Get familiar with the effects of a northern hemisphere nuke war on us down under. Its not the radiation that we need to worry about as most of the nasty radio nuclides will be decayed in the two to three weeks it takes to pass over the equator, its the nuclear winter, with temps as low as -30 degrees c at the equator after a fully fledged war with hundreds of nukes going off. Even a limited exchange will se temps at the equator as low as 0 deg c during the night in mid summer.
Yes, we are a target, Pine Gap and Honeysuckle creek installations are on the list, perhaps New Zealand is the safest country in the world, but they will still have the nuclear winter issue to contend with. The good news is that the winter should pass in a month or so and the earth will gradually warm up.
So, adding it all up, you need 4 weeks food, and heating supplies, another 2 to 3 weeks to replant, another 4 to 6 months for things to grow and be ready for harvest, if they do grow. 12 weeks + of food stores to survive. Are you ready ?
This is without considering the radioactive fall outs effects on the soil and growth patterns.
Then, this prolonged wet spell in northern NSW, SE Qld has us reevaluating our gardens due to the waterlogged ground conditions. Considering growing in 30 liter buckets, on stands out of the wet.
Checked my Geiger counter the other day and put new battery's in it.
Just checked some of my bee hives, lost one, so closed it off to prevent robbing. The other 50 all had bees in them, and one went for me. Still, my immune system needed a tune up to protect me from covid. Serve me right, at 6:45 pm and with drizzling rain falling. Note to self, don't open a box in those conditions, especially without gear on ! (There were no bee hanging around at the entrance, so I thought it was dead as well and removed the lid. Bad move !) Just managed to put it back on and get out of the way. Went back a few minutes later and did up the em-lock clip.
The bag that breaks is always the one with the eggs in it.