Yep. A generator is on the short list for me, too. ‘Til then, empty milk jugs filled and stored, rotated and used as water for the garden and houseplants or flushin’ the toilet until it’s ‘Go Time.’ :)
Basement’s stocked with 25 gallon heavy plastic containers filled with well water. Don’t need a generator for water if you have a well. I got them at the surplus store as well as water purification tablets and carbon filters. None of that adds up to a fraction of the cost of a generator.
Now, if you’re going to try to run a farm on a well with an electrical pump and you don’t have a backup plan, well, that’s your problem. No complaining.