Prepping – Where To Start

Prepping – Where To Start

Prepping is a big undertaking, and pretty daunting, as so much involved. When people ask me why I prep, I’m always equally surprised they’re not prepping.
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Some of the important things are:
1. A home-base set up to be without electricity; with it’s own natural water supply; compost toilet; and veg/fruit garden potential.
2. A wilderness-base in the woods and ideally on water; either freshwater or seawater.
3. Fishing gear and rifle for hunting.
4. Veg seeds and tools for gardening.
5. A bug out plan.
6. A bug out bag.
7. First aid training, first aid kit, first aid book and some medication.
8. Ability to map read/navigate. Road atlas for the country and OS maps for your larger general area.
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However one achievable win initially is to have a full year’s food supply/general supply laid up, stored somewhere clean and DRY, with attention paid to danger of damp and vermin.
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You could start easy; such as an approx year’s supply of soap, washing up liquid, toothbrush+toothpaste, plasters.
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In terms of tinned food, each week on your weekly shop, you could start buying a single slab of tins. This is an inexpensive way of doing it. Ideally pull-tab lids, and decent food like beans/peas/tomatoes/potatoes.
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Basically 1 tin equates to 1 meal per person, enhanced with wild forageables. So this time of year you may be adding dock leaf, nettle, plantain, younger bramble leaf to your pan of food.
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I plan to run some two-day or three-day Prepper Courses this coming year, 2025.
More details soon or email me to register your interest on info@outdoorsireland.com

Thanks, Nathan