Prepping Items Not To Forget

[Moped]

Knowledge is KING! Start a good book collection. Pick up "How-To" Manuals about everything. Books like the Foxfire series should be on the list. Even Magazines like The Backwoodsmen, Mother Earth News and others along those lines should be part of the collection. Don't dismiss any topic out of hand. Even simple topics like hunting, trapping, animal husbandry, sewing, cooking and simple carpentry should be included. Books take up a lot of room, but could easily be worth their weight in gold or whatever the currency of the day is, if you have the right material. Whether you are bugging in or bugging out dedicate a room where ever you going to live to knowledge.

Books can also be entertainment, so don't be afraid to pick up works of fiction as well. Find out what your family likes to read and let them pick out books to keep as well. A stock of children's books would be good. Pick up primers and old school text books and maps. In a long term situation, schools still need to go on. You don't want your kids to grow up ignorant. When society starts putting itself back together (which will happen) having material like this will help everyone and make you an invaluable part of that society.

If everything totally collapses, then libraries will be worth raiding for the knowledge they will hold. They may not be high on the priority list early on, but they will be invaluable later on!

[peejman]

If you've got kids, get a couple small, single LED flashlights. I was reminded last night how much fun kids can have with something as simple as a flashlight in the dark.

[Sam1]

Bottles of liquor, they serve a dual purpose... for trading or taking away the worry for a little while. other than that, it's just the usual stuff

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[10-Ring]

Things to make food more palatable. You have 30 tons of grain? That's awesome, but it sounds pretty bland. I've been stocking up on hot sauce, which I go through a lot of anyway and just buying extras of a lot of other spices that I use. I don't really do the massive amounts of rice and grains thing. I buy foods that I actually use and rotate them out on a bi annual basis.

[Guest ochretoe]

As Il Duce mentioned there are natural options, just not up to speed on them. I vaguely remember that Amer. Indians used a type of twig

Dogwood twigs were used as tooth brush's by the Cherokee and other southern tribes.

Nettles are great for allergies, nose bleeds(lots of vitamin K) soup thickener, and nausea.

Blackberry bramble tea is also good for the above except nose bleed. Also good for stomach ailments.

[Makiaveli]

Dogwood twigs were used as tooth brush's by the Cherokee and other southern tribes.

Nettles are great for allergies, nose bleeds(lots of vitamin K) soup thickener, and nausea.

Blackberry bramble tea is also good for the above except nose bleed. Also good for stomach ailments.

Thanks for the info

[Guest aknut]

added a carton of cheap smokes and some large garbage bags.

[Guest USMC 2013]

A neck knife and my bo-staff are my two must haves to survive anything!

Joe

[East_TN_Patriot]

All of the medicine needs can be met indefinetly with a good seed bank of herbs. Have at least 10 medicinal herbs in your seed bank and a book on how to use them. Most herbs are not as good as modern medicine, but when you know how to use them in combination and the best way to administer them they work miracles.

Excepting the last 100-150 years, medicinal herbs was the way mankind stayed healthy. The other way people used them was to cook with and eat herbs in their every day diet. Something most of us do not do now, or at least enough of to help.

Joe

Here is a handy list of medicinal herbs that you folks may find useful. I am also compiling a small library of books about medicinal and edible plants in addition to the typical prepper reading.

http://www.anniesremedy.com/chart.php

Also, ref tooth cleaning, I have heard the same sort of information about people using twigs. You crush the end with your teeth to make the fibers into a sort of brush, and then you can scrub your teeth and around the gumline with it. I have also heard of people using ashes from a campfire to clean your teeth in a pinch because the alkalinity of the ashes reacts with your saliva to kill off the plaque germs. Not sure that would taste too wonderful though.

Edited October 6, 2012 by East_TN_Patriot

[Makiaveli]

Thought the other day for like the 42nd thousandth time I need to replace my work gloves since I snagged a hole in the thumb a while back and it occurred to me how much it would suck if I had to start out in a SHTF situation and these were my best pair.

So my latest addition to this thread is think about everything you use as you go about your daily life and think would you need it more or less after it drops in the pan? If same or more, then might want to stock up.

[superduty]

What about pet food?

[East_TN_Patriot]

What about pet food?

Some may want to consider that. I think that would be more for a bug-in situation since pet food is bulky and heavy. Also, I figure my dogs can eat scraps and scrounge for food. If it comes down to it, as much as I love them, my wife and son are going to take priority and the dogs are going to either fend for themselves or in an absolute worst case scenario, may end up as meat on the table. I'd probably cry the entire time, but at least my kid won't starve to death. When people are down to eating dirt and twigs, companion animals are a luxury.

[Guest SiriusJones]

My biggest thing is toothbrushes and toothpaste. I cannot stand an unclean mouth. I buy both items 10 at a time at Kroger whenever they are 10/$10.

[Erik88]

What about pet food?

Definitely something to consider. I keep telling my GF we need to have a 2-3 month supply on hand. My dog doesn't each much for her size so it would only take a few bags.

[highshot]

What about a good set of lock picks?

[Hershmeister]

Oral antibiotics

Infections are natures killer

Herbs wont cut it when you have pneumonia

[vontar]

small sewing kit, needles, thread.
May even fit in your first aide kit.