Thanks for the post granny! That hay bale garden sounds interesting. Two bales on top of each other and a step ladder and I’m good. LOL The deer are not that tall.
Solar oven is a great idea except I’m terrible at building things, probably will have to buy one. - or just get a fire pit and some more cast iron cookware.
You can work with the hay bales, if you can move them, I have made incubators using them, made a square, put plywood over the top, used a couple pieces and hung electric light bulbs on drop cards, the chicks did fine, easy to care for, LOL, until the feathers came in and they wanted to see the rest of the world.
Using the survival blanket, would mean that any box could quickly be a solar cooker, if aimed at the sun.