Why I left the City as a Prepper
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- čas přidán 23. 07. 2024
- I left the City after learning more as a Prepper. In this video I explain my reasons from both a short term and long term prepper perspective.
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I left a major city years ago and moved into the mountains and I love it!
I think cities will be super useful if shtf so many resources
1) How much did it cost to leave and get a new home?
2) What do you do for a job now you're in the country?
You are training your kids, CP. That's an immeasurable legacy. For people who are poor, survival skills are a gift worth more than money.
Don't let your hive get anywhere near a cell tower, and don't get your cell phone next to the hive. In studies, when bees are exposed to frequencies, the workers don't return to the hive. This includes a single cell phone.
Thanks for sharing, keep up the good work!
We used to have bee hives, but the parasite Varroa Jacobsoni was too bad and the pesticides that some people use in their gardens or fields as well. Do you have problems with Varroa? I think that it has a global spread.
@@bjornthorslund1940Based on my research, there are many factors contributing to bee loss. Anywhere from "virus" to chemicals to bees drowning in discarded soda cans. Loss of habitat also plays a crucial role. Also being wiped out are the bumblebees, a huge player in pollination. Its a global problem.
Survival Theory thanks for that
@Victor Dastous I agree with him...
I left the Big city ...Decades ago....Got my land , developed it in a self sustainable , renewable resource...Mental, physical, emotional health improved within 3 months.
I couldn't handle the growing population of violence and crime, and super competition for employment...the restrictive boundary laws placed on citizens, .... I see the constant fear on peoples face going to and from work, with minimal laughter, smiles , good genuine exchanges.. ...Fear that is fueled by the man-made clock, schedules, appearances etc...it was maddening...
All the houses on my block were identically cookie cut to each other....no food gardens, only tailored lawns of grass with overpriced prime flower beds ... Playgrounds and cement everywhere...I was sick of it all....
I missed the northern bush out of the city.., with its unknown factors, but gauranteed adventures....the natural time cycles, and natures seasonal rythmns....yes...much to learn , but whom ever stops learning, has stopped living....so I live in the northern bush of canada, ontario....flowing with all the seasons currents, with the company of truer neighbours and a days drive away from the jealousy of the city folk, whom only dream of the stress free bush life.
I used to work at the University as consultant for an industrial company and I was very busy. Besides my industrial work, I had to clean some labs, wash their dishes and fix technical problems plus do my own research. One day the professor told me that I must make 100% more money for the department, or remove the stuff that the industrial company had there, due to the bad financial situation. That did not work out well, the industrial company was going to recruit a new person for the job, so I quit my job and moved out all their stuff and made a deal directly with the company, bacause I had a written order from the professor to do so and he was abroad and not available for consultations. The University department became furious, of course and they still are. They had complained and gossiped a lot during the years I was working there. I found it very relaxing to work at home in my summer cottage and my tinnitus disappeared. I built my own laboratory resources at home as well. It´s been 9 years since that and I still enjoy working at home and the personnel at the University are still furious at me. They have hardly any research money left and they have been forced to several very impopular re-organizatios and they still blame me for their financial problems.
@@bjornthorslund1940 Embrace what you can, and improve apon what you have ...in this blessed short life ....cause it all can change in a sudden momment...cheers
Are you in Cali?
@@@leanjavabean587 Northern Ontario Canada
@@kan-zee Nice
I lived and grew up in the SFBA. My late wife in the early 1990s moved to Washington state as it was a better place to raise our three children. I went through the big earthquake in the late 80s and it was very clear that the counties and cities were pretty clueless what to do.
We bought some acreage and had a small orchard, rabbits etc I used a large propane tank for energy , a septic system and while we had county electricity I had a windmill and well too. We lived 1/4 mile from a lake. It was the best thing we ever did. The kids could play like we did when young. I found a small tractor used and it was a big time saver. I’d suggest looking for things like that.
Again, I'm super jealous of how effortlessly you're doing these one take videos that are packed full of content and eloquently stated. Your CZcams channel is all about your journey in prepping. Your journey has taken you from the city to the country. Who you are as a CZcamsr remains the same. If Canadian Prepper decided to move to Antarctica because that's where his prepping journey took him, he would still be Canadian Prepper. Same with you. That said, I am still having a difficult time getting used to you wearing overalls. BTW, the overhead camera shots of you working are beautiful! I'm looking forward to following along with where your journey takes you as you document it here on CZcams. Cheers!
Thanks! The area at the top of the hill will be much different here soon than when you came out to visit the last time. It's a killer view up there and I'm excited to make it my YT studio. I am going to map it out over the next few days and probably share on my channel what I want to do and get the community's feedback.
Don't hate on the overalls (lol). They're super practical when you start getting in the dirt doing work. I'm more of a function over fashion guy. Maybe I'll skip the shirt under my overalls the next time to make everyone happy?
I'm a Greatgrandmother who was, thankfully, taught about many things like gardening, canning, repairing instead of replacing, etc. I've tried to pass this on to my children. Even now, I live in an RV park next to a lake. I raise veggies in containers then can or dehydrate them. I bought a dog pen and large dog house from a neighbor who was moving which I'm turning into a coop. I'm also a disabled veteran who keeps up ( as much as possible) with military intelligence. So, I'm ready for pretty much anything. Thank you for your channel. I've been thinking of doing one called "Handicap Homestead." LOL
Rumors of war... but theses will pass
Please, a channel focused on survival tips for disabled people is sorely needed. I would subscribe in a heartbeat!
Yes, do a channel! I will subscribe!
Celtic Fury me too
Handicap Homestead is actually a pretty neat idea. I had no idea the challenges faced by folks with physical handicaps until I actually became disabled myself. My 82 yr. old mother, who used to kind of annoy me with constant "what if you did this that or the other thing" (I know, she was trying to help!) just recently became an amputee. It's taking her awhile to adjust--her own mother was a double-amputee who continued to garden and ran a herd of cows on a quarter section--so Mom was convinced she would bounce right back, and is learning that it's not quite that simple. So yes, a channel helping disabled people learn how to do prepping and homesteading would likely be popular.
