what are y'all saving from the wild to deal with coming crisis?

[perchie.girl]

Having a larder of food is always a good idea. I grew up like that, not so much because we were worried about the sky falling, but more so because winter weather could and often did snow us in for a few weeks here and there. It was seven miles to our nearest neighbor and seven more to the next, 45 miles of mostly dirt roads to the nearest store. We didn't have cell phones then, the only way we could of had a home phone back then was to buy 20 some miles of poles and wires and pay the phone company to install them - several thousands of dollars. We had a room in the basement that had shelves like a grocery store, all full of not only what we canned at home, but what we picked up to restock it too. There were also three big chest freezers there too. We put a few elk, a few deer, trout, walleye, turkey, cottontails, harvested chickens, and a beef or two a year in them, but also kept enough space that if a cow broke a leg or something, there was room for that too. It takes some room too to can all you can from a garden. This was all years before I ever heard the word "Prepper," I think we used to call it common sense back then.

Also there is more to prepping than storing food. Another big part of it is you own preservation and the ability to protect what you stored. You can be as good natured as you like, and it's always a good idea to have friends for neighbors, but people haven't eaten for a few weeks will not act the same. Well on a ranch like my family was, had we of had the ability to dial 911, (I guess we could of tried a CB radio, but never needed to), I can't imagine emergency responders being there in less than an hour or hour and a half. We also had coyotes, wolves, bears, and mountain lions to contend with our livestock. And we liked eating deer, elk, and etc too. So as you can imagine, on nearly every ranch, there are many firearms and people who know how to use them, as well as the lay of the land. I'm not even out there in the sticks anymore, just eight miles from a town, but none the less, I just replaced 1000 .45 long Colt rounds a few days ago - no sense in storing the brass empty.

YOu must have been from a big family.... thats a boat load of storage.... And awesome that you know how to do it.

My dads famliy was like yours dependant on no one except for the basics like Sugar Salt and flour.... They farmed sections of cotton and then farmed about five acres for themselves....

My Grandmas Family Ran their own Orchard... Oranges and Grapefruit in San Bernardino... Before that Grandpa Farmed about a quarter section of pinto beans with nothing more than mules... Come harvest time all the neighbors would come around to help each other pull in harvests.

Grandma said they would kill a pig in the fall and pack him in a big salt box.... NO Refrigeration... They would take a shovel out and scoop away the salt carve off enough for dinner and cover him back up. Winter was cold on the plains so it wasnt a difficult thing to keep the meat outside packed in salt.

There were eight kids that lived and Great Grandma and Grandpa My grandma was the youngest.... Lots and Lots of beans and pork... Grandma still loves Pinto beans....

deb

 

[Maugwa]

YOu must have been from a big family.... thats a boat load of storage.... And awesome that you know how to do it.

My dads famliy was like yours dependant on no one except for the basics like Sugar Salt and flour.... They farmed sections of cotton and then farmed about five acres for themselves....

My Grandmas Family Ran their own Orchard... Oranges and Grapefruit in San Bernardino... Before that Grandpa Farmed about a quarter section of pinto beans with nothing more than mules... Come harvest time all the neighbors would come around to help each other pull in harvests.

Grandma said they would kill a pig in the fall and pack him in a big salt box.... NO Refrigeration... They would take a shovel out and scoop away the salt carve off enough for dinner and cover him back up. Winter was cold on the plains so it wasnt a difficult thing to keep the meat outside packed in salt.

There were eight kids that lived and Great Grandma and Grandpa My grandma was the youngest.... Lots and Lots of beans and pork... Grandma still loves Pinto beans....

deb

Nope Deb, I was an only child. There were however, three full time hired men. Two were bachelors, but one had a wife and two kids. We also would bring on six or eight more hands seasonally for hay and fence season. So sort of a big family. My dad's ranch was 24,000 acres of high plains and Rocky Mountains. My mother and Marge, her best friend, the Hispanic wife of our foreman, did all the cooking, canning, and gardening for the whole crew

 

[perchie.girl]

Nope Deb, I was an only child. There were however, three full time hired men. Two were bachelors, but one had a wife and two kids. We also would bring on six or eight more hands seasonally for hay and fence season. So sort of a big family. My dad's ranch was 24,000 acres of high plains and Rocky Mountains. My mother and Marge, the Hispanic wife of our foreman, did all the cooking, canning, and gardening for the whole crew

That explains it all.... I bet your mom was an excellent cook.

deb

 

[Curnow]

My to do list:

get to know my neighbors (knowing can help with trust)

plan on a crisis that lasts longer than I want

Plan on the crisis lasting through at least one bad season(mine is winter)

plan on no help from any government entity, they will be overwhelmed and the government employee will be home taking care of those he/she loves

incubation of eggs for more hens is likely not going to happen because of either electrical power or winter season, so add a leghorn hen to my flock

locate a source of water, prefer source to be clean enough that I won't be requiring a filter

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what should I add to my list?

Guns and ammo to guard your water and to hunt! Hunting will provide food for both you and your flock!

A book about wild edibles. There is a lot in nature we take for granted. Weeds and wild plants are a wonderful source of nutrition and can be very tasty!

