Monday, July 27, 2015

farmer john


APOCALYPSE FARMER JOHN

( there is a guest article that was posted just before this one-scroll down )
We were just talking about the foolishness in following the “experts” advice when it comes time for relocation ( you can still buy a $40 coffee table book on the same based mostly on the Cold War Soviet strategy of targeting their ICBM’s ).  I’d like to just take a moment here to add on to that in one other aspect.  A lot of preppers relocate primarily because of farming.  I’m not knocking it.  If I thought I had another five years before the collapse, and I was five years younger ( even with such an active job physically, I have been starting to feel my age the last few years.  I’ll stay healthy, but I doubt I’ll stay pain free ), I’d probably do the same thing.  What I’m saying is that you might be in for a bit of a surprise, the crazy climate change we’ve been having regularly, everywhere ( I could care less if it is man made, solar cycles, whatever.  It’s baked into the cake, it’s already happening ).  Anywhere you move to, the weather which has been kind to the locals for over five hundred years is turning violent and unpredictable.  Last winter, it was New York City weather in Alaska ( above freezing in February!!! ) and Alaska weather on the east coast.  Many years in a row the Pacific northwest has been in drought ( yes, they get plenty of rain compared to other places, but not enough rain for their flora and fauna ).

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Las Vegas without water isn’t anything new or shocking, but they and Phoenix are the poster boys for the southwest drying up and blowing away.  And California gets taken with them.  California used to feed most of us everything except Texas beef and Kansas grain.  Sure, it was always an engineered system, but the weather change there making that infrastructure useless is happening everywhere.  Homesteaders in Oklahoma and elsewhere in the South are doing drought regularly.  Given the population densities, I’d worry even if I had a well.  And on the east coast, it isn’t just the bizarre cold, they are also getting flooding regularly.  Drought or flood, either or, never your choice, seem to be the new seasons now.  Here in Elko, June was our summer and since then it has been Spring rains nearly every day, and humidity I thought I’d never seen here.  I’m sure each of you can give a similar example.  If you move anywhere, expect abnormal weather.  And if you plan on farming, you had better have Plan B and C.  The folks who moved to good farmland which is now drying up are just like those swindled poor bastards buying west of the meridian Kansa land while it had an unseasonably wet few years, then reverted to normal ( the weird weather could be nothing more than our return to normal, the roughly 1940 to 1980 or so near perfect global weather saying goodbye.  We mitigated that return with petroleum, which is now disappearing ). 

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13 comments:

  1. Absolutely correct. Wherever you are you must count on the weather and climate changing AND becoming less predictable. The desert could go from dry to swamps to more arid and moisture sucking than the moon. Any sort of weather related disasters common for the area you can expect more of- and more disasters un-common for the area. Tornados on the coast, Blizzards in the south, etc. etc.
    No place is 'safe' just different disasters are more or less likely.
    Other than floods and earth movements, earth sheltered is the best structural way to deal with most of the disasters. And small boats/canoes are cheap insurance for the flood issues...
    Even so expect globally the costs of disasters to keep going up every year in lives and money and infrastructure lost.
    One might think - and even be - golden as far as having enough income to buy the set of solar panels or insulation kits, or ._____ you really want. But if you put off buying it too long you just might find that the company(ies) that make it have been flooded out of buisness, or burned down in a wildfire, or ???
    This happened on the IT front a few years ago a good chunk of the hard drive manufacturers got flooded out in east asia, causing the price of new hard drives to spike and alternative solid state drives to get a good toe hold in the market.
    So if you don't buy what you want now be prepared to have to use an alternative later.

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    1. Not buying PV panels now is plain retarded. Never be lower, soon unavailable as overseas trade contracts.

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  2. Here in northern NH we've had a cooler summer than normal -about the only area of the planet that's been cooler. The only people who've got stuff to sell at the local farmers' market make extensive use of greenhouses and hoop tunnels. I'm glad some people farm and I'm very glad it's not me.

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    1. Notice how you can't tell about the coming winter from the previous summer, now? Either can the weatherman

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  3. http://click.email.cheaperthandirt.com/?qs=ba8c81e585399adaae437525eb647823a375fedbb3903712fc9ef1a2dd37d3a6e54845186e3c5340
    .303 british 480 rounds for $96.
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    1. I SOOOO want this, but I just bought 500 rounds of 22 and another two rimfire rifles. Might have been silly, and cost me 10% of my savings, but I'm betting on this being the last of the ammo. Bought it at 8cents each from Gander Mountain ( taking a chance, never heard of them ).

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  4. If agriculture gets to be tough, your potentially looking at a situation somewhat like the road where photosynthesis had shut down There are a number of collapses associated with localized climate anomalies. Zone 7 turns into Zone 6. And folks can't grow their traditional crops. So they head south to where they can.

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    1. Did I mention you should store lots of wheat? :)

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  5. Speaking of drought - found a DVD flea market copy of the movie THE LAST SURVIVORS, maybe something you may enjoy. Low budget, no porn (not even a ripped off bra for crying out loud!), but still an interesting movie you might enjoy.

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2558318/

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    1. Still living there after ten years of no rain???

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  6. I would still recommend moving to a piece of land whether that is a homestead, small farm, junk land, etc. no matter what your age. But don't go into debt to do it!!

    It may not end up being your "forever" home but that is not the reason why you are moving there. You are moving there to start living low key and LEARNING how to do things. Think of it as a hands on college.

    Water issues, climate, population increase, taxes, draconian laws, etc may require a move in the future but this time you will be moving with plenty of skills under your belt. A little tweaking will be required when you start over in a new environment but you'll be up to speed in no time.

    The more skill you have means that when weird things happen, you'll have a bank of knowledge to draw from. You'll be able to see solutions that newbies won't even think about.

    For example, our weather has been very wonky in North Idaho this year -- very little snow pack, incredibly early spring, extremely hot June and now it's rainy and cold the end of July. But, I am still going to have a great garden harvest overall.

    With my 20 years of experience, I utilized my greenhouse to start vegetables before I planted (veges that I would normally plant by seed straight into the garden). I watered early (though not early enough for the strawberries -- crappy harvest.) I mulched. I plant varieties that are extremely hardy (I'm a zone 5 but plant for a zone 4).

    Experience gives you the flexibility to be successful no matter what is thrown at you. You may not be able to get the "big" win, but you will be able to squeak through and live to fight another day.

    So if you are a "true believer" that things are going to get worse......DON'T WAIT!!! Make your move, keep your debt low or non existent, rack up skills, learn to live simply. Do this and you'll always stay ahead of the crowd.

    Idaho Homesteader

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    1. You can check out "Ordinary World" on Kindle Unlimited. Not bad writing at all, and long, dealing with transitioning from grid power while growing more of your own food. Minimal religious stuff. Great doomer porn.

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    2. I notices that it was listed up there and I have already read it.

      I enjoyed it enough that I recommended it to my friends.

      I'm reading a good online story right now


      http://www.survivalistboards.com/showthread.php?t=363642&page=3


      Idaho Homesteader

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