[Georgia Girl 2]

I agree. You should have fruit and nut trees and gardens already in place. We are currently experimenting with container and raised bed gardening.

I am experimenting this year with potatoes in 5 gallon buckets. So far two weeks in my potato plants look great. My sister is working a 30 gallon potato container. I do tomatoes in containers also. I get a larger tomato and much better yield.

My Mom and have made butter and cheese from scratch. I have perfected my bread making skills so that Mr. GG2 no longer wants the store bought stuff. I need to work on the sourdough starter though.

Mr. GG2 has been experimenting with essential oils and has a face cream and a lip balm to die for. That’s all I use anymore. He also has salves for pain and sleep that work well.

As soon as we move permanently to the mountain place we are getting the chickens and a couple of small goats. I think that is about as much as we think we can handle by ourselves.

[papertyger]

My daughter and I have spent the last two years stockpiling bands for the rainbow loom, though we’re still pretty thin on easy-bake mixes.

Our nerf dart supply is fair, while our washable markers are plentiful.

She assures me by her next birthday she is confident she’ll no longer need pull-ups at night.

Feeding her “babies” is not an issue since I bought her a bottle that refills whenever it is turned right-side up again.

[maine-iac7]

Very good!................you might also want to look into "oven canning" and making your own hand/dish and laundry soap. (You can store just 3ingredients,taking up about as much room as two regular boxes of Tide that will make up to a year's worth of laundry soap. also, have you practiced saving your own seeds? And know how to knit? know how to make "quick" hats,mittens.etc from old wool sweaters? know how to salt down pork and beef for storage, etc etc?).................yes,I make cheese too. I make cottage,ricotta and farmer's cheese....and save the whey which I mix with V-8 to drink. MUCH better and cheaper than commercial whey powder. I,m a great grandmother. This has given me a boost in strength...able to do stairs and get up out of chairs without struggle...........also, do you know which "wild" plants are edible in your area?(I am now watching anxiously for the fiddle heads - and then dandelios to come up 😄