[Judith Anne]

This is a wonderful opportunity — I’m guessing you’ll be setting up lesson plans on what to teach and how, maybe you could share them with FR — maybe later publish them?

[DejaJude]

Did you ever read, The Postman (not the movie)? I remember one of the most valuable members of the community was the one who knew how to make insulin. Medicines would be hard to stock up on.

[ladyvet]

...but I probably won't mention the section on cannibalism.

Yummmm, Tea partiers! The other white meat! Seriously, have fun and good luck!

[momtothree]

You are doing a wonderful service. Don’t worry about being shy! When you are able to discuss something you truly know... any sort of shyness will disappear. Good luck and have some fun with this task.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Good for you. One of the most valuable survival tools you can have is other people.

One family might make it. Ten families working together will make it.

[mad_as_he$$]

My rule of prepping. Teach them all they know but don't teach them everything you know.

[Mamzelle]

You should absolutely keep a journal of this. And with hard copies for yourself. (We won't always have this kind of communication.)

If you create a ping list, please add me. This is the first year I have tried my own gardening, trying to produce at least a little food. (Heretofore, I have relied on provident relatives who already know how it's done. I have canned food many years ago, but have really forgotten how--in what order one does things.)

[Tax-chick]

Congratulations - and best wishes for a successful presentation and a happy audience.

[Joe 6-pack]

It's a MAJOR award!

[Textide]

Congrats!

After you give a presentation or two, consider presenting in front of a web cam and make a few videos. Web distribution will reach a far greater audience than in-person presentations.

[Kirkwood]

The reality is that after all that work you did prepping, someone with bigger guns will just come in and take it.

[chris_bdba]

I have to admit I have no idea how to render fat to make soap but I do know how to sew (have a handcrank machine) knit both by hand and also have a knitting frame) grow food ,can and even know how to build a solar dehydrator.I’d be interested in knowing how to make soap.

[ErnBatavia]

Pingy-Dingy!

[Borderline]

Hey, great deal! You cannot have enough neighbors who are learning how to feed themselves and are informed enough to know you cannot grow your own food in a couple weeks. 'Survival gardens' are not spure of the moment solutions.

There is no way for a single family to survive the chaos if there is a big enough hit to infrastructure to stop food delivery to the stores. Would not take much for most everything to come to a halt. The previous post stating 'people with bigger guns will show up and take it' is all too often historically true. The only cure for that problem, and the only way to survive a major upheaval, is a large group pulling together and pooling resources, knowledge and security.

I had not thought to formally attempt classes in our local community on how to grow your own food. Even though we are a farming community, we are not much better off (except for all the bulk grain storage in the area). Most farmers only know commercial applications, not how to manage a truck farm. Nor anything about subsistance farming. A goodly percentage of our friends participate in our gardening and canning projects. They all felt the same pressures of this world being on the edge.

My wife got so interested in subsistance farming that she had me build her an 'underground' greenhouse. Being as far north as we are, greenhouses tend to either be short seasoned or very expensive in heating energy. Taking it underground solved that problem, we don't even have heaters in it and we were still picking tomatos in January when temps were in the single digits outside.

It was a blast to build - even though we had to research from sources all across the spectrum and design the thing as we went since there are no in depth sources or complete information on how to use ground heat for a greenhouse. Lots of various sources for housing and small scale sources for veggie growing. But nothing very comprehensive.

[Ladysmith]

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