Here's How My (Garden) Plans Are Changing for 2025

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[@Hi_Im_Akward]

Can we rebrand "self sufficiency" to "community sufficiency"

[@ApolloSuns]

@@Hi_Im_Akward yes please

[@magpiesmith971]

@@Hi_Im_Akward if my community had a garden for everyone I would plant veggies there along with those I plant in my own yard. I figure I might be able to trade my veggies with others that way and not have so much left over. I do a lot of canning and I used to can everything I grew but we didn’t use it all. And it’s hard sometimes to find people to give it to if you’re retired and not going out to work every day. A community garden would be fun too.

[@lisadixon5886]

Beautiful!

[@yukonnoka]

@@HomelessOnline no it’s the other way around, you can’t have decent selves without community. Community always came first.

[@dorksplorer]

That's a great concept! For me, however, it's a challenge. I'm mid-fifties, only found out in the last few years I'm AuDHD (and I am an "acquired taste") and live off-grid in Arizona. I'm horribly honest and socially inept (what I intend to convey and what people interpret me to be saying are often not the same), the only social media I'm on is KZbin, and most of the other people who live out here voted for 47. How on earth do people like me find community IRL? 🕊️

[@ApolloSuns]

From Canada. We are in solidarity with you and will resist as best we can

[@mikemalloy5776]

Thank you for caring. We appreciate you.

[@ApolloSuns]

@mikemalloy5776 absolutely. We are in this together. We gotta do our best to push to a post capitalist culture

[@user-qq4pp3wm9t]

Thanks man! Same to you! 💙 🇨🇦 🇺🇸

[@jhearts9078]

Thank you, ApolloSuns!

[@ApolloSuns]

@jhearts9078 absolutely. Sorry it's come to this, crazy timss

[@MaleneKragelund]

Hi from Denmark. I find your videos amazingly informative, while at the same time feeling sad and upset about what is going on in your country, and I know that most of my fellow danes feel the same way. Every american who is standing up against fascism is doing a very important and brave thing, not just for your country but for the rest of the world as well. Thank you, and stay safe.

[@LobsterLover530]

These are difficult times. 😢

[@TheReflectivePerspective]

Thank you for saying this because I really needed to see it today. 🧡

[@rlorendean]

Thank you! It helps so much that the rest of the world doesn't think that we all mirror the ideas of our government.

[@tthappyrock368]

I'm appalled by how your country, Canada, Mexico, Panama and others are being treated by the fascist regime! No less, how individuals are being treated!

[@JJ-zp6xf]

Thank you for the kind words!

[@maaiker2977]

I am a dutch woman so I've grown up with the knowledge what this type of regime is from the inside out. I think your permaculture mindset will be very helpful during these difficult times. * You can see the big picture. How things interconnect and effect each other. Be careful and strategic. * You know nature will do whats in its nature. As will twitler and his likes. Trying to change his nature or get annoyed by it will not help. Its a waste of time. Be prepared and have a plan B. Or work with their nature. * Twitler will F up whats usually considered normal. The things you take for granted aren't there anymore. People think expensive eggs are bad. Try having no food at all. So food storage is kinda smart especially if its long term storage. Again permaculture and homesteading is very smart right now. * have a reliable social network to fall back on if need be. But watch out, you might not be able to trust everyone.

[@meredithheath5272]

🎯👍💗

[@YoNeener]

Is this real life?? 😮

[@da1stamericus]

​@@YoNeener yes. And as another Dutch woman, we have been there as a nation before. So wé grew up with parents who were born during or after the war. I live in an apartment building, but i also continer garden. I fish and i can. Tey to be prepared for the future. Also if shtf i can go to family abroad. Weve discussed this before.

[@YoNeener]

@da1stamericus you are so kind to reply. Thank you. 💙

[@elizabethtruscott2888]

I have an indoor hydroponic system that provides all the lettuce and herbs I eat year round. I try to eat seasonal vegetables instead of, for instance, eating fresh tomatoes year round. I substitute canned and frozen vegetables which use the less than perfect vegetables and cuts down on food waste. And I recgnize, that I am part of the elite in that I can make these choices.

[@lspthrattan]

I'm downsizing everything, going from hoarder to minimalist, because there's a good chance this situation could cause me to lose my apartment. If so, I plan to be ready to travel light. Nowhere to garden, but I have a few useful things in pots. Also hoarding dried foods, useful small tools and camping gear. Paperwork all in order, etc. I recommend we all do such things. Stay focused, everyone 💪🏻

[@deborahdtw]

Exactly. Same here.

[@Li_Tobler]

You guys are so inspiring and strong. Hang in there please!

[@EnhancedSimplicity]

Im trying to tell my mother this SAME EXACT thing, that you've expressed SO WELL!! 👌🏾🙌🏾

[@meredithheath5272]

That's a great reminder! I also live in an apartment, but, sometimes forget that I might lose the apartment under the circumstances. I DO have room for gardening, but, it's not smart to buy permaculture ( I foolishly forget that and bought a lingonberry and raspberry plants, but not very many...!) So, not smart to buy permaculture, at this time. Best to buy camping tools and equipment, which I also have bought some of, though I haven't "bitten the bullet" and have not bought a power supply with solar - DO you think we should?? (A bit pricey at ~ $1,500... or so)

[@RebeccaMorris-v6m]

In an apartment? Apartments could certainly lose power but are also usually the last ones they'd deliberately turn off. I'd buy one of those nice batteries around $100-200 to be able to have emergency power first. You could easily have things like that for an emergency charged up sitting in a closet.

[@troygoss6400]

" if you know how to suffer, you suffer less " Thích Nhất Hạnh

[@kimberlycarder1817]

Thank you for that ❤🙏 It is needed and appreciated. Chardi Kala to you and be safe ✌️🫶🖖

[@troygoss6400]

@kimberlycarder1817 🕉♾️

[@yukonnoka]

I have often thought that we should have orchards in stead of graveyards. Why not just have everyone’s bodies be used to nurture food producing plants for our grandchildren instead of just pumping our bodies full of chemicals after we die.

[@meredithheath5272]

SO Agree with you!!!

[@gwen5495]

There are movements to do things like this in some areas. Look into casketless burial in your state. Natural path sanctuary in Verona Wisconsin is one example.

[@judithmccrea2601]

Beautiful idea!

[@mariagordanier3404]

That is such a good idea.

[@kimm1318]

This! I've told my children I would like to fertilize a tree.

