We have already started our preparedness.
We have 15 chickens now. And probably get more in about 4-5 months. We also have 2 New Zealand White rabbits and will be getting a doe and buck from a different litter in about 6 weeks. Also a friend of dh's has a buck so that will bring in a new bloodline.
Have gotten plants already in ground and covered with hay. 3 sisters, potatoes, spinach, onions, horseradish, banana peppers. To plant later this month are tomatoes, more squash and 3 sisters, tomatoes, turnips, beets and sunflower seeds for the chickens and rabbits.
Dh when it is not raining has been bringing down deadfall off the ridge and stacking it for cutting up before winter. Nephew also has 15 acres so we are going to get from there and also a friend of ours has trees that he doesnt need so we get get more from there.
Buying from all the sales that we see. We are not gonna stop buying just because we have storage. We have family living in different parts of the east coast/south that would probably come here in an emergency and we need to make sure that we have enough. Especially for my mother who is 76 next month.
My main concern is medicines. Both dh and I take prescription meds and we can only get 3 months at a time so gonna have to try and figure that one out.
Have tp, shampoo, conditioners, lotions, soaps to last about a year or more. I also have been stocking up on baking soda since that is what I bath with instead of soap. I just use soap myself for my hands.
Have gotten a second pasta machine, cereal maker. Apple peeler and corer, meat grinders, grain mill, a second canner, a wood cookstove, and a new tiller.
We have a treadle machine but it needs a leather belt and some bobbins. So we are gonna order that stuff this week. We have every kind of material possible so quilts and clothes can be handled easily. Thread, needles, elastic, buttons are also in our storage. Along with very old clothes that still fit that we can use for patterns.