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I would recommend some good quality Beer!! But that’s just me :)
You guys are amazing! But I would definitely suggest putting some thought into pest control now that you're storing food in there. Seems like a very tight setup, but pests find a way. The bag of rice is what really set off my spidey sense. Keep up the amazing work!
5 things to store: whole dry corn, hard red wheat, whole oats, white rice, legumes (beans, lentils).
Also, a grain mill for turning the corn and wheat into cornmeal and flour.
Mylar bags, 5 gallon buckets, and o2 absorbers are an excellent way to turn off the shelf into long term storage.
A dehydrator or a freezer drier is also a huge help for food storage.
Since you have a power surplus, maybe consider a large standup or chest freezer.
Haha, we went to the same store and bought the same cans of preserved food to keep in our bus. We love to use them as hiking meals too. We recommend the honey powder in particular to add some sweetness to your emergency preps!
Pretty much the golden rule is "Store what you eat, eat what you store". We end up eating a fair bit of rice and beans, so we have a bunch of those (among other stuff). What's important is to eat what you have and replace it with new. Nobody wants to eat gross stuff that just sat on your shelves for 15 years.
I would suggest flour, sweetener, powdered milk, powered eggs, paper towels, toilet paper, bottled water, rice, beans, coffee, chocolate, diapers, formula, protein bars, and cereal. Canned food products like veggies, soup, tuna, meats such as roast beef, chicken, chicken broth, and any other canned goods you might like. Another great video, thanks big time for sharing.
There are a few calculators that tell you how much of different things you need.
I’d store things in 5 gallon food buckets with oxygen obsorbers.
Biggest thing is don’t forget medical stuff. Living far our especially during winter you could find you need that infant fever medication or a bandaid or ointment. When all the medical supply stuff was in and out of stock we used our supply while neighbors and friends couldn’t find it. When it came back in stock we replaced what we used.
Also you all are awesome! The videos really help us with having the confidence to do some of our own projects too.
Have to agree with the first aid type stuff including fever reducers and basic meds. These are things you need right away when you need them and can make things unbearable if you have to "GO" get them in a hurry.
Some Recommendations for your Emergency Pantry.
1. Get a Costco membership. They usually have all the things you need, in bulk and at a reasonable price.
2. Oil for cooking, salads, etc.
3. Cans of Tuna.
4. Packs of Pasta and jars of Pasta Sauce
5. Big bag of Rice.
6. Canned green beans, corn, refried beans, etc.
7. Almond Butter or Peanut Butter.
8. Jar of Olives, pickles, etc.
9. Shop towels, paper towels, diapers, TP, etc.
10. Some bottled water.
Home canning. Meats veggies everything! would be something you can do while on baby duty! but keep your stocks rotated and try to mainly store things you already eat. another fun project could be a First in First out can storage. but honestly aside from already having store bought items a huge part of preparedness would be starting a garden. typically a garden takes 2-3 seasons to acclimate and get your soil into optimal growing conditions. sadly idaho is very rocky. so you could do raised beds but that would get expensive quickly for any real amount of space. so picking rocks may become a pastime for little oliver! if you have any questions feel free to ask i am an open book!
Yes, make stuff and can it. Even if you buy ingredients instead of growing,picking, or harvesting, you control the quality and ingredients. So dehydrator, vac sealer, and canning stuff and you can always be sure to have supplies when leaving the property isn't feasible or possible due to extenuating circumstances.
@@marklar7551 excellent point! and for those who dont have the water collection like they have here, make sure you have some way to acquire/filter water. chickens are a go to for small operations for meat and eggs. but i am far from an expert on chickens.
Grow potato it's a great plant and a great prepper food
First things first: be aware that since you're not constantly in that space, it's a prime target for mice and other pests moving in. You may think it's completely sealed, mice will teach you differently. So anything you store in there, store in JARS or CANS. That goes for everything. Mice will go through plastic and even wood, and through paper like it was a printed invitation. Place traps close to the likeliest entrance - the main doors - and check them frequently. Also be aware that bugs don't need big holes to get in either, and again glass and steel will stop them.