[@jimaudel6475]

Well Angela, here in NYS, I am allowed to harvest 5 deer per season. Not being a greedy man, and now that our children are gone,I never take more than one, and they are everywhere around my rural abode. Next fall will be much different, I intend to buy another freezer and max out my tags in the fall.. I have plans to build several raised bed gardens as well. I also intend to spend a lot of trigger time at the range, you know, for hunting efficiency.

[@greenthumb8266]

I carry a hammer in my long strapped shoulder bag since the “your body my choice” bs promoted by these hate mongers. Never know when I might get the urge to build something.

[@Cassandra-g1n]

@@jimaudel6475 Thanks for your contribution to helping manage the wildlife and forest of NYS. I'm in Massachusetts and I shock the few hunters, fishers and trappers by thanking them for the revenue to our state parks!

[@chrij1987]

May I suggest canning some of the meat for longer term, shelf stable storage? Since I have purchased a Presto pressure canner, I feel more confident in pressure canning meat and other low acid foods.

[@terrycohen4448]

Go, Jim, go...and the canning (and dehydrating) is good advice as insurance against power failures...plus, portability in case of having to bug out. Sending you love and success.

[@TC-8789]

Please see if any youth or minorities want to learn from you and harvest their own deer. Being lgbt, it is difficult or scary to find a hunter to be a mentor.

[@mindmappingexpert]

I hear you - the biggest harvest we reap is the seeds we sow in community XX Love to you from Scotland

[@shawnblackhawk6718]

I made Scottish Rumblethumps the other day. I’d move to Scotland for the accent and food!!

[@thermalcookingrecipes]

@@HomelessOnline Not at all X

[@gleebooth7092]

Plant garlic and get as much honey as you can. It can serve as medicine (antiviral and antibiotic) when none is available. And a point may come when none is available.

[@snsnplpl]

find a place to donate your garden surplus. Focus on reducing debt and building a cash cushion. Support small business and pay them in cash so they don't have to give a chunk to the credit card companies. If you somehow did not stock up on canning supplies during covid, get that now. I started pressure canning during covid and it is nice to have protein on the shelf. Get your seeds early, there may be increased interest in gardening again. See if your local gardening groups have a seed exhange coming up this spring. Only plant what you know you can handle and what you will eat, preserve, swap or donate. Get scheduled maintenance for HVAC, cars etc who knows how much tariffs will add to those prices. Strengthen your community network. Grow/ eat more plants in general, but expect shortages in migrant labor dependent crops.

[@greenspiritarts]

We have set up a seed buying club here as well as a tree and shrub buying club. There are many single people here who cannot use a whole packet of seeds (does ANYONE actually plant ALL the zucchini seeds in a packet?) but we want variety and we want to share, so we set up a way to have 4-6 people sharing a single packet of seeds but getting a wide variety of options to try and enjoy. The trees come thru the soil and water conservation org. And they arrive in bundles of 10. Same thing. I don’t want 10 crabapples, but I do want three… so we are splitting/sharing the order and each getting more varieties than we could get on our own. Very excited for this new feeling of communal caring and sharing!

[@az55544]

Buy loads more crab and graft on edible apples. Not the best rootstock, but cheap and sturdy.

[@katreades-kt8jv]

LOVE THIS: “self-sufficiency is a myth. [It’s about] community interdependence”. YES IT IS! ❤❤❤❤ “Harnessing the connections in all things”. Your voice and vision is so clear and so ripe for this moment. Thank you!

[@llamalluvv]

Self sufficiency is supposed to be a thing at the community/country level. The myth of the rugged individual pioneer homestead that got pushed on us in the post WWII era has rotted American brains.

[@GimmeADream]

I'm Canadian and I'm reading labels. Product of the U.S.A. returns to the store shelf. Sorry..., but..., I'm a big gardener and have abundant food for many families each year so I started and continue to grow a food forest, permaculture style, thanks to you. Last year I managed to harvest many gallons of fruit. This year will be better because it will be the second year of harvest, 5th year of growth. Felon 47's first term impressed upon me to grow sustainably. I raise hens for eggs, turkeys and ducks. I never sell produce but give it away in a heartbeat or for help on this homestead. I'll be continuing to plant the food forest out. This year will be the first wheat/barley/amaranth grain field in the spring for fall harvest, mostly for animal feed. I might build out a bus that I bought and do a tour of Canada in the fall. Lots of plans, lol. Some will happen.

[@lauraw.7008]

@GimmeADream 😊my brother lives in 🇨🇦 BC. I have neighbors moving to Toronto, and friends in the middle! Do you mind sharing where in Canada you are?

[@deeporter7369]

@@HomelessOnline .. You are sorely misinnformed if you think JT is a fascist. Look no further that your current President. Stop listening to Fox..they are an Entertainment Channel, not a News Channel. Listen to The Bulwark, Axiois, Hawk etc. Get informed.

[@christopherlee7334]

​@@HomelessOnlineLemme know how that goes when the secret police kick down your door, bud.

[@christinebuckingham8369]

@@HomelessOnlineOh Please Really?!? Spare Me! Trudeau a Fascist? Nope that’s your Obvious Wannabe Fascist Dictators both Elon Musk and Traitor Trump! You’re Obviously a Troll - go wherever you are Actually Wanted! FYI , those Revenge Inspired and Absurd Tariffs Traitor Trump is Imposing on Many of our Allies, will Mainly just hurt American Consumers! WE pay for those Tariffs passed along with what we pay for goods! Canada has Always been a wonderful Ally and F47 (f for Felon and whatever else too!) the wannabe Fascist Dictator will Only be Fking Up All of our Cooperative Alliances - because he is a Self-Serving, Revengeful Malignant Narcissist!

[@limesquared]

Fruit and nut trees …

[@UsernamedJory]

🤔I’m sorting my seeds & planning a Victory Garden 🪴 I’m Not letting my arthritis win this year 👏🏻💙🙏🏻

[@magpiesmith971]

I have several raised beds and arthritis too! I get frustrated about my limitations but I’m determined to succeed and not be intimidated 💙

[@meredithheath5272]

Same - major back pain - but, I can choose between babying myself, or growing food

[@indigofalcon4813]

My husband & I are thinking about waist high raised beds for my back. I'm hoping to avoid bending

[@rainbowconnected]

If you have some space, a great plant for food and medicine (specifically arthritis) is stinging nettle. They're perennial and show up very early with super nutritious greens that can also be dried to use as tea. Super nutrient dense, tasty and grows like a weed with no effort. It sounds crazy, but if you intentionally sting achy joints with the plant, it can stop the pain, sometimes for days or weeks at a time. Well worth the few minutes of stinging feeling. Also great for allergies.

