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[ayeshahaqqiqa]

Sawdust buckets for toilets (see post elsewhere) will work in northern climes.

Make sure you have heavy duty sleeping bags and at least one down comforter. Have wool socks and mittens, not gloves, to wear inside.

If you have a fireplace, have an expert check it out and make it as efficient as possible. If possible, get a wood burning stove-not one of those cutesy ones that look nice, but one of the ugly brown ones that put out the heat. Vent the thing properly. Also check and sweep out your chimneys!

Insulate and insulate some more. Block off any rooms you don't need to use.

Do you have a root cellar? Remember that the ground temperature stays year round at about 50 degrees-there are many days in winter when you can go into a root cellar to feel warm!

Have a generator ready in case power goes out. Or do what we're doing-putting up solar panels and using inverters to run important things like the fridge and the computer!