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Health and Preparedness: the Basic Plan

Basic Plan About 15 min read (estimate)New to you
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What you’ll learn

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The short version

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What health and preparedness covers

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Sources: Extension service or agency
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How it fits on your land

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Staying safe

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By zone

Written for the North Carolina Piedmont, Zone 7b. How timing and methods shift in other zones is coming soon.

Zones 3–6
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Zones 7–8
Our home zones. Notes coming soon.
Zones 9–10
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Where this comes from

Every fact in this lesson was checked against 3 published sources: 2 from extension services, the USDA and research journals and 1 from experienced growers and practitioners. Each section lists its own at the bottom.

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What to do first

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Go deeper

Each Breakout Plan takes one part of health and preparedness further. Read them in order or pick the one you need.

  1. First aid on the homesteadCuts, burns, sprains, and when to drive to town.Start
  2. The medical kitWhat to stock and how to rotate it.Start
  3. Medicinal herbsCalendula, comfrey, yarrow, and elderberry.Start
  4. Food safetyBotulism, raw milk, and keeping a clean kitchen.Start
  5. Emergency preparednessStorms, outages, and a two-week plan.Start

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