I would love to one day get out into the country
I am a city girl that loves the country I love animals and gardening
I love the outdoors
By the way I think the raised beds look great I can’t wait to see what you are going to plant
"one day" … what's holding you back?
Many cities have started community gardens within neighborhoods. I'd urge you to check with your city hall for this option. 'Becoming country' is too often very expensive, difficult for keeping the same job. Good to dream about doing, but in the meantime, find other ways to join us gardeners: community gardens, container veggies, take a drive into the country and check out local garden supply places. Often, they will have a bulletin board with people posting garden 'help wanted' or garden plots for rent. Look outside the box to start doing what you'd like to try. Sure wish you lived in central MN, you could garden at my place! Good luck to you!
@@bevlower6793 , I hope you are asking this question with sincerety. It's a good thing to have a dream, and maybe it's achievable, maybe not. But, at least she has one. I hope she figures out the steps necessary to achieve this, maybe has a bit of luck on her side to make this happen. Oh, and a bit of optimism and determination. If 20 yrs ago, someone would have asked me 'whats stopping me' from becoming country, the list would have been long. Yet, with that dream in mind, a lot of luck and hard work, I did it. I'm sorry if I may have taken your question as a criticism if it wasn't meant that way.
@@wendykaubisch7046 I have been a country girl most of my life. I love the fresh air, the wind, the rain and also the thunder. I used to spend my summers in Helsinki archipelago during the summers (I´m Finnish). Living in an apartment has been like a prison for me. I work at home, I manufacture instruments for radiation measurement. So I can enjoy the beautiful nature during my work days.
Good to see you've prepared and think about the future and your family.
You moved out I still need city prepping
I'll still teach prepping lessons for either those in the city or outside. I won't forget my base.
Explore your networking options. Develop increased situational awareness, learn what warning signs to act decisively on. Learn about "the circle of influence" and how to use it. Watch older videos from this channel, loads of relevant stuff :)
@@CityPrepping do you know about waterless toilets ? Do you know about evaporation based watering systems?
YO CP, Thank you for the update , no matter what the name of the channel is the value of the content is where its at, as a city dweller space is a big issue ,the ultimate goal is to buy land and secure the well being of ones self and family . You are on the right track and we (me) as a follower of your channel have learned a great deal and are inspired and motivated
looks like a small garden is in the works for us as well . looking forward to the next vid.
I really enjoyed this video. I have toyed with the idea of starting a channel to address some very unpopular topics with the prepper community. I always preach skills over gadgets and this video hit home. There are tons of other fallacies with the prepper community that I see many times when I watch videos or talk with people. I have had several experiences and training courses to deal with survival and I feel that people are not near where they need to be in the way of prepping. Even the people who spend copious amounts of time and money are prepared for some of the deeper issues that will manifest during an incident. I appreciate the honesty of City Prepping and the open mindeness you provide to your viewers. You seem to have a better handle on prepping than 95% of the other preppers out there.
Everyone needs their money-sinking obsessions. Enjoy yours. When the shit hits the fan, you will be vaporized along with the rest of us -- or you will wish you had been.
The land you have now will be useful in developing skills but a bad place to be if things collapse. A smart strategy would be to have a more remote property to fall back on that already has soil developed for a garden and a reliable source of water, year round.
I would love to move away from the city. Just not possable for me at this time....
You may not be able to move out, but you may have friends or can make friends that can assist when it hits the fan....
Best prep channel on the tube. Your foresight is amazing, you hit all of these things on the head.
I'd give anything to get back to my family's 220 acre homestead. For now, I'm growing my own food and learning to preserve it, cutting and splitting my firewood with axes, learning about leather making and anything else I can do to bring my skills up to the task. I only have a little over 3 acres here in the outer burbs, but that's plenty to develop forgotten skills.
Thanks for the video. Was just watching some old videos last week wondering where you went.
As an elderly person, I need to get away from the masses. My immune system can't handle diseases with no answer.
Good news is, if Spanish Flu ever returns, your weak immune system will be a benefit.
People like me with ultra-vigilant immune systems will be screwed.
The only real treatment we have is cytokine inhibitor medication-- not much of a treatment, since it does nothing about the virus, just the immune system's knack for killing the patient.
I know what you are saying. I have 4 auto immune diseases. My husband says he is going to buy me a bubble so I can out more often.
I used to have a cold about six times per year, until I read about vitamin D deficiency and I started to take a cheap supplement. After that, I have had only a couple colds during the last six years.
But as an elderly person you also need persons closeby who check in on a daily basis. Also when it is too far to get to the next hospital or for ambulances to arrive, your likelyhood of dying from a broken hip might be much higher than a pandemic...
This thread became particularly relevant in 2020!
Great video. I've been told about your channel frequently, and finally checked it out today. I love your honest and self-reflective tone, and your process-oriented approach to learning.
*Any* self-labeled prepper, who has the means to leave a heavily populated area in favor of a rural or less dense one, should probably make the move while they still can. If one doesn't have the means, then they should focus their concentration on ways to thrive in place until the means become available. Thank goodness this channel (along with others of the same caliber) exist to give laymen the means to start moving in the appropriate direction. Good on you @CityPrepping for taking action and fulfilling your obligations as husband and father.
Sense of Urgency (TM) - Our elected officials (both sides of the aisle) have none. In my opinion, there would have to be a series of 9-11 level events within our borders before there was any semblance of unity and immediate action (very distressful to think about). Should there be a financial collapse on the scale of 1929 (2008 wasn't quite the same), or a situation similar to Venezuela, it is much easier for me to imagine the super rich and politically connected LEAVING the country, rather than assist in saving it. Ditto if a superbug were to appear, or a prolonged grid down scenario (natural or otherwise) were to occur. In short, our government's political climate, as it is currently configured, is way too reactive than proactive. And that is about as close to political discussion as I would ever want to get to in this forum.
