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I stumbled on this guy’s video awhile back while doing research like you and I’ve been drooling over the idea of replicating it ever since.

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If anyone is interested that book is on my Amazon wish list and I won’t get mad if someone buys it for me lol

Seriously though in one of Billy’s YouTube episodes he talks about the books he highly recommends. I believe it’s a group of 10 or 11, I can’t remember offhand. I did however immediately hunt them down and add them to various “wish” lists I have online. As I set aside a little $ at a time I’ll eventually have them all in my collection. Knowledge is a special and powerful thing. One of the many reasons I love the PPF family is their willingness to share knowledge.

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I remember one year in GA there was an ice storm that took out much of the power for about a week or so depending on where you were. Like many our home was all electric so cooking, heating and food storage where the initial concerns. We were fortunate in the fact that we had a kerosene heater on hand and camp gear like a cooking stove and sleeping bags. Our only real issue was getting kerosene. We kept some on hand but by weeks end were almost out. With so many businesses that were either closed, out of kerosene or having electric pumps for their kerosene that weren’t operable it made getting some a challenge . After hunting for a bit I found a store that thanks to a large generator was open and they had kerosene. Needless to say there was a long line. As I was standing there in line I said somewhat aloud to myself “hell I hope they don’t run out of kerosene”. The gentleman in front of me turned around and said “hell I hope they don’t run out of ice”. I found that a little funny considering it was an ice storm that caused the issue so I asked why he needed ice and he explained that it was to cool his food of course. That’s when I told him how we had empty our fruit and meat bins in our fridge then filled those bins with some of the free ice from outside thus making our fridge an old fashioned ice box. As the guy stared at me with a blank look I realized that others had turned to hear what I was saying as well. The gentleman then said “I’m an F’n moron thanks for helping me out!” He then turned and walked out shaking his head along with most of the folks in line.

For me that was a funny but sad moment. I realized then the most valuable asset to have in an emergency is simply common sense. Too often people lack that and even those who do often lose it when challenged by an emergency or unexpected struggle. My neighbor for instance piled himself and his family into a poorly insulated RV because it had a generator. When I pointed out that the same generator was strong enough to run most appliances in his home he seemed surprised. I also had friends tell me how they huddled together under blankets and ate cold food. All I could think about was how many times I’d camped with them and how much freaking camping gear they had in their garage. Seriously.. they had sleeping bags, camp stoves, camp water heaters, camp heaters …. you name it. Yet they huddled under blankets eating cold food and fearing what was ahead.

My point in my ramblings though is simply this. Planning is great, preparing is great.. but all the planning and prepping in the world is useless if you lose your head along with common sense.

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There’s an adjustment curve wherever you go and I was told those temps aren’t the norm. Didn’t slow the critters down so we didn’t let it slow us down. Well hell I’m disabled so I have to go to sleep to get any slower anways lol.

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Do not sell yourself short. It takes ample effort to create Eden in a small space. Besides your already ahead of many of us that are struggling to tame ourselves as we learn to embrace our own chunk of land.

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We use weed guard over our chicken run, our chicken tractors and rabbit tractors. Helps shade and protect them. Started doing it that way in GA because of the summer sun. Moved to the Ozarks to be a little cooler and found 104° summer days 🤷‍♂️. Still worth it though.

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The wheelchair wheels.. what an awesome idea. I have an older wheelchair myself that’s in too bad of shape to donate. Using those wheels for a chickshaw or chicken tractor is simply brilliant. I love this place already!!