I don't think 'knowing how to do agriculture fairly well' was the distinguishing factor in growing enough to survive first winter in a new land. I'd like to he

I don't think 'knowing how to do agriculture fairly well' was the distinguishing factor in growing enough to survive first winter in a new land. I'd like to hear firsthand agriculturalists / agronomists on this. But heading into your first winter in a new climate with an unfamiliar crop (maize would like to say hello) , unfamiliar soil, make the likelihood of growing enough foodstuffs to store to last the winter a proposition fraught with risk indeed.