[@shawnmurphy282]

Garden same as ever, root vegetables are king. Building a root celler under the dining room with a trap door under the rug to allow for avoiding the police at the front door

[@Emiliapocalypse]

Make sure you adhere the rug to the door of your root cellar so if you have to hide quickly, a turned over rug edge doesn’t give the hiding spot away.

[@shawnmurphy282]

@Emiliapocalypse hadn't thought of that. Thanks for the tip.

[@marianlinden9736]

Please listen to what she says about finding and building community...and don't worry about hiding from police. Or were you joking. Hard to tell

[@nickiemcnichols5397]

@@marianlinden9736they might have to hide if they’re trans, or gay, or black, or Hispanic……or recent immigrants.

[@Lynda-r3r]

I have been growing certain veggies for years. I grow mainly in pots and one raised bed. I am in a Southern state, so my main efforts in the summer is watering. I grow what we eat. Never grow what you don't like to eat. My main crops are tomatoes, peppers, onions, green and dry beans, lettuce and spinach. No weeding only organic fertilizer. If you have land grant universities, call the office that has the 4H and Master Gardeners. I'm a MG and learned so much from this organization, plus we have a goal statement about helping others learn valuable food and flower growing skills. I buy what we don't grow at o local farmer's market. Im totally organic. Too much agricultural waste and fertilizer is contaminating our underwater aquifers. Stay alert and don't let your state legislature allow CAFOS, these are huge hog farms and they are polluting the land and the water. We won against a huge hog farm and caused them to shut down. They were located on Bigcreek, a tributary of the Buffalo, our countries first National river.

[@firequeen2194]

I’m doing the same. No experimentation this year. Only growing what I have the time, need, and will actually eat to preserve. A much smaller footprint for fresh eating. I can only container garden where I’m at so I removed all the bushes and use the beds for my containers. The grapevine runs along the garage and my “tea garden” is in the bed at the back of the garage. I will be adding echinacea to the tea garden as most of the teas can be used in homeopathic remedies as well. Our community garden has very reasonable prices for a space and they will give you a free one if you are willing to plant and let others in need harvest from it. I’ll do that this year because I saved so many seeds last year! Good luck everyone! We can do this.

[@sarahpauline4904]

I am disabled so I have to be really practical but I am putting in enough tomatoes, basil, beans, squash, peppers, garlic and onions to last the year. I will be foraging on my good days and I am stockpiling nonperishables and canning lids, medical supplies. Fewer flowers, more safety net. I also started hoarding my sons insulin in case he can't access it. I wish I could afford to buy some solar panels but I cant.

[@LulaMae21]

You can plant small flowers around your veggie plants! Violas, pansies, nasturtiums, etc. They help draw pollinators and some are edible!

[@sarahdelgado0808]

Been working on my zone 3 property for years. I’ve always wanted to give back and people seem to not care…if it’s not brought to them, they don’t want it(I also worked full time and we have raised several children that have all moved out)…it’s made me sad and depressed for years…then I got the best laugh just yesterday…I raise poultry as well, and someone texted me saying, “ I would love for you to be my egg dealer”. I am not poking fun at them at all. I was delighted!!! ❤

[@B30pt87]

That's sweet! I myself would love to be an egg dealer. (If I could have read, 30 years ago, what I just wrote, I would have freaked out.)

[@sarahdelgado0808]

@B30pt87 My how times have changed, right!?! I am 39, and I grew up shucking corn and stringing beans for the grands. I loved them so much, my grandparents on both sides. My grandmas were my very best friends, and I find peace and solace in my gardens and with my birds. Praying for peace for everyone every day. Sending big hugs to you, too!!! - the egg dealer 😋

[@amandah.7067]

As a school employee, I have summer off and am planning to really bust my butt gardening and stocking our pantry with stuff I can. And sharing excess with neighbors.

[@stacyadams8265]

I bought so many seeds… so many seeds.

[@butterflymuse2707]

Same. I bought extra to try to share with friends or grown extra food for my community bc that's a skill I have that can help

[@Cassandra-g1n]

I have bought so many seeds over the years and keep them in leftover cookie tin with saved dessicate(do not eat) packets, I don't need to buy more. Some seeds I harvested myself and keep in leftover takeout condiment containers. I've been composting since 2018, first for the environmental reason, now for the free fertilizer. I get cardboard and old newspaper from a neighbor for composting too.

[@Johnnyraftssmith]

One year I bought $200 worth of seeds...😅

[@limesquared]

Will do. Also see what others have for free and trade.

[@Karoline_g]

Seeds are basically Pokemon in a normal year, (gotta catch ‘em all) 🙃 so getting extra extra this year makes sense.

[@beverlyturner916]

High-calorie, stomach-filling crops are in my plans, too. I agree, this is not the year to experiment with crops but stick to our knowledge base and personal preference. Even if I don’t get a high yield, adding one item to my meal prep, will be satisfying and satiating.

[@louise2209]

From the U.K., just sowed excess seeds as last year I had a fair bit of failures due to U.K. weather and other environmental issues. But I plan to share the surplus. We may not be experiencing what you all are directly, but we’re in the shadow of the U.S. with many determined to align with that one and his cronies. It wouldn’t be a bad thing to prepare just in case those people drag us down. In plant terms, I’ve been interested in crops that can be eaten young to old for a while again, so that the harvest window is wider and I don’t have to berate myself for failing to harvest in time to eat young/fresh. This does mean beans mainly, but also peas, greens (baby leaf to more mature). We also have continued out landscaping this winter for our planned food forest area and thanks to your advice a couple of years ago, made sure to pick some fruit trees that harvest at different times rather than all at once. For example, should be able to harvest apples from late August to mid November in the future. Stay strong.

[@loxleybattle2591]

Have you tried the trombocino squash? It’s an Italian squash that can be harvested when small and tender like a zucchini or you can let it get large and eventually the skin will harden like a winter squash and you can store it for months. I love it.

[@fairywingsonroses]

I live in a desert, and my garden didn't turn out very good last year. I would have to spend so much on planter boxes and dirt to even make it work, so I've decided to just not plant one. I started a buy-nothing spree about 6 months ago, and it's been going really well. I think I'm going to continue that and use the money I save to just shop at more local markets and businesses.

