The Southern Preppers Expo.
Southern Preppers Homesteading and Gardening Expo runs Sept. 5-7 at the Oxford
Civic Center, featuring preparedness-minded
speakers and a multitude of live classes and
instructional seminars that provide a variety
of survival skills, all of which are free of charge.
Don’t get the image of a grizzled survivalist
hoarding ammunition and canned beans in a
shed — if you do, discard it after a brief appreciation of his can-stacking methods. The expo
is meant to appeal to everyday folks tending to
gardens where they grow food to save money
at the grocery store, learning about natural
medicines to save money at the pharmacy or
even how to use green energy sources, like
solar panels, to drop power bills and become
more self-sufficient.
Classes touch on subjects like building greenhouses, making do-it-yourself laundry soap at
home, how to start a fire and even suturing
minor wounds in an emergency. Visitors can
learn about keeping and cultivating seeds, using earthworms to build better gardens or creating sustainable food sources.
— storms, floods, tornadoes and beyond —
and how to prepare for them.
Other speakers include Darryl Patton, “The
Southern Herbalist,” who specializes in distinguished plant life and Daniel Smith, of +gogreenforliving, who provides instruction on
solar heating and alternative construction
methods.
The expo also features a variety of vendors
who provide products that support the survival lifestyle, as well as door prizes, a blood drive
and more events to be announced.
The Southern Preppers Homesteading and
Gardening Expo starts Friday, Sept. 5, running from noon to 6 p.m., then Saturday from
10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to
5 p.m. Admission to the event, classes and
speakers is free of charge. For a list of speakers and further information, visit thesouthernpreppers.com and visit thesouthernpreppers.
com/schedule.html to see a full schedule of
classes and speakers. ✽
Courses also teach survival techniques for a
range of situations, like handling firearms, radiation and specialized courses for women’s
wilderness survival skills, and ways to use saltwater to create energy cells.
Meteorologist James Spann kicks off the
three-day event Friday at 12:15, speaking on
the subject of emergency weather situations
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