Hello, Good Eevening, and Welcome, as David Frost used to say on UK TV some years ago. Ah... nostalgia...! I suspect nostlagia for you includes many recollections from Zimbabwe? Without wishing to be political, it remains a tragedy that such a rich country has seen such decline, and in such circumstances....
We have a different political system, here, of course. It just FEELS as if we have a dictatorship intent on crippling the population to the benefit of the elite few.... And speaking as one of the many, non-elite, I welcome you into the fold of resourceful people equally intent on surviving, even flourishing, in adversity. It sounds af is you've already 'got the tee-shirt' of that particular challenge. So, maybe, looking after chooks and being close to your customers ain't so bad.
By the way, whereabouts are you, now?
All the best! John