The Great Depression hit the prepared.
Farmers, hunters, ranchers, and most homes had gardens - the country was stocked with the hardiest survivors and yet the Great Depression still left lasting scars.
What happens when the Much Greater Depression hits the baristas, accountants, lawyers, and coders that make up today's society?
We are looking at the single most destructive human caused event in our history.
NCSWIC, prepare.
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This occurred to me when I stepped out of my bathroom the other night. Going from a bright room to a dimmer hallway, my eyes had not adjusted. As I opened the door a ball of thread got sucked toward the door opening where I was standing. It looked like a giant bug and I jumped.
Man...I don't know about you, but I am not tough enough to face what world events are leading towards. God save us all.
DO you eat peppers? Potatoes? Perhaps use one or two to start? You eat garlic? Use a couple of the slides to grow more. Same with onions.
What about carrot seed? Simply buy a pack for 50 cents or so and start your garden. There is nothing out of the ordinary needed. Same with lettuce, and other greens. If you go on in a bang, it will cost you. Try making one step at a time. Berry bushes ain't very expensive. And maybe that is your spiel. A niche that guarantees you are growing something special you can exchange for something else. Or trade up and moonshine.
Perhaps if money is really tight, you may find someone who is willing to dote, or to exchange something for services rendered ( like helping int he garden in the xchange for seed .....eh ... yeah ... that did come out wrong ....)
If push comes to shove, you could even use your own poo to start making mulch. see dry toilet. All kinds of greens you throw away? Put it on your own compost heap. ashes from the BBQ also are helpful.
Ah ... and do not forget the golden shower ..... you do not need fertilizer, but circulation.
When I made my garden, ate from what it produced and used what we spent, there seems to be a mystic connection that is expressed in the phrase: people of the land.
Today, our food comes from all over the place, missing all kinds of nutritious value and have become strangers on our own land without any connection.