Well, let's see: re-opened and cleaned up the outbuilding that had been a food prep house when this farm was a local supplier of several grocery stores (back when all food was local food). The best thing we found was a Berkel meat slicer, commercial grade, that needed a good cleaning. Two hardwood chopping tables. A bunch of wire baskets for hanging food to store. We've been buying meat from Well's in Burgaw and have a bunch of hams cured and about 50 pounds of bacon we cured. We've ordered a freeze drier which will be here in a couple weeks. Meanwhile, we've been buying veggies when they are on sale and dehydrating them, then vacuum packing them and placing them in mouse-proof containers.
Added a second AR to the armory with an adjustable stock for the mate's shorter arms. Went through all the ammo and got a good accounting of what we have, and made up any shortages we found. Taught the mate how to reload. We built a 100-yard range down in the bottom land and go there about once a week or so.
Over the last year we've been buying extra things like coffee and dried foodstuffs such as rice and beans. Last year we grew a lot of peppers and other spices which we dried. We have two big gardens with things like potatoes, sweet potatoes, and herbs. We will start making cured sausage this weekend using the tools my grandparents left behind.
We go to Florida to visit friends and family every March. We bring back several cases of liquor for storage - gin for the mate, Scotch for me, and brandy for the both of us. We've been thinking of ordering a still to make "essential oils."
One last note: all of the farmers I know, me included, are cutting back their herds. I will take yearlings to market in a couple weeks and will be selling off some of my breed stock as well. I've sold one of my bulls. Food and fuel are too expensive for large herds. I did not spray my hay fields with nitrogen this spring and cut what nature offered, about 3/5s of what I usually cut in the spring. So what this means is that meat will be cheap for a while and then it will be very expensive. If you have any way of storing meat, do it now.
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