Your best bets to store are the basics. Don't store food, store ingredients. You can MAKE food. So: wheat (to be ground into flour, which is easy), dry corn for corn meal, sugar and honey. You can stash certain useful things like baking powder, but that has a shelf life. Rotate it often. Salt keeps forever. Potatoes don't but potato flakes do. Onions don't but dehydrated onions do, and they add a lot of life to food. Generally speaking dehydrated foods stored in sealed containers have VERY long shelf lives, while foods canned with their water are only good for a few years at most.
Finally, it's important to know that manufacturers' sell-by dates aren't about the safety of the food, they're about moving goods off the shelf. You can count on any canned good from any manufacturer being perfectly safe for at least a year beyond its printed sell-by date.
@leifhietala8074 Excellent summary. Thank you!
I had a bag of rice like that one in a "Rodent Proof" environment they cleaned it out in a week. They don' go for batteries and electronics very much.
They are going to learn a very humbling lesson…. Rodents will shortly show them why they are so abundant.
In addition hanging the inside part of the mini-split over your batteries might not be the best strategy. If that system has a drainage line hose that goes outside and it gets clogged I hope you have a reliable drain float switch. Otherwise you could potentially take out your entire electrical system. I was expecting the inside unit to be located near the other end of the container.
Great feed back!
I would still put the flour, rice, dry beans etc in sealed water tight containers as just one more barrier to rodents and the elements. Desiccant packs also to absorb moisture help extend shelf life. BUT, you probably already know that. Looks good.
Rodents were my worst enemy living off grid. We ended up using new food grade 55 gallon barrels to mouse proof our food supply. We bought in bulk, but only food we were eating daily. We continuously rotated the food to prevent spoilage. I really miss those days.
@markmitchell457 mint oil or mint plants rodents don't like it. I use Irish Spring - original - in my garage, smells good, and rodents/reptiles don't like that either. And it smells better than garlic or mothballs.
The sailing channels freeze all their rice, oatmeal etc., for 2 weeks - to hopefully kill any eggs or larvae from the bugs that will hatch months later.
I dehydrate food. I also freeze grains, etc and put them in the dehydrator to ensure they're dry again. For all of this and also for any items stored long term, including paper, bedding, blankets, clothing, holiday decorations, etc. I make my own desiccants with pure silica gel cat litter. It sounds weird, but it's clean and it works. Just try to get the "no dust" kind of cat litter. I buy empty teabags in various sizes by the 100 and make all sizes from half a teaspoon for small jars up to a half a mug size for large storage containers. You can make them from thin fabric or coffee filters too. We can't get "canning" jars here without severing a limb, so I save all jars and lids, including the larger coffee and sauce jars. I store all of the above foods in those sterilised jars with silica sachets.
Underground tunnels to connect everything would be EPIC!!
Bring Colin Furze over to do the tunneling. He connected his house and shop underground, and the huge bunker that's under the majority of his backyard.
Extra video?? Awesomeness.
Surprise! 😉
Mid-week surprise! This is awesome
You guys are spoiling us with a second video, I’ll be expecting the same surprise each week now beautiful people lol 😂
lol.. you think they did it for us.. They have a contract with Mr Cool to put out X number of videos in return for free stuff...
@@FJB2020 Sorry to burst your bubble but as a fifty three year old I’m fully aware of why everyone puts video’s out including sponsorship.
Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.
No they’re definitely spoiling us. They do all the time. Thanks Riley and Courtney !
Courtney & Riley,
Two videos in one week!! How did we get so lucky.😂
You guys rock, that solar array is so spankin cool. Courtney, the only thing as cute as you on this video, is that Oliver dude.😂❤
Don’t just gather stuff to go in your pantry. Gather recipes that you can easily cook under adverse conditions (and that you are willing to eat) and then stock for those recipes.
For example: a bread recipe. Make it first, if you like it, then stock for it.
