the wood burning stove. I have 2 cords, and if I was going to do this for the winter, I would need 6-7 cords.

Technique.... I took my grate out years ago...ash is your friend... Make a valley in your old ash, place your starter in the valley...paper, pinecone(1), kindling crossing over pine cone, then medium wood(limbs) or split wood with a thin edge on top of this whole pile...the mountains of ash on each side support your heavier wood from being to heavy on your starter pile....this should give you a one-match light unless the stove is cold...DO NOT latch the door closed when first starting your fire...it needs to breath...with the flue completely open, move the door towards closed until the fire starts to really kick...hold it there til the kindling is fully involved, then begin to damp down the top of the fire place(restrict the exit) this will cause the smoke to roll back on its self and re burn...(plus keep your heat in the stove and not out the pipe)...your kindling will be mostly gone by now and the heavier wood ignited....inch the door closed....I burn with a minimum of air...enough to combust, but not rage...a raging fire uses too much wood without heating up the stove adequately.....feed the core fire till you have a good bed of coals...most guys who use charcoal know what I mean....poke and move, be strategic...you can reshape the mountains of ash at any point...for a long burn, like at night...I place a large log to one side of my coals, in a hole I dug in the ash....then I cover the 2/3 away from the coals with ask....only some of the log is exposed to combustion... sometime on cold nights, I'll place a second sizeable log on the opposite side of the stove and burry it...I put one or two nice peices of wood across the top and go to bed....if I happen to wake between 11 and 4 am, I add a few small peices of wood...at 5 I add a good log and leave for work at 630....our house rarely gets below 64 in the main room, wee like it at 70...and one day it got away from me and was up to 77(ooops) Play with your flue damper and the underneath stove damper to get max BTU out of whatever type of wood you got..I only burn an armload of mixed wood morning and night with misc occasionally thrown in if we have guests...it's mix of elm, cottonwood, locust, juniper, apple, cherry, etc...stuff people usually shredd...and the pine we were given left no coals...hard to work with...must have coals for over night...btw, was warm here last week so left it alone for 2 days...hubby found coals in the ashes last night...no match needed. Buy a pair of billows Have a tin bucket of kindling/pinecones and a container of paper...(newspaper ink doesn't burn well any more)

Where I live in Nevada, it's been 8 and 9 degrees Fahrenheit consecutively, we're happy to see 17....it was a balmy 27 this morning...so a 70 degree house is a great pleasure. Thank you Jesus

Might suggest putting up a tent inside your room to stay warmer. Take care.

Ms Dony: We are sorry to find out you went into debt "food prepping." That was never our intent. Jim

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I have had the clear bubble wrap stick all winter long. It work very well.

@@susanschneider-baker49 nice!

Gidget, is there a way to know more about your older ways? Older is often still better

@@melallred6523 there is a really good book that is a wealth of information on old ways homesteading. The Encyclopedia of Country Living by Carla Emery. It has everything from buying land to giving birth by yourself to caring for your dead. Gardening, animal husbandry and homestead housekeeping. The first edition came out during the hippie, "back to the land" movement in the late 1960s. There was a 50th anniversary edition released in 2019.

@@melallred6523 if you can find a copy of the ninth edition published in 1994, it has about 130 more pages than the new 50th anniversary edition. Carla passed away in 2005 so the 9th edition was probably the last edition she personally updated. I'm not sure about what was left out of the new edition. Maybe the home birthing and caring for the dead at home, people are more ill at ease with those things these days 🤷‍♀️ the 1994 9th edition has 864 pages, so look for that one.

@@gidget8717 Amazon says that the 10th and anniversary editions have 928 pages, 44 pages more than what you say is in the 9th.

@@graminator10b32 I'm so glad to hear that! I hope that the site I got that number from miscounted. I don't remember which book site it was, I just remember thinking, "I wonder what they took out?" Thanks for the updated information. 😁👍

Wow, thank you! How kind of you.

You are so welcome! So glad it was helpful.

@Jennifer Kelly - What brand do you like best?

Working night shift and new construction site next door inspired me to install aluminum foam boards in my bedroom windows. Sound buffer, insulation and blackout.

@@delorestaylor8114 yes! Also helps block outside emf. Permanent addition to my bedroom windows, cheaper and work much better than drapes

You are so welcome!

