Are you a "homestead-prepper"?

[theoutlands]

Lesson learned - I'll be a little (LOT!) more careful about opening any future threads up to definition-discussions.

Besides, I thought we settled thsi in chat. :P

 

[oops]

did u find that old hand tool thread?...from some of the replies some folks might get some ideas from it......especially those newer to country living...isn't that the point of these type threads...thump things out til we learn something new?


and uhm doc...as I dont have a cast iron skillet big enough to teach u a lesson maybe ldyh does??? sigh..but otoh, .if she does, she'd prolly not wanta loose it ... )

oops

 

[A.T.Hagan]

I'm in the "living it" category keeping in mind though that what we're about is trying to become more <i>self-reliant</i> rather than trying to achieve true <i>self-suffciency</i>.

Unless we're willing to live a Stone Age type of existence it's not really possible to become truly self-suffcient, but if you've got virtually any ground at all you can achieve a pretty fair degree of self-reliance.

I hope I never have to produce 100% of the food my family needs for any real length of time as that sort of subsistence farming is damned hard work.

But I am trying to get us positioned that if ever it should become necessary I can do so and do better than the meanest sort of diet to boot.

I don't think I've ever seen, heard or read about any two homesteaders who went about what they were trying to do in the same exact way. Circumstances and goals are nearly always different so that methods and means differ as well.

Once you reach the point of homesteading you've left behind prepping and survivalism and entered into a lifestyle choice. It's not for everyone, but for those who do take to it then it can be a very satisfying way of life providing you don't make yourself crazy trying to do too much at the same time. Of course nearly all of us do just that, but the folks who truly take to the endeavor eventually learn better then it all begins to work the way it should.

.....Alan.

 

[north runner]

I hope you can produce enough food to pay your taxes Alan. If you can't you'll need a backup survival plan. Survivalists who become homesteaders who then become survivalists again....

Ain't that a kicker

 

[A.T.Hagan]

It's because I have to work to pay my taxes, power bill, mortgage, etc., ad nauseum, that I haven't progressed as far in my hometeading endeavors as I'd like. I have to squeeze that in where I can.

That's life in the twenty first century for you.

.....Alan.

 

[chickenrancher]

This is my lifestyle, and always has been, since birth, I think! I'm not set up as well as I'd like to be (who is?), but keep plugging away doing a little bit more each year. I can't imagine NOT living this way!

Kathleen

What "she" said! It is most defintely still a work in progress, but it is also how I was raised and have tried to live. At least I'm in place, my home will be where my kids come for a haven, and room to grow most everything, and the ability/knowledge to do so, that we need.

cr