The following advice comes from a prepper who found herself concerned with some adverse weather conditions and the big earthquake in Japan several years ago.  It’s a smart idea and one survialists and preppers should take to heart.

Check with your local bakeries and grocery stores and ask them if you can have their empty icing buckets. Sometimes, even donut shops have them.

I am able to purchase rinsed out frosting buckets from our local Albertsons for $1 each. I’ve been able to obtain both 3 and 5 gallon sizes. I bring them home, give them a thorough washing, outfit some of them with Gamma Seal lids (those are the orange and black lids in the photos), and they are ready to go!

Another place to check would be various restaurants. Some establishments have policies stating that all buckets must be thrown away (which is dumb, if you ask me), but many places are more than happy to give their buckets away or pass them along for a small price. It never hurts to ask!

So this week, I’ve picked up two loads of buckets and have them washed and ready to fill. It’s a small step, but an important, and frugal one, towards being more prepared.

In other words, these buckets are readily available. You can probably find them at any big box store or even a baking supply warehouse. However, if donut shops and/or grocery stores are practically giving them away and you don’t mind cleaning the two to five gallon buckets out – we say go for the cheap!

For more information and a good story surrounding the above please go to The Prairie Homestead. Be one of those preppers that will have everything mapped out, in order and your buckets filled with nutritional foods. Then help those in need when the time comes!