THE PURPOSE FOR THIS BLOG

Ahh the early 1980's... it was a time excess & extravagance. Most afforded brand-new-late-model cars plus a home of their own and enough money in the bank to spend like crazy. Pac-Man & Centipede kept the children busy in arcades. Mtv had teenagers & college students glued to their televisions (MTV was actually good at the time), and trickle-down “voodoo” economics had the rest debating the economy's future.

Well, suffice to say brand new cars aren't as affordable as they use to be, people are abandoning their homes because they can't afford to live in them anymore and credit-card debts replaced the money we use to have in the bank. The Pac-Man craze wore out, Mtv lost it's appeal and trickle-down economics dissolved the middle class leaving the rest of us feeling pissed on instead.

With the decline America's economy gardening & the once-quaint art of canning experienced a still growing revival that has helped catapult the homestead movement. With Americans fully aware that they will never be able to attain what their parents and grandparents had, minimalism was born. And of course there are the preppers who are stockpiling arms & hoarding enough food to live on for years if possible all in the name of riding out either a nuclear holocaust, World War Three, social collapse, economic collapse... a zombie apocalypse? I don't know. But what scariest about the preppers is that they are not some militia looking to take over or red neck bigots or any other social outcasts. They're well educated professionals claiming just to be preparing for the inevitable.

So what does all that have to do with this blog?

I can't stand the thought of working day in and out just to pay creditors. It's just another form of slavery. Even though the economy limits our resources there's still plenty we can do to benefit our own physical well being and our personal finances as well. The objective here is to share free useful information with anyone interested in wild crafting, homesteading, health, D.I.Y., green living & even some arts & crafts. Yes even the preppers are more than welcome to look about. :)

If you have any FREE ideas or info, feel free to share. Advertising for profit will not be allowed here.