User blog comment:D2r/Unanswered Questions of Redwall/@comment-1428497-20100131193310

back @ D2r- where they get weapons is question #2, not #5, and they have the orchard, the pond (yes i know, fish are debatable), gardens, etc. Redwall was built to be self sufficient in the first place, and we don't really know how big the abbey really is so we don;t know how much room they had for growing plants. Besides the fact that the woodlanders probably shared SOME food with the Redwallers in return for the protection and support they got from the abbey.