Tip #2: Carefully Consider The Site Of Your Preppers Pantry

 

This leads us into the second tip.  The space you choose for your prepper's pantry is extremely important.  You may feel as if you just want to get some food stocked first and any available space will do at first.  While this is understandable, it is certainly much better to take a little care about where to site your pantry.  The quantity and quality of space you choose is crucial to the viability of your food store. 

 

Of course, the exact space you choose will be heavily dependent on your own particular circumstances. However, there are some general rules which can guide you to making the best choice.

 

Firstly, your prepper's pantry should be in a space that is dry, cool and dark.  This is essential if you plan to store food for up to 12 months and maybe longer.  This means you should be cautious of using basements which can be liable to damp or  even flooding.  Also exercise caution when trying to utilize roof spaces. Although this may seem like a good use of space, these areas are likely to get too hot.

 

It could be that the space that offers the best conditions and the best capacity for storing enough food is actually away from your living space.  Some preppers do  choose to base their pantry away from their living space.  If you go for this option, you need to be certain that you will be able to get to your pantry in an emergency.  Wherever your pantry is located, remember that it needs to be in a secure location to protect it from the prying eyes of both animals and other humans.

 

Lastly, the size of your pantry space is important.  It goes without saying that the more space you can allocate for your pantry, the greater the amount of food and water you will be able to store in it.  In this guide we are planning to build up a store that will serve you for 12 months.  Exactly how much food and water you will require over this period depends on how many people you need to feed, their ages and dietary needs.  However, if you take a look at how much food is currently stored in your kitchen, in your fridge and freezer and think how long that will keep your family going, this should give you some idea of the space you need.  This might seem a little bit daunting, however, space can be saved in a pantry by clever stacking and packing.  You don't need access to everything at once.

 

The fact is that for some a large preppers pantry is a possibility, while for others. space will inevitably be constrained.   However much space you have, the key is to make the best use of the space you have available to you.  You can achieve this through careful planning which focuses on choosing the right foods, organizing your store correctly and using it as efficiently as possible.

 

When planning a location for their preppers pantry, many preppers conclude that, to be extra secure, to or more locations is preferable to one.  For them, the risk of losing all their food is too great to take.  Their idea is by not putting all their eggs in one basket, they are spreading the risk.  They envisage that as a disaster unfolds they may lose control over their store.  By having back-up stores they are helping to spread the risk and increase their chances of survival.

 

If you should want to establish a network of pantries, perhaps working with people you trust to ensure that if anything happens to one pantry, all will not be lost, then that seems like a sensible idea.  However, that may be something to think about once you have your own food store up and running.

 

Whether it is worries about the perfect location for your pantry, or how big it should be, at some point you must put these worries to one side and return to Mark Twain's advice and not let these factors prevent you from making a start.  Even if you are only able to create a smaller pantry than you would wish, don't be put off from doing this all together. A small amount of food and water could make a huge difference to your family's comfort and chances of survival.  Once you have established your prepper's pantry, you can look to improve or extend it later.

 

This guide will show you how to create a pantry that will support you and your family through 12 months, but you are, of course, at liberty to modify the advice here so that it suits your own personal needs.