Thanks for posting the series... good job!

Some good info there, buying seeds could be a problem, many nuts are good, walnuts, eating insects, grasshopper, locust, crickets, mixed with honey, earth worms, starting a club with others for a garden will help plus protecting it from thieves, catch water for drinking and bathing, some people can't afford to buy in bulk so we will need to rely on others for food and emotional support, dandelions, clover, and many others, make sure it wasn't sprayed for a year. spread the word.

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Certain grass, yes. Just like people juice wheat grass, because of the minerals. This is only for survival. Many people died from vitamin/mineral deficiencies during the first great depression. Make sure you have enough vitamin/mineral supplements to last you a few years. Raw honey is also great for this and will last decades.

Did you just say you can drink your own grass?

remember this ppl:Why r sum rich and others poor?The answer is that 100% of ppl out there have great ideas but only 2% act on them.alot of the comments i read on this particular forum r negative.regardless of any perceived flaws in a survivalist's logic, they will indeed be the next generation of affluent in the event of a collapse.If wishes were horses beggars would ride...get bz.

I didn't say you need technology for everything. I said that you need technology in order to have technology. You could stock up beforehand, however as soon as your supply runs out you won't be able to get new supply. You really should research history and see how people really lived before the 20th century if you want to get an idea of what things would be like if we lose technology. Disease was a lot more common, starvation was more common ...

I said if one was open. If one isn't, then if I die. I don't remember saying that you don't need technology for anything, if that is what you mean. Obviously, things will be harder, but anyone who prepares has a much better chance at surviving than those who don't. If there aren't factories that don't make hydrogen peroxide, do I cry about it? No. I stock up on it beforehand and/or I find alternatives. I basically work in a hospital, so I think I know how important modern technology is.

This is why I advise people to move if they live in a major city. Obviously, growing your own food won't work in a big city because people will take your food - especially with civil unrest. However, if you live further out in the country, then growing things like nuts and fruit would be great. Thanks for watching.

With all due respect. If you are living anywhere you can harvest fruit and nuts you are screwed. In the event of a collapse or depression you are the only lifeboat in a sea of people and your gonna get swamped. I live where it nice and cold and plenty of big game and natural root vegetables and plenty of places to hide. u on the right track tho

How would you go to the hospital? If it's just you outside and you broke your leg you will have a hard time getting back in the house to use a phone. That is, if the phone still works. The thing is, in order for you to have hydrogen peroxide you need a factory capable of making that. You can make it with 19th century level technology but still... Adhesive bandages weren't invented until the early 20th century. I think you don't realize how much your life depends on modern tech.

The probability of me breaking a leg is quite low. Thats because I'm not doing factory farming. Smaller farming is much less strenuous, especially when you're only growing enough food for 1-5 people. If I break my leg I'll try to fix it. If I can't, then I will go to the hospital, if there is one. If all else fails, then I'm screwed. I'm stocked up on plenty of first aid supplies from my EMT training. I have enough hydrogen peroxide. I can also use alternatives. I also have adhesive bandages.

The thing is, prior to the 20th century your odds of surviving past the age of 5 weren't that good. That's because they didn't have penicillin or antibiotics. Diseases such as polio have been pretty much eliminated due to 20th century medicine. So let's say you fall down outside and break your leg (quite likely since farm work is dangerous). You don't have hydrogen peroxide because it takes 20th century level tech to make that. You also don't have adhesive bandages.

The Amish don't get sick as much as the average person who lives in a heavily populated city does. Also, I don't really get sick, because I eat right and try to stay healthy. I have not been sick since I was 11. Furthermore, anyone can learn basic first aid procedures. I am also currently training to become a firefighter and EMT, so I have quite a bit of knowledge in that area.

For good evidence that you can observe for yourself as to why your idea won't work for many people look at the Amish. You will observe that the Amish use primitive technology to run farms and grow their own food. However, you will also notice that they do not live entirely separate from modern society or technology. When one of them gets sick or hurt they will run to one of their non-Amish neighbors to use his telephone. Whereas in the American Civil War, if you got sick ...

I'm a fast typer, so sometimes I mess up. Of course it is. People have to learn to be aware and not ignorant. They must always plan ahead for things, just like squirrels collects acorns so that they will have enough food to last them through the winter. Sure things will be harder, but humans have gotten by for a very long time. If my oven doesn't work then I will cook them using a fire, like most people did thousands of years ago. I have a clean spring that I know of for my water source.

I guess growing potatoes is easier than spelling them eh? Anyway, you're ability to do that now is precisely because things are somewhat good now. When things get bad, you will find doing those things to be much more difficult. After you dig the potatoes, how are you going to cook them? If you have no electricity you will have no running water. You would also have no way to purify the water from the stream. Basically you will find yourself spending 100% of your time on this.

I have quite a few basic tools like shovels and I know how to fix them. If not, I'll dig with my hands. I have plenty of seeds that I've stocked up on & I won't run out because the produce that I grow will yield seeds, which I will be able grow more plants with. The key is to grow plants that are easy to grow and take care of, like patatoes. Patatoes are very easy to grow and I could still grow them if all I had were my hands. I also have weapons for hunting.

The thing is, when things really do get to that point it won't be worth living in the first place. Here are some problems you don't have now, but you will have if things get bad: 1) Getting seeds, which have to be produced with technology. 2) Repairing any equipment you use such as power saws. Even a simple shovel will require you buy a new one if it breaks. Do you have smelting equipment to form the metal so you can make a new shovel?

You don't need much technology to grow a garden for yourself. A factory farm? Yes, but not for yourself. I know this because, like I said, I grow much of my own food. Nothing is stopping most Americans from growing at least 25% of what they eat. People can complain about how hard this or that will be, but, when it comes down to it, they will either have to grow/stock up on their own food or they will end up starving to death. It's as simple as that.

In order to have technology you need technology. In other words, in order to have a car, you need the technology to have and maintain a car. Seems obvious, but this is not what you are taking into account. Suppose you transported a car into the 18th century. That car would be useless, why? Well, there would be no gasoline. When the car breaks you wouldn't have the parts to fix it, etc. Without a technological infrastructure I'm afraid your "technology" will eventually be useless.

Not exactly. I'm a full-time student and I also work quite a but and I have a pretty big garden. I understand that many left to work in other parts of the economy, but keep in mind that today, like you said, we have better technology, so it's not as hard. Also, back then, big farming was dangerous because they didn't have the technology they have today to produce lots of food. Making a garden for you and/or your family really isn't that time-consuming at all. People can still stock up on food.

What you don't realize is that people not growing their own food was a necessary part of 20th century technological progress. Jobs such as fixing cars, inventing computers, etc. take a lot of time. So most people don't have time to plant their own garden or learn how to do efficient farming. You are aware aren't you that in the 19th century farm work was one of the most dangerous jobs you could have? In fact, some people actually preferred coal mining work.

We need big factory farms because, like you said, no one really grows their own food anymore. If everyone had their own garden, you wouldn't need big factory farms. We only have them because most people today don't grow their own food. So either people will starve to death or they'll have to grow their own food. The absence of big factory farms will result in tens of thousands of people dying, but only because they were too ignorant to learn how to become independent of the system and grow food.

Well think about recent history. Why is it that during the 19th century a majority of people worked on farms whereas during the late 20th century only a few did? The answer is that we developed the technology that enabled one person to be able to grow enough food to feed thousands of people. This is also one of the reasons why we experienced faster than exponential growth in the world population. So think about taking that technology away.