That brain of mine

[d_marsh]

I look at my stockpile of arms, ammo, food, water, medical gear, propane tanks, charcoal, wood and many other supplies and I start feeling pretty good about myself and my chances against anything that may rise up against me. Even mother nature and the chinese invasion force Joe helped cross the border. Then I go to bed and lay there thinking about all the holes in my plans and deficiencies in my preps. Maybe thats just a part of it all. The thing that keeps us working toward something. Either way it made me drop some coin today and later in the week a guy and his wife are coming out to dig big holes and plant a few apple trees on the green part of my property. I am not farmer or a gardener, but some apples growing on a tree every year can't hurt. Presuming I survive until 2026 or 2027 when they are supposed to start producing fruit. I also watched a video this morning about a guy who raises chickens and feeds them nothing but beetles that he collects in traps. I am sure that's what I will start thinking about tonight. I wonder how long I can survive on rain water, eggs and apples if my stockpile runs out?

 

[zoomzoom]

I wonder how long I can survive on rain water, eggs and apples if my stockpile runs out?

You sound like you're in pretty good shape. I wouldn't count on apples to help you. I planted about a dozen fruit trees years ago. After about 3-4 years, I was able to get about 1 piece of edible fruit off of each.

 

[Neb]

I look at my stockpile of arms, ammo, food, water, medical gear, propane tanks, charcoal, wood and many other supplies and I start feeling pretty good about myself and my chances against anything that may rise up against me. Even mother nature and the chinese invasion force Joe helped cross the border. Then I go to bed and lay there thinking about all the holes in my plans and deficiencies in my preps. Maybe thats just a part of it all. The thing that keeps us working toward something. Either way it made me drop some coin today and later in the week a guy and his wife are coming out to dig big holes and plant a few apple trees on the green part of my property. I am not farmer or a gardener, but some apples growing on a tree every year can't hurt. Presuming I survive until 2026 or 2027 when they are supposed to start producing fruit. I also watched a video this morning about a guy who raises chickens and feeds them nothing but beetles that he collects in traps. I am sure that's what I will start thinking about tonight. I wonder how long I can survive on rain water, eggs and apples if my stockpile runs out?

Apple trees don't produce fruit every year for me. A late frost will kill the flowers so no fruit that year. We can the apples to cover bad years.

The Princess acquired a press so we can try cider this year.

Ben

 

[Neb]

You sound like you're in pretty good shape. I wouldn't count on apples to help you. I planted about a dozen fruit trees years ago. After about 3-4 years, I was able to get about 1 piece of edible fruit off of each.

We don't spray our trees so perfect fruit is a pipe dream. But we do cut out the funky parts and use the good parts.

Ben

 

[montanabill]

somewhere there is a study showing a semi dwarf apple tree will produce as many calories as the same amount of garden space planted with vegtable crops.

Dried apples will keep all winter in cooler climates.

Get a small flock of chickens and a freeze drier and process the eggs so they keep for years and have lots of nutrition.

 

[Supervisor42]

I look at my stockpile of arms, ammo, food, water, medical gear, propane tanks, charcoal, wood and many other supplies and I start feeling pretty good about myself and my chances against anything that may rise up against me. Even mother nature and the chinese invasion force Joe helped cross the border. Then I go to bed and lay there thinking about all the holes in my plans and deficiencies in my preps. Maybe thats just a part of it all. The thing that keeps us working toward something. Either way it made me drop some coin today and later in the week a guy and his wife are coming out to dig big holes and plant a few apple trees on the green part of my property. I am not farmer or a gardener, but some apples growing on a tree every year can't hurt. Presuming I survive until 2026 or 2027 when they are supposed to start producing fruit. I also watched a video this morning about a guy who raises chickens and feeds them nothing but beetles that he collects in traps. I am sure that's what I will start thinking about tonight. I wonder how long I can survive on rain water, eggs and apples if my stockpile runs out?

That brain of mine​

I do not lay awake at night trying to figure out if we could survive 2 years, or 3 years, in a dead civilization...
The other side of my brain says: "For what?".
If we have a year of hardship before things turn around, we can easily make that.

 

[jazzy]

never hurts to grow some simple things like taters, onions and something green. these are not hard to do---dont have to dig up yard can use a few planters, even just a couple plastic kiddie pools. punch some holes in bottom for drainage, load with some soil and set a few plants.

the apple trees are a great idea and can take awhile. try some taters, they are not hard to do at all. after harvest set aside a couple to save for sprouting and planting the next year.

make sure you got back up water filtration for rain water, some nasty stuff inm there

 

[Patchouli]

When my dad was a little boy, 1930s (remember the depression), he and his dad and brothers went out to the orchards and picked apples for very little pay. He was paid an apple. He said he was so proud, so tired and that apple was so good. They rode in the apple truck, didn’t have much, and my grandfather had to work for very little pay or for food. They had chickens too.
My other grandfather had to leave his area to go help build a dam, several hours away, for months.
Who would have known? They didn’t.

