- Plenty of fast-growing turnip seed to close the hunger gap
a small portion of the future ample supply of toilet paper
- Meat in the freezer and meat on the hoof
- A dozen laying hens with a convenient built-in system to make replacements
- Hogs out in the woods
- Bee hives
- Four cases of mead under the stairs
- Five half-gallons of honey
- A full larder
- A few hunting rifles and shotguns with a reasonable amount of ammunition
- A gate that locks
- A half-bottle of Irish whisky left by a guest last night at our St. Patrick’s Day dinner (Jim, check with me to see if it is still available after The Great Reemergence)
- A five gallon still and plenty of fermentation vessels
- One ham curing under the stairs
- Three farm dogs (two of whom are useless)
- Already voted in the primary/no need to venture into the polling booth until November
- Scythe
- A mother-in-law cottage where future serfs can bunk
- Medicinal herb garden
- Apparently a too small supply of toilet paper
- Hmm, no extra gasoline or diesel, which could be problematic (see scythe and serfs)
- An exceptionally well-stocked library, perfect for those long lonely nights tending signal fires (or toilet paper for the illiterates who take over our farm)
- Two chocolate bars and a bottle of Prosecco
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Reading this weekend: The Masque of the Red Death and King Pest (E. Poe). The Confessions of a Bookseller (S. Bythell)