It's potentially scary out there, but it is far scarier to NOT prep and think that things are going to be just fine. Again, thanks for the upload, @CityPrepping.
Thanks (as always!) for your insight. You said, "In short, our government's political climate, as it is currently configured, is way too reactive than proactive. And that is about as close to political discussion as I would ever want to get to in this forum." Yeh, I'm not overly optimistic that our current government is going to be able to solve real problems. I don't think really anyone is at the wheel and each of us is in charge of our own future. All the more reasons why I prep.
+1 Bryan and CP! I used to be on a CERT near DC. The local county only trained peeps in civil defense because some of the career FD could get OT pay. When the funds dried up, they ended the team. The FD wanted CERTs to hand out fliers at the annual farm fair, and thats it. Fairfax and Arlington (none in MD or DC, not Alexandria or Prince William counties in VA) do train and muster their civil defense, not so in other jurisdictions. They are totally unprepared, and that is the national capitol.
Couple more years and ill be old enough to wear overalls again. Cant wait lol
The trouble with growing your own food, it's a feast or famine. The greatest challenge; and skill you will need to learn is how to store it for long term use.
Great video,
Thank's for sharing.
All the best "
My only concern is you sharing your location very clearly. Part of prepping is protection for your family also.
Awesomeness. I moved to the country couple months ago, 20 plus miles from the city. Looking forward to your channel, catching up with your videos, after finding it today. HUGS and GOD bless you and yours from NY State 🏞👍😎🌠
It took me a minute but I just noticed, you shaved! Don’t know, I was digging the beard. Ha!
Anyways, your reasons are pretty much the same ones as mine. Living in the city has taught me a thing or two but as I enter my late 20s I realize that the city isn’t for me. I work with the resources I have though. Hopefully one day I can fully be off grid or to the extent that I rely as little as possible on the grid.
Great video, great points, great stances. Keep at it!
Stay safe.
These are very valuable points that you have addressed and I am grateful that you do! On many occasions I have been contemplating, should I relocate to a rural area and continue to expand on my farming skills. In addition, my perennials have multiplied to the point that I no longer have the space for them. Also, we cultivate to share our skills and our trial's and success with others. Thank you and a wonderful life experience 🌻🌹🐞🐝!
Fact is it's warming and changing (debate the causes all you want), I did not realize the impact until I visited my family in Alaska. The place I grew up in, hunted, fished, camped, hiked, ect.. has changed drastically in 15 years. Gear is great but skills will get you through what ever is going to happen.
71yr Fairbanks en. WAY to damn many people here..fked up..i know I have had ONLY 2 address's in my long life FAIRBANKS ALASKA and VIETNAM 68/9 .stay warm. -30/-50 this weekend😨😠BTY WE ARE STILL FREE But our govenors a PO💩. were STILL FREE BECAUSE WERE ARMED TO THE TEETH..WITH NO HASSLES YET.. COPS HAVENT MURDERED ANY ONE YET FOR A DIRTY LICENSE PLATE LITE.OR A WIDE TURN ON A EMPTY STREET ETC ETC LIKE IN THE 48.. GOOD LUCK DOWN THERE FOLKS (STAY THERE TOO.)PLEASE!
Great info and very valid points
This video definitely resonates with me. My short term has me in denser urban areas, and I’m working towards being financially independent and in an area where I can create something like a homestead (lack of a better term). Thanks for putting this video out.
I have my home, where were pretty well set minus the few things you’ve been working on. Gardening chickens and bees. I have solar and water and preps for days. Additionally I have a secondary bugout location, 40 acres and a fully off grid cabin. So my plan is to stay put as long as possible and then if something bad happens at the house we have the last resort.
This is my 5th year in a semi-country setting after leaving a highrise life in a major city. Started with one raised bed in a 1/3 acre lot of lawn, and I have been experimenting with hugelkultur, back to eden, ruth stout. Slowly but surely my entire lawn is turning into a fertile farm land with a few fruit trees. I plan on getting a dehydrator and learning to can and cure extra produce for long term storage. Don't forget to plant herbs and flowers!
Your spot on! and moving your family to a safer and more sustainable x on the map was a huge step and I applaud you !!! I am also doing my prep work to move the family to the American Redoubt, keep up the work and put in time and effort into your security plan, you have things! even out there you will have to KEEP them!
I like the idea of being further out but I also like the idea of some community of a small town not far away. You can't do it all alone because of other people creeping around
I like the raised garden beds. How deep are the side boards and did you do a video on their construction ? I was curious about the measurements.
Excellent Video. 💯👍👍😎
I'm curious about that as well. Why so high? Anyone I know stuck to approx. 12" high by however big you want to make them. I built mine 4" by 12" using 2X12 lumber screwed together. Took about an hour to construct with weed barrier cloth under.
Yo CP, Fyi this is my other account so I can watch from home ,Thank you for the inspiration and motivation to keep moving forward 🙏
Developing a community to work with one is the greatest challenge in the city. I had no idea of the "just in time" arrival system of the stores. Not sure what happened to Wal-mart this past year, their shelves were close to empty for close to 6 months. Most of the people in the city have a selfish mentality. It is also so compact and as you have mentioned diseases would run rampant if the infrastructure went down (e.g. sewage, water, garbage pick-up). Now, I understand why you put so much effort into prepping. Living on a fault line is a great incentive to prep. Thank you for sharing this knowledge.
Ahhhh, I KNEW you had to be trained as a biologist! I even said to myself after watching your last video on global warming "this guy is a biologist". I knew it! Based on just what I could tell of your interests and personality in your videos, I have always felt a natural connection with you that I rarely find with most people. I earned my B.S. in Marine Biology and a Master's of Science in Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences in the mid-late 90's. It's great to meet another person I can relate to in this way! I 100% agree with you on global warming. For me, as well as every other scientist I know, I too consider it a no-brainer that global warming is real. If you understand how science works, then you simply can't deny this conclusion. I think we need to start teaching every student the scientific method so we don't run into these issues in the future. But for now, we have to deal with the situation and I too have been feeling the pull to go from prepping as a city dweller to moving onto some land for several years; but for me, finances are a big barrier. But hopefully, one day. Loving your channel! Kudos!
