Everyone wants to survive. That is massively different then actually prepping for that.
Dang near anything, really!"THAT" varies a great deal. What are YOU prepping for?
I need to learn how to plant meat animals.Yes we have everything on hand including meat animals to plant and harvest all our own food if it becomes necessary.
Start with bird seed, they are low maintenance....I need to learn how to plant meat animals.
I think for many people "prepping" is just a fad. And not really serious about prepping.
Being a child of Depression Era parents I think I was raised with the mindset to not throw away things that are still useful, or that could be useful. I am not a hoarder but those metal pipe type brackets and pieces from the old porch swings were saved and later used for a cage around the horse food to keep his hungry nose out of the expensive grub. The microfiber material from an old worn out sectional couch was stripped off before the rest ended up in the trash and it found a new home a few years later covering a platform in the back of my pickup, which made a good bed for cross country road trips when I needed a nap but had no time to get a hotel. The thousands of rocks I collected off the ground on my property were stacked into a pile until I decided they would make great gabions for fence posts on the property.I think for many people "prepping" is just a fad. And not really serious about prepping.
It turns out I was prepping long before it had a name. Back then it was just being self-sufficient and independent. In the old days people didn't run to the store every day, because there wasn't any store close by. We stocked up on canned goods and dry foods just in case of a bad storm, and to save miles and gas on our vehicles. Many of us kept a freezer locker in town or at the local feed mill before home freezers became widely available. We kept tools and parts around because we maintained our own vehicles and equipment. My dad would never take any of his vehicles to a mechanic for any reason. Except for our house and the main barn, I built all of the buildings mysef.
We kept guns and ammo around for hunting, not to run around the woods playing GI Joe or prepping for a zombie attack.
I know it's different for urban dwellers vs rural people due to space limitations etc. To me, any person that is serious about living independently or self-sufficient should do whatever it takes to get out the urban area and get at least a few acres and move.
If all the stores closed tomorrow we are in a position to last until crops get harvested. Yes we have everything on hand including meat animals to plant and harvest all our own food if it becomes necessary. Fuel would become an issue after the first year or two but that's something that can be dealt with in one way or another.
I was thinking the same thing. How deep do I plant the chickens and rabbits? Do you leave the head above ground to let them breathe?I need to learn how to plant meat animals.
I need to learn how to plant meat animals.
a) Actually I do not truly believe that most preppers are serious.
b) ..If that person is a moderator on a dedicated survival forum, then they lock all those threads (and I am talking about another forum, not this one).
Agreed.There are many, maybe most in this thread "So Far" that are little more then weaseling out of responsibility. No offence "SHEEPDOG", I simple picked yours as it was at the bottom of posts so far. But it is an example of how "Current prepping think functions. EVERYONE gets a socially acceptable excuse for halfheartedly working at prepping.
We are all different
We all have different lifestyles
We all live in different locations
We all have different financial abilities
We all have different physical abilities
We all have different family situations
etc. times 100
excuses.
The simple truth is that to be serious, requires work, study, focus, effort, commitment, etc. X 100.
So, people sell out to "Good Enough". Everyone wants an "EASY" checklist, of prepping things. Few, very FEW are truly committed to survival.
Hell, the truth is most have zero firsthand experience with experiencing Survival. What passes for survival is one parent is layed-off and trawing unemployment. People are going to be in shock at in-your-face survival in the future. We have been existing in a social illusion.
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