Greetings from Volusia County, Florida. I'm active in the Volusia Prep Group. We meet the second Saturday of each month, and have been doing so since 2011. I consider myself "semi-retired", but still run a software business that I started 23 years ago. It allows me plenty of time to work in the garden, tend to the chickens and ducks and bees, and keep the fruit trees pruned and productive. Living on a dirt road in a rural part of the county is like a dream come true for me.
If you're in the Volusia County area, plan to attend a meeting. Details on the web site -
http://volusiacountyprepping.com/. Most of the garden photos on the web site are of my own garden, including the photo on the header of the site.