Rice and beans and tortillas: make them first, add “flavor”, create your recipe. Then stock your recipe.
Amazing bull float technique at 4:30 or so during the concrete pour. Best channel ever
I briefly looked at the great suggestions for food storage, but nobody mentioned freezing your rice, beans & flower for seven days (keeping it simple) before storing it long term which will kill any weevils/bugs. Sláinte
5 gallon buckets with lids or bins are a must to keep critters out of food.
That makes sense! Once we foam up the holes we drilled the container should return to being rodent tight.
Not plastic. Plastic doesn't stop mice.
@@leifhietala8074 Plastic works fine and does not pose any food safety issues like metal does. It wont stop a mouse infestation but that's what a trap or two is for.
Mice chew plastic containers for fun. Little buggers.
@@markmitchell457 of course they do, if you have an infestation. Stuff we store outside gets metal containers. But in the basement and bulk food goes in plastic 5 gallon buckets. In 20 years I've never had a single occurrence where a mouse got into any of our long term storage. We live on a farm/ranch and have lots of outside cats which keeps the mouse population down as well.
I feel like we got a bonus video this week….. loving it .
👌You have practically created a real cellar from scratch, where you can store good wine and season excellent dried ham (obviously by regulating the correct temperature and humidity)👍
Thank you! Keep'em coming. I can't get enough. I'd love to hear more about the new water condenser system, and how that is working. I want one!
We wanted to thoroughly test our water maker before posting an update video. We’re hoping to make the update video this week!
@@AmbitionStrikes if you can filter the condensate from your mini split heat pumps, that could add a bit to your water supply.
YES. Two videos in a week. Hopefully you guys are able to keep it up for us people that love your videos.
I found some 15 gallon food grade barrels with screw on lids and they can be stacked. Beans, Rice, flour ,Pasta, Oats, Variety of meds and bandages, Good video Stay Safe
Water and or portable water filter is a must have. Meds are a good idea too even just aspirin. Food wise pasta ,rice,oats, powdered eggs, sugar,salt,pepper, blocks of cheese
Mylar bags, vacuum seal the rice and beans- basically anything that's not in a jar or can... Excellent vid, as always y'all!
LIKE IT WHEN YOU TWO GIVE US AN EXTRA VIDEO WELL PRESENTED WITH THE HOW TO DO IT .
Two videos in one week! I'm happy.
When storing food on racks I find it very useful to divide each shelf into a used by date shelf. That way things that are only good for 2 years get eaten and not just disappear onto a back shelf to spoil. So top shelf eat this year next shelf next year next shelf two years so on
I wanted you to know that we have gone with a heat pump because of your info. and it is working really well.
I think it will be fun, but also beneficial if you guys were to get a freeze dryer. You can fit in that space as well and then you can save all your leftovers or create new meals and please drive them yourself for long-term food storage. I personally have a small freeze drying business, but I am not up to do large scale production, but I have been able to develop a large amount of food just for my own prepper pantry
Great start to a food storage plan.
Dried beans and rice, and lots of canned veggies and meat.
Thanks for the bonus video
Brilliant. A fabulous use for the seacan / power centre. I like watching your homestead change and be repurposed. Moving the (appropriately sized!) compressor out there was super smart - for noise and lets its heat be used out there. I'll add: the music Courtney edits in is always SO appropriate for the theme - super production. And - it's always nice to see Ollie! Continued success you three. Luv from BC!
Who is Casey? Did I miss something?
Two of my favorite things in one video, solar AND emergency preparedness! What a treat :)
As for food storage recommendations, I'd start by building up a year supply of the basics. The recommendations below are for a family of two adults and one child.
Grains - 1080 lbs (includes wheat, flour, rice, corn, oatmeal, and pasta)
Legumes - 162 lbs (includes dry beans, split peas, lentils, etc.)
