I’ve always thought that summer was the best time to move, but this article from Survival Life has convinced me otherwise…

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Temperature

The weather will not be unbearably hot during all the box loading and unloading. Preppers are the ultimate pack rats, fighting the heat is far more of an issue than one might think BEFORE loading and unloading up all the boxes, survival gear, weapons, long term food storage, etc.

Time

When you move during the winter you are not wasting one valuable minute of garden sowing time. Come spring, summer, and even into the fall, prepper families will be extremely busy planting the garden, tending to the garden, harvesting the garden, canning and preserving food from the garden, fishing, and hunting for food which also will need preserved after it is garnered.

The perfect prepper retreat might not have a home, barn, or fencing already on it. Building those necessary structures and additions might be far more pleasant during the spring, summer, or fall, but actually getting them done without a lot of extra hands not busy with food production and livestock chores, could prove immensely difficult. Blazing and marking trails throughout the property and hiding caches of emergency supplies can also be worked into the winter prepping schedule.

Planning

My prepper husband loves lists, I think he even possesses lists of lists – planning is a big deal in our household, as it is in the homes of all good preppers. If we had moved during any other season we would have been far too busy trying to do the everyday homesteading chores and enhancements on the property to turn it into a supreme survival retreat, to focus the necessary amount of time on proper planning.

We knew the items we wanted to create on our retreat long ago, but until you actually buy and get on the land, it would be impossible to figure out the best place for them to go and build them. During any other season we would have been making these decisions at a frantic pace and could have made some potentially devastating mistakes with placement and construction do to the rushed nature of the projects.

Education 

Knowledge is power!

My wonderful husband got me a home medicinal capsule-making kit I have been excited to put to good use. Learning even more about herbal medicines, tinctures, and salves will be a valuable use of my winter time. I will have an enormous stockpile of home remedies before it is time to turn my full attention to planting and livestock birthing in the spring and summer.

The lists of ways to expand your knowledge and skills during the winter evenings and on days when the weather is too bad to work outdoors, is essentially endless. It was also a great time to cross-train members of our tribe so they can also work effectively in the reloading, blacksmith, smokehouse, and butcher shop that we will soon have completed and up and running.

Learn your land. The importance of knowing your new property like the back of your hand cannot be emphasized enough.

So that’s why should definitely move during the winter, and not any other season! For more useful survival tips and info, please visit Survival Life.

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