[Expat-Prepper]

Hi everyone.. US Citz here in the Philippines doing my preps from a different perspective than back home. Also.. living my dream.

https://www.youtube.com/c/PHExpatPrepper

PEP

[Lila-Blue-Prepping]

Hi there, Expat-Prepper! Nice to meet you.

I’m Lila. Living in Montana. Glad to be here.

[Expat-Prepper]

Hi, what part? I lived 2 years in Billings. Hated the cold… but loved the country

[Lila-Blue-Prepping]

It’s beautiful out here. I agree about the cold though. I’m here in Great Falls.

[Expat-Prepper]

After I asked.. I saw in your profile GF.. thats cool. been there many a time.

Always asked myself why not LONG and SHORT falls.. but hey.. I guess its great too.

[Expat-Prepper]

Also… been living the the Philippines now for over 8 years full time. No snow here… nope.

[Lila-Blue-Prepping]

Nice!!!!

[Farm-Ranch-Homestead]

Part time CA (for now), part time TN; have homes in both. Also have property in WY, but no home there.

Very recently retired, working on getting the new homestead (TN) up and running.

Long-time prepper looking to share information with others.

I just joined this group after getting familiar with a few of the other groups on the site.

[Barred-Rock-or-Brahma]

Welcome!

[culdesacgrocerygarden]

I guess I never did introduce myself, just jumped right in. I will be 60 this month and have been having dreams about the present events we are witnessing since I was 12. It’s validating, exciting and scary all at the same time to see it all unfold. Im a mother of 5 fabulous adults and grandma to 7. Started prepping in 1992 when I was reading my bible and having what we call quiet time and out of the blue I heard the words “Learn to be self sufficient “. I asked out loud what that meant and saw a vision of our nation being oppressed by the “red dragon”. Started learning and never stopped.

[Barefoot-Handmaiden]

Hi All, My name is Kathy. I appreciate you all accepting me to the group. I am a Appalachian Herbalist and unregistered nurse (let my license lapse and they have warned me strongly that I can no longer call myself registered haha) of over 30 years.

Almost 5 years ago we bought ten raw acres in northeastern Kentucky and have been working to turn it into a self sufficient homestead ever since but it’s slow going.

Looking forward to meeting all of you and hope you’re having a blessed day.

[Aelrik]

Greetings from Idaho; been prepping since 911; stock up friends.

Water

Food Meds

Ammo

[Expat-Prepper]

Hi, lovely country… Lived a few years in IdahoFalls…

[SoilToSoulMS]

Hello! I am Jeannie, my husband is Josh. We are married 15 years with two boys. Most of our basic ‘survival’ skills come from my husband, he was raised by his grandparents. They were members of ‘whitewater’ which had re-enactments of civil war era and other lifestyles. He made his own mocassins, axes, ect. Put that together with my own experience in medicinal aspects, both modern traditional and herbs and old fashioned, and we do the best we can with what we have, and loon forward to not o my being able to survive, but THRIVE no matter what life brings us. We are currently starting our small homestead in South Mississippi.

[mousehouse]

HEY YAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL is that southern enough? we are just two GEN Xers (you know the kids the parents shoved out the door and said I don’t wanna see you until those street lights come on) Mr Mouse is a jack of all trades and master of some, Mrs Mouse is brilliant and shy and doesn’t let others see her much. but when they know her they cant get enough of her big heart and kind words. We live in South Carolina and are searching for our land . Mr mouse promised some mini goats and a pocket pooch for the land and all the work that it will take to make it run

[AlphaDelta]

My wife and I have been into preparedness for a bunch of years. Still living in suburbia, but bought a run down farm a while back and rebuilt the house, outbuildings, put in irrigation, 100 or so fruit trees/plants and brought in guinea fowl for insect control. The place had a cistern already and we have added 2 more.

We are below 29° latitude, so we have a bunch of subtropical fruit and nut trees and plants as well.

I was raised by depression babies, so was taught to fix, build, save anything I could. Now that I’m approaching retirement age I have become a bit more selective about what task I take on. I am an imperfect carpenter, woodworker, gardener, mechanic etc. AD.

[Barred-Rock-or-Brahma]

Welcome AD, how are the guineas working out for insect control? I’ve heard that might be an urban…(rural?) legend. Also, don’t worry about your imperfections; I’ve only ever heard on one perfect carpenter in all of recorded history.

[AlphaDelta]

Guineas are the only reason we can have fruit trees. Before the guineas the grasshoppers would eat the leaves off the trees and then girdle the branches and kill the trees. They work. It’s fun to watch them form a skirmish line and eat anything that moves or flies. The down side is that they are high on the predator yum yum list…

I like wood working. I built the kitchen cabinets and bathroom built ins and a whole bunch more.

[AlphaDelta]

I noticed that you showed some interest in a handloading thread in another group. If we can get enough interest I can help. Been doing it 30 or so years.

[Barred-Rock-or-Brahma]

Definitely interested, ever since I read John Ross’s “Unintended Consequences” a few years back. Especially interested after seeing the difference beween shooting MILSURP 7.62 and some expensive .308 from my Rem 700.

