Re: [Homesteadingfamily] Re: PREP HARD, PREP NOW

Deb,
Please send me a repost.
Sincerely,
Paula

--- On Sun, 12/5/10, Deb <debsbread@yahoo.com> wrote:

From: Deb <debsbread@yahoo.com>
Subject: [Homesteadingfamily] Re: PREP HARD, PREP NOW
To: Homesteadingfamily@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sunday, December 5, 2010, 8:59 AM

I think you are wise and prudent, Rose. It is odd how some think that
everything is "gonna be ok"....it may at some point ease a little, but
for the long stretch, it is wise to get prepared now to beat the price
increases and availability. Even if one has money TO buy, the stuff may
not be there to get.
I was watching a short video about "Black Friday" and the absolute
craziness involved in that...the people were wild eyed and nuts! I'll
send the link if anyone has not seen it or wants to. People are so
concerned about having their big screen tv's to be worried about FOOD
and such! Unbelievable, to me.
I think I posted a pretty comprehensive list on the group to go by, to
make sure you will have most bases covered...if anyone needs a re-post,
I'll be glad to do that again. We began prepping about 17 years ago and
have maintained that state ever since then....always rotating and adding
to it...and home canning everything that I can get my hands on. Hope you
all are doing the same. Even a few cans of this and that per week, will
add up quickly.~deb
--- In Homesteadingfamily@yahoogroups.com, Rose Garceau <sbdgowl01@...>
wrote:
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> I have had a feeling about getting prepared. I just started
researching food
> storage and how to do that also making my own soaps, candles,
detergent and
> other things. I just spoke with my husband about starting a garden in
the spring
> and he tells me I'm overreacting but I have this overwhelming need to
be
> prepared and I will follow my instincts on this. I live near cities
and have
> spoken to other people who do feel the same way
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> Rose<font style="BACKGROUND-COLOR:#ffffff;" face="arial black"
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> Garceau</em></font>
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> From: Naomi Martineau naomiaznm@...
> To: Homesteadingfamily@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Thu, November 11, 2010 10:03:33 PM
> Subject: Re: [Homesteadingfamily] Re: PREP HARD, PREP NOW
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> Yes, I've felt that urgency, too. I guess we've been minor
> preppers/homesteaders for years. But just this year I've felt
concerned about
> our neighbors, so I'm helping them get their food storage. Lots of
people have
> the feeling that something is coming down, here in my rural area. But
I think
> the folks in the cities tend to be rather oblivious.
> Naomi in NM
>
> --- On Thu, 11/11/10, Deb debsbread@... wrote:
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> From: Deb debsbread@...
> Subject: [Homesteadingfamily] Re: PREP HARD, PREP NOW
> To: Homesteadingfamily@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Thursday, November 11, 2010, 6:35 PM
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> We, too, need to enclose our porch. We have a Heartland Oval wood cook
> stove, but no where to put it yet. We began remodeling here when we
> moved in 4 years ago...but started with the living room and worked our
> way around. In hindsight, we should have started in the kitchen/dining
> area.We have bedrooms now, but have stopped at the kitchen area. I was
> afraid to let him tear it out and the money run out and not be able to
> put it back together again! LOL So, we have stopped temporarily. We
had
> intended to enclose that porch, which is half way done, in glass, to
see
> the mountains. We have some stuff here, but no money to buy the rest
of
> it to get it finished. If all else fails, we can set the stove up out
> there anyhow, just won't have it enclosed all the way.
> Somehow, time sneaked up on us. Then everything began to tighten down.
> OT was plentiful, then non existent. Hubby is getting OT again, but we
> are socking that against everything else to try to get back out of
debt
> again. We were there, and then found other stuff to do, now we have to
> back out again. Always something when ya have a farm..or anything for
> that matter! We have been bought fencing materials, posts and mesh,
> and lots of other things to do IF the grid goes...we could at least
have
> some things to work on then.
> We have a small greenhouse and the raised beds. I also bought a huge
> roll of the 4mil plastic and PVC piping to be able to make some cold
> frames over all four beds, if we had to. And I am a "seed saver"... so
> we have lots of heritage seeds along with some hybrids. I think we
could
> do ok for a while here....lots of water, no close neighbors.
> I just feel my "pucker factor" rise every day....and I realize that
not
> everyone feels the urgency that I do....but it appears that some do.
> Good luck getting your stuff done in time, Nancy...
> ~deb
> --- In Homesteadingfamily@yahoogroups.com, CelticFrau@ wrote:
> >
> > Deb, I am definitely not an alarmist either, but I have a gut
feeling
> that
> > is about the same. I am saving up money right now to close in our
> porch,
> > so we can put our wood cook stove and our wood burning heat stove
out
> there,
> > in case it gets to the point we can't get electricity. I really
> think
> > things are going to get bad too. You can't be a nation that was
> grown on
> > productivity/industrialization/factories, and suddenly change it to
a
> nation of
> > service type careers, without the money running out some time. We
> are
> > getting our debts paid and settled, and buying plastic for the
> greenhouse and
> > high tunnel NOW so if we have to we can at least grow some things
> (onions,
> > lettuce, carrots, etc)
> >
> > More and more of my buyers are from other countries...they're the
ones
> that
> > have the money! I suggest to anyone who makes something or produces
> > anything, to think seriously about making your items available to
> people in
> > other nations, over the internet. Just a thought...
> >
> > Nancy
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 11/11/2010 2:01:09 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> > debsbread@ writes:
> >
> > I have been reading from lots of different sources....things are
> looking
> > really shakey for the remainder of this year...I'd like to remind
all
> on
> > here to prep NOW and get your affairs in order. Many things are so
> > unstable and the future for our nation is looking mighty bleak at
> this
> > point. Get food, water, guns,and ammo together for your family for a
> > minimum of 3-6 months, and get ready to batten down the hatch....not
> > being an alarmist here..just an intense gut feeling...~deb
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