[@sarahdelgado0808]

So many things to try to get your dirt more nutrient and to hold water longer. Grow your own worms, start composting, add back to the dirt, keep going, work the dirt and put most dead things back into it(research for best composting materials- should be things you already use). It will take time, but your dirt will change. Research for your area, look for edible perennials and any wild foods to forage or transplant. Keep going. Don’t give up. I have watched my high altitude dry land turn and surprise me every year. I’ll admit water is a major aspect of it and hard to maintain in some areas. I have told my husband, who didn’t think it was possible for me to make this progress, that I could not have done it without our well. It’s nowhere near where I want it to be but the little things my garden gives back each year are more than the years before when it was dust. Somethings take a long time to establish and give back…just keep trying and don’t beat yourself up. It’s not you, it’s nature, but nature can work for us with time. I loose things every year too. I’m just trying to be encouraging because I recognize some of the same feelings of defeat in your post. I have cried my eyes out, seen so much go to waste too…it hurts but I keep seeing things each year that excite me too so I keep trying and asking what will be the gift this year…2024, I was in my greenhouse and I said, Lord I just want to see something go crazy in here this year…well I had gotten a discounted beefsteak tomato plant that the guy thought was dreadful. It touched the 12ft roof and leaped off both ends of the bed that was at least 6ft long. The tomatoes were plenty but not all had time to mature as I am in an area with shorter growing seasons, still I got what I asked for, and I am going to see what’s next! Much love to you and your efforts. I wish I had a gardening buddy. I would totally love to help and exchange, or even donate from my garden to yours…it’s not the best but I love it 😍

[@micheleolson9914]

Check if your area has a compost site and gives out free compost. Many things can be used as single season grow bags. 💜

[@FireSilver25]

Daikon is great for loosening tough soil and in the desert. I live in NM and arugula, daikon, sunchokes, and rosemary do well for me. In fact perennial arugula took over my yard!!!!

[@fairywingsonroses]

@@FireSilver25 Those are great suggestions. Too bad I don't eat or like any of those.

[@az55544]

Brad Lancaster in Tucson

[@almostahippie]

yes to all this! sending hugs from Belgium.

[@rosedoucet2188]

I’m standing with you from the atlantic coast of Canada ✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻Parsnips are easy to grow, can stay in the ground all winter with some heavy mulch or strawbalws,and are more densely caloric than potatoes and take up less space. I do inter-plant some potatoes around squash, but I don’t have enough space to grow enough to last all year. Focusing on all the storage type produce I can as well.

[@snooksmcdermott]

I'm ramping up my garden this year, but I'm single, so it's not that much more work. Going to start winter sowing in plastic jugs (I'm in Ohio), and will be reusing kitty litter buckets for containers. Our county has a program where you go to free classes and get a voucher for a rain barrel. After last year's drought, I'm going to be on that like Gorilla Glue.

[@martinacrosby5259]

As you were talking about skills, it struck me that we’ve removed classes in education that teach sewing and wood working. We will need to be able to repair clothing and learning to replace buttons and see tears in children’s clothing and our own, a simple task if you know how. Fixing things around the house and your neighbor’s is another skill we can teach ourselves and others.

[@MaryWatters-g8e]

I also have hugelkultur gardens. Planting only perrenials now, fruit trees and bee/butterfly/bird food. I dry food for myself and have an heirloom seed bank.

[@e-spy]

yes, and my goodness, the enemy is moving fast. I don't need a better homes and garden house. I don't need a weed free lawn. But there is a lot I can do to help and I have begun talking to neighbors about combining resources and knowledge.

[@nickiemcnichols5397]

Our yard IS weeds. The bees and butterflies love it.

[@e-spy]

@@nickiemcnichols5397 mine is rapidly becoming weeds. I don't mind. Can always eat the clover, plantain, dandelions, etc if it comes to it, lol. Besides, there is so much more wildlife too since I went organic a few years ago after I saw a rabbit in my yard with 3 ears (they live under my shed). Every creature looks normal now.

[@OrInsanelyEccentric]

I haven't been following Angela for long as I only recently found this channel but she is very helpful and inspiring. In case Angela reads thru the comments... Hey, Hi! Im a local. Took a while before I realized your last name wasnt Parkrose but yr neighborhood and Im like, what?! I seem to follow channels that end up being either local or from Canada.🤷🏼‍♀️ I'm moving west, to some acreage in the Coast Range. I want to grow food and become more self sufficient; rely on grocery stores less and less. And have chickens. I miss having chickens but I'm currently on a lot thats less than 4000 square feet. The more videos i watch on this channel the more I related to you, even small details, like your hubby sounds a lot like mine and things you like, i like too. She knits, I crochet, she's raising boys, Im an empty nester who already raised hers. We both are mindful of using our DBT skills and like to share ideas for improving everyone's life. I really hope that at some point I run into you somewhere. I would love to learn more about permaculturing from you. The biggest difference Ive noticed is Angela says cheeto and I say orange f¥ckface. I think we can agree to disagree. 😹 I wanted a property like the one Im after before the current administration took over but now I need it for safety and sanity purposes. If I close on the place Im looking at I will be near the beach but far enough away to be outside tsunami inundation zones. I want to be free from the national political sh¡tstorm and as free from natural disasters as possible while remaining driving distance from where I grew up and love, the Ptld metro area. ❤🧡💛💚💙💜 The older I get, the less patience I have for the buffoonery of others who dont critically think.

[@LMLewis]

I will maximize connections and minimize acquisition, also reduce what I currently have that is not essential. I will prepare emergency plans based on the most likely threats---economic, security and environmental---and will watch the news closely for signs of imminent trouble. I will make sure that important records and images are protected from loss of internet access. In the garden, I will grow what is least troublesome and most productive in my area. To the perennial landscape, I am adding blackberries, chokeberries, strawberries, a pomegranate and possibly a second fig.

[@elizabethvinas7873]

I am also building a DIY fog/water catcher for my container garden, which isn't going to water everything like my rain barrels capture, but keeps soil moist and worms around. Adding potatoes. My garden reseeds itself and I gather seeds. My community during covid shared/exchange food. TY for preparing us!

[@Emiliapocalypse]

Oh wow, where did you learn to build a fog catcher? Is there a tutorial online, or are you maybe willing to post a video about your build? Thanks :)

[@MLiesel]

@@EmiliapocalypseI’m also curious about this!

