Hello from Florida

Hi! I found these forums and am hoping to learn some new ideas. Live in central Florida so we already prep for hurricanes. We are also semi rural so when our electric goes out it can be a week before it's restored. Unfortunately that is as far as Husband will go so I have to stealth prep under the guise of "hurricane preparedness". He doesn't really think anything will happen that would remove access to groceries, electricity, gas etc. for longer than a few weeks.

I've been vegetable gardening for years and I know how to (and do) can most things like soups, sauces, meats & jams. Looking forward to learning from everyone!

welcome from this side of the pond
don't worry,you are not alone,97 % of poeple living here thinks nothing will never ever happen

Welcome from Louisiana

Howdy from west Texas. Welcome to the page. I hope your garden is doing better than mine is!

welcome from Arkansas,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,sooie pig!!!!!!!!!!!

I lived in J-ville for a very long time,I was lucky enough to never get a direct hit from a hurricane when I lived there,,I don't miss that one bit

Welcome. I escaped from central fla several years ago but still think of it as home. Miss the St. John's river and beaches.

Welcome . Sounds like you already prepp well .

Rob Painless said:

Howdy from west Texas. Welcome to the page. I hope your garden is doing better than mine is!

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Only if I can keep my dog from trampling the seedlings! I put up a small fence, but it's only 18 inches high and she sailed right over it. Moving up to 36 inches

Thanks all!

Welcome from N.E. Ohio!

We have a home in S.W. Fla.

Well it's her home and she can have it. Great for a few weeks visit but the
wildfires sent up packing a few months ago.

My son and I were night fishing in an 8 foot skiff in a canal.

(yeah, I know, 8 ft, is really small)

A manatee rested it's chin on the side of the skiff.

Worth the whole trip! It was awesome and I gently touched it's whiskered
nose.

HUGE critter it was.

By the way. I garden a lot and have since I was a small kid. Parents made me help and
I hated it.

THANKS mom and dad!
I preserve a lot of what I grow also.

You were lucky to get to see a manatee so close! They come in during winter at the springs but we aren't allowed to touch them.

I think all kids hate helping in the garden. Then they grow up and what is the first thing they do? Plant their own garden! Even if it's just pots on a balcony.

A manatee is huge but a gentile creature.

Welcome from Alabama. Great place to learn and share!

jeager said:

A manatee is huge but a gentile creature.

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Are they good eating? Just joking. I'd like to see one up close some day.

Welcome from Washington State

Arcticdude said:

Are they good eating? Just joking. I'd like to see one up close some day.

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I hope no one alive knows! Manatees are federally protected when in US waters. Conservation is working & preventing extinction, they have been moved from 'endangered' to 'threatened' which is a step up. They are also called sea cows because they munch on sea grass growing at the bottom just like land cows graze.

That is all in a stable society. I read an article this morning where residents in Venezuela are hunting flamingoes and breaking into zoos to get to the animals because there isn't enough food. Manatees are slow moving and & for the lazy or impatient, easier than fishing. In a societal collapse and absence of food, they would be hunted.

Good to have you in the forum.

I also live in Florida (south Florida).

I look forward to hearing the ideas that you bring to the table.

Welcome.

Hello from South Africa.

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Also live in the sunshine state. (South Florida). Welcome

Welcome!