Even today I have to watch out for people trying poach out of my garden because it is an island tradition to just help yourself to other people's stuff, especially if those other people are new to the island like me. I now have security cameras and have made it clear that I am quite proficient with a rifle so will try my best to only wing them. Haven't noticed anything growing legs for a couple of years now..

I told this to my Russian ex-partner many years ago. I said "Well, if everything goes wrong, we can always come here to Italy and grow our own food in the field. We just need to learn how to grow food". His reply was "If people are hungry and have no food, you will need to learn how to shoot, not how to grow food". But not so fluently, obviously. And as he already knows how to shoot, I suppose it's just me then......

I read at least a year ago that some of your councils are outlawing vegetables and fruit growing in gardens by the road.

I hope not, unless we downsize significantly.

I am proficient in growing milkweed. At least I will have beautiful Monarch butterflies to keep me company in my final days.

And those that can defend what they plant.

I was at my Buddhist meeting yesterday morning --- we were all talking at the end and out of the 16 ladies and six men there, I was the only one with a garden and they were all stunned that I was making zucchini bread that afternoon. Not one of the women had ever made it and several of them never heard of it.
I literally have been gardening and cooking/baking since I could walk. I can't fathom not having that knowledge in my head.

I'm most proficient at growing herbs . Looks like I'll be one of those starving to death , unless I can coax an effective vegetable grower that they need to spice up their vegetables .

I hope that never happens. It will mean the extinction of literally billions of people from starvation and war.