My #1 items on my list of wants was a basement! I really wanted to be able to ripen cheese in it. BUT it’s finished and isn’t cool enough, darn it! So my list for when hubby gets here is to dig a ‘dairy’, that’s what the locals call a small building set into a hill because generations ago, dairy products were stored there.
I didn’t get a creek. Or enough hardwoods. But even here, it was hard to find property away from neighbors that had it all. I have a dirty pond and only 5 acres of wood, probably not enough to heat throughout the entire winter unless we live in 1-2 rooms.
We each have to just do the best we can. I was setup in the middle of a city as well, with food storage, water, ammo, etc. But the neighbors worried me more there!
Are you in a safe place, Jane?
Compounds of like-minded people would probably be the best way to survive or better yet, fight. Too bad you can’t all just move to ‘Hardens Hollow’!
Pretty much....on acreage, out of the city. But, our next move would be to something a little further out and to downsize a bit.