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Posted on 09/09/2014 4:48:39 PM PDT by Kartographer
I would like to share some of my observations, feelings, and plans for dealing with the current and future difficult times that we face. As I have read and studied the survival plans and strategies of the fine members of the SurvivalBlog community, as well as other sources, I have frequently been overwhelmed and discouraged about my ability to deal with the inevitable trouble that is barreling toward us faster every day. I read the stories of people moving to a fully-stocked and well-equipped retreat with their ex-military buddies, who are also master gardeners, trained medical personnel, and have every other skill imaginable, and then realize that I will never be able to protect and provide for my family in this manner. I live in a rural, but not isolated, part of Appalachia, and for various reasons I will not be able to bug out to a fully-equipped and ready-to-go homestead when things get really sour. Furthermore, I am not a farmer, master gardener, or a soldier, but I have developed a plan to try to maximize the potential for survival for my loved ones.
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I’ll put that on the list. Right now I am concentrating on how to make ammunition.
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Yes, I do. It’s a long slim bucket that looks like a rocket. Last resort.LOL
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Excellent!
A fascinating hobby in its own right. Been doing it for many years.
Good article. Make the best of your talents and skills. Leverage to barter/trade.
The Henry rifle really was the proto-assault rifle going back to a few Union cavalry units towards the end of the Civil War. Mostly used as dragons/mounted infantry.
Imagine still using percussion cap muzzle loaders and being up against a unit that could fire 16-17 times with just a lever cycle.
Henry Repeating Arms make some nice ones. I’ve been pondering...
How did we (Jews) survived Exile for 2,000 years?
Many will not know who to survive on their own. So thew will have to raid.
However for peaceful people, hopefully you will be one of those.
We may look down on the Amish, Orthodox Jews or other such groups. But they will fare the best in a SHTF scenario.
We wear different clothing than them and understand more about Technology. But you will still be a tribe, a Linked Family of Families.
Los Angeles, Phoenix, Las Vegas, they are just places, Metal and Stone.
When the walls come tumbling down and you loose everything you have, you will always have family, and your family will always have tribe.
Saw this on SurvivalBlog when it came out. Thanks for re-posting it here. I too am an engineer, and share some of this man’s sentiments about how everyone can’t be a soldier or a master gardener. When TSHTF, it is important to have community.
“We Aren’t All Farmers, Soldiers, or Master Gardeners”
Well, then! You’d bloody better well get on the stick then, Eh? We’re not draggin’ you along with us! ;)
I plant a garden every year and have tinkered with a greenhouse, but recently have become fascinated with the idea of a pit greenhouse. With the proper setup, you can grow year round, even here in Texas. I am very interested in the idea of cooling using underground ducting as well as a chimney as a draw mechanism. There is so much information on the web, but most of it is for Northern climates with not nearly as much information on year round greenhouses in the South where cooling will be more important than heating. Not to mention that so much of it is over my head. I seem to have the bug, though, so will soldier on.
I think it’s been really interesting research to see what we would like to grow and what we would need to grow to be able to be self - sufficient with our food, and still have a complete diet.
I think I’ll delegate that to my husband.LOL
Good post.
Peaceful people will not last long when radical Muzlims, young Mexican gangsters or Black thugs come hunting. I haven’t even mentioned the White punks who are strung out on drugs. They will be the worst.
Check online for Lehmans in Ohio ; they are hardware supplier of antiques and current Amish goods.
THey offer a catalogue of Amish goods, and tools , and some interesting Amish culture books which are useful, especially in a SHTF situation.
Pit greenhouses can be effective ,even in texas.
Keep ventilation , air convection ,positioning with prevailing winds, and the use of 'shade cloth' in mind.
Also, given the temperature extremes, see what information is avialable through Cooperative Extension or the Farm Bureau.
They might have already assisted other pit greehouses in getting established ; there is no better information other than from someone who already has the hands on expierience.
They could also advise you in selecting crop varieties that would be more successful in a pit greenhouse envireonment.
My 1st wife had a "professor" in Collage that said: "You can lead a Horse to water but You can't lead a whore to culture"
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