We All Start Somewhere

This is my first blogging attempt, and my first attempt at prepping or homesteading so we will see where and how far this goes.  I don’t think you can actually prep for anything unless it is sustainable.  I actually started prepping out of my interest in urban homesteading.  If I have used a term you are unfamiliar with please forgive me.  I will define them both in just a moment.  We will start with “urban homesteading” because that is where I got my start.  In my world this term simply means I am living life simply, growing as much as possible of my own food, and learning how to actually use tools.  (There is an art form to a saw, but that is for another day dear reader.)  Prepping….ah, how to explain this…let me once again go with how I define it.  To prep simply means to be prepared if an emergency were to strike.  Where I live tornadoes, ice storms, and other various natural disasters are very likely.  I don’t want to be part of the mass clearing out Wal-Mart before a storm.  I want to know that the boys (my two dogs) and I will be able to snuggle in together safely at home and be just fine.  I also want to know that if something major were to happen we will be okay.  For me this is way more than stockpiling.  This is knowing that if needed I could feed myself and my family off of my bit of land for an undetermined amount of time.  I am working to learn skills that will enable me to keep functioning if SHTF.  (Urban dictionary if you don’t know that term) I am working to learn basic medical skills, basic sanitation if I don’t have water, cooking without electricity and so on.  I am changing how I live so I have time to practice with a safety net.  If my crop this year doesn’t do well I can still go to the food co-op and eat.  I may not have that choice later.  So, if you are just starting this journey welcome.  I am sure we will have some fun and learn quite a bit together.