BarredRockMomma

[BarredRockMomma]

I am posting my answers from the journal I am starting on Sufficient self. I am just starting to garden and am hoping to learn tons from this community. :tools

1. What state/province/country are you in and what is your climate like?
I am in northern Utah. We normally have cold winters with snow and hot summers.
2. How many people are in your family? Marital status?
There are 7 people in my house. Myself, my two kids, my parents and my Aunt and Uncle
3. How would you define self sufficiency?
Producing as much as possible for my family.
4. What would you do with your spare time if you had any resources you needed?
I love to read and do needle art, knit, crochet, and cross stitch. I would love to be able to grow and process my own yarn.
5. Have you ever built a house , or other types of building? Do you want to?
The only housing I have built is for goats and chickens
6. Can you weld? Steel, aluminum, MiG, TiG, stick, Oxy-Acet?
None of the above
7. Who or what inspired you to become more self sufficient?
The rising cost of everything
8 Cloth or paper?
Cloth
9. In what ways are you self sufficient now and in what ways would you like to learn more?
I am only self sufficient in eggs. I want to produce most of my familys food myself
10. In what way(s) will you never choose to become self sufficient?
None that I can think of
11. Are you interested in stocking up for future needs?
Yes, just starting
12. Where do you end up when you sink into yourself, away from the outside world?
In a book or out with the goats and chickens
13. Can you drive a farm tractor or a semi?
Never tried
14. Do you make crafts or useful items? Would you want to teach others how to do these?
Right now I am making blankets and rugs for everyone.
15. Can you have legally livestock where you are at? Do you have any? What kinds?
No answer, I do have goats
16. Can you operate a lathe? Metal, wood?
Never tried
17. Do you like to garden? If so, what do you enjoy growing?
Just starting my first real garden this year
18. Do you fish? Bait or explosives?
Nope
19. How much space/land do you have or rent? City? Country?
About an acre
20. Are you a Novice, Technician, General, Advanced? ARRL?
Novice
21. What is your self sufficient specialty? Or what one would you like to learn?
I am learning it all right now
22. If you could create a degree and curriculum, what would you major in and what classes would you take?
Not sure
23. Do you do wood work? framing, finish, cabinet?
No but my father does
24. Are you interested in herbal medicine?
Yes for both people and animals
25. If you could live any place you chose, where would it be?
Away from people
26. Do you use a wood stove for heating or cooking?
No all electric right now
27. What would your ideal super hero/villain be?

28. Are your family or friends also interested in self sufficiency?
This journey is a partenership with my mom, aunt and uncle
29. Do you like to cook? Are you interested in whole foods and natural foods? raw milk? farm fresh eggs?
I enjoy cooking but not cleaning. I only use eggs from my chickens, and soon I will be able to milk the goats
30. What was your MOS?
6152 (CH 46 Hydraulics and Airframe)
31. Do you forage or hunt for part of your food needs?
Not at this point
32. What skills do you have that help you be more self sufficient?
Being stubborn
33. In which fictional universe would you most like to live?
The one where I can live where and how I want with out someone (the government) saying you cant do that
34. Do you have solar panels? Plans to use solar energy?
No I would if I could afford it
35 What is the mass/weight ratio of a European swallow carrying a coconut from the tropics to England?
Yes
36. Have you ever lived completely off grid? Would you like to?
Yes and I would do it again if it was on my terms
37. In what do you trust?
Myself, my family and my God
38. Do you make things yourself to save money?
Some but mostly I dont have time (I still work full time)
39. Has trying to be more self-sufficient changed your attitude or habits about money/spending?
The opposite for me the price of things has turned me towards being more self sufficient.

 

[retiredwith4acres]

Welcome to TEG! Several people here that can help you meet your gardening goal. They are helping me!

 

[Detlor Poultry]

Welcome! Here are my answers...

