Tough time of year to survive in my neck of the woods. There is ice on the lakes but its rotten. Too early for anything to be growing. Birds have picked bushes and trees clean of dried berries. You might find some nuts if the critters haven’t picked them over.
Farming really is the only way to go for long term survival.
“Farming really is the only way to go for long term survival.”
If you intend to stay in one place it is otherwise you would need to be like the plains Indians constantly on the move following the game and gathering what you can in the area before moving to the next area.
Indians that stayed in one place farmed. It was mostly beans, squash, and corn and they had meat, fish when they could get it.
That’s exactly why I raise a garden twice a year. Much easier “foraging” inside the garden fence.