When the store shelves thin out and assistance halts, the answer’s growing right outside. A few containers of greens or a fruit tree can mean freedom from panic.
Start Where You Are
Balcony? Grow lettuce buckets. Yard? Plant sweet potatoes — they feed and store themselves. Every square foot is insurance.
Preserve the Overflow
Freeze, dehydrate, or ferment extras. Even a quart jar a week builds backup food quietly.
Connect It to the Community
Trade your extra cucumbers for someone’s eggs. Swap jam for firewood. Barter keeps everyone steady when money stalls.
A homestead isn’t about running from the world — it’s about standing strong when the world shakes. Feed yourself, then feed others.