1. What state/province/country are you in and what is your climate like?
Classified information. Especially the climatic info. The FBI would be after me if I told you how much it snowed today.
2. How many people are in your family? Marital status?
If my chickens are included, 60. My chickens are all married.
3. How would you define self sufficiency?
Being able to do anything necessary to survive without help or interaction with any 3rd party.
4. What would you do with your spare time if you had any resources you needed?
More ducks. Not as if I don't have alot right now, but I'd have about 200 more if I had the coop resourses.
5. Have you ever built a house , or other types of building? Do you want to?
I have.
6. Can you weld? Steel, aluminum, MiG, TiG, stick, Oxy-Acet?
I can spit really far.
7. Who or what inspired you to become more self sufficient?
The Government.
8 Cloth or paper?
Both. That was a strange question.
9. In what ways are you self sufficient now and in what ways would you like to learn more?
If the magnetic poles reversed and destroyed all forms of electricity and radiomagnetivity, I'd be fine.
10. In what way(s) will you never choose to become self sufficient?
Nuclear generation.
11. Are you interested in stocking up for future needs?
Of course. You should see my TP collection!
12. Where do you end up when you sink into yourself, away from the outside world?
In the Bible or out with the ducks and chickens.
13. Can you drive a farm tractor or a semi?
Yes, I have done both, but why would I want to lower my standards to the point of driving a semi? It's all or nothing in my truck book.
14. Do you make crafts or useful items? Would you want to teach others how to do these?
Yes.
15. Can you have legally livestock where you are at? Do you have any? What kinds?
Yes. Do you really think anyone would admit to be illegally raising livestock? Ducks, Cattle, Chickens in about 16 breeds, geese, et cetera.
16. Can you operate a lathe? Metal, wood?
Yeah! Lathes are excellent.
17. Do you like to garden? If so, what do you enjoy growing?
Yes. Farewell-to-Spring and Primrose!
18. Do you fish? Bait or explosives?
I fish, but I use Radiomagnetivity to stun the fish instead.
19. How much space/land do you have or rent? City? Country?
90+ . I live in a country called Canada. I live in a city called The Mountains.
20. Are you a Novice, Technician, General, Advanced? ARRL?
None of the above. I'm a person.
21. What is your self sufficient specialty? Or what one would you like to learn?
Poultry raising. I am still learning everything else.
22. If you could create a degree and curriculum, what would you major in and what classes would you take?
Poultry and Poultry Theory II.
23. Do you do wood work? framing, finish, cabinet?
Yes. I can even build a cinderblock out of wood. That takes alot of talent.
24. Are you interested in herbal medicine?
Uhh..... As long as I can talk to officers openly about it...
25. If you could live any place you chose, where would it be?
Where am I now? Here.
26. Do you use a wood stove for heating or cooking?
Yes. Both.
27. What would your ideal super hero/villain be?
Dr. Poultry would be the hero. No villains. Dr. Poultry doesn't have any powers to fight them off.
28. Are your family or friends also interested in self sufficiency?
Yip.

 

[BarredRockMomma]

I love all the smilies on here I will be sure to use them

I am also on BYH, BYC, and Sufficent self fourms. I have found that these are great places to learn about a lot of things. Right now my garden is just a 48' x 12' patch of grass that has been tilled over. We are planning on tomatoes and patotes at this point. We want more but have yet to sit and talk about all that we want/need. I want to plant things that we can can and store easily. :coolsun Our last attempt at a garden resulted in little human food, but the horses and chickens, did like what we did. They both made a habbit of checking out what was growing. The new challange is the dogs that want to help with the digging

The other challenge we have right now is the weather. For the last several days we have broken record highs, 85* plus, and by the weekend we are looking at 50's and rain. Oh the joys of bi-polar weather.

 

[Detlor Poultry]

We're glad to have you here!

Let me introduce myself. I am a published author, a Christian, and I have a very eccentric sense of humour. It is dry, and has been described as a non-dirty version of an average teenage boy's sense of humor.

I am otherwise quite special.

 

[Detlor Poultry]

Here are the answers to the rest of the questions.

29. Do you like to cook? Are you interested in whole foods and natural foods? raw milk? farm fresh eggs?
I prefer not to eat food whole or natural. I p refer to eat food cooked and chewed.
30. What was your MOS?
I don't raise Mosvich. I think the Mos chickens are extinct. The last Mosvich was seen in Scandinavia.
31. Do you forage or hunt for part of your food needs?
Yes. Especially when the goats sneak into the house and steal the refridgerator.
32. What skills do you have that help you be more self sufficient?
Being an erect-postured, bipedal higher mammal with opposable thumbs.
33. In which fictional universe would you most like to live?
Donutland.
34. Do you have solar panels? Plans to use solar energy?
Isn't tat an awefully personal question?
35 What is the mass/weight ratio of a European swallow carrying a coconut from the tropics to England?
B
36. Have you ever lived completely off grid? Would you like to?
I have never lived on a grid. Do you think I'm a graph chart?
37. In what do you trust?
Myself, my family and my God.
38. Do you make things yourself to save money?
I don't have to buy fertilizer after a hearty meal.
39. Has trying to be more self-sufficient changed your attitude or habits about money/spending?
Yes. Especially after the market crash of goatopolis in 2011 when they stole my refridgerator.

 

[thistlebloom]

You're too much DP!

I only believed half of your answers...

Welcome to TEG BarredRockMomma

 

[farmettehopeful]

I will give this a try...

