Is Your Homestead Ready For Winter?

Sevelx | November 8, 2015 | DIY, General, Survival

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Today feels a lot like a late fall/early winter day here. It’s still decently warm outside but the wind is howling and it’s all cloudy and raining off and on. In the past week we have been trying to start preparing our homestead life for the upcoming winter, and part of that is to create a winter preparedness checklist.

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1. Sealing the windows. We bought “Great Stuff” foam sealant to put in all the cracks outside of the house in the windows.

2. Sealing around the doors. Last winter we had just moved in here and snow came right inside the cracks in the doors so we ended up just taping around them. This winter we are getting new weatherstripping to line in the frame of the door.

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6. Preparing the pantry. If the power does go out and stay out it’s always smart to have alternatives for meals. I’m stocking up on gallon jugs of drinking water and things like protein bars and homemade beef jerky. Things that will keep you healthy that don’t require cooking. You could also get things like granola bars and dried fruit.

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9. Cleaning up the garden. I’m going to let my garden grow as long as I can until I see that a frost is coming. Then we are going to harvest everything and anything, even if it’s not ready yet. (ie: green tomatoes, little zucchinis).