Cooking Oil - 27 quarts
Powdered Milk - 44 lbs
Sugar or Honey - 162 lbs
Salt - 22 lbs
Water - 42 gallons (lasting 2 weeks at 1 gal per person per day)
Food safe buckets work great for storing the bulk grains and legumes if you want to pack them yourself. Our local costco sells wheat buckets (45 lbs) and oat buckets (20 lbs) which are both ready to store for 25+ years. The food in #10 cans like you had in the video are great too and are ready to store.
I'd say avoid the "30 day emergency meal" kits you can find in some stores. They taste horrible and have very little substance or meat. Start with the year supply of the basics and then augment with high quality freeze dried food after that. Mountain house, peak refuel, etc.
Nice. I am hoping to add some AC to my 30x40 shop with one of these next spring.
“We can’t work on the road every day or we’d go crazy.” Too late! You guys are ALREADY crazy! But that’s why I love watching.
You guys might want to invest in mice/bug proof containers for your prep food. Basic staples - flour, sugar, rice, dehydrated potato flakes, powered milk, honey, MRI's and canned goods are just a few things I would suggest.
Good to see preparing for those "hope not" events. Rotating the disaster/emergency food reserves is important. The dehydrated foods require potable water, too, and many have very high salt contents (making you thirsty). Most likely very low fiber compared to normal ... so keeping your insides 'moving' will be important. 😊
They make their own power and water. That's a step into self-sufficiency that we couldn't take 45 years ago.
We settled for a spring on the property and a windmill driving a Cadillac alternator, a water turbine to generate power 24/7, and a bed of deep cycle batteries all from Australia (they were way ahead of the U.S. in off grid products in the 70s)
Second video?!? Be still my longing heart, I am overjoyed! 😍😍🙏🙏
More please 😂
To my fellow preppers. Invest in to a freeze dryer. Freeze dry your own food & make your own MRE’s. Buy food that is on sell and freeze dry them, chicken, chop meat and more. You just can’t freeze dry fat like bacon. Trust me look into it. You won’t go wrong, it will save you money.
I wish I got mine earlier. It would have saved me a lot of money.
Tip: rice, pasta & flour. Put them in the freezer for 3-4 days. It will kill an bugs or eggs, then put them in Mylar bags with Oxygen absorbers. Been doing this for years. You can get a 5 gallon Mylar bag & a 5 gallon bucket with lid and store your food inside.
Good luck
for long term storage, you should put stuff in a storage bin. The bin helps keep the original packaging intact.
The top three are rice beans and wheat berries and mylar bags with oxygen absorbers. These are usually inside 5 gallon pails. Next is probably the Augason farms, milk, and additional items that you may eat in number 10 cans. of course you need a wheat grinder too.
and a can opener?
As a life long prep per...........Wheat, rice and beans, water, water, water and more water, sugar, oils meats of all kinds and then add all your favorite foodies. You can never store enough as you may not know who and how many people you will be feeding. And of course need to think of Oliver.... and all of his needs and also your dogs. It can get overwhelming but just do a little at a time or a lot depending on your budget. Proud of you guys for putting this plan into action. Look forward to your videos each week. I am in Idaho too (Eagle), and my brother...the hermit lives in Priest River.
Good suggestions. Thank you.
Can you share how the water generator performs after some time of use? Yes, more content than one a week is welcome. And say hello to Olivier from viewers from Poland.
Since you always got electricity to spare, maybe add a refrigerator or freezer for special things? One that opens from the top, not the side. They are more efficient.
They hide the body's in the ground. Why would they need a freezer ?
The hut IS ventilated...
When Riley opened the container door and said, "now I'll show you the brains of the operation", I expected Courtney to walk out! lol...
Such a cutie boy. There are some good prepper videos online that say what you should stock. One item often overlooked is beef jerky and batteries.
I find prepper storage is a large pantry that you keep stocked and rotate the food out constantly to avoid wasting food, a big freezer for meat and frozen veggies and the foods you would normally eat especially if losing power is not an issue. I would build a good first aid kit, a few large fire extinguishers, emergency blankets, towles, and keep seasonal clothing stored in there. I would also put those explosive fire ball extinguishers on the wall, a temperature and humidity alarm, metal working tools incase you get locked in, extra dog food and water.
