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LookieNoNookie -> RE: Emergency Preppers (storable commodities) (2/26/2014 4:56:56 PM)
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ORIGINAL: ARIES83
At the height of the economic crisis when some people were fearing the worst and beginning to prepare for a government collapse. A lot of people started to stockpile silver with the hope that it would enable them to trade for goods after paper money became useless.
To all you Preppers, I was wondering did you go this route? Or what were your ideas about commodities and trading in the event people were unable to just go to the store and buy things.
What commodities ideally would you wish to have to trade/ what would be those commodities you think would have the most utility in those kind of situations?
Guns and Ammo? grains?
And what if anything have you done to date in terms of preparing down that path?
On the same kind of note. What do you believe would be solid basis for a barter/ basic commodities economy?
Say a community that was self-sufficient.
I don't know much about Amish people but I'm assuming their way of life would be a good model.
Just became curious about this stuff all of a sudden... No idea why.[8D]
I think prudent folks still do much of the above.
I've got 5 acres and I make enough not to worry about a lot of this stuff but I have about 3/4's of an acre, all sprinklered, on a well, and I grow my own food.
Not that I actually do anything with it (like canning and such)...I give away 90% of it but, over the last 5 years I've learned how to. It was quite the process....first 4 years....crazy shit....totally unproductive, weak crops, horrible results....tried really hard not to use chemicals, found out that the bugs that invade corn hate soap (nice and cheap....doesn't kill.....me.....), sprayed all my corn...that year...no bugs....great corn.
My onions sucked (now they don't), carrots were awesome....they keep fucking growing if you don't take them out of the ground....not quite the size of a mini van but....BIIIIIIIG carrots.....any time I wanted some (still pulling carrots out from 4 years back).
Potatoes (looooove potatoes), after 3 years, the 3 year olds tend to rot but, every year, the crop gets bigger and bigger and all you need to do is....go get some potatoes, and the rotting potatoes are fertilizer (I'm hoping....I actually don't know that to be true).
I have more guns today than 5 years ago and a stash of bullets that has also grown....but, I don't anticipate any kind of Apocalypse.
I do have a great sign out front that a friend gave me that says "I have several guns inside this house, all are loaded and within my reach. They are for your protection....not mine".
(Love that sign :) )
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