Where are all the preppers? We are in the fight of our life and all the preppers are Where? Bugged out? Anyway I'm looking for people who ( person or a couple) want to rent some off grid land. I got 35 acres .

Have been busy with pickling and jamming all summer for the two farmers markets that we now attend. Also have been busy with the gardens and now with the harvesting as some parts are ready to be dug up and put away for winter.

Work, garden, work, firewood, work, relax, work, canning…. Repeat. That kind of modern homesteading stuff. That’s “prepping”, right?

Ok, so more details…

1) Gardening: it’s been a tough year in AB; dry and hot. I didn’t plant as much variety this year and stuck to basics. The droughts made things tough. I harvest rain water and despite having 4x1000L totes and 3x55Gal drums, I ran out of water pretty fast. Watering large gardens by watering cans is also very time consuming! Everything is behind this year, but baring a very early frost, I should get some very nice squashes this year and the apple trees had a bumper crop, which makes up for the practically non-existent strawberries.

2) House: contracting an extension to the house to create a large mud room and also connecting the house and the detached garage. How’s that a prep? Because it makes my life easier. And also, because I don’t lose has much heat in the winter to get into the vehicles go to work. And I can bring firewood in warm it up to room temps earlier… and…

3) Vehicle: sold the 2012 Suburban and got a 2021 4Runner. The 4Runner can go off roading more efficiently and speaking of efficiency, is more fuel economical. I’ve installed a pretty neat rack system in the back and re-tidied all my emergency gear in the back; very neat layout.

That’s pretty much it for now.

1)Finishing Emergency Management Course at Ryerson University.

2)Stocking up on food buckets and general preperedness "stuff"

3)Work....the COVID shutdowns merely backlogged the economy. Everything is taking off like a bat out of hell now. So...work is work.Nothing wrong with money. 🙂

Hi all. Long time since I have posted anything.
Well the good news is, we moved. I bought a nice house on a little over an acre is Eastern Ontario in the end of 2019 and got moved and settled just before the lockdowns hit. The boys and I love it here. Great location, affordable and I believe I finally found my people.
We have had some great successes but, failed at a lot... lessons learned.
This weekend we cleaned out the woodstove, stacked more wood, I made some insulated curtains for the windows and today we are roasting some pumpkins to make puree and then use that in loaves and cakes! 🙂

Mamaizzy,
What would you consider your top 3 successes/failures?