Prepper's Survival Retreats by Charley Hogwood

Author:Charley Hogwood
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781612437491
Publisher: Ulysses Press
Published: 2017-12-13T05:00:00+00:00

Part of your security plan should be to see or be warned of people wandering onto your property as much as possible. You may want to consider what it would take to clear the lot of unnecessary brush and items that present blind spots in your view. If there is thick, impassable brush that would channel an intruder into your field of view, you may choose to leave that in place. Such channels reduce the number of places you need to closely watch, which is helpful when manpower for security is limited.

In planning your defense as you scope out a new property, you might consider where fighting positions would need to be placed. These positions will also need clear fields of view (fields of fire). As you remove certain vegetation, you may wish to install what I like to call tactical landscaping. Essentially, this is any plant, bush, vine, or natural obstacle that would inhibit the ability of trespassers to approach your home or get against the house to climb in through a window. Think spiky, entangling, thick, or otherwise deterrent to an intruder. Tactical landscaping creates channels to force the trespasser to go where you want him to go. Ultimately, he should appear right in front of the defensive measure you have waiting for him. Fewer approaches equal fewer places for you to defend.

WISDOM TIP

Apply some basic landscape design measures and use plant height in a way that supports you seeing as much as possible but does not offer the trespasser many choices of cover or concealment. When designing your physical security measures, look outward from every window and door to identify enemy hiding spots, then go outside and pretend to be the enemy. How many ways can you find to sneak up on your house without being seen? Those are the spots you want to address so you can take away the enemy advantage. There are many available books on home landscape available for reference. You may need to use less friendly plants than the books suggest, but the design theory will be very helpful. Usually, xeriscape plants fit the bill pretty well because they require little water and are uncomfortable to crawl through.

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