you’re farmin not gardenin.....
>>>you’re farmin not gardenin.....<<<
LOL 7 1/2 acres total - not a very big farmer...
But, my garden provides for about 4-5 families... I usually can about 80 cases, freeze and dry, raise chickens, butcher a few deer a year - so besides salt, sugar, baking powder, black pepper, rice, etc. we don’t have to do much grocery shopping.
We use our stockpile daily, so there is no ‘survival shock’ to deal with, and not too much rotation to worry about. I get peas and limas from local neighboring farmer (all shelled via their half million dollar viners) and apples and peaches from my old college roommate (the pomology major) till my fruit trees grow a bit. Grow most of everything else we eat, including wheat.
I also grow hybrid poplars for firewood, and have had nubian milk goats in the past, as well as sheep, horses, Aberdeen Angus, and Poland China hogs.