When you live in an urban or suburban environment, hunkering down at home to survive a SHTF scenario is the most likely outcome. That being the case, protecting the perimeter of your domicile is key in preventing unwanted visitors or intruders. Your windows are potentially the most vulnerable points of entry into your home. Planting thorny plants and thorny bushes at the base of your home just under your windows is an incredible security measure that is very effective.
Windows pose a certain vulnerability that doors don’t possess. A window can be broken relatively easily. It is highly recommended that your ground floor windows be boarded up from the inside and the outside, but these boards can also be removed with a crowbar or other tool, putting you right back where you started with the vulnerability issue of windows. An intruder will attempt to enter through a window over a door most times. Not only for the ease of entry, but because of the element of surprise as well.
Whether you call them pickers, thorns or a briar patch, getting stuck with these things hurts, and people and animals instinctively know that and avoid them at all costs. Almost nobody is likely to try to enter your boarded up window if their clothing is matted with pickers as a result. Not to mention that their skin could also be punctured.
Planting these types of thorny plants and bushes is one of the most efficient and successful ways of securing the perimeter of your home. Even if a potential intruder thinks something is inside, they will shift their attention to a different home to try to enter. The juice won’t be worth the squeeze for them.