1. What state/province/country are you in and what is your climate like?
PA, normally cold, snowy winters, rainy spring, nice hot (but not too hot) summers and cool falls
2. How many people are in your family? Marital status?
4 people (i won't include pets in this one!) me, hubby, 11 yr old daughter and 3 year old son.
3. How would you define self sufficiency?
Being able to provide my family with the essentials as much as possible
4. What would you do with your spare time if you had any resources you needed?
Rescue and rehab animals
5. Have you ever built a house , or other types of building? Do you want to
Chicken tractor, helped with chicken coop and the addition to our house, and our deck Someday hope to help construct our house in the woods!
6. Can you weld? Steel, aluminum, MiG, TiG, stick, Oxy-Acet?
Nope
7. Who or what inspired you to become more self sufficient?
I have the time now to think of how much things cost and how much we could be doing for ourselves
8 Cloth or paper?
Cloth
9. In what ways are you self sufficient now and in what ways would you like to learn more?
First year starting veggie garden and chickens for meat and eggs. I learn more about these everyday on this site and BYC!
10. In what way(s) will you never choose to become self sufficient
hmmm, that's a thinker
11. Are you interested in stocking up for future needs?
Yep, just starting...as long as future means winter!
12. Where do you end up when you sink into yourself, away from the outside world?
Daytime, in the woods Nighttime, in a book
13. Can you drive a farm tractor or a semi?
I'm sure I could learn!
14. Do you make crafts or useful items? Would you want to teach others how to do these?
I used to cross stitch but would have to relearn! I am not a good teacher
15. Can you have legally livestock where you are at? Do you have any? What kinds?
On my little property I can have up to 6 chickens, if i had 3+ acres, I could have anything I wanted! We have 10 chickens (shhh)
16. Can you operate a lathe? Metal, wood?
Nope
17. Do you like to garden? If so, what do you enjoy growing?
First year growing food, have grown some flowers before, I do love flowers!
18. Do you fish? Bait or explosives?
Yep...worms
19. How much space/land do you have or rent? City? Country?
Own, country, under an acre :-(
20. Are you a Novice, Technician, General, Advanced? ARRL?
Novice
21. What is your self sufficient specialty? Or what one would you like to learn?
I am learning it all right now
22. If you could create a degree and curriculum, what would you major in and what classes would you take?
No clue!
23. Do you do wood work? framing, finish, cabinet?
I have the knowledge but it isn't pretty enough to say yes too...yet
24. Are you interested in herbal medicine?
Somewhat
25. If you could live any place you chose, where would it be?
In the middle of nowhere where we had the ability to grow all of our food...gardening, pigs, cows, chickens etc..and not have neighbors to complain about what you are doing on your own property!
26. Do you use a wood stove for heating or cooking?
Just got a pellet stove this winter for heating...bye bye oil!!
27. What would your ideal super hero/villain be?
I have never been into them!
28. Are your family or friends also interested in self sufficiency?
My family, a little. Friends think I'm crazy but are supportive (and also read up on issues I talk about, so they are curious!)
29. Do you like to cook? Are you interested in whole foods and natural foods? raw milk? farm fresh eggs?
Once I get a recipe nailed down, I enjoy it. I do not purchase natural foods often...I would rather attempt to grow my own, my way! I wish I could have raw milk. Can't wait for my first fresh eggs!!
30. What was your MOS?
77F petroleum supply specialist (it is now a 92)
31. Do you forage or hunt for part of your food needs?
Have family that hunt deer and split the food around
32. What skills do you have that help you be more self sufficient?
Great internet research skills to help me along!
33. In which fictional universe would you most like to live?
It's not exactly fictional but... in my 3 years old mind~to be so innocent to the way the world is around you would be magnificent!
34. Do you have solar panels? Plans to use solar energy?
No, but I did notice the prices are beginning to drop and I want some atleast for back up energy!
35 What is the mass/weight ratio of a European swallow carrying a coconut from the tropics to England?
huh?!?
36. Have you ever lived completely off grid? Would you like to?
Not that I can remember (I was too young) I would love to
37. In what do you trust?
God
38. Do you make things yourself to save money?
I am cooking more to save money and health...it's a big start for me!
39. Has trying to be more self-sufficient changed your attitude or habits about money/spending?
At this point, I am spending more for the set up (have to make things look nice for the 1 lousy neighbor I have) but yes, just having 2 55gal rain barrels has already saved the water bill!

 

[CuteChick]

You're too much DP!



Welcome to TEG BarredRockMomma

HA! you haven't even seen the least of it! you should have seen him before he was DP!

 

[Detlor Poultry]

I figured you'd say something like that.

Someday I might think of answering those questions honestly and seriously..... might think of doing that.... might