I play as a Green Pact following Bosmer. It is not very hard to do if you know what you can consume and can not consume. On the subject of alchemy, yes you can make potions and poisons! There are plenty of ingredients around that is not plant based. Salt and any fungus is completely allowed as well as any ingredients from insects, animals and creatures. Stay away from and do not use any potions that you find or can buy, you don't know what they were made with. Here is a webpage that gives a list of Green Pact friendly ingredients according to the potion you wish to brew. http://tamrielvault.com/profiles/blogs/green-pact-alchemy As for food, use this as your primary source for healing (if you are not using restoration). Go for the higher based items like steamed mudcrab legs, those have 12 points of health. Don't waste your time with anything that provides less than 10 points of health. Drinks, unless if you have Hearthfire to buy milk, stay away from them. For additional healing get Namira's ring, you are bound to cannibalistic survival after all. Bows, Bosmer in Valenwood have no problem using imported wood to build homes and use to make weapons with. If you don't feel right about smithing bows and arrows then I suggest to use what you find or level up your smithing and craft dragon bone weapons, if you have dawnguard. You could look for a mod that allows you to buy firewood from vendors, or use a weapons mod like Ghosu's Horker weapons pack. Also don't buy a home or build one if you have Hearthfire, but instead use the Alchemist's Shack for a home. The end table next to the bed will never respawn and is safe to use for storage.