List of Equipment

What equipment would be really useful?

• candles
  
• large box of disposable lighters
  
• wind up torch
  
• filters (very hard to make), includes milk filters
  
• washing powder
  
• tampax
  
• thread, buttons and zips
  
• boots
  
• outdoor clothes, waterproofs, fleece hats, gloves
• double duck canvas
  
• jeans
  
• kilner jars and plastic freezer boxes
  
• pocket sized survival guides, sas and what is edible
  
• butchery kit
  
• buckets
  
• medicines for animals (need to expand)
  
• medicines for people (need to expand)
  
• essential oils and homeopathics
  
• toothbrushes and toothpaste
  
• several large bolts of fleece
• bowsaw blades
• screws and nails
• baler twine
• fencing wire
• couple of tons of coal
• rope
• musical instruments
• board games/cards
  
• bulbs for torches
• wicks for oil lamps
• lamps
• muslin
• seeds (need to expand this)
  
• fish hooks and line
• corrugated iron for repairing shed
• trap and harness - large!
• rods for welder
  

Small Equipment

• food dryer
  
• steriliser
  
• treadle sewing machine
  
• japanese automatic bum cleaners (to avoid the toilet paper problem, but how much power does it need?)
  
• Vacuum packer (for saving food)
• knitting machine - wool
• chainsaw
• milk seperators
• electric welder
• fab lab
• still (to produce products for warmth, medicine and good cheer)
  

Inventions

• electric generator based on horse walker
• way of storing stuff - dry, cool store
  

Big Machines

• mini digger
• quad
• self-tipping trailer for quad

Already Got

• well equipment wood workshop
• 8 horses
• garden stuff

The emergency rations box

What is there was a sudden food panic and you didn't want to be rushing down to the shops to find them empty?  What will be put in our crates?

- tinned soup

- pasta 

- rice

- oats

- barley 

- chocolate - 70%

- soup base

- tea

- sugar

- dried milk

- dried beans

- chick peas

- seeds

- raisins

- other dried fruit - bananas etc.

- salt/pepper

- honey

- jams

- sun dried tomatoes

- tinned tomatoes

- brandy/whisky/poiten

- flour (if you can get it sealed up)

- cigarettes?!

- olive oil

- sunflower oil

- treats eg. pears pickled in brandy!

- bread soda

- yeast

- tinned fish, especially sardines

- salami

- vinegar

- soy sauce

- wine

- spices, especially cinnamon

- baking soda

- lentils

- dried peas

Every year we have a big feast and eat everything in the crate and start again!

If we think we can run a freezer:

- bacon

- butter (a bit)

If it wasn't here:

- mixed herbs

- dried eggs (we will be rushing out and getting chickens)

And also

- basic medicines including tetracycline

- multi-vitamins

And

- soap (of all kinds)