[AlphaDelta]

I don’t load solothurn 20mm….I got started in the late’80s when the lend lease and other milsurp battle rifles were reimported. A lot of them had worn bores. I found that if I fired factory ammo in some they might group 8 or10 inches at 100yds, but if I hand loaded for them I could cut that in half. People thought the Turkish mausers that were brought in 20 years ago were little better than clubs, but I got several to shoot 2″ groups.The 1,000 yard shooters all handload.

There are a lot of variables that all affect how consistent a load will be in a specific rifle. Powder type and charge, primer type, bullet weight and type (spitzer, flat base etc). The base affects flight characteristics more than the tip. Overall length changes the “jump” – how far the bullet moves before contacting the lands and grooves. .003″ can make quite a difference.

Yes, you can make ammo that your rifle will like better than any factory product. I’ll try to help with questions.

[Barred-Rock-or-Brahma]

Do you have any book recommendations that might help me to learn the basics of handloading?

[AlphaDelta]

Let me look through them tonight.

[AlphaDelta]

I looked through my handloading books and Think “Modern Reloading” by Richard Lee is the one to start with. He covers theory and techniques pretty thoroughly.

[Barred-Rock-or-Brahma]

I’ll start there then, thank you!

[4Charlie]

Hi Everyone! Very happy to have found this platform. I am Don, retired from law enforcement after 33 years. Moved out of the city 4 years ago and into Bucks County Pennsylvania. I only have an acre but am making it work. Very much into preparedness but lacking a lot in the garden area. Here to learn as much as possible. Great to meet everyone!

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[Barred-Rock-or-Brahma]

Welcome! I’m in the same boat, just under an acre and almost half is taken up by the septic system. No excuses though, I’m making it work!

[4Charlie]

Thank you! Seems the time I was spending trying to find more land was better spent making it work here. Right now is getting firewood ready and trying to put a mobile solar panel system using some old carts from grills people threw out.

[Barred-Rock-or-Brahma]

That’s the spirit! I’m certainly still keeping an eye out for more property, but I finally stopped using my current situation as an excuse to procrastinate.

[Grumpy_G]

Grumpy G, grew up with parents that were children of the depression and WWII. There is a fine line between frugal and poor. We never did without; I didn’t realize how poor we were until I joined the Marine Corps, though. Started the proper preparedness thing in 1999, then started doing the whole prep-steading thing on a suburban lot (big garden and protein production with quail and rabbits) for about 15 years. We made the leap in to homesteading about 8 years ago.

One thing I’ve realized, even though we never leave the basics behind, homesteading is the ultimate expression of preparedness. Moving somewhere up the spectrum beyond basic prepping/survival-ism should be every ones’s goal.

[JerseyGiantChick]

Grumpy G thank you for your service and bless you sir. It was a pleasure to read, it is saying so mutch about you sir. Especially your sentence: …, homesteading is the ultimate expression of preparedness. And so the next sentence, so your last 2 so deep thank you.

[Spidergardens]

Hello y’all…

I’m Ted (Spider)

I been prepping most of my life of 60 years!

I invite y’all to checkout gulfprep.net.

We are not “armchair Preppers “ ! We are a very active group of like minded individuals who practice what we preach once a month in DeSoto National Forrest here in Mississippi.

We have members from all along the southern gulf coast.

Check out our website and feel free to reach out to us!

[Barred-Rock-or-Brahma]

Welcome! Glad to hear that people are getting after it in real life!

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[Herbalista]

Hi everyone, very happy to be here! I’m in the Thumb of Michigan. My husband and I live on two acres and produce about 80% of our food. My husband is a jack of all trades and an engineer by profession. I’m an herbalist, health coach, avid gardener, forager, food preserver, etc. We have been homesteading our 2 acres for 34 years. We started our preparedness journey for real in 1999, Y2K. Just really got us thinking. We have always stocked food because that’s how I grew up. We have two adult children, 5 grandchildren, chickens and turkeys.

[Hanidu-Acres]

Welcome!

[FaintlyArtistic]

My hubby and I just moved to a tiny town in SW PA from AZ in 2020 to be closer to his folks. Plus, we were tired of the hot, dry city. We are empty nesters, both working at the local school. Even though we only have a 9,000 sf lot, we are turning the entire backyard in to food production. 10×28 greenhouse, chicken/rabbit run and garden. We won’t be totally self-sufficient, but are doing everything we can on our little property.

[Hanidu-Acres]

Congrats! It looks amazing! My people are north of the Burgh.

[Hippiemimi]

Hello 👋🏼 I’m glad to be here. I am from Northern Cali and have been prepping for close to 22 years. I’m excited to learn and to share from my experiences and mistakes.I love to can foods, dry foods and package them. My best friend is YouTube. I learn more every day from youtube than I have any other way. The more you learn the more independent you will become. I always think that if someone else can do it so can I. Although I’m so lost with the whole solar set up thing. I just cannot wrap my brain around it. 😂

[Woodsman]

I welcome you to “FreeSteading” even if you’re from Cali and may believe differently 🤣✌🏻

[Hippiemimi]

Believe differently? I don’t understand.

[TagNBee]

welcome to freesteading

[Hippiemimi]

Thank you

[Woodsman]

My sense of humor.

[culdesacgrocerygarden]

Thats so tragic. Those things could have fed people in need.