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it's AlaskaGranny Alaska Prepper I've been to the Dollar Tree in the Lower 48 I packed my suitcase
brought back as much as I could you should have seen me trying to finagle around and
weigh it and make sure I didn't go over and still bring home the treasures that I really
wanted from Dollar Tree so let me share with you the prepping supplies I bought at the Dollar Tree
in honor of the Dollar Tree I'm wearing a scarf I bought there last year is fleece and it's warm
it's cold here in Alaska so that's a great item to have so if you don't have enough warm scarves
check it out at the Dollar Tree it's always nice to have clean socks and buying them at the Dollar
Tree is great because a lot of them are pretty high quality and I find that they're long lasting
on other trips I purchased the three pack socks and I even have this pack socks I had
on reserve that I haven't opened yet and I tried to find more socks and all they have is a two pack
and that my friends is shrinkflation the three packs of socks are now a two pack
having a clogged drain can really be a problem Dollar Tree has these long snakey plastic drain
cleaners if you ever have a drain that's clogged you have to figure out how to unclog it and
pouring chemicals down isn't always the right thing to do a lot of times it's clogged because
there's a big old clump of hair in the drain and if you stick Dollar Tree drain clog remover down
drain and wiggle it around and you pull it back out and you'd be surprised at the big old rat's
nest that you can pull out of your drains if you've never tried it you definitely need to
unclog it before you try to clean it out I'll put a link to a video I made on how to unclog and
clean out your drain because there's a few steps to really getting it done correctly fall is here
and in Alaska that means spiders and flies I got a two pack of fly swatters at Dollar Tree I can use
to get rid of flies and even re-home the spiders if they need to be released out of doors it's your
choice whether you squish them or release them but a fly swatter can be handy for either of those
tasks I've always bought zip ties at Dollar Tree but it's the first time I ever saw long
zipties 20 inches long there's eight zipties in a pack and zip ties are great for so many things
maybe you've daisy chained them together before to make one that was long enough
well now look at Dollar Tree and you may be able to find the extra long 20 inch zip ties
if you're thinking about shelter or camping and you want a small tarp or a ground cloth look for
the flannel back tablecloths they're nice big size and they're flannel on one side plastic
on the other so you can lay the plastic side down and have the flannel side you could even
sit on it you could put your sleeping bag on it you could pile your things on it and the vinyl
side on the bottom keeps out the moisture and then the flannel side keeps things from sliding around
and it helps keep you give you a little bit of warmth and comfort even if you just want to have
it in your picnic bag or to cover something over in the car or even cover the seat if you've got
kids in the back or dogs and they're dragging their dirty feet or bringing their muddy shoes
this can help you put the flannel side down and it won't slide around and then put the plastic side
up and it can help protect the insides of your car dust masks are back in stock Dollar Tree you
may want to have them if you're planning on any projects in your home dust masks are also great if
you're concerned with breathing in the smoky air from forest fires maybe you are worried about you
live where there are volcanic eruptions and you want to protect yourself from the dust ash of that
even a big huge windy day when the sands and dust is blowing around dust masks can help
protect you and your breathing plus we still know that there's covid pandemic mask mandates
and things like that going on in the world so look for the 2-pack of the heavy-duty dust masks
I bought more of the Dollar Tree diamond braid rope this rope cordage is super strong and heavy
duty I've tied up all kinds of stuff especially using it with my dog tying him up outside when
I've been traveling there isn't always a place that he can roam free without a fence or something
Dollar Tree rope cordage works great you can use it for clothesline you can use it for tying up
shelters you can use it for all of the reasons that you would want a strong and sturdy cordage
and having extra only makes sense put the cord together with a tablecloth and you can probably
rig up some kind of an interesting shelter not really prepping gear but I like the magic erasers
they're only two for a dollar and that's a lot less expensive than you can find them in the
regular supermarket so I bought two packs of the magic erasers you can make your magic erasers last
longer by cutting them in half and then you have twice as many and you can still
usually get the job done with a smaller piece of this item tall kitchen bags and diapers yes
