I Got My Garden In. I always forget from the Previous Year How Much Work it Is. Now is the Time to Start Prepping for Winter. Rototilling, Pulling weeds, fertilizing, back filling potatoes, irrigation system, keeping up with the chickens, the list is f'ing  endless. Ok, I'm venting, I do feel over worked sometimes, I sleep well though. I wanted to brag on my garden, maybe give others incentive to do the same. They say we are going to have food shortages come this winter. I have read much of the nations farm lands are under water from flooding. Farmers were not able to plant crops this year in a lot of places. Once our food reserves are gone, things could get tight. Its best to prepare for the worst. Kinda why I started farming under the Obama admin. I didn't trust the SOB. Prepping became a hobby, knowing I could feed my kids became a priority.   So this is what I got in the ground and everything looks good so far. 30 pepper plants (jalapeno, green, red, cayenne, thai) 16 tomato (cherry, beefsteak,  roma) 12 cucumber 8 sunflowers many different herbs (dill, oregano, mint, sage, rosemary to name a few) 15 green beans 10 Kale  10 lettuce 8 Zucchini 4 rows of potatoes 5 rows of corn patch of onions patch of garlic row of carrots row of beets row of radish Blueberries strawberries Asparagus Brussel sprouts Cabbage Celery 2 apple tress 6 chickens (more eggs than I could ever eat) I have it all being watered with a irrigation system on a timer. In the fall I make the best salsa you ever tasted, also tomato sauce, spaghetti sauce,  dill pickles, sweet pickles, pepper relish. I make about 20 loaves of blueberry zucchini bread and freeze them. The kale is washed, processed and stuffed in to gallon size freezer bags and frozen. Use this in my smoothies. Potatoes can store throughout the winter in the basement. Peppers are used for salsa, rest are frozen,  cayenne are dehydrated used as a spice. Corn cut off the cob, boiled and frozen and canned. Strawberries washed and frozen. Used in smoothies. Blue berries washed and frozen. Used in smoothies. Carrots peeled, boiled and frozen and canned. Radish processed and frozen. Used in smoothies. Celery washed, chopped and dehydrated. Brussel sprouts cut from the stalk, boiled and frozen. Green bean cleaned and canned. Herbs dehydrated I stock up on noodles, flour, corn meal, powdered milk and rice. Buy 100 pounds of beef from the local butcher for the deep freezer. Butter and cheese can be frozen. I could hunker down for months and be just fine. I think everyone should consider doing the same. I'm sure the deep state has plans for us in the near future. You never know what can happen, you always want to prep for the worst and hope for the best. Other things to consider, first aid kit, generator, gasoline, wood burner, couple cords of woods, gun and ammo, batteries, water storage(bulk or bottles) ok, I could go on forever, going to end it here. Stay safe my frens and God Bless!! WWG1WGA!!