thing is - If you don't already have your gardens established - and fruit tress/berries/well/laying hens etc - established - and haven't learned the 'old' skills like: make butter, soap, can, hunt (dress game) know and forage local wild plants, fish, etc - you're gonna have a less than even chance of survival.
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.