if you have a baby that's great you have extra set of diapers to keep in your car in your Bug
Out Bag wherever but these are also fantastic to go into your portable toilet you can place one of
the plastic bags into your bucket add a diaper in the bottom and then go and it's going to absorb
all of the matter that's in the bottom of your portable toilet this was nice because not only
did the bags come in a five pack Dollar Tree diapers came in a five pack and so I have
five sets I bought two plastic boxes for two separate purposes the small one will hold
index cards which you can also buy at the Dollar Tree and now you can use the index cards to write
down your prepper pantry recipes you can keep them all together in your box and then when you
want to make a meal out of your prepper pantry long term food storage stockpile you can open up
the index card box shuffle through the cards until you find a meal to make we may not always be able
to rely on having the internet we carry so many things on our phone or a computer you might want
to have information written down things you could also put some cards with prepping supply inventory
where you have prepping supplies stored you can write directions on how to make disinfectants
you can have written directions for how much bleach to purify water in an emergency there are
all kinds of prepping tips that you can put on the cards and keep them together as a reference then
you'll have the ready to go catalog of ideas and information everything from recipes to first aid
tips how to start a fire how to purify water all of the emergency information you can jot
down the things you need to know put them in the box and have it with your prepping supplies
the largerplastic box I got to store batteries I just read that you should store batteries with the
positive end up and you shouldn't let them be touching each other because that can actually
discharge your batteries so if you've been taking batteries out of the cardboard cartons and letting
them roll around in a drawer or something that's not a good idea you want to get some kind of a
container store batteries heads up keep the ends from touching each other if possible if I had
several of these boxes this would be a great way to store them according to the size of batteries
then you don't have to get your big box of batteries out and sort through all of them you can
just grab the box with the size battery that you need I bought a roll of the shelf liner this stuff
has all kinds of purposes to keep all kinds of things from sliding around whether it's the seat
cover in your car whether it's your mattress keep it from sliding off of your bed if you have say a
dust ruffle put a piece of this between your pots and pans to help protect the surfaces from rubbing
together there's all kinds of ways that you can use this Dollar Tree non slip shelf liner you can
even put this under your sleeping bag to help keep it on your cot or your spot where you're
sleeping so it doesn't roll off or slide around because of the nature of the fabric slepping bag
the only emergency light option I found at Dollar Tree that i was interested in was this little work
light at the price of one dollar it's certainly worth looking it over and see if it's going to be
any good I was also able to pick up some batteries but they're getting harder and harder to find
I found one eight pack AA batteries and six pack I would have preferred to have all eight packs but
they only had one in the store and there's more shrinkflation only find one battery pack that
had eight and so I searched high and low in the Dollar Tree store there was not another eight
pack but I did find a six pack and I thought oh well it's still a good time to stock up on
a few extra batteries especially if you can find the sizes that you're most likely to use and to
need I've had good luck with Dollar Tree batteries other people don't seem as pleased with them but
I have found them to be useful and so I continue to buy them let's look at this little Dollar Tree
work light it has two light sources the side light has 60 lumens the front has 100 lumens
looks interesting let's check it out it's hard plastic it's not the best quality I've ever seen
but it's only one dollar let's put some batteries in it and see how it works so you remove the back
and it takes three AA batteries so if you buy the six pack then you'll have two sets of batteries
to go with your one dollar light from Dollar Tree so for two dollars that would be a lot of light
the switch alternates the lights from the side light to the large one on the side
on on off so it's three three clicks this big one is on the little one is on and they're both off
so there's the big one boy that really lights up a lot of space
and there's the beam like a flashlight
okay
Teddy and I are at Granny Camp Alaska off grid cabin I'm taking him for a walk with Dollar
Tree light you can see it really you can really light up the night with this
it really does work well as a bright flashlight okay we just came back in and you can see
