There has been a lot of talk on prepper sites about having caches of supplies on your property and other places, just in case. And most of the time the thought is to bury these caches. I’m sorry, but in Minnesota that means buried until spring and the frost goes out of the ground. But what about an old freezer above ground?
I know that junk piles, brush piles and junk vehicles are unsightly, BUT why should a prepper have one of these on their property? Your basic farm junk pile is, all that stuff that doesn’t need shelter, but could be useful “someday”.
An old freezer would look right at home in that junk pile, wouldn’t it? Keeps the weather and critters out (I have one for my grain in the barn) and be accessible during the winter. You can even put an old latch and lock on it that wouldn’t look too out of place.
Paint that old freezer in camo colors and put it in a brush pile and you have habitat for the birds and woodland critters and a safe place to cache…????
That old vehicle that has obviously been sitting there in a weed patch for years could be a wonderful greenhouse in a pinch and a cache for all kinds of stores in the meantime and also accessible in the winter.
Like all preparedness plans, caches are something you should think about ahead of time. That old freezer or car may just be sitting out there, but if something happened… The first 3 days to a week will be chaos and no one will be looking or caring that you are carrying a five gallon bucket or a box out of the house.
Personally, I want my long term food storage and guns in a climate controlled area – the house. But I also have several plans if things get dicey how to split my cache up, so that I don’t lose it all if something happens to the house or we can’t defend it.
Do YOU have a plan?
Let me start by saying that I live in a rural area. My friend and neighbor lives 4 doors down. You cant see his house from the road because of all the trees. He has about a half dozen old cars setting around. Two 49 mercurys, some 49 fords, and some ‘junk’. He showed me a letter from the county he received telling him he had so many days to clean his property. They had satellite photos of his junk cars. He was about to cry as he loved his old cars.
This is so sad. This is Ky and a part of the US of A. He is not bothering anyone. I have gone to Google Earth and looked at my place. I am waiting for my letter from the county. I still have my van that I bought new in 1984 still back there. I thought of moving it a little and bury my stash under it and then move it back to where it has set for 10 years. I guess that is out. I do have 2 each 55 gallon barrels with sealable lids that are going to be buried somewhere. Just waiting for it to warm up some.
Apply for collector plates for those cars; might be enough to keep the county off his back.
Here in PA its getting to be just as bad. My mom and dad have a small farm you might say. Raising alot of what they eat. They have lots of useful “junk”. Truly it isn’t even what i consider junk. None of their stuff is visible from the road either. But people will still occasionally make remarks about how they need to get the junk cleaned up. But who do they call or where do they stop when they need something that they can’t just go buy at the store or when they don’t want to pay the store price? The people they condemn for having “junk”. How is it that its junk when they don’t want or need it but when its something they need its not junk anymore.
Thank you darkdruid…gave us a great idea for something we have! LOL
LOL…. From personal experience, using an old car as a greenhouse does work well.
My stepson has since “straightened out” his life, but his first run-in with the Law was over an abandoned vehicle at a place he was living. He cut out and removed the top and padding from the seats, and filled the resulting containers with potting soil to raise weed.
I’ll admit to having a difficult time, simultaneously hollering at him for being an idiot and saying “dang nice greenhouse setup, though..”
Assuming you grow something legal, suddenly, that’s no longer an old junk car in the yard, it’s a decorative planter Americana art-piece. :)
So I guess it’s about time to shield ourselves from the ‘Eye in th Sky’ and start to put up camo-netting over thing’s we don’t want prying eye’s to see !?? Not that it’s really any of their business ! The whole world is falling apart and they’re worried about a few junked cars ! Really ?? Has to be another reason for this . Maybe TPTB don’t want older vehicles that run on points , instead of that new ‘computer operated’ crap ,around to be put on the road later ? Maybe after a little EMP accident ?? Who know’s ? Well anywho, welcome to 21 first century !! Ain’t it GRAND !!??