Advice? That crazy druid John Michel Greer used to advise us all to "Crash now and and beat the rush." I think that's what a lot of folks here are Permies are doing, deliberately or otherwise. I'm not self-identified as a prepper but I have a keen interest in working on zero-input, zero-effort perennial food systems that I don't currently *need*, don't plan to produce a salable crop from, and don't particularly enjoy eating the produce that's yielded. It's all stuff I could happily eat if my belly was empty, though, or feed to a chicken or a rabbit or a hog or a turkey. (And I can *catch* three out of four of those, live and wild in my own woods, to start my own domestic production, in a pinch.) I also spend a lot of time thinking about the relative merits of possessions. The canner with the rubber ring that needs replacing every so often, or the 1930s relic with the metal-on-metal seal and the cumbersome wingnuts that you can use over a campfire grate, with no rubber parts? Crash while you can, and the dude at the garage sale thinks you're crazy for handing over that ten dollar bill.
I've also seen my income drop
a lot in the last ten years and I've put a lot of effort into learning to grow high-value, high-dollar, high-pleasure crops to stretch my grocery-store dollar. I've also taught myself to enjoy the pleasure of fresh garden stuffs that I wouldn't have touched a decade ago. Crash in place, be happy, beat the rush.
I have enjoyed reading everyone's comments but this one really works for me
I relate to this because it fits what I am already doing in many ways. Crash in Place, be happy, Beat the rush
C5 fight club rules.. lol.. I will walk out the door and back in a few times but I am still going to fit the prepper model to a point, as well as homesteader, as well as permacutlure.. I will own it, I think there are good points to all the movements when looked at with moderation, there is something to learn from them. Do I keep a two year pantry because I am a farmer, homesteader, prepper or someone who understands when the garden produces two years supply, you put it up because it might not produce that next year
Having said that, I do find gaps as well and I think what is being talked about here will help give us a way to explain what is happening and what is coming. lots to think about for sure.
