“...25 acres could make a fine truck farm, and might suffice a family of four if its good ground.
40 acres is about all a man can farm without a tractor. I wonder how long stored gasoline will keep in a 300 gallon tank.
I do think that if it gets really bad, that it will be a matter of life and death to protect what you’ve got. These Obamabots will be no different than Mugabe’s mobs. Lately I’ve found myself making a list of items that are “must haves”.
You’d be surprised how much produce you can grow on just a mere 10 acres of good soil with the right equipment and climate. Even 10 acres (without a tractor) is a verrrrry big undertaking by hand farming alone.
And Yes. They WILL come... Once the govt checks start bouncing or stop showing up in the mail, they’ll get hungry very quickly. Urban areas will be last place you’ll want to be as they will be hardest hit, but the animals WILL come to the country like swarming locusts looking for food.
Keep it locked & loaded, friend.
I’m thinking of my nuclear family and perhaps a couple more as my children grow up.
Need a good supply of wood and that will take about 10 acres of timber (can run pigs in that).
Need about 5 acres for vegetable farming.
Need 20 acres for grazing livestock.
Need 20 acres for corn, wheat, etc. if there isn’t modern seed, fertilizer etc.
I’d also like to have an orchard in there somewhere, which I could probably put around my 5 acre vegetable plot (thus making it easier to protect from all forms of vermin.
What have I forgotten?