I don’t know that the actions are the same though. That’s sort of the point of the thing I posted. People like you are actually doing shit. What most people think of as ‘preppers’ are people who have a closet full of MREs, two giant jugs of water, and a massive guns and ammunition collection, people who tell you about how the world will end if Trump isn’t elected and they’re ready for it.
I think if those people were like you, even if they had stupid motivations, there wouldn’t be so much derision. But they don’t actually put the work in. They essentially think if they buy enough ammo and Jim Bakker rapture survival food buckets, they’re ready for every eventuality.
I’ve been doing this since before the orange blight.
The people haven’t changed. They are just more obviously hypocrites. They went from “keep government out of my life, I want personal freedom” to “only through government can we maintain control over anyone that makes us feel icky.”
Homesteading is really cottage-core plus self-sufficency. Little House on the Prairie.
Gardening on crack. Not commercial farming.
Honestly…I got 9 hens now, and they are amazing. Literally the best pets. My wife wants to become a homesteader and live that life. Get some acreage, build a nice home and a nice area for the birds. Maybe Get a goat or two. Step up the gardening game.
The wife would probably have to quit her job, but she’s only working part time at a grocery store. Her employee discount (20%) is more valuable to us then her paycheck, and we don’t need that if we mostly living off our own grown food.
Would likely have to wait until the kids are a bit older and can help out more, too.
And for interest rates to go down…I refi’d in early 2022, I ain’t given that up.
But it would be nice to be able to sell off a portion of land of we find ourselves hard off for cash. Or to know that my kids will have a place to build a home if the market falls flat on its face.
That sounds like farming to me.
There is fine line between farming with guns and prepping.
I’d say that ‘fine line’ is ‘doomsday bunker + Immortan Joe fantasy post “the big one.”’ vs. just having a farm and guns.
So not all that fine a line.
I agree that the motivation portion is entirely different. But the actions are the same.
I don’t know that the actions are the same though. That’s sort of the point of the thing I posted. People like you are actually doing shit. What most people think of as ‘preppers’ are people who have a closet full of MREs, two giant jugs of water, and a massive guns and ammunition collection, people who tell you about how the world will end if Trump isn’t elected and they’re ready for it.
I think if those people were like you, even if they had stupid motivations, there wouldn’t be so much derision. But they don’t actually put the work in. They essentially think if they buy enough ammo and Jim Bakker rapture survival food buckets, they’re ready for every eventuality.
I’ve been doing this since before the orange blight. The people haven’t changed. They are just more obviously hypocrites. They went from “keep government out of my life, I want personal freedom” to “only through government can we maintain control over anyone that makes us feel icky.”
The rest of this is splitting hairs.
Homesteading is really cottage-core plus self-sufficency. Little House on the Prairie.
Gardening on crack. Not commercial farming.
Honestly…I got 9 hens now, and they are amazing. Literally the best pets. My wife wants to become a homesteader and live that life. Get some acreage, build a nice home and a nice area for the birds. Maybe Get a goat or two. Step up the gardening game.
The wife would probably have to quit her job, but she’s only working part time at a grocery store. Her employee discount (20%) is more valuable to us then her paycheck, and we don’t need that if we mostly living off our own grown food.
Would likely have to wait until the kids are a bit older and can help out more, too.
And for interest rates to go down…I refi’d in early 2022, I ain’t given that up.
But it would be nice to be able to sell off a portion of land of we find ourselves hard off for cash. Or to know that my kids will have a place to build a home if the market falls flat on its face.
How much acreage does it take to feed a person? How does it scale?