While I like Mr Cool (I have them too), for off grid I would get an EG4 Mini Split which can run direct off of solar or AC, it has quick connect fittings and is far more efficient for the same cost...
But the sponsors threw this at them, probably at no cost as well. Your choice does seem to be more optimal for true off grid, whereas these guys are just off the path into the woods sort of off grid.
@@marklar7551 That and they 100% get it for free, but that fact shouldn't influence their viewers to buy a Mr Cool.. I personally have Mr Cool because I am grid tied, but if I was off grid like they were, I would 100% get an EG4 over the Mr Cool. I might even get one for my Shipping Container and slap a few panels on the roof of it as a stand alone cooling system for the summer.
Get a date label gun and mark everything you get with the date that you purchased it. That way you can be sure you rotate things out or be sure to use things you may have forgotten about.
Flour, different pastas, tomato products such as sauce, diced, paste. Different types of dried beans, rice, potato flakes, Mountain house carries some great products. I doubt weather(snow) would ever keep you stranded, but something else might, I like how you are thinking!
I would make my own pasta, then you only have to store ingredients.
@@marklar7551 I actually make and can(in jars) my sauce, only store the pasta's, I do store seasons though as I go light on them in the canning, that way I can use my sauce(with meat) For anything from spaghetti to home made chili. I have some sauce canned 4 years ago, that I had just the other night, and still tastes like fresh sauce. I also canned my own home made beans, so it's just an open and heat product.
The best person I can think of to take advice off about prepper foods and stuff like that would be Ron over at Atlas Survival Shelters Channel. He has been doing this sort of stuff for decades. He would be happy to hook you up with other suppliers and how to store food and water etc....
We are getting ready to install two 36, 000 btu units in our shop because of watching you, we can't wait to work in the cool. Another great episode 👏 😊
Courtney and Riley, you folks are an inspiration because of your planning and goal setting. The Mr. Cool system is a great investment and makes so much sense to have it installed in the container to help maintain the battery system and your food larder. More blessings to you three wonderful folks.
great Sunday morning show :)
What should you store: Peanut, Kraft Dinner, Jars of spaghetti sauce, microwave popcorn packets, potatoes, and garlic that you have yet to grow on the property (low-effort crops), packaged and canned foods. Brownie mix. A flat of bottled water might be helpful, in the event of your water maker going down.
You should make a spreadsheet of the contents and update it when you retrieve and add supplies. If any foodstuffs have expiry dates, you should add those as well so you can better manage your inventory.
The containers are great. I have a 20-foot one for extra storage and a garden shed. One of my projects this summer was painting it. The roof is reflective white, and the exterior matches the garage.
love watching your progress and evolution. Enjoy.
You could store fruit and vegetable seeds . Considered planting fruit and nut trees on the property. In the near future I would like you to see content on some property fire management . Cleaning the property of dead brush and trees , preparing for any future fire season . Stay safe
I would definitely have mounted the compressor unit a couple of feet if not more off the ground. You’re gonna get a lot of drift snow up in there no? I’m glad I mounted both of mine off the ground.
A snow fence section would work as well. Talking old school red fence not the orange plastic. You could do a simple privacy style fence with the alternated slats on each side so it reduces wind load.
Yes, as an HVAC professional I agree. Along with snow, the unit when heating in winter will have to defrost to melt the frost on the coil. It needs a place for that water to fall where it won't build up and stay at the unit. You also left the indoor unit drain unconnected and possibly dripping at your batteries in the video.
@@briandolbec37 He connected it to more of the tube that comes with the heat pump. 9:46 It runs through the end wall and I hope down to the downhill side of the container.
I have already followed your channel for a while.
I have to admit that I’m always impressed with which precise and professional approach to implement all of these projects. Especially when it comes to locksmith work - this does not better get a specialist company, especially if it has to be adapted to your needs. Seriously!
You can be honest for yourself - and for everything you have created there "out of the mountain".
