Well...I wasn't talking about that f'd up land deal at Diaxaris. I was referring to a self sufficient homestead. If you don't own your land you'll be sol when shtf.
Around here some of the small farms are operated by one person with occasional help from a neighbor. Outside people are neither needed nor wanted.
My cousin and his son farmed 225 acres for years. The wife did all the housework, tended the garden plus milked over 100 head of cattle twice a day. They worked 7 / 365 dawn till after dark with occasional part time help from a neighbor.
"The time for war has not yet come, but it will come and that soon, and when it does come, my advice is to draw the sword and throw away the scabbard." Gen. T.J. Jackson, March 1861
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