[Pollard]

Prepping Ping

[central_va]

Here we go again with empty shelves. Peppers got to prep.

[Badboo]

Sorry you blew it. The first items you buy are guns for all adult members of your family. And a very large stockpile of ammo. After sufficient training you can then worry if you will be alive and need something to eat, etc.

All the preps in the world don't matter squat unless you have guns.

[LilFarmer]

Ping to self. Thanks for this thread.

I have a question for either gardeners or preppers. I am trying to think down the road for prepping for farm animals more than just stacking bags of grain in my feed room.

I can do corn, but it is very little yield for the space. I always plant some to keep the heirloom seeds going. But any ideas what I can plant to use for supplement feed for chickens and goats? I’m in zone 8

[gattaca]

Thanks for posting

[deport]

Been a long time ago for me. But we grew most of our items
with the intent of canning or freezing. We butchered animals
in the fall both hogs and cattle. Takes some time, effort and
help. But nice to have things you prepared yourself. Good luck.

[metmom]

Thanks for posting this. I have managed to get my kids to do more prepping.

I was telling my son the other day, when we were talking about the current situation in this country, that we knew this day was coming, it was just a matter of when.

[conservativeimage]

I like to see prepping in 2 categories::

bomb shelter prepping, and
naked in the woods prepping.

Bomb shelter prepping is merely supplies storage. It’s dollar heavy but a hoard of supplies is a great stop gap to fill the time between the end of one paradigm while you learn and get your next reality up and running.

Naked in the woods prepping is exclusively skills prepping excluding getting the very few tools you might take with you. This one is preparing your mind with a knowledge base of foraging and bush survival. This is a huge confidence booster when you see yourself accomplishing tasks and is critical to building morale in desperate times - something you will not get if you’re locked in a bomb shelter.

A balance of 2 is always preferable - I’m doing both bomb shelter and woods prepping. My goal however is to be able to disappear in the forest and survive like sasquatch when the time comes. I see myself living energetically with God’s natural wilderness rather than smothering in some man made steel and cement culvert.

“Most people lost in the wilds die of shame. They die of shame. What did I do wrong? How could I have gotten myself into this? And so they sit there and they die. Because they didn’t do the one thing that would save their lives - think.” - from 1997 movie Edge

[Apple Pan Dowdy]

If you have a ping list for your prepper thread, please add me. I am interested mainly in learning how to be self-sufficient if need be, for many reasons. Thanks.

[joma89]

Just did my weekly shopping trip, the one I do every week regardless of current needs. Picked up great deal (90% off) some canned goods. My local supermarket always has something in the store that is 90% off but not close to expiring.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

*APPLAUSE* *BUMP*

[mad_as_he$$]

I’m not trying to hijack your thread. But I posted this back on 3/8. This seems to be the primary focus and discussion in my circle of prepping circle.

Last night (3/7) was our monthly prepping zoom call with preppers from all around the country participating. This group consists of about 300 preppers ranging from complete novices to grizzled veterans. Of course the subject of Ukraine/Russia conflict was the main point of discussion. The first speaker is a well-established prepper in the group who has family ties back to Ukraine. His report was sobering. He has family in various parts of Ukraine that he has managed to stay in touch with you during this almost 2 week crisis. It is his take that people that are in the cities are in deep trouble. The Russians have indiscriminately shelled probably 100 urban areas ranging from smaller towns up to the Capitol itself. I was aware of that but I was not prepared to hear his assessment of how bad the damages are. Many of these towns and cities have been basically leveled. Destroying the preps of many people in situ. If anything is recoverable it will take time and energy in a lot of effort. He then went on to comment that the countryside is full of refugees trying to get across the border anywhere that is safe. They have swamped and overwhelmed the country areas in large parts of the country. Very little aid is making it past the border into Ukraine at this time. Many of these refugees have nothing except for the clothes on their back.

[metmom]

You posted on another thread about using human fertilizer at least for nitrogen content for plants that need that.

Could you post that again?

[central_va]

Hops, yeast and barley. Everything else is a waste of time.

[EBH]

If you have kids be sure to start looking for sales on sturdy type clothing. And purchase a few sizes up, for them to grow! Same with shoes right about now given the current economic environment/war environment.

Bars of soap, Irish spring is great for cleaning and keeping critters out of the garden.

Compost, compost, compost as fertilizer is going to be very pricy over the next few growing seasons.

Insecticides

My prepping circle is anticipating at least a 2 year difficult period of time. This is where having some self-sufficiency skills become valuable. We are talking about what is coming isn’t going to be like other recessions or even like the Carter years. It looks to be worse, much worse. We have about 60 days before the real mass panic hits.

I thought a good tip was to not only plant heirloom crops, have some that are hybrids to protect against full crop failure. So you have some ration to eat.

Security will become high on the agenda. Good tip was to get the plastic film for the windows that prevents them from shattering on your home.

[Taxman]

THANKS!

WE APPRECIATE YOU EFFORT!

[matthew fuller]

I’m going to try this once more, hope it works this time. I think that I found this prepper website here on FR, wish I remembered who. It seems to be a great site, and they aren’t selling anything.

https://prepschooldaily.blogspot.com/

[Pollard]

No One Is Talking About the Mass Food Shortage and Grocery Bill Increases US Is Barreling Toward

[pax_et_bonum]

Please add me to your ping list.

Thanks!

[Ellendra]

Reminder to include fermenting vessels and some kind of airlock in with your long-term preparations.

In addition to fermented foods like sauerkraut and yogurt, it’s good to at least know the basics of making alcohol. In addition to being a handy barter item, it’s also a preservative, an antiseptic, a precursor to vinegar, and can be used to make herbal medicines. On top of all that, I’ve found it to be an effective way to cultivate yeasts for breadmaking, especially for those of us who don’t like the “sour” part of sourdough.

I have glass carboys and special airlocks, but it’s also easy to make wine in a plastic soda bottle. Wash the bottle, add your ingredients, and put the cap on tight. The next day, feel the bottle to see if pressure is building up. If it is, loosen the cap very, very slightly. You want it to just barely hiss after you let it go. At that point, pressure from inside the bottle can escape, but if the pressure decreases, the lid will act as if it’s still airtight, preventing outside air from getting in the bottle. Kind of a “poor man’s airlock”.