You need to have this....country living.

[Sharon]

You'll love N.B.
I went there for a wedding last Fall. The scenery as the plane came in over NB was spectacular- so wooded.
At the Sunday luncheon they served moose burgers.
Next thing I know , the guns are appearing and a skeet shoot is on.
Your kind of place - and mine.

[oldbuck]

My only input judging by your posts is i would gather all the info i can on preserving your bounty from the garden ie... how to store your potatoes, cabages, carrots etc... to last the winter months into spring because failure could be a little devastating to your way of life if not done right. Compact tractors are very costly as are the attachements for them. i would wait untill you are settled to see whats floating around your area and who you get to know and you will figure it out. good luck to you and keep us posted if you please as i would like to follow your progress.
p.s. also bartering might become a big part of your life so be prepared for that

[Mattones]

Buy a generator 10,000watt will do great things for those power outtages

[Angus]

You'll love N.B.

We did.
Honeymooned on the east coast, first lobster meal was in a restaurant overlooking a tidal area. Waitress told us to watch the large ditch and sure enough a huge wash of water came rushing in. Very cool. Very nice people all over down there.

To the OP - Without a lot of detail on your specific situation all I can say is even though I have a bunch of large machinery I consider good hand tools essential. Spades, brush hooks, come alongs, axe, maul, hoes, sledge hammers, forks, fencing tools - you get the picture.
Good extension ladder.
They can't be junk thats hard to use or breaks the first time you use them.

[intothedeep]

If you're looking at a big garden and can get lots of wood chips, don't see why not in NB, look at placing loads of them over your garden soil and in the rows. Loads of leafs are good too, or a mix of both...
Extreme mulching or the "back to Eden" method. Paul Gautschi invented it...
Google it on YouTube.

It takes a couple years to get going, can be faster if your plot has good top soil, but it virtually eliminates weeding, watering, and fertilizing and produces massive yields...

Gardening is one of my favorite things along with fishing and worked on small farms and grown a 5000 sq ft garden on my friends property and used mulching with good success, but this method is a serious hack... Can't wait to try it, hopefully sooner then later... Good luck!