Really, really great! Respect!👍🏻
Many greetings from Thuringia in Germany 👋🏻
They do so much planning and research for most aspects and when they know they can just dive in and try something they do .
Dried beans, lots of beans. Get a wide variety. Spam, can store and can be add to the beans. Rice, oats, flour. Wish i had this big space
Looking great.
I watch 2 UA-camrs, CityPrepping and Canadian Prepper. Both are a wealth of information.
Great idea for the space you have left over in the container. As far as the food to prep, prep what you eat and eat what you prep. For our family large containers of food won’t get opened unless there is a real emergency. So they don’t get rotated. We really just stock up on the things we would be buying every week. With just two adults and a baby those large containers of food won’t get eaten all at once and you may hav to refrigerate a lot of food to keep it fresh. Anyway just my opinion, good luck and have fun with it
You could put a spare small frezzer & frigerator for extra items and incase you main freezer or refrigerator decides not to work.
Just to let you know Guy's about storing any food or dry goods that are in bags, is to get them into solid containers. Bugs chew through bags. I got my rice in glass containers with a rubber seals. Good luck....🍀
5 Gal buckets with gasket lids mylar bags filled with rice flour grains dried milk beans (20-25 year storage). Dehydrated emergency meals for a month or so. I rotate vacuum sealed meats in the freezer, vacuum sealed dry goods in storage boxes (a few years of storage) and home canned meat & vegetables. Extra household supplies for human/household hygiene. Ample stores of first aid supplies and emergency medical manuals. Plant ID books and farming manuals. Ample fire making tools, camping equipment, and ammo/guns for protection. I use Azure Standard and Amazon and local brick and mortar stores for most of this. I once listened to an interview with a man who survived civil war in Sarajevo and he said ammo guns and lighters were the top tradable, most desirable items which could get you anything else you needed.
Thank you guys! I built my Offgrid Victron system after watching your videos from last year. Great inspiration! Keep up the great work!
Its amazing how well those mini-split systems work! Guys dream of having an air-conditioned shop and you were able to make it work off grid! Kudos to you!
A freeze dryer is a great investment. We bought one a little over a year ago and have been making our own food to dry. We put them in Mylar bags with oxygen absorbers and then put them in totes. Being that your space is outside, I would invest in old ammo can style containers or something like a pelican style hardness to keep rodents out. Grains, get a grain mill (mock mill) potatoes. With a freeze dryer you can have a little bit of everything
Some sources recommend stocking up on dried pasta, as well as rice and beans. Not exactly health food, but they are filling in a pinch. Maybe some jars of spaghetti sauce to go with them or our favorite, Rao's alfredo sauce. We have purchased some freeze-dried items in order to have meat, vegetables, and fruit on hand. Freeze-dried eggs, butter, etc., as well. We've also stocked up on dried onion, garlic, and parsley, as well as salt and pepper. Our goal was to prepare for two weeks without access to a grocery store.
great idea on the food items for future use, but maybe secure the rice and others in airtight containers to discourage the critters.
Keep up the hard work! We are all living vicariously through you guys! Super proud of you two!
A plastic air curtain on the inside of the doorway will limit the cold air lost when you swing that door open. You might want to add a dehumidifier in there if you are storing tins, they’ll still rust no matter how cold you make it. Plastic is also gas permeable, might want to store that rice in a secondary sealed container
There’s a lot of stuff you can buy to put it in your storage locker there, especially for mercy rations. I think you can buy a civilian MRE you’re a little baby is getting so big. He is so cute. Love watching the show.😊
Mid week video awesome!
Store what you eat, eat what you store. Never under-estimate "comfort snacks".
Some friendly advise as a facilities power tech that has HVAC in battery, electric and server rooms I would strongly advise some plexi protection / shelf or cover over your battery bank and electrical connections as at some point the drain for the AC unit will have an issue and start to spit water out of the blower unit which is right above your power systems. Also as this room won't be visited frequently, it can be significant amount of water quickly. Great work guys, love the channel.
