“So your gardens and hunting rifles will beat the grocery stores, which will end up looking like Soviet State Store No. 69, with a few cuts of stringy meat on otherwise empty shelves...”
A little self-sufficiency goes a long way! We hunt, fish, garden, raise our own beef, buy pork from the next farm over, have chickens, etc. It makes a big difference in our budget and also prepares us for Hard Times when they come around. Again. Which they always do, whether via Mother Government or a local weather disaster or a job loss, serious illness, loss of a spouse, etc. ;)
25 Practical Steps to Self-Sufficient Living for Beginners and Homesteaders
https://theultimatehomestead.com/25-steps-to-self-sufficient-living/
50+ Ways to Be More Self-Sufficient and Stop Relying on Others
10 Ways to Start Your Self-Sufficiency Journey Without Spending a Penny
https://growmakelearn.com/10-start-your-self-sufficiency-journey-cheap/
10 Things You Can Take Back: The Easiest Steps Toward Self-Sufficiency
https://www.arcadiaoffgrid.com/post/steps-toward-self-sufficiency
Some over-lap in the above articles, but anything you do for you and yours to be more self-sufficient, puts you ahead of the pack, IMHO. :)
P.S. More ‘Range Time’ helps. A LOT! :)
(Already storming, rainy morning for you? More on the way in N Missouri and Iowa this AM. )
Hoping you and everyone who reads this have an excellent Sunday!
Love these ideas.
The second link didn’t work for me. Oh, I think I see the problem. It was posted twice. I’ll try that one again later.
Thanks!