Yep! When SHTF the cities will fall first.
Biblical Scripture phrases it "Woe to the cities"...
things are looking good. you will love having chickens I do. I live in central Pennsylvania in a small trailer park out in the mountains. I am only about 8 miles from town and there is 11 trailers besides mine but I still love to learn different things. I have a garden plot. gonna be adding a 4x8 raised bed and gonna add a couple of blueberry bushes this year. I have 11 hens and 2 roosters and 6 baby chicks. I am hoping the babies are all hens. keep on going with what you are doing. I definitely don't want to be in a town or city when something happens because it is going to get crazy.
Thanks for the great video! Where do you suggest are true safe places. We moved rural (from the city) a couple of years ago but live near a nuclear facility so all the other positive factors (low population density, higher ground, etc) are overshadowed by it. Plus we had a hard winter and that’s not ideal if the grid goes down. We considered Arizona but water supply is of concern and if electricity was lost during summer months, that’s hard to take, too.
appreciate the video. I also am in So Cal, and recently began to look inland for some land. I've concluded finding some land with a structure/home, well, storage, and possibly other amenities is my best bet. Fortunately, I have found some qualifying places. Now just need to execute. It is really tough for me to move their on a permanent basis given I am running a company in OC that I cannot leave, 4 kids here, etc, etc. Curious any additional thoughts you might have? Thx!
What kind of solutions do you have for toilet and sewage? Do you use the big, black water tank for storage of water, pumped up from a well? What kind of well do you have, depth and diameter?
Even if you don't believe something bad could happen, but you still prepare for the eventuality anyway, you will still be better off.
Yup
I lived in Southern Cal (Long Beach, Huntington Beach, etc.) for nearly 30 years. I was there during the LA riots, earthquakes, and the “normal” times. You don’t want to be in any big city when a true nationwide of world wide SHTF event happens. Your odds of getting out of it alive are slim, and if you have a family, less. The beach regions extending from San Diego upward past LA have the great (lack of) weather, but those areas are surrounded by hundreds of miles of desert going eastward. It's 400 miles from Long Beach to Phoenix - all desert, and the same onward. Good luck bugging out.
All the more reason to keep the trash there. Geological barriers will aid greatly.
man, your about 5 yrs ahead of me. im city prepping while getting my country place ready. till then its a bug out spot.
Suggestions- practice micro greens and sprouts for troubled times, easy to grow for discreet growing, won’t attract scavengers like raised beds or outdoor gardens might.
Nice tip
Just watched this video, 4/19/200. You were 10 months ahead of world events. Most impressive.
Hello. Agree with every single thing you said. How hard was it to transition from the city? How did the children adjust? I currently live in Indiana but recently traveled to Missouri and looked at land.
Tina Marie you will love it if you move here. Great place to live, raise kids and slow down a bit
If you moved here a year ago, did you move again??? Why did you move again? Thanks for info, great video, thank you
You Made A Good Move! Stay On The Farm You Will Do Well!
Liked your Hercules sketch there moving the dome.
Is it that city prepping is not possible ultimately?
+Abhijit Ghosh If/when things get really bad, a large(r) city is the absolute *LAST* place you'd wanna be. Even if you have a lot of supplies, eventually desperate people would be coming to your place. Even miles outside the city would be extremely dangerous, as some would be able to escape the cities, many on foot, and with nothing more than they could carry (including a gun), and they'd be hungry, thirsty, scared, and *DESPERATE!!* People like that would have absolutely no problem killing someone to get what they need, especially if they have children. You and I could be that person, everyone could. It's called *SURVIVAL.* The instinct is built-in into (nearly) all of us.
New York City is close to something like 9 million people now, and I'd be shocked if 10% had enough supplies to make it a week without running out, or at least getting extremely low on many needed items. Most people can't understand that someday water may stop flowing from taps, cell. phones may not work, and grocery stores may have nothing but bare shelves. If that happens, even 30 days would be *HORRIBLE!* People will start looting and killing long before that, however. It's the nature of the business.
Spot on. You echo my conclusions.
I grew up in the islands so experiencing hurricanes was a norm. And seeing the devastation it left behind impacted my life. It seems like they’re getting worst but I’ve always had the mindset of getting ready for power outages, preparing food and water for hurricane season. So I guess I had a head start. Lol. Thanks for the info and yes my goals is to get away from the city, as far as possible.
You and your Dad look quite adorable in those new overalls. I admire what you are doing for your family. I wish every family was doing the same. My great-grandfather and grandfather were real farmers with the big veggie plots and fruit tree orchard, chickens, etc. and both my Dad and I have a green thumb as well although I'm more passionate about all aspects of gardening than Dad. I branch out into permaculture, native plants, herbs, fruit trees, edible wild plants, bees, rainwater catchment, hugelkulture (sp?), etc. I LOVE it! I wish one day I could have 2-3 acres, just enough to have a small bugout home and an orchard and kitchen and apothecary garden. And I want chickens and a cow for the cream and cheese. For me, the reasons are mainly an intense desire to live sustainably with the earth that nurtures us. Also, because I live on the Gulf Coast (2 blocks from the beach), I have concerns over the next big hurricane. I am also quite concerned about what I believe to be an impending economic collapse and subsequent the calamity that will follow.