Impractical items are actually really important for mood in a emergency situation. Obviously having enough fat and protein are very important. Don't forget about electrolytes and minerals too. A lot of those freeze dried foods might be lacking. I'd get a bag of the redmonds salt from utah as it also has trace minerals in it.
I think you two do more in a year than I do in a decade 😲
A video on a Tuesday morning? I can continue to not work for another 13:43.
A root cellar would also be a good project, and great for extending your food supply, especially if you start growing.
Just be careful the stuff you put in there doesn't give off toxic gases when it decomposes. And, you know, don't let it decompose.
Those pickle jars are great, keep them, they can be used for storing flour, rice, powder milk, and dried beans, corn or fruits. They seal great so critters won’t get into them. As a bonus, sometimes they will reseal… so put your whatever in them, hot bath them and if the lid pops down you have an airtight seal which keeps whatever good even longer.
Way to make my Tuesday! Thanks guys!
Sweet setup. With all that food in there, you will find out if it is really rodent proof! 😬
@AmbitionStrikes Speaking of the solar and off grid systems I would love to see an update on your off grid water system. How much water is it making and how much of your solar is it using?
Metal trash cans with grate racks inside to separate items! Raise off of floor for possible rust protection!! Bug and mice and or rat protection 🤞!!
Sometimes DIY = Do It BY Yourself. Nice upgrade! Hope to see some energy data & stats after the summer.
You need to get Mud Mixer to sponsor you with one of their units.
Instead of putting your food containers directly on to the shelves, I would recommend putting them inside large water proof, rodent resistant Pelican cases like the Pelican Model 1690 which is 30 inches long, 25 inches wide and 15 inches deep. Or Riley could build some air tight cabinets out of steel to keep the rodents off of your food stuffs! The first time you have to throw away half of your stored food because a family of rats has found it, it'll be worth the extra time and expense. You might want to stuff a little steel wool around the AC lines and power cords going through the bulkhead. That'll keep the mice from using it to get in.
If there's anything I've learned from watching videos like this it's that we need more space even though we live on a larger than average piece of land in Scotland. I need that solar array, a buried shipping container, a secret bunker, a root cellar, a massive basement, my own woods, a large garden fenced off against deer, a huge greenhouse or polytunnel, a workroom, more house space and much, much more, on top of what we already have. I realised long ago that the "tiny house" route is not one for us. 😕
Look into Einkorn flower, its an ancient grain that has never been modified and is much better for you then modern flower. Its really good stuff. Make your own bread, pizza crusts, buns etc. I also have some sourdough starter to boot. Good stuff.
Great idea for an additional use of your container. Installing that Mr. Cool unit looks easy. Thanks!
Mr Cool has been on a tear lately with all these sponsored mini split installs. :)
A good deal is when everybody smiles. Mr Cool gets great exposure, and you get great products to demonstrate.
Love seeing Oliver, u guys make a great family. Always impressed with your accomplishments.
just wait, time will fly and that kid will be out there helping with projects.
i switched from 80# to 60#, then i switched to portland cement, sand, gravel. it's much much cheaper and easier on my back.
Hopefully you guys had time to pick Huckleberries . I heard there are lots where your at . Here in Coeur d Alene we also have a lot.
Process your own food and it will be healthier with more of the goodnesses left in it. Jam and Jelly from a store isn't good for you, but when you make it yourself it is better in every single way.
My question is how would this system do against EMP?
The shipping container IS a Faraday cage..they should be fine from most EMP theats..anything outside the container could be damaged
If that happened, there would be bigger issues in the world
However since they are far from metropolitan areas, they are also unlikely to get an EMP blast
learn more about Faraday's cage...
@@DavidHRyall Exactly this.. That is why people that get hardened solar systems make me laugh...
I think u guys are maximizing the advantage of your solar panel..ITS AWSOME....ENERGY FROM NATURE..
Storage idea: buy extra items that you use / eat until your shelf is full of a years worth of items you use daily. As you eat from the front of the shelf you replace at the rear of the shelf.
