Tending Your Own Garden

[sojournen]

Anyone here strive for some measure of food self sufficiency?
If you do, how do you do it?
Do you feel it's important to strive for self reliance with food?

Personally, I grow a garden in the warm months. Winters kind of a write off for me. I also keep egg laying chickens as well as raise meat chickens every year. This upcoming year we're adding a few turkeys and maybe some duck to he mix.
I only have half an acre of land, so I can't do a whole lot as far as livestock is concerned, but damn if fresh garden veggies aren't the shit.

I also like to do the "from" scratch thing, bake all my own breads and junk. Yum.

 

[Ellie]

My parents grow some of their own crops but we just don't get the right climate here for doing it well... Hi tiny carrots, mini raspberries, and tomatoes that the dog eats.

They also do their own bread and anything baked.

I tried making my own (flour) tortillas once - came out really well but should have done corn ones.

 

[sojournen]

Nice! Mmmmmm...............raspberries

 

[Tindy]

Mmmmmmmmmmmmm raspberries.

This is a good topic!

I plan on being some measure of self-sufficient when I get my own place (it's kind of hard at the moment, in apartments and dorms). I tried growing strawberries last year, but they didn't grow. T-T But I have like a million books on baking (and cooking, for that matter) so I plan on not buying overpriced cakes anymore (I'm better at decorating than the 16 year olds behind the counter anyway)... But I've already given this a though, actually:

I plan on growing red raspberries, strawberries, tomatoes, blueberries, melons, pumpkins, cucumbers, lettuce, peppers, and herbs. The berries 'cause they're FUCKING expensive at the store and I could easily eat like six containers at a time, and everything else for pure freshness value. Also, this is essentially the garden my pap had when I was little, so awesome.

I don't plan on having livestock....unless my boyfriend wants to do the killin' :X Maybe chickens for eggs, but even then, I've never had chickens and I've heard they can be ornery. Also, I don't know if I'll ever need like six eggs a day. And i kind of like the quality checks that go into eggs at the store...

 

[sojournen]

My chickens are awesome. I love how they run up to greet me, knowing I have the grub. <3

 

[Venetia]

I'd love to garden. I did it when I had my townhouse--well, I had a small plot on either side of a walkway where I could plant these tropical multi-colored plants IDR the name of. But now I live in an apartment and the only gardening I can do now is hydroponic :x

(which btw I'm growing cherry tomatoes with :3)

 

[sojournen]

Tomatoes..................right.


Oh my god, I'm such a lurker today.