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To: Georgia Girl 2
That garden may not take off the first year.

thing is - If you don't already have your gardens established - and fruit tress/berries/well/laying hens etc - established - and haven't learned the 'old' skills like: make butter, soap, can, hunt (dress game) know and forage local wild plants, fish, etc - you're gonna have a less than even chance of survival.

77 posted on 04/15/2015 1:01:15 AM PDT by maine-iac7 (Christian is as Christian does - by their fruits ye shall know them.)
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To: maine-iac7

I agree. You should have fruit and nut trees and gardens already in place. We are currently experimenting with container and raised bed gardening.

I am experimenting this year with potatoes in 5 gallon buckets. So far two weeks in my potato plants look great. My sister is working a 30 gallon potato container. I do tomatoes in containers also. I get a larger tomato and much better yield.

My Mom and have made butter and cheese from scratch. I have perfected my bread making skills so that Mr. GG2 no longer wants the store bought stuff. I need to work on the sourdough starter though.

Mr. GG2 has been experimenting with essential oils and has a face cream and a lip balm to die for. That’s all I use anymore. He also has salves for pain and sleep that work well.

As soon as we move permanently to the mountain place we are getting the chickens and a couple of small goats. I think that is about as much as we think we can handle by ourselves.


114 posted on 04/15/2015 7:27:33 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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