Most of the plants I mentioned yesterday are in my yard. Well, my 29 acres, off a country road and up a hill. Most people would not visit us. For those that do, I doubt they would know which plants to harvest. They might even harvest the white snakeroot and then there would be fewer competitors.
I agree with Joseph Cartwright. Teams in the woods would be important. While we can harvest the deer and turkey, most likely Hubby will use the pellet gun and go after the squirrels. I don’t think we can call ourselves trappers since we cannot trap the critter that is eating my cabbage. Our young neighbor bow hunts and will share with us and we will share our vegetable garden with them. We know that already; especially, since they know I Can. They don’t have a vegetable garden and I would need to triple the one we have to take care of year-around food for both families. I doubt we could survive being vegetarians with just green beans.
To fish, Hubby would have to take a walk before dawn to accomplish this. In one direction we must cross a major country road. To get to the trout stream it would be down that road or trespass through many farms. I know of one guy who made his own rain-fed pond. He did not put in any plants or fish, but after a couple years both were present. If it were possible to develop a pond, that would be an idea.
The young neighbors were raised on farms, although they are not farming now and have no fields. We were not. I am sure there would be a quick learning curve, but I would hope to get some laying hens from a different neighbor. There are fields next to us, 3/4 mile off the country road and owned by farmers ten miles away, that I would expand into if I knew there was no gasoline or they would not able to utilize it.
It would be easy to build an outhouse.
We have a south facing porch, and plenty of old windows that I would use to make an attached greenhouse. Just have not done this yet. Winter here is brutal and we would need to find a way to keep the greenhouse warm .
I guess, all in all…I would not leave my property.