In my husband's study, he placed a row of yard lights, minus the sticks, along the window...they collect sun during the day and light half the room at night

Yes, you are correct about the hats! Thanks.

I am so glad your mother enjoys our videos. That makes me very happy. And thank you for your kind words.

You are great. Thanks for caring about others and teaching.

Absolutely! Thanks.

I have enough clearence over my door to throw a flannel sheet folded lengthwise over the door and shut the door...in the summer, I let it hang outside to keep sun's heat away...west facing door with a large window

Yes….I’ve done that with quilts….put them over doors and windows in my old 1800s farmhouse….made a huge difference!

I had an old house, single pane windows. I put shrink wrap over the large picture window and I left it up for 5 years. It made a huge difference along with draft dodgers under the drafty doors. I made my own with old towels and cute fabrics covers I stitched up.

I can't nail to frames because I rent, however I saw an idea to make a temporary "door" frame covered with bubble wrap, sheets, whatever! Dragged out as needed, ideal!

Great idea! Thanks.

Hello 👋dear, how are you doing?

Tone: Wow, thank you! We appreciate you watching our channel from Norway. Jim

@JeannieS Great idea! Approximately how long did batteries last? Thank you in advance. 😊

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Could you please provide an outline on making your own solar generator? Thank you,!

Or you can make a blanket fort on the couch 😁

My concern is lamps or candles getting knocked over. I Have 3 large dogs and 2 cats that go in and out. I've thought about the tent but where can you safely put those things? Even if tent had a hanging hook I'd be concerned with top of tent getting too hot. I've considered a my buddy but would literally have to cage it in, again to keep dogs or cats from knocking it over. It got 45 in here this winter when power went out and I'm not planning to go thru that again. Any hints or tips??

I use the reflectix, too! It does work great.

Donna, how does the reflectix bubble wrap adhere to the window?

@@cherylross5322 Since it's heavier than reg bubble wrap, I use packing tape and tape to the window frame itself ..

Do you have a recommendations for an emergency radio?

@@jeannebaker6905 I am assuming don't mean ham radio for communications (that is my spouse's specialty). For an emergency information radio there are several good brands out there that don't break the budget. For XMas this year I gifted my children the Eton, American Red Cross FRX3+ Emergency NOAA Weather Radio (currently $46 on Amazon). It is battery powered but can also be charged via solar or with hand crank and can be used to power a cell phone if needed. Another model I have used at home and in our RV for many years is the Sangean MMR-88. It isn't quite as fancy but is an extremely sturdy model which has served me well. I just looked and you can still get it on Amazon for $54

@@sandraw4763 fyi, the eton frx3 is currently $59.99. Huge price difference in such a short time..like everything else these days :(. Thank you for the info you posted. Much appreciated.

Agree with everything you said! Thank you!

Would this work on Minnesota? We’re below zero. I’m thinking the solar lights would be covered with snow. Thanks for the great info you posted.

You could put the solar lights inside on a window sill to charge if you have snow

Also, keep a supply of hand warmers, and put some in your car also. They also have foot warmers. Once you open them, they are activated. Flannel or fleece rice bags will also keep your toes warm at night(not sure how you would warm these up in a power outage, but if you are conserving on heating fuel they come in handy.

Hello 👋dear, how are you doing?

@@franklinstephen3268 quit trolling!

Our pleasure!

This is fascinating information, Barry. I will see what we can find out. Thank you.

I would like to know more about that

I would also.

Pamela: You are welcome and we appreciate the complements. Jim

Wow--good information. Thanks.

I've had my EcoFlow EF Delta for several months now, and the 160w panel, which is supposed to be kept dry. Will you please share what panels you added, as I would like to have a more permanent solar collector available (for my deck)? Thank you!

That sounds wonderful!

I was reading about the Renogy flexible solar panels on YT. Glue or velcro them on van roof or shed etc. Supposed to hold up even in snow

Good to know. Thanks for sharing.

She is my favorite professor too - an no final exam!

You raise an excellent point. We have also been thinking along those lines.

@@dannylionsmom all our company assist with is putting you on a list in the event of a power outage. They try to get your power on quickly as possible, but no guarantee you will not have a prolonged outage. This still does not help if the grid is compromised and power will not be restore for quite some time or at all🥺

In the old days we ran feeding tubes n IV’s by gravity😂

Hi 👋 Linda, how are you?

@@franklinstephen3268 quit trolling!