I retired from Maine to Florida. I live in a very rural area but within easy drive of shopping. Truth is, I'm more rural now than I was in Maine. Some will say that I'm not rural enough but here's my take on it. The trolls will say I'll be over run with people and criminals leaving the city. In the case of a shtf, regardless of cause, most will stay where they are and die there. The same things that will be hurting people are the same things that will keep them from moving. Plus, I can't fathom anyone even heading in my direction looking. I'm that remote. Am I prepared if they do? Of course. However on the big plus side, the skills I'm learning now such as gardening, are going to keep me healthy which will be a big step up from those who might come my way.
Bob Bradley, it's so appropriate you bring up these things. I live only 40 miles north of Mpls/St Paul. Yet, my area is extremely rural. You are correct in thinking city people will stay in place for quite awhile if a disaster hits. Frankly, I think it would take weeks, if not months, for any of them to start leaving the cities. I know this mentality as I lived in the deep 'hood for over 10yrs. By the time most of the living figured out they weren't going to 'get help', there would be few who could walk in hordes to get to the rural areas. Now, the same would hold true for our outlying towns but maybe for a shorter amt of time. But the herd mentality isn't really out here, so it'd just be some wandering around, trying to scavenge. Takes a lot of energy for this. I live 7 miles from a tiny town, (groceries can be bought at the DG or Kwik Trip). It's 14 miles to the big town (pop 10g). My kids used to walk, bike, skateboard to each of these towns regularly. No problem. Oh, for many of their townee friends, they'd have to stop, rest, drink, eat...the distance took 3 times as long. Lol, and these were younger teens! Even ones in sports! Bigger lol, if shtf, I doubt if many of their parents could make the hike out here either. Going to a gym is good but not the same as 'doing without' for a long walk.
They'll wait until there is nothing left and have nothing to travel with. Then kill each other off. @@wendykaubisch7046
You called it!
Indoor skills? Making things by hand like sewing, crocheting, leather working, cleaning tools? Maybe your organizational tips on your pantry, hopefully set up in multiple locations. Prepper princess likes to keep food all over her house.
Great video! Your doing a great thing for you and your family. We have taught our sons and granddaughters prepping skills also.🙂
Trying so hard to be a position to move out of city. Honestly being financially able to move to a rural area is less of a challenge than convincing my wife to do so. Howd you get your girl on board?
Man, how absolutely right you were. Thanks to your videos I was way more prepared for Chinas kung flu than anyone else I know. We were home safe while others were panic shopping. Thank you!!!
What do you to do when the kids grow up, and move away? Will you following or stay put?
But eventually, as the city expands... you may wake up one day and find yourself living in the suburbs. Will that happen within your lifetime?
Went through the Christchurch earth quakes 2011, lost our house however prepared knowing neighbours will come knocking and they did. Get out of the city if you can. Even prepped to a mild degree will set you miles ahead of everyone else. The preps I had were minimal however took the edge off our life as the Govt did not help for 10 days. All the food etc brought into the area was from volunteers and outside communities. If you are waiting on the Govt you will be waiting awhile.
Yep your raised beds are a little big, looks like you’ll be stepping in there quite often but a few steeping stones will do the trick 😃👍. May I suggest a fenced food forest around your future chicken coup? Chickens love the shade & shelter from wind, and the plants will love the chicken manure
matchalatte: gawd, I love your term 'fenced food forest'. I'm going to share this idea with a townee friend of mine who built a rural home, just got a few baby chickens. Yes, at my suggestion...um, once chickens get Big, they need a lot of space to roam, feed. But chickens also need a 'safe space' from overhead predators where they can peck for food to their hearts desire. I guess I provided a 'fenced food forest' in that I always had that next to their coop. Mostly for when they were puny but they still used it as adults. It often became overgrown but my girls still liked it. I had one chicken door that was open to that little fenced area, another for them to roam at large on my acreage.
Our chicken laid eggs daily during the first year and then nothing. After that, we didn´t have the courage to make chicken soup of them. Instead, we ran a kind of chicken´s retirement home during a couple of years after that. Choose the right kind of chicken and not the egg factory "Leghorn" kind that we had.
@@bjornthorslund1940 , you are totally correct on choosing type of chicken. Of course, your retirees probably helped with bug control even if they didn't lay. Even for a leghorn, it's very unusual for a hen to lay only one year. The white hens do need more help in colder mos to keep laying. And the whites do need to 'molt',in which they seldom lay. I'd suggest getting 'colored' birds, even a mishmash of types. Get ones Hardy to your area, and treat them much as you would a family member. I always had a heat lamp light for days, (plus 2 windows in coop), turned it off at night, but kept a small heater on low setting for nights. My hens laid year-round for over 5 yrs each.
You are right! We had a fence around the chicken´s house, with a heater and light. Also a net above to keep the predatoyr birds away. We dug down stones around the fence as well, to keep foxes away. The chicken loved shade, indeed, and they were taken out and placed inside a lower, removable fence, placed around a bush and their manure made it grow enormously.
@@wendykaubisch7046 Yes, I would choose chicken with resistance to pathogens, a robust kind like the Danish chicken (here), instead of our brown leghorn. Plus more even egg laying during several years. The only bad thing with their house was that it was on the southern side and too hot during the summer.
we got told here in Christchurch NZ by our govt that we were the least likely to have an EQ. low and behold we were the ones that had the big one in 2010 . move out of populated areas folks
Hey Rebecca I'm in gisborne . I'm getting ready here. Been building a survival kit . We've been having small wobbles. An strange weather patterns.
@@jonog5632 See you guys had a 5 last night near you! Stay safe bud. Make sure you got tanks of water filled up... makes life so much easier
My husband and I are saving up for a piece of land in the country. Our house in the city is almost paid off (we owe $4,400), and when that is done we will be buying land out of town. For right now, we plant a garden in our yard and do what prepping we can in the city.
sell now ,you can pay off that 4400 and have money to buy and move. do it now. I say do it now. like right now. wake up in the morning and call an agent and sell now.
jim harman That is what I want to do. My husband refuses. He wants to do things “the right way.” He wants to pay off this house, finish remodeling it, sell this house, and then buy a house in the country. He is so very stubborn!!!
