For those of you that know me outside of the blog will agree with the fact that I am not only a pack rat but love to make lists in order to get things done. Yes I am one of those moms that make a list of what each person will pack when we go on vacation. So since we started to work on become more self-sufficient I made up a list of things that as a family we were going to do in order to get there. Now the ultimate goal is to be able to move the family to property with 20 to 50 acres and live out the rest of our days there. I would love to be there in 3 years but know that might be a bit of a stretch but that is my goal. So here are some things that we are doing to become more self-sufficient:
· Garden- start from seeds
Plant as much as can
Freeze, can, dehydrate, store as much as can
Sell any extra or overage that family cannot use
· Freezers- clean them all out and get rid of what will not use and eat what we can and no going to grocery store until it is cleaned out
· Find local famer to buy meat from- Support Local if have to purchase outside food
· Fish- get pond finished
Get fish
Learn to process fish ourselves for our family
Freeze as much fish as we can hold
Sell any extra or overage that family cannot use
· Make an herb garden with medicinal herbs and use them
· Get at least 6 month food supply
· Get at least 6 month water supply
· Get a secondary power source-
Solar, water, wind, kid power or generator
· Get fire wood supply with at least 12 ricks of wood (enough wood to last from Oct to March) by end of September
· Get rain barrels to collect water to use for watering plants
· Get a secondary way to cook and bake if power does go out (Solar Oven, Gas Grill)
· Move chickens
· Compost chicken waste
· Have BOB (Bug out Bag) for each person and emergency plans in place
· Less TV time
· More cooking from scratch
· More ownership for self/ house/gardens/ animals/ others
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