I’d be interested in hearing your take on this.
“I’d be interested in hearing your take on this.”
I’ll be brief: NOPE! :)
Of COURSE I won’t be brief, LOL!
My personal ‘super steaks’ will be in the freezer come this April. Right now, ‘Stew’ (beef steer) is living His Best Life.
Laying hens are a must, as a simple way to start raising your own food. We are considering meat birds in the near future. Even now, if I buy chicken breasts, ONE BREAST is enough to feed the TWO of us at a meal! I always say to Beau, ‘What the h#ll are they feeding these chickens?’ Which always leads to a discussion about raising our own...
And, of course, a Kitchen Garden is a must! And don’t forget the herbs! And remember that flowers are ‘Food for the SOUL!’ (And many flowers are edible!)
We have friends that raise meat rabbits, but that’s not for me. Rabbit IS the smallest wild game I will eat - if I HAVE to. Beau is a fantastic hunter/fisherman, so there is always bear, elk, venison and lots of fish to eat.
Buy as local as you can. We buy a hog from the next farm over. If milk becomes an issue again, as it was during CovidBS-19, the dairy over the hill, who rents crop land from us and pastures his Heifers with us, is our ‘next door’ resource.
It took me FIFTY YEARS to get to this level of self-sufficiency and live in a community that can 100% feed themselves if need be. I had a small farm of my own for 25 years before this with chickens (in a BIG way - three teen boys to feed) and a large food garden. It was great training for what was to come to me in the future. (And a lot of HEAVENLY GRACE!)
And I ain’t going back until I am physically unable to ‘help myself.’ :)
“Do what you can, with what you’ve got, where you are.”
~ Squire Bill Widener
“I’d be interested in hearing your take on this.”
I’ll be brief: NOPE! :)
Of COURSE I won’t be brief, LOL!
My personal ‘super steaks’ will be in the freezer come this April. Right now, ‘Stew’ (beef steer) is living His Best Life.
Laying hens are a must, as a simple way to start raising your own food. We are considering meat birds in the near future. Even now, if I buy chicken breasts, ONE BREAST is enough to feed the TWO of us at a meal! I always say to Beau, ‘What the h#ll are they feeding these chickens?’ Which always leads to a discussion about raising our own...
And, of course, a Kitchen Garden is a must! And don’t forget the herbs! And remember that flowers are ‘Food for the SOUL!’ (And many flowers are edible!)
We have friends that raise meat rabbits, but that’s not for me. Rabbit IS the smallest wild game I will eat - if I HAVE to. Beau is a fantastic hunter/fisherman, so there is always bear, elk, venison and lots of fish to eat.
Buy as local as you can. We buy a hog from the next farm over. If milk becomes an issue again, as it was during CovidBS-19, the dairy over the hill, who rents crop land from us and pastures his Heifers with us, is our ‘next door’ resource.
It took me FIFTY YEARS to get to this level of self-sufficiency and live in a community that can 100% feed themselves if need be. I had a small farm of my own for 25 years before this with chickens (in a BIG way - three teen boys to feed) and a large food garden. It was great training for what was to come to me in the future. (And a lot of HEAVENLY GRACE!)
And I ain’t going back until I am physically unable to ‘help myself.’ :)
“Do what you can, with what you’ve got, where you are.”
~ Squire Bill Widener