Firs of all hello to all and thank you for taking the time to share your opinions, ideas and let's not forget criticism for my questions.
For the last year i have started to take my preparations a bit more seriously then before(before being keeping enough food(perishable one) for a week) and thinking i was prepared for any eventuality :headshake:
The current situation i have is as follows
-water: have 2000l in a plastic container in my basement
-food: i have a small plot of land surrounding the house 0.30 acres(hope i did the conversion right) currently growing potatoes, tomatoes, zucchini and beans(although i feel the amounts are abysmal for any kind of prolonged survival. Also i have a couple of sacks of flour, potatoes, salt, beans stored + i recently started to vacuum pack food.
Now i know this is just a start and i have a gazillion of plans in my head so i'll run it by you so i can get some info on feasibility of implementing them.
1. The biggest worry i have is that the water storage i have even with using rainwater for my garden will not last me long. What are your thoughts on wells? I was interneting and found an interesting well solution that would not be to difficult to implement it's called "driven well" basically you drive a piece of pipe in the ground till you hit water. I would appreciate any pro's con's for such a solution.
Also concerning the water storage in my plastic tank i have covered the tank with black nylon so as to prevent the light(it's a white pvc tank) hitting on in(dunno if that was necessary since the tank is in my basement but hell i'we read somewhere that algae can develop that way) but my question is how often should i exchange the water? i know i can use purification tablets but i also read you can use bleach(better financially wise) so is there a time limit i can purify the water chemically before i really need to exchange it.
2. Food: I know i am limited space wise for planting so can anyone suggest better crops to grow on such a limited space? Also since i have another basement room extra does anyone have any experience or advice with growing mushrooms in such a space? does it even make sense? I would dearly love to have some chickens, goats or other livestock to raise but considering my job and other obligations that is just not feasible right now.
3. Power: The BIG one: Since i'm in the Med i have a fair amount of sunshine but limited finance to do what i want(cover my entire roof with solar panels) i was looking at windmills but i just don't think i have a constant enough amount of wind for that solution to be feasible, generator(well we can forget about that one considering the oil prices), ideally i would have a water driver power generation (am just missing a river or a waterfall for that one thought) so do you have any ideas or recommendations on how to solve that problem?
There are a ton of other question i have such as weapons, vehicles, skills, equipment etc.. and we'll get to them in the future but for now i would appreciate your thoughts on the above mentioned issues.
lohi
For the last year i have started to take my preparations a bit more seriously then before(before being keeping enough food(perishable one) for a week) and thinking i was prepared for any eventuality :headshake:
The current situation i have is as follows
-water: have 2000l in a plastic container in my basement
-food: i have a small plot of land surrounding the house 0.30 acres(hope i did the conversion right) currently growing potatoes, tomatoes, zucchini and beans(although i feel the amounts are abysmal for any kind of prolonged survival. Also i have a couple of sacks of flour, potatoes, salt, beans stored + i recently started to vacuum pack food.
Now i know this is just a start and i have a gazillion of plans in my head so i'll run it by you so i can get some info on feasibility of implementing them.
1. The biggest worry i have is that the water storage i have even with using rainwater for my garden will not last me long. What are your thoughts on wells? I was interneting and found an interesting well solution that would not be to difficult to implement it's called "driven well" basically you drive a piece of pipe in the ground till you hit water. I would appreciate any pro's con's for such a solution.
Also concerning the water storage in my plastic tank i have covered the tank with black nylon so as to prevent the light(it's a white pvc tank) hitting on in(dunno if that was necessary since the tank is in my basement but hell i'we read somewhere that algae can develop that way) but my question is how often should i exchange the water? i know i can use purification tablets but i also read you can use bleach(better financially wise) so is there a time limit i can purify the water chemically before i really need to exchange it.
2. Food: I know i am limited space wise for planting so can anyone suggest better crops to grow on such a limited space? Also since i have another basement room extra does anyone have any experience or advice with growing mushrooms in such a space? does it even make sense? I would dearly love to have some chickens, goats or other livestock to raise but considering my job and other obligations that is just not feasible right now.
3. Power: The BIG one: Since i'm in the Med i have a fair amount of sunshine but limited finance to do what i want(cover my entire roof with solar panels) i was looking at windmills but i just don't think i have a constant enough amount of wind for that solution to be feasible, generator(well we can forget about that one considering the oil prices), ideally i would have a water driver power generation (am just missing a river or a waterfall for that one thought) so do you have any ideas or recommendations on how to solve that problem?
There are a ton of other question i have such as weapons, vehicles, skills, equipment etc.. and we'll get to them in the future but for now i would appreciate your thoughts on the above mentioned issues.
lohi