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I have made vine a few times with a neighbor who has the machinery. I know how to do it, although I prefer beer. But yes, it's an option for the situation we are considering.

Here there isn't a problem with prickly pear, but of course it depends on the country, I live in the Southeast of Spain.

I can't have animals because that requires going every day.

Nice to have someone from Spain. Are you a native or have you migrated? I am in the far north of Australia.

My husband started homesteading/off-grid and it was a huge change since he was raised in the city. He had to save up in order to do so. The growing season is short (long winters) but we do have chickens that will give us many eggs a day. Ideally, we'd like our children to settle on the land and have their own families, and create a sort of community. Also, we didn't finish post-secondary but have done a bit of it, so we're not keen on encouraging it to our kids, especially daughters.

We do sell our eggs to our neighbour and to another local, barter for beef and canned goods. Our area is not very traditional or Catholic really and many of the farmers' children have moved to the city. I have seen some kids around here help with the cattle ranches. We plan to get sheep and dogs, but it depends on our financial situation.

Unfortunately, our land flooded recently so my husband had to move to a spot with higher elevation to start building our house.