If you want to know what to prep for and what this country might look like in the 5 years, read the Mandibles by Lionel Shriver and Road to Ruin by James Rickards.
You mentioned it briefly in this video, but something I rarely see brought up by preppers is the option of being in a close community and going that route rather than bugging out with just close family. One of the reasons i feel confident living in the city is that im close with lots of people with a wide variety of skills, including things like urban gardening, construction, and medical, but also the probably more immediately important skills of community building and conflict management. You've probably mentioned this, but people some of the biggest dangers in any shtf situation, and having the skills to manage tense situations with strangers without escalating to violence would be extremely useful.
The style of prepping you (and it seems, most other preppers) focus on is very insular and solo or family focused, and while that is a viable option, there are some serious challenges and drawbacks to it(having enough skill coverage - i.e. being able to continue operating if the one person who can do X is injured, more people can make large projects easier, smaller groups make easier targets, ect). Thats not to say that community focused prepping doesn't have its challenges ( i imagine for many people, particularly in the suburbs, there arent many strong, trustworthy, reliable communities they can just go join, and working collaboratively isnt for everyone) but it is a viable option, and it also makes staying in an urban area actually a better prospect for me than moving away and trying to do everything on my own would be.
More people to help or more people to feed?
@@Volleyball_Chess_and_Geoguessr both. also, food production scales pretty well, particularly with plant based diets.
@@nopenope8575 Do you think you can produce enough food to feed even yourself? Or anywhere even remotely close? You should take a closer look at how much you eat and how much you are producing right now. It's easy to be theoretical. Big garden full of food! It's another to have that be reality. I hope you're not expecting to go from 0 to 60 in life and death situations.
@@Volleyball_Chess_and_Geoguessr like is said, this is the value of community - I don't have to go it alone, and I'm not the only brain and body working on food production. I'm involved with community gardens and many of the people who i work with there are either urban farmers or otherwise involved in the supply chain for getting food into the city, particularly with smaller sustainable farms. We wouldn't need to go from 0 to 60 because a portion of the food we eat is either self produced or coming from sources where the production would be minimally effected by an shtf scenario(tho the normal economic process might be, hence the value of already having built those relationships).
I and most of my community members are very aware of how much food we consume, and the process of how that food gets to the table, and we're paying attention to that *now*, just as a part of our day to day, because we care about that stuff.
I left the urban jungle in 1966. 54 year in the house I built myself in a rural mountain top location. Rich people started moving here 40 years ago and now I have a 70 thousand dollar property tax debt which I cannot pay.
I absolutely understand your point of view. And wise decision you made. No matter if people don't want to face the facts about the invironmental impact. It's there here in Europe we all say the nature is gone mad. Just because you look the other way doesn't it mean the problems goes away.
Use a post hole digger next time. Easy to rent. Save time
Deliberating on a land purchase in Ohio where I would have 68 acres. Some land is flood plain but over 60% is arable and farmed today.
I need to move out of the city. But I'm poor. I know everyone has already moved on since this video dropped but anybody who does see this...got any advice on somehow getting a house in the country in New Hampshire in a year or less with no money and bad credit?
JediSamson
You will have to find an individual that is willing to finance it, and as lack of money goes, if you have a job, you have money. Your have to decide what you're going to spend it on. If you're eating out and buying toys, you will never make progress. you have to give up all everyday pleasures to save for the future.
I bought a sizable piece of land, with a house and shop out in the middle of nowhere, I didn't get a 30 year mortgage, I lived like a bum and payed it off in 8 years, now I'm totally debt free and live very, very well. A man can't know how great life can be, until he's debt free. The only money I'm required to pay anybody is, phone bill, electric bill, insurance, and taxes.
My situation is even worse. I live in a manufactured housing community. Do have a garden but nothing that could really sustain in an event situation. Looking like I'll be getting a house on a couple acres pretty soon though.
Oh gosh yes! How do I convince my husband to move out to the country with me?
Tell him he's not getting any sex lol.
By the time you do the research, find a home,negotiate, many things that can, and do go wrong during a house purchase.
THEN you have to sell your house
Then the time to pack your life up, find or hire help, get your new house and property set up you could be looking at a year
or two of your life, unless I am looking at this wrong.But there are sooo MANY tasks and inquiry’s that are involved, especially for women to do by themselves.
I wanted to establish an animal sanctuary in the country to protect and heal animals because that is what I care about most in life.
Accurate decision of moving based on Real studied warnings and facts ! Amazing containt!
I came from a small city to a very large one (Jacksonville, Fl.) because of my job. I have never ever adjusted nor will I. I still have a small track of land at my home town. I dream of the day I can leave. Hopefully very soon. If someone can leave then do it ASAP!
Less need to evacuate than being in the city.
What is the population density like where you are now at? What are you plans to deal with a large influx of people coming to your area looking for food and resources? Speaking of global warming, are you concerned with rising sea levels? Are you high enough above sea level that you can handle a large increase?
It is good that you got out of the big city but in my opinion California is a difficult option because of the population density and government micro management. I wish you great success. For me, I working on finding several like minded people to form a good sizable group and work an 80 acre parcel of land together so when things do get crazy we have enough manpower to defend and establish a stable place upon which to begin a rebuilding process. Yeah, I'm a dreamer at times but I think prepping is also for people who see a future after everything falls apart and wants that future to again be one great plenty.
Manifestation of Imagination : I believe he’s still a tank away from Hollyweird.
Totally agree
after a dvorace i left Arkansas. my home.moved out west.after a year near Portland Oregon. i ran back to Arkansas.
By the background, I'm going to take a guess that you moved to somewhere near Santa Clarita or off the 14?
I'm really impressed that you acknowledge that globalwarming is happening and that you have taken your children's welfare into account. The vast majority of folks do not.
I live in Riverside but looking at some where out in the desert like Yucca Valley. City Prepper are you out in the desert or more in the inland empire?
