Except republished from author’s September 2 post on her Substack blog, Practical Self Reliance.

by Ashley Adamant 

September is a time of transition, right on the cusp of the seasons as the last of summer’s heat blends into autumn. Historically, it was when you’d be packing in stores for the winter ahead, and making the last repairs to your infrastructure before the lean season.

These days, most people aren’t exactly packing the larder with 6 months of provisions when there’s a grocery store around the corner (but if you are, awesome). For most people, it actually just means sweaters and the first days of pumpkin latte season.

September was declared National Preparedness Month back in 2004, largely because it’s the month with the most natural disasters on average. It’s peak hurricane season in the south, overlapping with wildfire season out west, and flood season just about everywhere.

Add in a sprinkling of earthquakes that can happen anytime, and supply chain disruptions that are all the more frequent, and you’ve got a recipe for a tough month.

This year, in particular, we’ve been told all year to prepare for food shortages. In North America, that likely will just mean VERY high food prices, but in many parts of the world, it may mean actual famine, riots, and civil unrest.

Maybe we’ll all get off easy and skate through “preparedness season” without a scratch. Who knows……

Read the rest of this article at the author’s Substack blog. 

The author has been homesteading with her family for the past 15 years. She and her husband work 30 acres of land in Vermont, alongside their two young children. Read more at her Substack page, Practical Self-Reliance.