Does this make sense?
Right now, coming up to winter, when fuel is treated to keep is smooth and ungloopy in the cold temperatures, when the weather is changing quickly into single figures, when the leaves are falling from the trees. Now when the power stations are over worked, the log burners under-fueled, and the gritters soon to be over stretched. When resources in the wild are becoming scarce. Right now, at this time of year, the survivalist must step up and change.
We must change our fuel storage, from Spring and Summer fuel, to winter's treated diesel and petrol. Our summer socks to winter warmers. Our shorts and tshirts, changed to thicker and woolier wear.
The plants that drop their seeds need to be planted. The plants that grow their bulbs must be harvested. The bulbs that are ready for the earth need to be set in place.
Foraging for fruit has become a scrounge for acorns and elderberries. Summer's field born salad has become a challenge to find. But so must the survivalist adapt their skill set. They must expand their range of seasonal knowledge. The wilderness shelter from the warm summer nights will not be as comfortable in the debris shelter of the winter.
Finding dry wood will become a challenge, and so starting a fire will irk the fair season, summer 'survivor'.
Now is the time to challenge your limits, to learn which plants allow you to feast in the winter. To learn to find and prepare wood for the fire. So to should it be with shelters. You no longer have to keep off the rain and a little chill. Dealing with minus temperatures means at least 5 feet of debris on a basic debris shelter.
The skill set is different, the plants for food are different, the clothing is different, even the lay of the stars is different. So too should we, as survivalist and preppers, behave in a different way. In a way that recognises the changes in the world. The changes of temperature, of plants, of skills required to survive, should all be something we recognise and adapt to.
Dissent is the highest form of Patriotism - Thomas Jefferson
Those who sacrifice freedom for security deserve neither - Benjamin Franklin
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