I never considered myself a "prepper" in that hardcore interpretation of the term, but it's definitely good to be working on some degree of sustainability and self-reliance. The inflation is definitely scary... the small "blessing" we have is that I am reaching an age (63, next month) where I qualify us for a variety of retiree discounts/benefits on things like our property taxes, insurance and such. We'll take what we can legitimately get from "the system" for as long as we can.

Meanwhile, our garden provides a good 200-250kg of fresh food every year, and my wife is quite good at the whole "preserving for winter" thing. Strange that we have to do these things in these allegedly "civilized" days of "prosperity!"