we can find our way around Granny Camp and instead of the flashlight I can switch it to the
actual light and then we have a light that actually can light everything up Dollar Tree light
we can see around and it's great because it actually is like a room light so we can get
ready to go to bed we're at a Granny Camp Teddy and I are settling in for the night and it is cold
and he's a little excited because the wind is blowing so we use the flashlight
of this lantern to go for a walk in the woods so he could go potty and now I'm using the front big
section of Dollar Tree work light to light up Granny Camp it really works great you put it in
one direction so that it's just going forward but it's lighting up enough of Granny Camp that I can
get into bed I could cook something if I wanted to I could even read a book if I needed to we're
having a great time enjoying the end of the season here in Alaska to be out at Granny Camp before it
gets too cold for us to enjoy our time out here so definitely look for this light this work light at
the Dollar Tree because I think it's a thumbs up it works really well lights out Teddy lights out
I also found this little first aid kit it seemed really interesting and I want to
open it up and show you all of the things that are in it here's the little first
aid kit it says 18 pieces and you have to give it a little snip to open it up
there's tweezers with a little plastic rim around it
to hold them together there's safety pins oh and some of you guys may not have any idea that's like
a baby diaper pin it has a safety head on the top so that when you pin it through a baby's diaper
it doesn't easily come undone and it won't poke your baby and you have to open it through that
little hole i didn't even know they even make baby diaper pins anymore it's a tiny
pair of scissors it's probably not very sharp but I imagine it would be better than nothing
yep they actually work
there's some cotton swabs and remember your little plastic ziploc
bag is also going to be an item that would be useful
here's a little pocket knife let's see what's on here
now this is really handy because it has a screwdriver it has a nail
file and it even has a little can opener but I don't think that's going to work to cut anything
I'm not sure this knife is very sharp over there it has a little blade on this side so you can see
the nail file actually has a file on it it has a little hook
and there's several little tips for you to manipulate as a screwdriver
you might want to sharpen that knife up if you're planning on cutting very many things
here's a shrively soft tomato let's see if this knife will cut it
it isn't the best but it certainly worked as a part of a kit that only cost one dollar
that's pretty awesome and there are a few band-aids
plus the little case is nice so would I consider this Dollar Tree first aid kit worth a dollar
absolutely these might be something to even pick up a bunch and use as stocking stuffers
at Christmas time I would think this is actually better than a first aid kit it's almost like a
survival kit you could add a few more items and have a really well put together survival
kit it's surprising all of the good little items in this 18 piece first aid kit from Dollar Tree
never overlook the trash I found this little scoop that my daughter was going to dispose of it that
was in the baby formula and it's a one tablespoon scoop this would be great to have and store it
with some of your prepping supplies maybe into your dry foods or whatever if you want to have
an extra little one tablespoon measure you have this available to you keep it with your spices
keep it with your coffee stir it with loose tea or even some of the dry mixes that you put together
keep your eye on little things like this that would normally be tossed out or recycled
and see if there isn't a way that you could use them another item I snagged out of the recycling
were the little cat food containers they're little plastic cups you can run them right through the
dishwasher if you saw my video a few weeks ago for the slug problem that I'm having in my garden you
would fully understand why I snagged these little containers I'm going to fill them up with beer
put them down in the garden and then they're easy to spot under all the big leaves and plants and
things so that you can spot them and see if you're actually catching your slugs I am winning the
battle but the war is not over yet this year we never know what the future holds but we know that
there are some concerning times ahead it's a good idea to keep prepping keep buying a little at a
time even if it's only a dollar at a time build up your stockpile get everything from food and water
to first aid supplies maybe some tools ways to make a shelter and then be learning new skill sets
new ways to do things how to use what you have to make what you need
you'll be able to face an uncertain future and make the best of whatever comes your way
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