prepping or just talking

I absolutely with everything you say Henry. I realize that everyone is in their own "space" but to be successful you have to "do" not talk or plan. A plan is only a part of the whole deal. You have to act on it, adjust it, and plan for the failure of the plan. As well you have to integrate the people you will have with you if the SHTF. You can't just bring them on board later and hope for the best or expect them to "fit in" FAILURE !!!!! Getting along is just that. Ultimately there is a difference between getting along and liking someone. You have to accept, respect, trust and tolerate the person. That works both ways. You have to be able to work with them to a common purpose. They do NOT have to be your friend. That will come later through shared experience and hardship.

Prepping is like a religion.Do not say I will just before I die .I met few preppers In my place and went to visit some and I am to meet yet somebody that is actively doing it .When I hear : I am learning which grass is eatable - spring,winter and fall there is no grass, or I am learning how to hunt just buy the gun learn how to shoot and maintain the gun,(i moved to the bush and learn really fast) Rather learn not to waste anything after kill.My favor is: I am looking for a group to join.When I ask about family they say they do not get along.How the heck you want to get along with me (I am real pain in in the ass -according to my wife)if you can not get along with your wife ,your parents your kids ? You have to realize Prepping is lifestyle so even if the going get tough You still enjoy it.Hope nothing happen but be ready if it happens tomorrow yet enjoy every moment of today. What ewer happens for a while we are on our own and than people will start getting together and realize how much we depend on each other .Make sure you have enough for yourself and always welcome strangers with good intentions.That why it is important to get together and exchange ideas not how we are going to prepper but how we are peppered
Henry.

Learn not to waste anything.... 😆 I sell meat; beef, pork, chicken, turkey, duck, goose and no one ever wants the icky bits. I always get to keep the tongue, liver, heart, kidneys, gizzards, fat, feet, tails, ears. If I want sinew, hides, down or feathers, I have to butcher myself because the abbatoirs won't return those. Every ones elses pickiness is my greatest joy. Pickled pigs feet is quite good if done right and no one wants to steal it. I make some wicked meat pies and don't tell anyone whats in them until after they are eaten.

As to getting along, I have found the same thing and agree. If you cannot get along with 90% of your disfuntional family at least 70% of the time, then you cannot get along with me or mine and I just don't see you working out at my place. No one is ever going to be in complete agreement, but I can do without the drama.

I agree, prep for more then your own if you can so that you can help good people if they show up. Its the ...Teach a man to fish....way of doing things. If they are capable and willingly learn and do the tasks set for them in spite of the blisters and back ache, then they can stay and contribute from that point onward.

this is one reason i promote spending YEARS getting to know your potential team mates. if you can't work with them around busy schedules, busy lives, busy/stressful times, how's it going to work when everything has gone to hell, and the only thing that works is what's being done around you. . . if they can't handle the pressure of working 18 hours days to make sure everyone can eat, and provide a safe watch over my loved ones. . . how can you justify feeding them if you have to carry them thru a crisis?

everyone can have bad days, but when every day is bad, and NO one is coping, can you carry a group, their family, deal with their kids as they fight over who's going to wash and who's going to dry the dishes?

prepping has to a day to day lifestyle. . .
groups have to work hard for the group!

there is hardly a day i don't do something prep related! it might just be reading a little before bed after work, it might be building a raised bed, filling it, planting a cover crop in it for green manure, then picking some more tomatoes to be dehydrated and canned, then i get to clean up the house (cause i'm messy in the kitchen . . .and every other room lol) before the wife gets home and yells at me 😉

there is always more i want to do, there is always new stuff added to my "to prep list".. . with all the "non prep" jobs on my plate right now, it seems things are going slow, but none the less there is always something moving toward a more safe future being done.

i've been home sick the last two days, but beyond reading the union creek journals between naps, i've read quite a bit about fitting in cover crops in to my garden rotation. . . i've done some work with this before, but another source popped up a week ago, so i've been reading it, learning another opinion on the subject.

my point!!! (yes i have one this time)

is that i put a lot in to prepping, if my team mates are not putting much in to it, they are wasting my time, if things go bad i'll be carrying that person when they had the time to get the gear, and learn the skills needed. so far only a few of the people (family) i've let in on my "secret" have done the work, and they were actually doing the work before we started talking about it. . . others are doing nothing. . . they can't even make it on their own all of them. these are educated adults not coping with life. . . (why do they all have to be in my family/circle of friends?)

prepping has to a day to day

is that i put a lot in to prepping, if my team mates are not putting much in to it, they are wasting my time, if things go bad i'll be carrying that person when they had the time to get the gear, and learn the skills needed.

Well said

prepping has to a day to day

is that i put a lot in to prepping, if my team mates are not putting much in to it, they are wasting my time, if things go bad i'll be carrying that person when they had the time to get the gear, and learn the skills needed.

Well said

if you forget the words i left out, and the grammar errors 😕 i really got to start re reading what i write better.

what makes the difference is having a spouse/partner that backs you up/supports you in your prepping endeavors.
I know it would mean a lot to me if my hubs would spring for a pressure canner and new dehydrater. but he doesnt see the point. no matter what i tell him. thank goodness he's always up for 'a good deal' or i'd have no preps at all!

;)Maybe you could introduce dried foods into your meals... then bit by bit plant the seed that it would be cheaper to buy bulk and dry your own stuff.... 😉

For me it would be impossible to prepp without my wife.I can not boil water without burning it.We do lot of canning from our garden but lot of home made soups and real home made foods like borsch, papricash ,cabbage rolls,stews atc.We (She) just canned lot of pork fat and real butter. apparently caned butter can stay fresh very long time. I do more of the outdoor work .
IT TAKES TWO TO TANGO.
henry

I am lucky too. My wife is into prepping as much as I am. It sure helps.

I'm that lucky group, can't imagine doing all the things we do here on the farm without the hubby working side by side with me.. It does indeed take two to tango!

Yes I know....... regrettably Prepping has become twice as hard since I lost my husband (who was a skillful prepper too). I admire all the couples who Prep together and hope that the non-prepper 'significant others' will see the light......soon

I am glad to hear that there are other "like" minded preppers like myself out there. I just wish that my significant other would contribute or at least put forth some effort. She just wants to benefit from it if something does happen. That will have to be a difficult decision to make wouldnt it?...lol

She's lucky that I am a nice guy...but for how long?

Shawn

The question for me would always be... once a freeloader...????Always a freeloader? If she isn't willing to help now, or participate, or work with you, what will she be willing to contribute when things get hard... and they will.

The question for me would always be... once a freeloader...????Always a freeloader? If she isn't willing to help now, or participate, or work with you, what will she be willing to contribute when things get hard... and they will.

that's what i'm finding with my brother, not only did he blab his mouth about me, but he continues to use my good grace and not put anything back (help with the house, or actually pay me what he owes) it's always one excuse after another. . .post fan i could use his help, but i'm not sure i want the other burdens that go with it.