Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["John D'hondt" <dhondt@eircom.net>]

Interesting subject even if I have no idea if there is any real value in the 
article below Paul.

I have been prepping (sort of) here in Ireland for 25 years. And what I have 
experienced makes me think that most people who start thinking about doing 
something even 2 years before TSHTF may be a little too late.
Then again I know quite a few families here that took prepping a lot more 
serious than I ever have, expecting that TSWHTF a lot sooner. Many of these 
families have desintegrated in recent times since nothing drastic happened 
for so long.

So timing is essential I think. No need to live like a caveman before there 
is no other way out but it is never too soon to pick up some skills and 
hands on experience that could make all the difference later. For instance, 
you will not get much milk out of a cow even if you had a placid one 
standing still for you in the first few weeks. To get proficient in hand 
milking you need months since you will also need to develop muscles that you 
don't know now you have. And it is the same for hundreds of other little 
skills. Some of them took us years to figure out.

John

> A personal view - we've seen some of the "preppers" (staged,
> choreographed) shows on TV. I have several criticisms but my first
> reaction is they're prepping for all the wrong things & wasting tons of
> money that people like myself will never have. Time for wide ranging
> discussion, different opinions & all.
>
> For years I've followed various writers of all stripes warning of
> economic decline or collapse. To me this recent article seemed to tie up
> some loose ends on the subject, but it's a bit technical or boring:
> http://aspousa.org/2013/01/commentary-why-peak-oil-threatens-the-international-monetary-system/
>
>
> paul tradingpost@lobo.net
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