Hello Rusty Dusty, We are in region 3 as well (Spalding Co.) and are also new to this site. I am not sure where we would go to introduce ourselves to the group, as is suggested when we sign up. I noticed that in 2016, I had signed up as well. My computer crashed around that time, so I was never active.
My husband and I used to be homesteaders, after retirement from real jobs.... Or should I say paid employment? Then Y2-K came along, and turned us into real peppers. We spent a year preparing full time. After that non-event, we realized all that we had learned and gained. We never wanted to be caught unprepared again. There is no one issue that keeps us on our toes, just life-insurance in a crazy world. We are older, as you can probably tell by our years of activity, but feel pretty capable of holding our own. So, welcome fellow newbie in #3, now how do these people get all these beans???