Brent S
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I'm in the north east part of Ga. And would love to communicate with other preppers. I'm into homesteading, farming, animals, self sustaining skills, etc.
Georgia preppers.
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Bartow county here...always looking to share info, etc.
Brent S
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Ive heard of bartow, where is it? (like in relation to Atl. or N.W, etc.
Lake Allatoona, about 30 miles north of Atl.
Brent S
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I'm glad you're not too close to atl., and it's really nice there. You're a little bit of a hike from where I am, probably 90 mi or so. I hope we have a group meeting one day, there's about 6 people in our area. That's nothing compared to the guys in Texas, but is a good start! Do you and your husband camp? I haven't checked the meet and greet thread in a while but will soon. Anyways, stay safe and hope you and yours are doing well, Brent.
We used to do a lot of camping...not much since the kids have been gone, with working and now I have so many animals makes it hard to do much anything other than day trips.
Brent S
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Yeah, I never really thought about how much the animals tie you to a place. I am really enjoying it, but would be nice to get away occasionally. Right now I have about 25 chickens and 5 breeding rabbits. I won't count the dog inside the house as she's more like a child than a pet
. I am just about to get two outside dogs to protect the animals/security, and am almost done fencing the property. I'm still deciding on what to get next, probably a cow or possibly a couple dairy goats. One guy at work was talking about sheep being really good to raise as well. I'm only on 2.5 acres so I need to pick just one as most of the property is planted with fruit trees and grapes. I'll decide before spring. What are you raising, and have you had successes? The rabbits were really easy to get producing, and I get loads of fertilizer for the garden. It was pretty traumatic to clean the first one, and I'm still not really used to it, but they provide more meat than I can keep up with. Well, I hope you have a great day, I'm off to get ready for work, TGIF. Brent.
Brent S
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You're a little bit of a hike from here, but close enough to do a group meeting hopefully one day. I was 50/50 on weather to get property in ga. or tenn., but the stars lined up here in Ga. I guess.
QuietH3art
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If you consider the size of Texas
Then combine the number of DPF members in Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, South and North Carolina
We may have more members than Texas!
Athens or Augusta Georgia would be about the center point, even if you added Florida into the mix - and if you add Florida, we could be around 20 members. I know of 5 or 6 here in NC, 6 in Georgia, 1 in Tennessee, a couple in Alabama and a couple in Florida. I don't know of anyone in South Carolina that is active.
Then combine the number of DPF members in Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, South and North Carolina
We may have more members than Texas!
Athens or Augusta Georgia would be about the center point, even if you added Florida into the mix - and if you add Florida, we could be around 20 members. I know of 5 or 6 here in NC, 6 in Georgia, 1 in Tennessee, a couple in Alabama and a couple in Florida. I don't know of anyone in South Carolina that is active.
Yeah, I never really thought about how much the animals tie you to a place. I am really enjoying it, but would be nice to get away occasionally. Right now I have about 25 chickens and 5 breeding rabbits. I won't count the dog inside the house as she's more like a child than a pet
I have 20 rabbits(at the moment)...started several years ago with 4, for the garden and worm bed, only recently has it become even a thought to eat them, they are not meat rabbits though. We won't go into how I went from 4 to 20...let's just say that song about alcohol making babies works with rabbits also!
I have wanted chickens forever but against zoning, so, found ducks this year at local feed store and on a whim bought four was so thrilled went back and got two more! I completely lucked out...2 boys and 4 girls...more of an impulse buy but they have recently started laying and ol man is "okay" with duck eggs, we have even fried them, different but plenty acceptable. Have been meaning to make that first chocolate cake, hopefully, this weekend! Two years ago we finally took down our last five pine trees, only since then have I had enough sun to do much...now, I have 5 raised beds and another one I am working on filling now. I have two hugelkultur beds (wood core raised bed) and the rest are conventional raised beds at varying heights made out of scrounged blocks and pallets. I have a small scrounged together greenhouse. I started studying permaculture for water harvesting and food production and then Polyface Farms, Joel Salatin, I use a lot of his livestock management practices...really impressed with that man. I also have 3 dogs, dalmation/lab mix and a brother/sister blue heeler, 2 cats...more mouths to feed than I should probably have! But, it got pretty lonely pretty quick after the kids started growing up...they do kind of fill that time void for sure! My pack of critters are spoiled rotten! I have a dentist apt this afternoon, kind of doing everything but working this morning...not looking forward to that needle thing today! Have a great day yourself!
This is the "newest" reason I want out of my neighborhood...this is close enough to walk to from my house!
http://www.daily-tribune.com/view/f...latoona-Resource-Center?instance=main_article
http://www.daily-tribune.com/view/f...latoona-Resource-Center?instance=main_article
Brent S
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I'm so sorry. Just what I wanted in my backyard, a sewer main and trash collection facility. I hope you're not so close that it affects your property value. I love Ga., but one problem is there's very little zoning/building codes in the area I'm in. The guy on the north side of me has a metal scrap yard, literally 16" deep across most of his yard. He works on small engines and brings home every piece of junk he can find for parts. I think most of it just adds iron into the ground as it slowly dissolves into piles of rust! I'm a big believer in you can do what you want on your property, but there should be limits. Thanks for woods and privacy fences, so at least it's hidden now. The one that really suprised me was the nuke plant that's only about 75 mi. Away from me. I thought I was safely in the middle of nowhere, but I'm not sure there is such a place anymore.
Brent S
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Any one still active in the n. Ga. area?
Clyde
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How's the prepping down in GA?
I am sure protecting yourself is much easier there than it is here in the commi state of kalifornia.
Brent S
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I'm still plugging along! I try to do something each day towards prepping, no matter how small. My main goals are on being able to stay comfortable without the electric grid currently.
No doubt, living in the country makes it easier to prep and protect yourself, but I don't think that's a Georgia thing. Anywhere in the country can have good areas to make a good 'stand'. I think having a good water supply is first, then being remote enough and having enough room to grow food. Flat out though, being in a large city is not a good place to be if shtf. Another nice thing about Ga. though is the mild climate. Not to hot or cold. I could have moved anywhere in the country, and after looking at a lot of factors, this area won.
Clyde
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I agree, with being in a large city being a big problem. Trying to get out at the time of what ever calamity befalls us would make it impossible to move due to traffic..... I am going to use The Walking Dead as a reference..... Hell it even takes place in Georgia, I guess if they had used Washington DC it would have been a zombie documentary instead of a drama due to the mindless politicians roaming around....... The producers, I think, have done a good job with showing miles of abandoned cars that were attempting to flee Atlanta. I live in between Los Angeles and San Diego. The population of the city I live in, as of 2010, has an 212,375. There is virtually NO open area from San Diego to Los Angeles..... It is border to border people! I don't think my street has anyone who is actually prepared for anything more than a 24 hour blackout, let alone an 8.0 earthquake.
Brent S
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Even in a rural place like this, most think country people are survival experts, but the majority are not. The people I work with mostly have three days worth of food stored at home, and no provisions for water. I think Texas is the only place where people are born preppers
.I'd love to see Southern California, but don't think it sounds good if the grid goes down or anything worse. I stayed in Carmel for three months once and loved the beauty of Northern California.