[@kevinhope7504]

My housemate and I decided to renew our lease instead of trying to buy homes. I will be spending this year downsizing so that I can fit my life into a smaller space. I am spending more time working on my ASL, hoping to continue to develop that skill and make more community with the hoh/deaf/signing community here.

[@amw6846]

Well, we have some job uncertainty right now, so the first thing is figuring out if we'll still be here or need to move. While im waiting on that, I've noticed that my neighborhood is not as well-connected as it could be, so im going to lean in on connecting a bit, bringing stuff around, etc. Knit some trivets and bring... maybe soup and cornbread as a starter. I know I'm not going to get chickens. Between bird flu and the coyote den in my backyard, I suspect it would be too much work. I have planted a bunch of native berries already this past fall -- huckleberries and thimbleberries. If we're staying, I'll add salmonberries to the mix. I've been doing mostly some native plant conversion to boost the local pollinator population, but will likely add some other food in the sunny areas if we're still here. Will add a second hazelnut bush, which won't give us stuff right away but will eventually.

[@Abby-gx4qi]

I've been making sure I have high calorie/high nutrition food groups in the garden like summer squash/winter squash and large quanities of beans/kale plus herbs [culinary and medicinal], plus anything that can be canned in a variety of ways like tomatos [tomato soup, tomato sauce, pizza sauce, tomato/tomatillo salsa. I also highly recommend quail as a dual purpose animal [meat and eggs] even though they can't be free range like chickens due to a lack of homing instinct. Also making friends in the neighborhood.

[@stevenjamison5896]

I'm expanding my vegetable garden, both for the vegetables and my mental health.

[@mariej5907]

I didn’t see the planning video, but I have been planning for a long time. Improving the outcomes in my garden has been primary for years. We’ve had chickens for 18 years. We buy wheat berries and have a mill for flour (we did this mainly for fun, but it has turned into a real benefit), electric car with a charger in the garage, canning supplies, sewing supplies. I’m incredibly lucky to have been able to aquire all the appliances and equipment over the years. I started because of the impending climate issues. I wasn’t really expecting to need them because of a pandemic. It appears as if we’ll be relying heavily upon them now, once again.

[@Gardengirl503]

I’m adding 2 new 4’x8’ raised beds to my garden. I’m canning more rather than freeze, just in case power gets to be an issue. Also going to stash bean & rice.

[@katiekielman824]

Thank you!! I needed this video. I struggle with this crazy hyper-independent mindset a lot of times (which I think is pretty common in us Xennial women) and think I should have time to work full time, PLUS garden, crochet, learn to knit, make my own bread, learn to spin yarn, etc etc (my interests and hobbies are out of control and not in line with the amount of time I actually have to do them all). But right now, I've been focused on garden planning and wanting to completely change the layout to support more food since I think we are going to depend on it. I've found myself struggling with "how much" to grow because I'm anti-food waste, and its also difficult because for years we were a six person household, but now 2 kids are grown and on different sides of the country, one is in college and one still home in high school so meal planning has changed drastically for us over the past couple of years. I also struggle with community building in my subdivision too because I'm a blue dot in a red area, but at the end of the day if it gets bad, I know we will still be falling into a working class vs ruling class struggle, and morally I can't watch other people go hungry.... SO, at this point, I think I'm going for higher amounts of produce (well, we have just a basic 1/4 acre subdivision lot, so not crazy amounts but more than I normally would) but keeping it more basic (potatoes, onions, tomatoes, carrots, peppers, greens, pumpkins/squash, sunflowers for seeds, and herbs....wish I could add a few chickens, but the neighborhood frowns on that). Want to have enough to help support my parents also. But like you say, I have to keep in mind the time commitment needed because my husband and I work outside of the home full time and our youngest has sports all year that consumes a lot of our evenings and weekends traveling for games.

[@thelazynortherngardener7607]

I hear you about working FT but wanting to do all.the.things.❤

[@Rg-ui1wl]

Ameican here. I am sharing your videos with everyone I can. Most people i know are overwhelmed, upset, confused. Most of all very very scared. Thank you for all you do.

[@robertcotrell9810]

I'm continuing my gardening journey. This will be my fifth season gardening ever. My asparagus will be fully harvestable this year. I planted grape and raspberry last year, so I'm hoping to get some/more fruit. Otherwise I just continue to improve my skills and try to boost my productivity in that space. Outside of gardening, I want to try and build a garden community in my city.

[@Utah_Mike]

I’m a avid gardener, before you down size remember some years the garden just dose not produce like other years. Weather, pollination seem to be different these days.

[@CRZ42]

I built 11x14 greenhouse back in October after waking from a dream. It is over my existing raised beds. I'm currently growing 20ish varieties of veg currently. and starting seeds for friends and family. I'm upping my garden game this year to ease grocery strain. I have about 2 months of dry goods stored and am squirreling away cash, fuel and auto parts for my vehicle and mechanical systems. I know we're about to be squeezed, so everything I can do to have things on hand to offset future financial strain now so I can stay above water later.

[@rebeccaburnell9319]

(Canadian context - utterly terrified for you guys, and incredibly unsettled about what's coming our way and I don't mean tariffs) By the time I went to bed on US election night, I knew I was going to want to start meat rabbits in 2025. It's been on my radar since I moved out of the city in 2021, but I kept putting it off (concentrating on garden/forest garden/chickens/intensive dog training of a doggo who turned out to be VERY challenging... she's amazing, but it's sucked up a lot of my mental energy for over 2 years). It's just me & the dog & two cats, in terms of a second source of meat - I live alone, so I don't need to bring on a whole stable of bunnies. I just need to get the hutches set up, and get going. The sooner the better, but it's looking like that might be a couple of months out yet. I hope to be able to share vegetables with neighbours in 2025, and maybe even the food bank in the village down the road - I expand the garden every year, and this year it'll be big enough that I'll be producing "more than just a little bit of this and that." Expanding the garden happens every year, so this was already in the works whatever happened in November, but. I'm glad I'm at a place where maybe my contribution can be a little more substantial.

[@KJ-wh8fu]

Dear lady, I do believe yours is one of the most intelligent channels on YT. Thank you so much for the information and the inspiration.❤

[@judithmccrea2601]

Bought a freezer in December to take advantage of sales. Not buying stuff. Stocking up on food, especially items that come from the tropics and that don’t spoil, vanilla, spices, sugar. Also stockpiling my addiction: coffee! Planning to expand the vegetable garden I always grow. Not getting too crazy, but am mindful of the hard economic times I am sure are coming. (PS. Maybe it’s time to kick TT to the curb.)