 

[EggWalrus]

Storing a year's worth of food back is just good sense regardless of why people might be concerned. Might lose the breadwinner or a breadwinner in the family, someone laid off, slow business if self employed, and yes the flooding we saw this spring is going to raise feed prices and thus food prices. I remember back in the late eighties feed prices soared for some reason and the chicken farms were advertising on the radio to come pick up your free chickens, from chick size to nearly half grown. I got an 18' long flat bed trailer full of the darned things for free. Standing room only. LOL

And learning about what wild foods might be used is a great idea even in good times if you have more time than money. I always thought fishing for trash fish like gar and carp would be a great idea for both chicken feed and dog feed, pressure can it, bones ought to be nearly jelly.

But this so called "climate change" was pushed on us in the eighties but society had enough since to call it quackery while they called it "global cooling". Then it became "global warming" and the science didn't back up their claims so they re branded it as "climate change".

The reality is that it is all propaganda designed to stampede people into supporting radical agendas, eliminating the raising of animals for food, forcing Agenda 21 type population clearances by forcing people off the rural land and back into cities. I used to run a volunteer fire department in Arkansas and we were trained at the state fire academy to save every building we could. These days the rural fire departments in my state are told not to fight the fire for safety reasons and just prevent the fire from spreading. I have literally been told this by folks who lost a home over a small kitchen fire that could have been put out.

So I wouldn't worry about what the mainstream media is saying. They are just pushing an agenda and are not trustworthy at all. There are people that believe this with all their heart because they have been terrified into thinking a disaster is sure to come. Same thing with Y2K, someone could make money or make hay politically so they helped push the panic while industry and government made the changes to the software to prevent problems.

So calm people, calm. Prepare is good, panic is silly, giving away your child's birthright to a thriving society, the ability to raise some backyard chickens, and to live in the country is not a smart idea.

This times 1000! The climate has been and always will be changing. It has since the beginning of time. The UN and New World Order Elitist use "climate change" to scare the sheeple into voluntarily paying them (taxes, carbon credits, etc) They get richer while we tax slaves just barely get by. The Socialist/Communist UN want to live like Kings and control us Slaves thru fear of something no one can control. The Sun is the primary reason for All Climate Change.
Pollution is a whole other story. Should our countries be potting out the pollution we do? Hell No!
But if they blamed climate change on pollution and tried to end it, it would crash the world's economy. So they blame it on the CO2 Boogeyman that no one can do a thing about and is absolutely nessasary for life on Earth. The Marxist/Commies have infiltrated nearly all schools and have our children brainwashed overthis trash science. Most Scientist Do Not Agree with the IPCC that is made up of a handful of scientist on the take. But since they control the Media, they make it seem like this handful is the only scientist when the ICC is less than 1/100 of 1% of all scientist on Earth. I could go on for days but I am already pissed enough after reading this Propaganda.
I'm outta here!

 

[Curnow]

This times 1000! The climate has been and always will be changing. It has since the beginning of time. The UN and New World Order Elitist use "climate change" to scare the sheeple into voluntarily paying them (taxes, carbon credits, etc) They get richer while we tax slaves just barely get by. The Socialist/Communist UN want to live like Kings and control us Slaves thru fear of something no one can control. The Sun is the primary reason for All Climate Change.
Pollution is a whole other story. Should our countries be potting out the pollution we do? Hell No!
But if they blamed climate change on pollution and tried to end it, it would crash the world's economy. So they blame it on the CO2 Boogeyman that no one can do a thing about and is absolutely nessasary for life on Earth. The Marxist/Commies have infiltrated nearly all schools and have our children brainwashed overthis trash science. Most Scientist Do Not Agree with the IPCC that is made up of a handful of scientist on the take. But since they control the Media, they make it seem like this handful is the only scientist when the ICC is less than 1/100 of 1% of all scientist on Earth. I could go on for days but I am already pissed enough after reading this Propaganda.
I'm outta here!

AMEN!! Thank You!
Also, there are programs that "pay farmers not to farm" that is true. But research why. Dust bowl anyone? There are valid reasons for certain programs. Each has very strict guidelines. And NO, I am not in any of them. I do however have a good grasp on modern farming and agriculture.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

I like hickory leaves in an emergency

I know I am behind the times on this response, but another great plant alternative to Charmin is mullein leaves. This plant grows tall and straight in disturbed soil, often alongside dirt or gravel roads, and has soft fuzzy leaves like donkey's ears. A common name for it is "old man's flannel." I believe the book "Back to Eden" also listed some medicinal properties for it when steeped into tea, but I can testify to its hygienic properties.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

And eat less but higher quality, more local meat.

Anyone who hasn't tried the beyond burger yet needs to, they've gotten delicious and they sell them at a bunch of chains now. Don't tell the cows, but I actually prefer them. When you grill 'em they get delicious and crispy.

Although, on that note, I couldn't figure out why I'd felt so crappy lately, and its because my iron had gotten so low from cutting out so much red meat all at once. Remember to balance your diets as you change them!

Had not heard of the Beyond Burger, where can I get one? If your iron is low, try putting spinach on your burger instead of lettuce, and eating beans a couple times a week. Taco Tuesday with sides of Spanish Brown rice and Pinto Beans, yum!

 

[Willowspirit]

@EggWalrus I was an early offender but in general we have agreed to stay on the original topic and leaves screeds, diatribes and long opinion pieces out of this thread.

 

[EggWalrus]

@EggWalrus I was an early offender but in general we have agreed to stay on the original topic and leaves screeds, diatribes and long opinion pieces out of this thread.

I agree.