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Bayard

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4. It's scary
Sat May 3, 2025, 12:45 PM
May 3

We will probably hold up better than many in hunkering down. We have hens laying eggs, and a big vegetable garden I just finished putting in. I'm planning on canning most of it. We have a wood burning stove, with plenty of wood seasoning. We have a gas generator, but won't be any good if there's no gasoline. Water supply? That's a problem. Even if we had a well, you need electricity to draw it up.

But, we are in the heart of MAGAt country. I have stopped trying to sell some of our goats--I've had too many people wanting to buy, "the whole herd." That says to me that they want to eat them. They are little dairy goats! I'm afraid of what will happen to our goats, chickens, and geese if people get really hungry. Hell, I'd even be afraid for the horses if, "roaming gangs," become a thing. I remember a book I read as a kid. Part of it was about people in WWII trying to save the horses at the State Stud in Poland. They were afraid if the starving Russian troops got there first, they would eat these national treasures. Thankfully, General Patton, (horse lover,) came in and saved the day.

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