 

[Amish Heart]

I planted four apple trees, two pear, and two peach when we bought the farm. It takes a while to get fruit.

 

[d_marsh]

I planted four apple trees, two pear, and two peach when we bought the farm. It takes a while to get fruit.

I know less about apple trees than I know about women. However the couple that sold me the trees have an orchard and these trees are already pretty tall. They use some kind of machine to pluck them out of the ground and then transplant them to my soil. Not sure if that will make a difference or not. They even came and got a soil sample to make sure it would work.

 

[Bacpacker]

Sounds like you are going about it the right way. Pruning will be needed. And spraying dormant oil helps a lot

 

[EastenerWesterner]

I look at my stockpile of arms, ammo, food, water, medical gear, propane tanks, charcoal, wood and many other supplies and I start feeling pretty good about myself and my chances against anything that may rise up against me. Even mother nature and the chinese invasion force Joe helped cross the border. Then I go to bed and lay there thinking about all the holes in my plans and deficiencies in my preps. Maybe thats just a part of it all. The thing that keeps us working toward something. Either way it made me drop some coin today and later in the week a guy and his wife are coming out to dig big holes and plant a few apple trees on the green part of my property. I am not farmer or a gardener, but some apples growing on a tree every year can't hurt. Presuming I survive until 2026 or 2027 when they are supposed to start producing fruit. I also watched a video this morning about a guy who raises chickens and feeds them nothing but beetles that he collects in traps. I am sure that's what I will start thinking about tonight. I wonder how long I can survive on rain water, eggs and apples if my stockpile runs out?

You sound Like a prepper that is trying to build a homestead, which is the next stage of prepping. Some people just go to the homesteading thing off the bat with out much prepping
I have some citrus trees that some years overburden us with fruit. Getting into the garden aspect. Wife getting into small batch canning as a learning experiment.
I was left 10 chickens when I moved into this place. All poor producers the previous owner didn’t want, 4 eggs the first week. Mr Bobcat ate well.

Learned enough about chickens since then. I might start up again. Learned about gardening in a harsh environment . Know what and where to hunt

When I get to my final place (already bought) I am bringing the experience there in a better climate to do it all.

 

[Haertig]

You don't plant apple trees for the apples. You plant them to harvest squirrels. Those *******s will take one bite from each apple on the tree and then throw the carcass down on the ground. So when you have a good year and fruit appears, you sit out there with your .22 rifle 24x7 and bag the squirrels for dinner.

 

[Neb]

You don't plant apple trees for the apples. You plant them to harvest squirrels. Those *******s will take one bite from each apple on the tree and then throw the carcass down on the ground. So when you have a good year and fruit appears, you sit out there with your .22 rifle 24x7 and bag the squirrels for dinner.

I had to smile watching a squirrel carry away an apple bigger than him.

Ben

 

[Amish Heart]

Princess Fluffy the cat takes down any squirrel in our yard.

 

[d_marsh]

You don't plant apple trees for the apples. You plant them to harvest squirrels. Those *******s will take one bite from each apple on the tree and then throw the carcass down on the ground. So when you have a good year and fruit appears, you sit out there with your .22 rifle 24x7 and bag the squirrels for dinner.

Brilliant. Now I wish I would have gotten more trees! I wonder if I leave the dead squirrels something bigger will show up to eat them...

 

[elkhound]

Apple trees are for deer.......!

 

[lonewolf]

That brain of mine​

I do not lay awake at night trying to figure out if we could survive 2 years, or 3 years, in a dead civilization...
The other side of my brain says: "For what?".
If we have a year of hardship before things turn around, we can easily make that.

I am looking forward to that dead civilisation, the way things are these days it cant come soon enough.
"hardship" what hardship? we are preppers arent we? reminds me of the old saying that if someone thinks they are "roughing it" they are doing it wrong.

 

[Magus]

I look at my stockpile of arms, ammo, food, water, medical gear, propane tanks, charcoal, wood and many other supplies and I start feeling pretty good about myself and my chances against anything that may rise up against me. Even mother nature and the chinese invasion force Joe helped cross the border. Then I go to bed and lay there thinking about all the holes in my plans and deficiencies in my preps. Maybe thats just a part of it all. The thing that keeps us working toward something. Either way it made me drop some coin today and later in the week a guy and his wife are coming out to dig big holes and plant a few apple trees on the green part of my property. I am not farmer or a gardener, but some apples growing on a tree every year can't hurt. Presuming I survive until 2026 or 2027 when they are supposed to start producing fruit. I also watched a video this morning about a guy who raises chickens and feeds them nothing but beetles that he collects in traps. I am sure that's what I will start thinking about tonight. I wonder how long I can survive on rain water, eggs and apples if my stockpile runs out?

People like us don't grow food, we keep those safe that do.

Target 300 yards, wind 14 mph south west, send him a sleeping pill...
Target down.