I am not endorsing it. But it has broad value to those not aware of the history. It is a short read.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivalism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivalism
I've been waiting for the other shoe to drop since Y2K. I know it will happen but I can't predict when. I think it will be like a car accident, all of a sudden we'll be in the middle of it.I think the "difference" between pre-1980 and post-1980 is the actual "doingness". Pre-80's the focus was on actually doing things.
Another difference is pre-80 they/"we" fully expected "something". I don't feel that currently in the prepping community.
I DO endorse it, I just no longer embrace the Shoot "n" loot" philosophy. A prepper is just a Survivalist with a family.I am not endorsing it. But it has broad value to those not aware of the history. It is a short read.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivalism
At another site, long ago and far far away, someone posted that we should have at least a year and a half of food. Their premise was that when the SHTF it could be up to a year before your next harvest depending on when things went down. If the SHTF in the summer you can't plant till next spring and harvest over a year later. If you have a bad crop the first year you might need a couple of years stored away.Short read, whole books have have said less.
But farming & homesteading are all about storing for six months to a year. This is because of to much or not enough rain, early frost.
I strongly agree.At another site, long ago and far far away, someone posted that we should have at least a year and a half of food. Their premise was that when the SHTF it could be up to a year before your next harvest depending on when things went down. If the SHTF in the summer you can't plant till next spring and harvest over a year later. If you have a bad crop the first year you might need a couple of years stored away.
At another site, long ago and far far away, someone posted that we should have at least a year and a half of food. Their premise was that when the SHTF it could be up to a year before your next harvest depending on when things went down. If the SHTF in the summer you can't plant till next spring and harvest over a year later. If you have a bad crop the first year you might need a couple of years stored away.
This is why perennial crops like asparagus, greens(if your climate lets you garden year around) are great to fill in for poor annual crops.I strongly agree.
Even fruit and nut trees may not be enough if the timing is perfectly wrong.
Spuds in the ground are the only thing that comes to mind that can be harvested in an emergency with no warning. But then again keeping potatoes in the ground is yet another form of food storage.
Ben
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