So we all know to be prepared, have hard metals, stocked up food, cash on hand, etc. I’ve done all that, but now fine tuning it. I have cash and money in the bank. If everything goes to crap this next week, then it’s losing value and I’m missing out because it is turning worthless. If I spend it on tradeable goods and things that hold value, and then it takes months for the collapse to happen, I am left trying to pay my mortgage and bills with ammunition and bottles of whisky. Sure I could by gold then trade it back in if needed, but then I’m just losing some value assuming no movement in the price. Thoughts?
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Unless you have thousands in the bank. Don’t get too alarmed. Try to balance out some in the bank and some at home safely. If anything buy a couple of guns and ammo. Water, canned food. Get comfy and have family near by. I wish I had started a home garden for food earlier. Killing the grass and making room for crop plots. Gonna make a rain catch too.
Mulch, mulch and moar mulch. That's my best gardening advice.
Amen! I started. Raised row garden this year, lots of mulch, but once it's in and going it has been the easiest garden I've ever had and will get more productive each year. Gonna add some more yard to garden in the next couple weeks for more growing space next year.
Fuck grass. Grass is boring.
I dug up some grass for a decent garden. It was under a few inches of water all last week. I didn't grow up in this part of Florida so I am have a bit of a time figuring our the planting seasons, and what to plant when.
What I am thinking about doing rather than focusing on vegetable type garden is to grow fruit producing trees. I'm in zone 9B, and was watching these vids: (I should have gotten started a couple years ago though)
This is a good video
7 Fast Producing Fruit Trees Every Florida Homestead Garden Should Grow
The biggest thing with a garden ism get a well drained plot, prepare the soil ahead of time with some good chicken/cow manure, keep the friggin weeds down.
Right now is planting season in Zones 9+. I have a lot of stuff going, but hoping this storm doesn't ruin everything with salt air. I may be out of the danger zone so far for a major hit, but a close shave will kick up a lot of salt if you're close to the beach. Muh corn!
!!! I plan on getting chickens. But I need a safe place for them. Too many yotees here and hawks. When my pitbull was young there was hawks always waiting for her to be left alone. Now she can fuck them up and they don’t mess with us.
I got chicken. They are fine unless you leave them out at night. Get a rooster too. Pain in the ads but keep your flock going. Goats are easy keepers too.
Your talking about a coup/pin right? I was going to build one, but my neighbor has a fairly nice size coup that backs right up to my property with no chickens since her husband left. I told her, she agreed that if I repair all the holes in the wire and we can just share it. Also need to run wire out about two feet out on the bottom to keep cats, foxes from digging under wire. And if you get a good rooster it will take care of the hawks.
Did you no that chickens are blind, can't see anything in the dark. That's why if you let them out in the yard they will always "come home to roost" before it gets dark.
I been think about getting some rabbits and just turning them out in the yard. They breed like crazy. Probably lots of them will get eaten by bobcat or other predator but I no some would survive because I see rabbits from time to time in my yard.
i have wild rabbits in my yard all the time.. my pit chases them away lol
You would have more than enough customers for rabbit meat.
We have natural artesian wells near here and I fill up my bottles and jugs. Tap water tastes like sand to me now.