Item: Air compressor in a confined space. And the container wall bulking, keep doors open when using the air compressor.
I like those Mr cool units but the only thing I'm not liking is the extra line set that ends up coiled behind the unit since they are precharged. For me I'd rather just vacuum it down and make for a cleaner look. But either way good job
I personally buy the buckets of 30 yr shelf life emergency foods I've bought from Readywise and Augason Farms.
store everything you put in the container that has normal packaging in food safe 5 gallon buckets with gamma screw on lids. that rice will go bad or get bugs in it SO fast just sitting on the shelf. I think Ace hardware white buckets are food safe, you can check for a food grade plastic symbol on the bottom that looks like a cup and fork. You can also look for a food-grade rating on the bottom that ranges from 1 to 7. Plastic grades 2, 4, and 5 are the safest for food storage. Also eat the food you put in there every month. I have tons of mountain house food in cans in storage and its getting within a few years of expiring now and its going to be a lot to get through (and I dont want to throw it away)
And now the pests might arrive! Hopefully your container is pretty well environmentally tight.
They are naturally, and the typical rodents are not where they are since it is low population density. Rats and mice are symbiotes to humans and need us to survive. 80% of US homes have mice and the large portion of those homes never see a trace of rodents.
@@marklar7551 mice and rats are surely in every state and they certainly do not only live near humans.
Seeds. You need seeds. Lots and lots of seeds. Keep in mind that if a grid down turns into something longer term, having something to trade becomes super important. You have the land, you have a growing season, you could build a greenhouse pretty efficiently, and food you can grow can not only feed your family, but can also provide valuable trade. And not to give Riley any crazy ideas, but alcohol can also be an extremely valuable trade item. There are types of alcohol that you can make from what you can grow, even in your climate.
On a separate but related note, if you're going to use that container for food storage, it definitely wouldn't hurt to put a sonic rodent repellent in there. They don't take much power, you don't even notice they're there, and you'd be surprised how sneaky rodents can be at getting into your storage container.
My goto emergency supply is ramen since all you need to enjoy it is water and some form of heat, it can even be eaten raw or microwaved. That, and as the pandemic has taught us: a hoarder's supply of toilet paper.
What up Doe A.S Family!?
You guys are on an amazing life journey. Everything you have done so far has been fantastic!
Keep up the good work 👍🏻
First step for prepping is to determine how long an interval you are planning for and for how many people. Your preparedness changes when you have guests staying, for example. Once you have your interval--say 3-5 months for winter as an example--you put in the foodstuffs and must haves (diapers, butt wipes, cold medicine, antibiotics, etc) that you need for that time without ever being able to go to town to pick up more. Also, since you're off grid, consider back up equipment--as someone mentioned below--like a spare freezer/refrigerator and even a spare incinerating toilet so you are okay if your primary equipment goes down. For preppers, as far as quantities of mission critical equipment, two is one, one is none.
Get a quality prepper handbook--or follow one of the many excellent UA-cam prepper channels--to get the details for each kind of item. An example is that certain grains, like rice, can contain the larva of weevils and should be frozen before storing to kill off the larva or--more commonly--break the large retail bag down into 1 gallon mylar bags with oxygen reducers and a bay leaf in each bag before sealing them up. This way you can use or distribute the grain in 1-gallon segments instead of 5-gallons at a go. Place five of the sealed mylar bags into a 5-gallon food grade plastic bucket for storage and rotate your stock. Label everything with the date you sealed it and what is in it as well.
That's just one example. Portable power, backup water incase you have a problem with the underground tank, perhaps dig a latrine now while you can dig the ground instead of coming up with a replacement in the middle of winter if the cassette toilet goes down, medicines, condiments, spare fuel, communications--consider a ham radio to be able to contact town in case cell phones go down, etc.
P.S. Be really cool if you have an appropriate space on the property to install one or more of the Greenhouse-in-the-Snow type greenhouses and grow your own tropical fruits/grapes, etc for a future project.
All that said, love, love, love your channel and always amazed and cheering you guys on.