[Thermalseeker]

We hear horror stories of the great depression but we never hear about the people who did OK. It's as if they didn't exist but they did exist. Neither set of my great grandparents lost their farms or ended up in bread lines. They lived within their means and did OK.

My mother was a teenager during the Depression. My father was a young adult. I grew up with all their stories and habits. I carry those habits with me to this very day. I still grow a big garden every year and preserve a lot of the food we eat. For the past several years I've been renewing an orchard area on the farm I bought back in 2001, planting fruit trees and grape vines. I've been building a greenhouse for the past three weeks or so. Next on the list is a chicken coop for a few yardbirds for eggs, then finish some fencing for a few cows.

If nothing else, when push comes to shove, we'll eat good....

[cripplecreek]

I canned nearly 160 quarts of tomatoes last week.

[Bailee]

My Grandparents raised 8 children during the depression. They did not have much but never went hungry. Through the years we found several buried mason jars full of cash. She never trusted banks again.

Granny always said prayers and hard work never hurt no one.

/Sarc
Of course today prayers are not needed and Walmart has everything you need.
/Sarc