What are you doing to become more self-reliant?

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I bought a grain mill to grind my own fresh wheat. It arrived a couple days ago and just got the wheat. I'll be playing with that soon.

Began making my own yogurt for the kids. It's better tasting, better for you, and I know what's in it, also no plastic chemicals leaching into their food. I think as long as I keep it fed every week it will stay alive.

Going to be making my own sausages soon, learning to use the meat grinder. Isn't it odd that this isn't a common thing to do?

Setting up chicken tractors to segregate chickens by species instead of free range bangs, in order to sell breeds to those who want specific kinds. Also started quail, they're about three to four weeks old. Will begin a breeding program with them and start stocking the freezer and selling. I'm hoping with these specific things I'll make contact with other people who will have trade items instead of using cash. I need to pick out five to ten goats and sell them. Feed stores have been short on feed for a month now. It's going to be hard to let go of them. They're pets as much as milk providers.

Planning the garden, will be first year here so nothing established yet. Put in three apples, two pears,a fig, a pomegranate, and another I can't recall last fall. Expanded the current two blue berry bush section to four. It has been really bad weather so not a lot done for the garden beyond plans on paper and seed accumulation. We just got rabbits so now I have goat, chicken, turkey, quail, and rabbit poop for the garden. Have a rack with five tiers and shop lights to do seed starters in about two weeks.

I wish to make a smoke house that does both hot and cold smoking. I would also like to source salt locally if shtf. I need to get a hand pump and the well working. I was so excited this place had a well until I called to get it working and they said several thousand. Need to set up the rain barrels too. So much to do.

Definitely look into the quail for food. Chickens take forever to reach maturity, eat a lot more per pound of feed/yield of meat, stink more, require more space, and take longer to butcher. I like them, but I think if I had started quail first I would have only gotten them as pets who happen to give larger eggs.

I bought a grain mill to grind my own fresh wheat. It arrived a couple days ago and just got the wheat. I'll be playing with that soon. Began making my own yogurt for the kids. It's better tasting, better for you, and I know what's in it, also no plastic chemicals leaching into their food. I think as long as I keep it fed every week it will stay alive. Going to be making my own sausages soon, learning to use the meat grinder. Isn't it odd that this isn't a common thing to do? Setting up chicken tractors to segregate chickens by species instead of free range bangs, in order to sell breeds to those who want specific kinds. Also started quail, they're about three to four weeks old. Will begin a breeding program with them and start stocking the freezer and selling. I'm hoping with these specific things I'll make contact with other people who will have trade items instead of using cash. I need to pick out five to ten goats and sell them. Feed stores have been short on feed for a month now. It's going to be hard to let go of them. They're pets as much as milk providers. Planning the garden, will be first year here so nothing established yet. Put in three apples, two pears,a fig, a pomegranate, and another I can't recall last fall. Expanded the current two blue berry bush section to four. It has been really bad weather so not a lot done for the garden beyond plans on paper and seed accumulation. We just got rabbits so now I have goat, chicken, turkey, quail, and rabbit poop for the garden. Have a rack with five tiers and shop lights to do seed starters in about two weeks. I wish to make a smoke house that does both hot and cold smoking. I would also like to source salt locally if shtf. I need to get a hand pump and the well working. I was so excited this place had a well until I called to get it working and they said several thousand. Need to set up the rain barrels too. So much to do. Definitely look into the quail for food. Chickens take forever to reach maturity, eat a lot more per pound of feed/yield of meat, stink more, require more space, and take longer to butcher. I like them, but I think if I had started quail first I would have only gotten them as pets who happen to give larger eggs.

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