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Advice for a city girl that wants to become a farm girl?

TweetQuestion by bee: Advice for a city girl that wants to become a farm girl? I have lived in the city all of my life, but my dream is to one day own a farm. I’m an avid spinner and a knitter, and I would love owning my own sheep and other fiber animals. I … Continue reading

Self Sufficient Gardening. Please help?

TweetMy plan in life is simple, to live simply. Simple as that. Now the problem with living simply is that it is excruciatingly complex to retrieve the lost information of a self sufficient people. We are as Americans or Westerners or just the people of today too reliant on grocery stores and big food business … Continue reading

What would you need in order to live completely self sufficient and “off the grid”? Land, Power, Resources?

TweetAssuming you would need to do all of the following for a group of 10 people indefinitely: 1. Grow your own food, (assume both livestock & agri needs) 2. Make your own clothes, 3. Educate your children, 4. Provide for your own power, 5. Secure and normalize potable water sources 6. Make any necessary repairs … Continue reading