I come from a similar educational background, MS in Biology, and having taken several microbiology classes, I've long been convinced that the human species will more likely go extinct with a whimper than with a bang, although given recent geopolitical events I'm no longer that confident in my assessment. I really appreciate what you're sharing, but when/if things get really bad, I wonder how long, given the reality of your geographic location, you and yours will be able to successfully isolate yourselves. Not looking to rain on your (or anyone else's) parade, just asking what I feel is a legitimate question. My wife and I are in our early 70's, and we live in a moderately dense northern California suburban environment, so our preps are decidedly different than yours. Our plan is to be totally self-sufficient (food, water, etc.) for ~60 days, although we could possibly stretch that to 90 days in the event of an earthquake or similar emergency. If the nature of the emergency requires more than that we're likely toast anyway, as we're not as mobile as we once were, so bugging out would be difficult at best. In addition, we have no idea how prepared our neighbors are, so we will be "easy" targets (although there would be some surprises for those who think so!), so planning is an ongoing challenge!
As I have said before, we will be moving out of Southern California as soon as my hubby's transfer opens. I want land. He says a few acres, I'm saying 10 or more. I want enough space to have distance between and the neighbors.
Granny Prepper, I'm asking sincerely if you've ever lived with a lot of land (you owned) around you? And, you want space between you and neighbors, which of course happens naturally with even a few acres around you. As you choose your retirement plans, I'd urge you to question your thinking. The very neighbors you want to stay far from may be your volunteer firefighters, volunteer (tho well trained) First Responders, your local police. Let alone, the very people from whom you can get advice for local gardening tips. Isolation from neighbors is a lonely road, especially in rural areas. As to having a lot of ground? Um, I regularly raise and preserve enough veggies to last at least 2 yrs without any other purchase. On less than half an acre tho I own over 40. Frankly, the older I get, the harder it gets to maintain even my perennials: herbs, raspberries, strawberries, apple trees. Lol, I'm pretty sick of my rosebushes taking over my front lawn, yet I used to make rosehip tea...I'm just sayin', make your retirement plan workable, not for this year, but maybe considering 10-15 yrs down the road.
@@wendykaubisch7046 thanks for the input. I'm 66, retired and my hubby's 56. I lived on 140 acres farm in Missouri. I don't plan to work all of it. We have 4 kids, their spouses, 7 grandchildren other extended family members, we are 15 to 18. Depending on who shows up. In the case of an SHTF, we want enough space to take care of the family. In our clan we cover many skills. Hubby drives a big rig and operates heavy equipment, one son is a farmer, one is our mechanic (started with BMW now works at Tesla). We have a veterinarian, an emergency room nurse, an accountant, a little of everything and me...I'm the overseer. LOL
@@grannyprepper7788 , you are really thinking ahead so get that extra land! At worst, it might cost a little more for taxes, what you don't use now can just sit, letting nature preserve it. Would also be a habitat for wildlife. Don't know where you're thinking of buying, but something my neighbor does is pretty cool: he has a part of his property on which he makes a food plot for wildlife. He just throws down watermelon, squash, pumpkin, tomato and corn seeds. Does nothing else to help them grow. So he has this corner of his place that provides for rabbits, birds, pheasants, bees, deer. He came and dug out some of my stupid rose bushes to help the pollinators. He 'thinks' rabbits may use the bushes as some natural way to hide from our Hawks/eagles. In the fall, he sets up a lawn chair near this. Just sits and waits to get the one deer he takes every year. A food plot might be something you could try when you get your place. Oh, my bad...the neighbor hasn't had to scatter any of the pumpkin, squash and watermelon seeds for a few years. Self seeding as they get broke open for eating by the animals,lol. Last fall I gave him some of my tomato heirloom seeds, so we will see if this works for those this summer.
You are very lucky to have a wonderfully diverse family to count on. Good luck on finding a perfect place for your dream! (I didn't even know about prepping when I set up my home but I actually have what is a Preppers paradise.)
@@wendykaubisch7046 you sound like you would be a fun neighbor. If you garden, do canning and freezing, your already prepping. Look up prepping on CZcams and all kinds will come up. It's like everything else, watch lots of them and figure what works best for you.
@@grannyprepper7788 , lol, 'prepping' was a way of life when I was a child: we could be poor but always had plenty of food, didn't depend on electricity for lights, heat or cooking. Oh, car broke down? Ride the horse to town. Now, I'm Not that Advanced in how we could deal with grid going down, emp taking out car electronics, etc, but frankly a lot of us rural people have been Preppers long before it was Cool. Lol, remember the Barbara Mandrell song " I was country..." ? I follow certain Prepper sites as it's a way to connect with people, many of whom were raised city, are worried. Um, am I a Prepper, per se? Probably not, being prepared is more just an everyday lifestyle. I have 2 wood burners for which we cut wood every summer: just in case electricity goes down or propane cost goes thru the roof. I really like my electric pump on my well but have the parts to just sink a Sandpoint well with handpump. I can cook, even can, foods on my wood stove. I have 2 man hand-saws if ever I can't get gas for my chainsaws. I have a solar-powered pump for my septic system. If that goes out, then we'd just build an outdoor toilet. Oh, but I have an indoor set-up as well for cold weather. I have clotheslines, sure, which we use. But I also have a gray water system for bathing, washing clothes, saving the water for the garden. Very glad I haven't Had to use it, except for showing kids during a power outage. I do not keep a bunch of firearms nor ammo. I have a bunch of young people in and out my house, you see. My kids are respectful/ knowledgeable of firearms but we never know about their friends...so, yea, I will count on my 4 closest neighbors if shtf. They will count on me as to food preservation, etc. Yes, we've talked about this. It's called skill-sharing. We already do this as neighbors.
Ok, so when you suggested I look up prepping online, that was pretty funny. Heck, it's our lifestyle.
Good for you... it baffles me most about many channels in the prepper culture area, that on one hand, so much thought goes into preparation for very unlikely events, whereas scenarios caused by climate change that 98% of researchers in that field think of as extremely likely, are just pushed aside as propaganda.