[@spoonybard1341]

I hope you do a little video on the winter squash! I’m an hour east of pdx and while we have 7 raised beds, I’m feeling overwhelmed with what seeds I should buy and where our focus needs to be. Thank you as always for being such a kind and inspiring voice in these times ❤

[@amw6846]

I'm new to the Portland area, but you might want to be aware that you could be looking at a large winter squash harvest with just a few plants. Last time I grew winter squash in TN, I ended up with 60 pounds of candy roaster squash from 3 seeds! The plants took a lot of space, but they were happy! If you're overwhelmed by looking at seeds, you might talk to others you know who are gardening and share. For most things, a packet of seeds is a lot more seeds than you need. Also, I don't know about your local library system, but some have seed sharing programs where you can donate seeds and "check out" seeds for yourself. So you might look there as well as in catalogs...

[@evelyndorman5301]

I often grow veggies I don't like and give them away. Veggies like cherry tomatoes, for example. My town doesn't allow chickens and we have coyotes anyway. I've been planning my garden all winter and already have a cold frame and winter sowing jugs ready to go. I'm interested in bartering once the season starts.

[@EMSpdx]

Late to this. Am planning my veg garden now but maintain my roses as well- we need beauty in these times. Will continue to glean and redistribute with Portland Fruit Project.

[@thelazynortherngardener7607]

I love to see herbs and greens grown among roses. Strawberries are nice ground cover as well.

[@RebeccaMorris-v6m]

I keep telling my kids qte don't need to be completely self sufficient. We just need to be able to trade goods and services for the things we still need and hopefully help someone else in the process.

[@jamiegallier2106]

Venting about mock and copy accounts is valid. I’m learning to double check the channels on KZbin, and I block/report channels that steal content or are just devoted to clipping others intellectual property for their content.

[@MC-fq3ru]

We expanded from 1 raised bed to 3, I plan to leave a box and a "fresh food, take what you like, save the seeds to grow some more" sign on the edge of our front yard and check it every day, use what doesn't go before it goes bad tho as to not waste. We live in a closely packed, well-walked low income neighborhood BUT we have the biggest back and front yard out of our mobile park. Id really like to put herbs and flowers out front, bc it's not doing anything useful, and add bouquets to the sharing box or even make some (edit: garden) boxes to offer to the neighbors we have relationships with that make their tiny yards work for gardening, as more space. Fair share!

[@lauraw.7008]

That’s beautiful @MC-fq3ru!

[@MJCarter-MnknLady]

What a wonderful neighbor! Keep on keepin’ on!

[@MC-fq3ru]

@MJCarter-MnknLady thank you! It's a blessing to be able to do! Spring better come soon! 😁💖🌱

[@roughroadstudio]

I'd be careful about doing that as kind as it is intended. All you will do is alert the entire neighborhood to your big garden, and when people get even more hungry unless you're up all night guarding it, you may find it it has been stripped.

[@MC-fq3ru]

@roughroadstudio if someone really needed it that bad that someone would strip it, they can have it. I trust the flow of bigger things I guess.

[@jaimietollison7722]

I will be focused on veggies and herbs that store long term. Canning, dehydrating and experimenting with recipes that utilize foods I have in storage. I think we all need to be aware of how high the food prices can go.

[@j.b.macadam6516]

Yep, we are doubling the size of our garden, and our relatives are keeping chickens. Things are gonna get rough, especially since many of the field workers are not showing up to work because of the ICE roundups.

[@LilChuunosuke]

Speaking as a fully independent disabled person who will be starting their first garden this spring, I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to hear you talk more about how you make your garden more self-sustaining and where you recommend to look for more gardening information. I do plan to ask my local family owned gardening supply store for advice, but I'd love to start off with as much information and advice as I can.

[@LulaMae21]

I grow almost exclusively in pots, and I started out with a book called, "The Bountiful Container," by Rosemary McGee and Maryann Stuckey. It covers a lot of the basics and focuses exclusively on edible plants. I believe it's out of print now but I've gotten used copies on Amazon. Jessica Sowards (sp?) of Roots and Refuge Farm here on KZbin also has a book for beginner gardeners, and loads of informational videos on her channel. You'll make lots of mistakes starting out, so don't get discouraged if you kill your seedlings or something (took me years to figure out how to keep them alive-- for me, a small fan, cinnamon for anti fungal properties, and high quality seed starting mix to avoid fungus gnats have been key--I like Black Gold seed starter. Not the Burpee stuff at Walmart lol). Don't go too big too fast. It's easy to get overwhelmed. It's hard when it feels so urgent.

[@az55544]

Look to a full on garden account using no dig methods. Charles Dowding has years of videos regarding method. Also, his multi seeding of beets and other root crops is right on. Then find a gardener in your zone for timing.

[@belindadunne4312]

This video is super helpful. Our neighbors are fabulous. I bake bread, raise chickens, and can food. We share. They are skilled gardeners and share the abundance they have with us. It's vitally important to have community. It's not an overnight thing but must be developed. I'm not a very social person at all but am able to forge some important ties with the people around me. You can do it people, believe in yourself and other well intentioned people around you. ❤

[@EcologicalOne80]

We are building a tiny home to be able to take in friends and family in a crisis. And we are focusing more on growing maize, dry beans, potatoes, and winter squash and less on low calorie veg that dosnt store as long.

[@az55544]

Low calorie often means high nutrition.

[@nhuslage]

I'm with you. Using what we have and grow for ourselves and our neighbors. I invested in an electric pressure canner shortly before the election and will be canning dried beans to have a bit of a storehouse of food that is accessible if the grid goes down or others are without work and need food. I do a lot of preserving during the summer as well. I'll be 75 this summer and do what I can at this stage of my life. Interdependence is the only way we make it through this time. Community more important now than it ever has been. Thank you.

[@helenromanelli2544]

thanks--from a fellow Western Oregonian. I'm going to give renewed energy to my large garden, but focus on fewer crops, as you said. All of this crap coming at us in such close succession is daunting, to say the list. Be easy to just spin out and do nothing. Not gonna do that! Thanks.

[@annadreamsart9756]

Thank you! I'm intending to finally get off my tush and put in the fruit bushes, and hazelnut trees I have wanted to for years. I fully intend to give away a lot of the surplus to my neighbors. I also told the church that I get my food pantry from about the free/low cost food trees/bushes from the state conservation dept. They easily have an acre of empty land ringing just their parking lots. The priest was interested so, maybe they'll have more fresh food to help people and their own congregation.

