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RE: Apocalyptic Homesteading (Day 1276)

in Homesteading6 months ago (edited)

A shed is a pretty easy build if you can get the materials out there. you can get one together in a day if everything is there. i havent read enough to know your climate but if it's deserty like here, where it gets crazy hot in the summer... I would strongly suggest not getting a metal one, they turn into ovens. its like 150 degrees or more in mine in the summer, even with the whole front open. When i can i'm replacing it with just stick built. mine would seriously work better as a huge dehydrator lol

A driveway is a big deal. I'm rooting for you to get that put in. We have been working on ours for 5 years now by hand lol.

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Good to know about the heat factor with those metal sheds. I will be in the Great Smoky Mountains so lots of humidity which is why I cannot use tents for an extended period of time unless I want a bunch of mold. The shed is super high priority (whether I build it or order one) not only because of the mold but because the county I am moving to has a very high crime rate. Nothing like methnecks and pillbillies to motivate a fella to create secure storage!

sorry for the late reply but man, talk about methnecks...

out here they will straight up try to steal your property if you leave it. not kidding. they will move in. I literally cannot leave my property for a week or more.

They raid properties out here bad also. will show up with a truck middle of the night and take everything of value from prop after prop. i just found out recently that there is a new band of them that roll 6 deep armed and just put property owners at gun point and take all their shit mid day.

Some of the local boys just shoot them. We have a sniper in the valley on standby.

I normally like a really lawless area, got more than i bargained for with this place though lol

Whoa! I can only imagine how tense (and intense) that is! I was looking at moving out to a desert area a while back and while I also prefer slightly lawless areas... the stuff going on seemed like it would keep me on guard way too much.

It's pretty fucked up out here man