Guest guest Posted May 12, 2010 Report Share Posted May 12, 2010 I agree Susan, You are not an extremist, but a person who looks at the the statics and trends a makes pro survival decisions accordingly. You are right when you say that the cities are going to be the worst place to be. Cities have hardly anything in the way of food. The first week all the squirrels and pidgins will be gone. You can't eat gold or paper. This is true and also what you said about primitive hunting tools but what moved me the most is what you said a about food baring trees. Most folks have useless trees in their yard. In Hawaii, in the old days when a baby was born they would plant a coconut tree to feed this new addition to population. This is a pro survival practice that we all should do. It would be nice to go door to door in the neighborhood and convince people to plant a food baring tree for each member of their family. Imagine the security and sanity it would bring to your area. Sad to drive around and not see a single food crop anywhere. People who think this way of life is viable are the ones who are extremists. Hope for the best, Prepare for the worst. ~B Plant trees for future generations if you wish mankind to be viable. P.S. I've moved more than 20 times in the last decade and we've planted food baring tree at every location. Come back a few years later and they've been cut down. Please. Please. Please Wake Up World. :'( On 5/11/2010 12:03 PM, Susan Rainey wrote: My son asked me yesterday, what would be the most valuable thing to have if the economy went bad; I answered food and water. He said gold, silver and precious stones; I reminded him you can't eat those things; food and water are essential to life, and if you have only gold, etc. to buy food you will eventually spend all your gold and not have food or water to last. To be prepared we need to have the means to sustain life, get a source of water and the seeds to plant, learn the plants and trees in your area (which are edible and which are healing plants). Teach the younger generations ways of survival; they are the ones who will need the knowledge the most. Be prepared to defend your food and water because there will be many who will want it and they be willing to destroy whatever gets in their way. Guns will be a help but unless you have the powder and the means to reload the casings you will find them useless; bows, arrows, knives, axes, spears will be the most enduring weapons, and I would strongly advise getting a smart dog. A dog can be used to alert you to danger and will be willing to defend his master. As far as forming a group, I have decided to get my loved ones as close to me as possible and set up ways of communication and travel between us. If it comes to the point we must come together for defense, there is one place we can all meet and defend to sustain our families. The less obvious we are the better our chances are for survival. The bigger the cities and towns the less chance for survival; crime will be rampant and there will be no law enforcement, medical help, etc.; look to the future and be ready. We can pray the time will not come but we would be foolish not to be ready when we have seen how history is repeating events, each recurrence is more disastrous. Call me an extremist but I feel the need to prepare. Susan in Ga Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 14, 2010 Report Share Posted May 14, 2010 ----- Brian wrote: who think this way of life is viable are the ones who are extremists. Good point. Way back in 1970 when I first decided to live in the country for the rest of my life a friend told me I should not expect to live in "a little dream world". As opposed to living in the city along with all the other Matrix dwellers. I must admit that it has been pretty disastrous financially and we should have had a much better homestead by now.I am not the most efficient worker and my husband just is not into it. But apart from that, I would do it all over again. It's been a great life. And continues to be so. Ien in the Kootenayshttp://kootenaygarden.blogspot.comhttp://backyardbusiness.info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 14, 2010 Report Share Posted May 14, 2010 Can you share what you might have done differently for those of us still in the planning stages?On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 10:45 PM, Ieneke van Houten <ienvan wrote: ----- Brian wrote: who think this way of life is viable are the ones who are extremists. Good point. Way back in 1970 when I first decided to live in the country for the rest of my life a friend told me I should not expect to live in " a little dream world " . As opposed to living in the city along with all the other Matrix dwellers. I must admit that it has been pretty disastrous financially and we should have had a much better homestead by now.I am not the most efficient worker and my husband just is not into it. But apart from that, I would do it all over again. It's been a great life. And continues to be so. Ien in the Kootenayshttp://kootenaygarden.blogspot.comhttp://backyardbusiness.info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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