I can almost smell those marigolds!
Here, when power goes out, we are set up to just go on as usual, except the lights don't go on when switch is flipped. In summer, we'd worry about freezers and electric fencing, but we have 2 generators. We don't need those for normal living though.
What does Stage 6 entail? When you posted about this before I think it was Stage 2 and 4 - 6 hours?
RE: Managing meals when load shedding appears