In the form of 10 baby chicks 🐤 with high needs that will consume me for 2 months until they are grown and feathered and able to go outside into their beautiful coop Eglu Pro by Omlet.

Between now and then, while they are in a tent in the boiler room in the basement at ninety degrees, it will be mostly a situation I endure rather than enjoy.

They’re certainly adorable and they’re certainly time consuming and messy.

I chose this.

In the quest to create independence from the food supply, to loosen the dependency on grocery stores and shipped food. As the quality degrades, freshness degrades, I have the acreage to create delicious fresh food and I plan to capitalize on it for better tasting experiences.

Protein: eggs, beans

Greens: Arugula, lettuce, radicchio, spinach

Brassica: cauliflower broccoli

Root: carrot, beet, blight resistant long storage specialty potatoes , sweet potatoes, shallots, onions, garlic

Other: Asparagus, fennel, leeks

Herbs: rosemary, cilantro, mint, sage, thyme, chives, basil

Fruit: sun gold tomatoes, apple, blueberries, raspberries, maybe citrus when I get the greenhouse

Cultivate pollinator habitat, generate big piles of compost, forage seaweed, leaves, wood chips

This is my world now.

I’m becoming a hobby prepper, on a quest for freshness and flavor.

Wood stove, Solar power, geothermal power, breaking ties with grids and grocery stores, oil and gas. Unplugging turning towards all things analog and tactical.