My ancestors were told to leave the city and go into the wilderness and the gentiles will help us. So glad because I am broke. Most High Power will provide for me like he did for our people. Peace
So are you just going to go into the wilderness now and hope someone will help you?
@@kilppa no not like you think, I walk by faith and not by sight, faith without WORKS is dead so... I do have "family" in all places and they carry me where I can't. We help... I get help, we lived in the wilderness and we're provided for already... Love you guys 🤗
Rural living is better for when SHTF. You have a larger area for bugging in, more space to store equipment and grow your own food. It sucks that property prices are at an all time high, we need to get back to quarter acre living.
Nice chemtrailed sky in the background. We get the same thing here where I live sometimes.
Clouds exist bud. I understand prepping and being prepared, but I'm sorry to see you're so terrified.
Smart move if you can do it, everyone should if they can
What do u do for a living?
Own a web development agency.
@@CityPrepping nice! Thought u did something in like a lab or something... Since u mentioned biology in college
Never used the information from that degree. Decided to pursue business opportunities.
I am not hoping for an emergency situation when I use my food and supplies, but who and when did the prepping movement start? I do not want to waste money preparing for something that won't happen at all. My grandma used to grow and can foods and they came in handy for hard times. We did eat those goods. I have seen some social moves taking place which are alarming, such as large caravans of troops practicing and moving across the U.S. as well as internal economic collapse. But I also hope that no one is stoking fears to take advantage of selling goods and services not needed. I would rather have and not need it.
How far away are you from the next city, interstate/highway, trainstation/trainrails?
I`m in germany and 81 km by car / 62 km airline away from Frankfurt. I`m in the countryside (well we call it that, for the people in the US it looks different) and the next big city is 20 km away. Although it`s here safer than in the high populated areas it`s not far enough out (there is no way in this country to get really far away from most high populated areas). An other big problem is that we are a dearmed population.
As far as i understand it the climate works in cycles and changes.
The big question is how much of this is because of humans. Here the "climate people" go mental at the moment. Among other things they`re destroing the industry.
My grandmother says when she was young (she is 93 now) the winters were colder and stronger but the summers were hotter.
It`s nice/good to own land for multible reasons but don`t fall for the illusion that you can protect what is yours when the hordes and/or the goverment comes if you can`t cut off your area and the pepole surrounding you and you are on the same page.
One of the best things one can do in my pov is to go into hiding.
When germans fled from berlin in 1945 there was a way of destruction about 10-15 km wide around the autobahn, which was used to flee.
When you try to grow something the soil and water are the most important things. Oh and a greenhouse works wonders.
If you have the time and grass /making hay land breed some rabbits. You could control their populaton and well if/when the time comes they breed like rabbits. Ragnar Benson has in his books (the survival retreat, urban survival and in one i don`t remember at this moment) good things about this in english (you can find the PDFs for free online but when you can get them in paper).
The worst thing these scientists have done is failed to look at what causes natural climate change, and only criticise what we do as humans. The funny part is. Those same people own stocks in companies that produce green energy products. Makes you wonder why nuclear power isn't pushed while being as efficent as it is.
@Wanda Tolbert
I didn`t like the city either but i had to.
I also had a setup in place so i could stay for a while if i had to stay and had my routes mapped out and walked them dry within the city limits since maps and reality can differ).
If only 10% or the population of the big cities and/or the surrounding area leaves in a crisis people in europe, maybe, MAYBE except people on islands get problems. I can get from here by foot to Frankfurt if i go quite slow in less than a week, if i hurry i can make it in one day (ok i admit the day is not for everyone but it can be done when one has the right footwear).
I`m not even mentioning the railway, cars or bikes.
My guess is people in cities will think people on the countryside have stuff/prepared, which is, in most cases not the case. If the GPS and smartphones still work you can travel your 100 km even if you can`t read a map or don`t have one.
Here are also a lot of bikeways and trails with maps.
1 year later lol. Whoopsie . Greatest move!
You should look into hydroponics and aquaponics! :)
We stopped advancement of technologies that would eliminate things that would make our lives better.
We stopped innovating and allowed stagnation to occur. And the answer there is greed. Even greed of the political party who pushes "green energy".
It is pessimism that infects our country now. We took the bait of comfort, and now we are stagnated into believing that the best course of action is to allow ourselves to die off...
Yes, I have grave concerns. I am writing this during the time of the CoronaVirus lockdown in 2020 but, I’ve been intermittently watching Prepper videos for some time and 4 years ago, I remodeled my pantry. But, I live in a 1 bedroom apartment. Although there’s a farm within walking distance, I’m not able to appreciably plant much here. I live in a complex and management does not allow the growing of vegetables and fruits here. Likely because they’re not only not the most attractive plants but, management likes to use their tenants as advertisements of how happy and content we’re supposed to be here. The only option I have is a deep window sill that is maybe 3’ x 4’. I could try to grow some things there during the warmer months. Other than that, I’d need to see what I could grow out of the way of my 2 cats.
So, there won’t be an abundance of harvesting for me, unless I’m able to move and purchase a home. I’m in my mid-fifties so, it would be quite late. During this lockdown, everything is so unknown and sketchy. At one moment you feel that WFH might be permanent, which broadens one’s search for a home in what may be a nice, yet inexpensive locale. In another moment, you feel that either you may end up unemployed or it’ll be just a return to the workplace (because that was so exciting in the first place😏).
But, even before seeing this video, yes, I’ve realized how important it would be to have at least a patch of land and, now, perhaps with an electrified fence around it.
You sir, did the right choice!
I think so ;)
Here’s the thing no preppier adequately addresses and that’s gasoline access.
The only way to address it is the fact that there will be none once trucks stop gasoline has a terrible shelf life anyway. You're either going to walk, bike, or ride a horse / cow I suppose you could also build a goat cart