freeze dried long term and food

[Industrial Toys]

Never mind dealing with the insurance adjuster call center! That would be enough for a guy to end it all!

 

[TnAndy]

Kind of makes me giggle when people talk about X years worth of stored food. So what happens at the day after X years? Most of these people might be able to hunt half way successfully but probably can稚 grow a carrot. A few days/weeks/months of stored food makes a lot of since to me for storm prep to job loss prep but beyond that it should be some sort of renewable food source you have some level of control over (not I知 going down to the hunting cabin and shoot deer).

Agreed.

Which is why in addition to storing a lot of food, we grow/raise/can/root cellar/butcher/freeze most of ours.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

Very impressive! My hat is off to you and yours!

 

[Industrial Toys]

Is there a spot where I could set up a cot, in case of emergency? I promise not to be a bother. I like my meat with the fat cut off, and a jar of those whatevers would do, not the end jar, the third from the right.

 

[TnAndy]

Very impressive! My hat is off to you and yours!

Thanks.....it's a lot of work, especially a whole steer like the last one that weighed in around 1400lbs, but we enjoy it.

 

[Jstpssng]

Thanks.....it's a lot of work, especially a whole steer like the last one that weighed in around 1400lbs, but we enjoy it.

You have posted these pics before, and I envy you for what you have done. You are living the life which most of these "preppers" dream that they are getting ready for.

 

[TnAndy]

We don't call it prepping as much as 'just living'. One thing we have found over the years is how much one is still dependent on an intact supply system. When something breaks (and it always does), you need parts/etc to fix it. Or buying chicks from a mail order hatchery, and a thousand more things.

To live a life where there is never a chance of getting anything else again from off your place would mean a vastly decreased lifestyle at some point. Folks that think they could button up in a hole or off grid cabin somewhere and live anything close to like they live now are kidding themselves.

 

[Clint S]

We don't call it prepping as much as 'just living'. One thing we have found over the years is how much one is still dependent on an intact supply system. When something breaks (and it always does), you need parts/etc to fix it. Or buying chicks from a mail order hatchery, and a thousand more things.

To live a life where there is never a chance of getting anything else again from off your place would mean a vastly decreased lifestyle at some point. Folks that think they could button up in a hole or off grid cabin somewhere and live anything close to like they live now are kidding themselves.

I would venture to guess even people who really think they could do it ''like myself'' would be a failure. Just the tools needed to process firewood o heat the house without fuel would be not be found easily. Even the Amish would have a ought time of it. Makes you wonder how the pioneers did it.

 

[TnAndy]

Makes you wonder how the pioneers did it.

They too depended on a world of specialized labor in many cases.....sugar, coffee, black pepper, just for some examples, don't grow on many homesteads. Even the famed "mountain men" trappers came to town once in a while for supplies.

We visited an interesting museum in Kansas City once that has the recovered steam boat Arabia, which sank with a full cargo load in the Missouri river in 1856. The boat was a floating "Sears & Roebuck" of it's day, with thousands of different hardware, clothes, guns, and food items destined for small stores up the Missouri as far as South Dakota. Highly recommend the visit if you're in the area sometime.

 

[shooterdon]

I have enough stuff to go about six months. If the SHTF, I want to be able to last until reasonable order is restored. I hope that after the first few weeks most of us will band together for mutual aid. Living in a rural environment helps a lot.

Almost everyone hunts but most have little ammunition stocked. I am stocked with thousands of rounds and the components to produce over 150k. Defending what we as a community have is prime IMO. And if things get bad, taking from those who cannot defend themselves is a last resort.

Defending is tough, not only is firepower needed, but security teams and lookouts. It is not difficult for a marksman to take out targets at 500 meters. Many here have portable radios so communication is taken care of.

In my case, the weak link remains fuel for the generators....I have three...one is the main, one is back up, one is a small 900 watt for charging batteries etc. I have 150-250 gallons of fuel and that will not last long.