You sound like a gem, ansel. What a wonderful, peaceful, helpful attitude.
Full disclosure - I am not, myself, a genuine prepper, although I would have been at a younger age. I am, however, a prepper, once removed.
We moved a couple of years ago to my daughter and sil’s farm, having sold the house with real estate so ridiculously high. Bought a mobile home (1200 sq ft) for one-tenth of what we got for the house so were able to help the kids with the goal of being debt-free.
At the farm, we then joined to get prepared for what may be heading our way. Lots of chickens, turkeys, guinea fowl, ducks, cows raised on the pasture for freezing, a few pigs ready for the butcher soon, and the farm raises a couple of thousand sheep a year. We have a huge garden, honey bees, laying hens, and an outbuilding with a walk-in fridge at one end for all of the storage. Large generator, large gas containers, tractors, wood stoves, a lots of trees to cut. My son also has a property with many trees. The kids all hunt, so we’ve also got lots of Canadian geese in the freezer which is going to be made into sausage, deer, wild ducks, etc. So much canning on the shelves, and 8 freezers almost full.
I know the kids will also be in the position to help where needed if the SHTF, and I’m glad they will take care of us, as well as others. I just hope they don’t need to.
“””At the farm, we then joined to get prepared for what may be heading our way. Lots of chickens, turkeys, guinea fowl, ducks, cows raised on the pasture for freezing, a few pigs ready for the butcher soon, and the farm raises a couple of thousand sheep a year. We have a huge garden, honey bees, laying hens, and an outbuilding with a walk-in fridge at one end for all of the storage. Large generator, large gas containers, tractors, wood stoves, a lots of trees to cut. My son also has a property with many trees. The kids all hunt, so we’ve also got lots of Canadian geese in the freezer which is going to be made into sausage, deer, wild ducks, etc. So much canning on the shelves, and 8 freezers almost full.”””
When I hear of an incredible situation like that, the first thing I think of is ‘WHEAT’.
If I had a Garden of Eden situation like that I would want to make sure that I had years of long-storage wheat for years of baking and bread, some rice would also be nice.