#self-sufficient

You won't believe what I have discovered. In my question to find autonomous solutions to reduce costs, I began looking at my everyday needs and began to wonder what could I do to reduce anything to basic

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Hi! This is part of my plants collection, thriving during this season. They enjoy being on parly shaded but still warm place. Protected by a giant pine from harsh weather conditions. Leaving enough moisture

Hello everyone, Through the week I took a tour around my main farmlands and the extension at the other side, which I talked about some weeks ago, and it's quite an extraordinary feeling to see most of

Good day, everyone. It's great to be here once again. I've been in and around my farm for the past few weeks, and after some deliberate thought in the last few days, I've decided that I need to create

The Importance of Food Safety Issues Within Your Self-Sustainable Community.

My daily chores that aren't really chores.

Growing up, I've always been an admirer of gardening, farming, and tending of plants, given my childhood experiences of being brought up in that act by my grandparents, and thereon I get to learn about

I should be grateful for such a bounteous harvest of courgettes marrows... But they just keep on coming! We have to eat them pretty much every night. (The kids are thrilled, as I'm sure you can imagine!

I love this time of year. Endless supplies of delicious strawberries from the garden. The veg patch is thriving. Especially with the recent rain. I've got the following veggies on the go at the moment:

I started growing my own banana tree about two years ago, and it has been a fun and rewarding experience.

HELLO FELLOW HOMESTEADERS AND FRIENDS I warmly welcome you to my blog post this great weekend, and I hope you've enjoyed your weekend so far. Today, I'd like to walk you through the final step in the process

I CANNOT COMPLETELY FILL THE DAM RESERVOIR This is due from the water having a way to bypass the dam. The dam itself does not leak. The issue is this... So, what is that exactly? Well it's a picture of

I stored some cornflower and had some ideas on the predicted food shortage. Eat tomorrow at yesterday's prices.

FIRST THINGS FIRST *Reservoir side of the dam. I've veen busy with throwing stones at the dam with the excitement of the first stage of the process being done, that of the reservoir side of the dam wall

SOME GOOD PROGRESS So, after all the great fun that was our community slip 'n' slide....it was time to get back to business on constructing the dam. I'll start off by showing you the other wing footing

SLOWLY BUT SURELY That's how we win the race, right?😁 Well, if so I'm definitely doing well at getting the dam done. We've been having record hot days the last couple of weeks and it makes all masonry

Yesterday was a gray and cold day and I did not work in the garden. It also became a lot colder in the house. What I have sown does not really sprout. What have I got so far? Dill, some tomato seeds have

With the Allotment prept and ready for planting, waiting for the first frost to pass to begin planting tasty food to enjoy in season. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what to plant? I'm looking for

Morning