[@adrianturner6133]

We are ramping back up with the garden space. We have a micro urban homestead type system with food garden, bees, mushroom grow/business, a couple of fruit trees and chickens. We are focused on canning, preserving, and pickling and dehydrating this season. (We also forage a bit) We added more potatoes and sweet potatoes and winter squashes to our standard garden lineup. We started a new batch of chicks for the nice early life egg production. The bee nuc is coming in May so I will prob just be building the colony this year. Lastly, tieing a knot in the rope and hanging on for the ride. Keep fighting the good fight!

[@johannageisel5390]

I'm astonished that you removed beans, since I find those extremely rewarding. I had maybe 10 green bush bean plants and harvested enough from them to fulfill my green bean needs over the entire winter. The plants do not need plenty of space and if you harvest regularly, they will grow more fruit. The beans are also easy to store and prepare: just cut them off the bush with scissors in a way that leaves the stem on the bush, and then you only need to rinse them off (sometimes not even that), put them in a bag and in your freezer. From there they can go right into a pot.

[@gailanne5293]

Wow! Reading the comments from those outside the US, Thank You so much for the kind words and so much support. I live in the low Desert SW Calif. I upped my whole game this year to move forward. I was doing it anyway now it has taken on so much purpose. Expanding a new area with a pole shade greenhouse for summer. Better quality soil, fertilizer and mulch has made a huge difference. I grow a lot of greens, a wide variety. Planning on adding fig, dragon fruit and a few other producing trees. The growing seasons here are backwards and short for many things but Im giving it a go for more root crops. In a city area and Im not having many bees and am planting more pollinator plants also. I live in a Senior Mobile Home park so chickens are a no go, doing the best I can there. Im doing well adding a lot of my own produce into our groceries. I eat a whole foods plant based diet (with eggs) so dried beans, lentils, rices and such are not a problem in the stores at this time anyway. Prices will be going up there Im sure

[@justinweaver7543]

I have just a community garden plot (12 ft x 2.5 ft) and containers on my deck. This year I plan to grow cow peas, sweet potatoes, and chiles. They are pretty pest free and low maintenance. I have a dehydrator as well, so I expect to dry a lot of other local produce.

[@dr.allisongunneph.d.6494]

Also, I’ve been preparing for this for the past year, here in rural Deep South TN. I have abundant self sufficiency skills & now have employed many of them in order to not just survive, but thrive for as long as this crisis continues. Things I have done: Revised garden plan & growing extra row to provide food for city folks in need, joined a community garden group to assist my local community w education & food ways, got out my honeybee supers to scrap & paint & get back to my honey production plus assist the bee population in decline & help pollinate my surrounding permaculture, cleaned out hen house & obtaining chicks locally. Canned & put up diverse pantry of venison to vegetables & root crops. We have enough for the next 15 months (2 people) & some to share. The rule is to keep the pantry & freezers full. We have fruit trees & berries the goal being no store bought foods!

[@michelegagnon5618]

I stocked up on seeds this week even though it will be months before planting season here in Maine. I also plan on sharing my harvest as much as possible since even one plant can produce more than one person can eat at any given time.

[@Poppesque]

Started a vegetable garden, made friends with a neighbor with chickens for eggs, mapped out where all the free fruit is in my city, and am planning garage sales and selling at swap meets for extra money and downsizing. Started Nov 7th of last year.

[@SusieB-44]

We're starting where we are (and that's what I'd recommend to everyone), and that will mean container gardening for us. A couple of years ago my wife and I tried a "proper" garden and it flopped horribly, but we had done container gardening before that when we were apartment dwellers, and those container gardens absolutely thrived. So... A much expanded version of that is planned for this year. And, something new we are doing is starting with seeds indoors. So far, we've already got everything we need for that, light and mat included, except the seed starter mix. (Please wish us luck!! My wife's thumb is greener than mine, but we're definitely not at your level!) And thank you for your focus on community-- we need that now more than ever!

[@LulaMae21]

I like Black Gold seed starting mix. I've had lots of fungus gnats with the stuff at Walmart and Lowe's. A small fan for air circulation and cinnamon for its anti fungal properties have also helped. I didn't have success until I did all those and I tried for years!

[@danettem614]

Makes total sense. I need to dive into your permaculture content. I LOVE the idea of reducing the amount of work that a garden requires. Like most things, less is more. Thank you for the great content!

[@MarkBauerlein-p6o]

I think that the summer of 2020 was a good test for me, personally. I'll do the same thing this year as I did that year: plant a little garden, can&dehydrate surplus, donate to my local food pantry and seniors center (serving 3 nights a week)... It'll keep me busy but I probably won't be spending too much time socially... Gonna keep my eyes open and my head down. Good luck ya'll. This woman is correct: build your COMMUNITY.

[@annmc3878]

At the beginning of the pandemic, I bought an electric pressure canner. We also have a dehydrator and freezer. Ive been trying to come up with the most productive and liked varieties. We won’t downsize, but won’t expand either. I retired so will have more time. We also like to support the farmers market and buy what we have a hard time to grow. I always like to share our abundance with others. I started yesterday 2/1 starting seeds and walking through the garden starting to organize. We have 18 raise beds and a Ruth Stout bed. We are in 6b/7a.

[@Red_Scathach]

We are growing our own food, getting all my seeds in order for our garden, I will be planting a lot more this year plus also joining a local CSA for other fruits and veggies we are not growing.

[@vickiamundsen2933]

i'm 68. About five years ago I started switching over from raised beds to container gardening. Scrounged containers, put them on cheap plastic tables, and now i don't have to bend over to tend my plants. (things that don't require much tending, like potatoes and carrots, still go in containers but sit on the deck or along the fence)

[@lauraw.7008]

WINTER SQUASH THAT SAVE A WHOLE YEAR… WHAT VARITIES?!? Would love to plant some of those.

[@MLiesel]

I would also love to know!

[@maggied7368]

Delicate squash store very well.

[@micheleolson9914]

I've heard Hubbard squash store really well.

[@rainbowconnected]

I think most of the moschata squash do this. I know for sure that fairytale pumpkins and butternut squash have kept almost 18 months without special care in my house.

[@VagabondAnne]

Oregon Homestead Sweet meat, Spaghetti Squash for sure, some butternuts

[@kathyl1162]

Adding more raised beds to my garden this year. Growing more peppers, tomatoes, potatoes, carrots, and delicata squash. It's the only squash I've gotten my kids to eat and it stores well.

