"How will I live after? The way my father and his father before him did. I will do the best I can with what life throws my way. I will work the ground like the generations that came before me. I will harvest nature's bounties like my forefathers did. I will defend what is rightfully mine from those who seek to take it from me. I will do what my clan has always done, I will survive. That is the "Way of the Rattlesnake"."

"A good start (no plan is ever really finished) and I am jealous as hell about the Wall O' Fire defense.

The only concern is over the number of people and the space available. Growing crops is typically the only long term self-sufficiency technique that will prevent all those fun diseases like scurvy and rickets.

Do you have enough acreage to grow enough food for everyone? Do you have the seeds, tools, knowledge? And do you have enough supplies to tide you over until you get the second crop harvested? (The first is typically sub-par, since mistakes, accidents and problems are more common in the first year on new soil, even for experienced farmers.)"

"Actually the Wall O' Fire is as close to the definition of Impenetrable as you can get. Whilst I will tell people not to use fire because it will take too long to damage the brain, leaving zombies to walk around lighting up everything they touch, Timber's is different.

The gas is an accelerant that is for all intents and purposes, an unlimited supply. This allows for a hotter flame, for longer, and the pressure of the bas coming out of the pipe will simply not allow anything to cross it without getting thrown (a) off it's feet (b) in the air. And yes, if the pipe is big enough and the flow is big enough, that would include cars and trucks.

But I will grant your corn motion. That kind of heat near any crops would not be a good thing. Even if they don't catch fire, they would wilt under the heat and ruin the crop for the year."

"Aslong as timber has enough pipe, valves, and fittings aswell as a bit of electrical know how his wall of fire wouldnt have to be left going all the time either only when and if there was a threat he could simply turn on the gas and ignite it with an electrical arc he could very easily have a double system or use the tractor to dig a trench to use in concert with the wall of fire. If he gets a couple of solenoid valves and some heavy hose he can set up a pretty good system of flame thrower for secondary system of defense. "

"I do what I can Timber,
I think you could also rig system where you draw Zed to one particular point your perimeter for disposal by incineration. One of my long term goals in a Dig in situation is developing a way to reduce the mass of Zed outside my perimeter so to ensure they dont over top my defenses and to decrease the regional population thus making salvage and recover ops easier.
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