Appropriate Prepping in the Season of the Harvest.

Season of Plenty

By Sindy Wakeham 

It's that time of year again when everything looks wetter, days get shorter and nights longer. We lament the passing of summer and it's lovely warm weather and long days but at the same time anticipate the approaching season of harvests, celebrations and seasonal decoration.  There's excitement and energy only tainted by the looming doom and gloom outside of our control between geopolitical and financial forecasts. 

Are we going to let that get in the way of abundance in this season? Not in my home! Yes, we are keeping an eye on the situation but we aren't allowing it to become the only concern which could easily become so big an issue that it leaves us frozen...rabbit in the headlights and not doing anything.

What are hubby and I doing? We are continuing the harvests, sowing more seeds for the 'hungry gap' and building our store cupboard ready for winter and early spring abundance as well as doing the usual winter preparation to minimise hassle. We are putting our house in order and considering possible scenarios in our area and accepting that our budget may not stretch to being completely set up but doing what we can and planning alternative plan B, C and D will have to do.

I'm not going to list all the winter preps we do because I've done that in the link above. Instead, I want to ask you how your winter preparations are going. What is the one thing you really want to avoid this winter and what do you need to do to guarantee it is avoided? 

I'd also advise you think about your personal preparedness for hardship, interruptions to food and energy supply and home security, your Emergency grab -n-go bag too. Build your skills and resilience.

Here are some things you might want to assess in your life and home;

1. I know  that as SHTF happens and you may not even be in your home, you aren't going to be worried about the guttering being clogged. My first concern is making sure my children and grandchildren are secure, supplied and skilled enough to cope in any situation, especially if we cannot get together.
2. Other than that, we simply cannot predict the next event in our lives, community, nation and so on. We can forecast and plan somewhat but best to plan on being home and thinking about our usual needs.  Shelter, food and water, security and connection with family AND community applies in any situation in life.
3. I don't do scaremongering and I don't promote panicked knee-jerk reactions. Responses are always the best action and making sure you slowly build a food storage, emergency grab bad and plan, water and filtration storage and grow whatever food and useful plants you can in whatever space you have is worth more than you know right now. 
4. Just as important is our mental and spiritual welfare.  Being resilient is half if not most of the battle in any event.  Being prepared in the above situations gives you the peace of mind that at least you can focus on what's most important in the moment and even be of help to your family and community. You have no completely effective security without a strong community. 
5. While you are at it, continue your seasonal celebrations and activities as usual and treasure them.  Let the harvest of not only food but good and abundant mindset living fill your lamp and boost your coping skills. 
6. Get those decorations planned and put up when it's time. Cook those comforting tasty foods and mingle with people building strong connections and bonds. Store up in the season of abundance to see you through the season of not so abundant times. 

 Let me know how you are doing in your resilience and what concerns or queries you have. 

Until next time...keep prepping appropriately.