[@dadmezz4024]

Adding more winter basement storage produce Butternut, Acorn, spaghetti squash. Potatoes, sweet potates, carrots, beets, cabbage, onions. Less fuss easy to grow and store.

[@kimberlydolen8076]

Canadian here. Preparing for rough years ahead in North America by working on support relationships within my neighbourhood. For example, one neighbour loves to garden and he shares his crop each year, and another neighbour snow blows the sidewalks and driveways on my block all winter. So I am working with a couple other neighbours to cooperatively garden this upcoming season and then hold canning parties in the fall (I have a pressure canner). Hoping that we will continue to build an active support network on our block.

[@Andre-qo5ek]

what would be a good minimalist garden? i was thinking the 3 sisters, potatoes, bell pepper, arugula, maybe some herbs.

[@az55544]

Corn takes a lot of space to have enough stalks to pollinate. Using the word minimalist isn't defining your goals. Minimalist what? Space? Effort? Harvest? It's the opposite of a goal. Nutrient dense, good storage capability, calorie dense

[@Andre-qo5ek]

@@az55544 minimalist as in something to stave off starving to death. so calorie dense with enough vitamin to keep you from getting stuff like scurvy. or at the least, a substantial victory garden. i am thinking bare bones survival for the hard times ahead.

[@fanofbooks9]

I’m reading, enjoying my plants, praying, and hoping his supporters wake up before we all go over the cliff. And looking forward to 2026 when we again vote for senators and representatives.

[@fareebug8439]

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I really need community right now. I need someone who sees and has actionable steps. I think a lot of us just don't know what to do.

[@anneyday3493]

I am so grateful you are posting here. I quit TT. Last fall, I had planned to cut back on my garden as I have a lot preserved, but this video has sparked me to rethink. I will plant more, I have a lot of seeds. I will put the extra into the community blessing boxes. I think people will need it.

[@LSCoosCounty]

I’m so glad to have found you. Great ideas. I’m a Master Gardener from Portland now retired in Coos County. I’m having a house built and a new garden. I have been planning and planning the garden and orchard. In rural areas we are better at getting together for making applesauce, canning and helping others. I hope to be able to share more. I have been stocking up on local poison oak honey and tea. Thanks for devoting your time.

[@9FatraBbits]

I have made More garden space available, but growing Less varieties of foods: Tomatoes, winter squash, kales, leeks, and scarlet runner beans are the backbone. Then I have perennials: blueberries, asparagus, currants, grapes, arugula, wild greens. Good thoughts❤️🇨🇦

[@velapjaca]

I love that you pointed out that (personal) self-sufficiency is a myth AND it is incompatible with permaculture and perma ethics that are the basis of all! M Sending lots of love from SE Europe where through history we learned the most basic skill of them all - how to manage no matter what and how to dodge the system that messes with you from all sides. Cheers and never give up!

[@madrabbitwoman]

I'm lucky to not live in America but I'm pretty sure not even Australia will avoid what's coming. So I'm preparing by trying to be more food secure. Grow more food, save seeds etc

[@mumseyllama]

I've joined a local CSA which pretty much locks in my vegetable prices. I buy beef and chicken from the young farm family down the road. And I have a small garden and orchard. I know that I am blessed to live in Vermont.

[@tanyadraper7588]

This year, we are adding chickens. I now have to care for my parents which has turned out to be a lot of waiting around their house until they need help. I will be using thier garden to grow most of my annuals, my permaculture garden pretty much takes care of itself at this point.

[@cedarcottagefarm2885]

I have watched a couple of your videos and today I decided to subscribe. I have been gardening and preserving for 45 years. My pantry is always well stocked. I have 2 large gardens, a small orchard, fruit bushes, and a few neighbors that allow me to forage on their property. I am expanding more fruit bushes and trees this year. Water catchment is also a priority. We have been in a 3 year drought. It’s just the 2 of us now but I garden and can like all the kids are home.

[@amberinthemist7912]

I was a hobby homesteader in my old state, growing most of my vegetables and eggs for my family plus some. We just moved to a new growing zone and our first year was less than stellar because we dealt with mold for the first time ever. I hope I have corrected for the new environment and we can get back to some security but we have much less land than before. I used to be able to share with neighbors and I hope to get back to that some day.

[@melsbells0622]

Thank you for this video. I needed to hear this so badly. I come from a long line of Appalachian farmers and gardeners, but this year will be my first time raising a garden and preserving food on my own. I was putting so much pressure on myself to grow and put away enough food for the entire year, even though I know that’s unrealistic. The worry has been paralyzing. I just have to remember to do what I can with what I have to the best of my ability.

[@DianaJewell-jf9ep]

I am moving my flowers and bulbs ..putting in vegetables.

[@micheleolson9914]

A friend of mine puts veggie plants amongst her flowers; very beautiful and productive since the bees pollinate more easily.

[@TC-8789]

I put together a shopping list of "car camping" supplies so I can pull the trigger on a kit very quickly if need be... But for now I am not spending that money. I am converting my patio garden from an emphasis on flowers to an emphasis on calories and nutrition. Ive already changed PCP to move away from a catholic hospital. I re-established a library card (and even borrowed Rules for Radicals!) I have an issue with my birth certificate that I am trying to sort out so I can get a passport. In the meantime I am studying Spanish (off and on) and researching countries/visas IF i have to leave for safety.

[@fourthchute]

Going to do growbag tomatoes and salad garden and Scarlett runner beans. Doing a chicken collab with a friend. Keeping things maintainable. In Canada so worrying about the economic effects of a sustained trade war so trying to.stay small and efficient. I can a bunch of stuff so will continue to do that.

[@DebbieHarmonson]

Gardening, purchased sour dough starter, composting. Going to place all investing into the most conservative places.

[@abodesign1]

Bravo. 👏👏👏👏❤️. I love the interdependency advice. I always think I have to be as self sufficient as I can. I’m 74. It ain’t gonna happen.

[@iwanttobelieve5970]

Stocking up. Just started more seeds. I have another popup greenhouse. I grew through the cold and snow in January. I have new chicks coming in April.

[@shereebennie1197]

Thank you Angela 💙 from Australia

[@shannonraby5547]

I want to downsize, to minimize as well, learning to sew, I garden, and gotten back into praying and I want to go to an Episcopalian Church, because of Bishop Budde asked BOG for mercy. Plus been saving all of the dried goods I can.