Thank you for the advice, I'm sorry I have not been able to respond prior to now. My stock pile I would have to say is definitely not where it should be but we (6+) could live on it for at least 6 months. Definitely is a work in progress. We do live within "city" limits by about 1/2 a mile and so we do have to follow the city ordinance of NO chickens. We had originally planned to raise chickens (my daughter was the one pushing for this), but then found out that we are not allowed. We do have a couple gardens, and I preserve everything I possibly can. We have planted fruit trees when we first moved to this home (3+) and are starting to see good fruit on a couple of them. We have about 3 1/2 acres of cleared land and then an additional 8 1/2 wooded acres. We have no plans of leaving our home when things go bad. Home is our sanctuary our safety zone however with that said we do have a couple tents, but definitely need to make sure we get a camp stove, etc. Thank you for the great start.