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So you’ve got your garden up and running, and you’ve got produce to sustain you. Perhaps you give some away to friends and neighbours, but even the most organised gardeners suffer from the “glut” and end up with a surplus. What do you do? You preserve it for future use. You may choose to make preserves like [...] I owe you all an apology for being absent for a few weeks. Well, I’m back (briefly, to check in), but regular publishing will resume in early September. In the meantime, there are a few things that demand further thought… Anyone who has been consuming mainstream media in whatever form over the last few weeks, cannot [...] It will soon be the time of year when blackberries are ripe for picking. I love blackberries, but I’ve never tried making Blackberry Jam, so this year I decided to give it a go. Raspberry and Strawberry jams are my favourites, but you can preserve pretty much all fruit and vegetables by turning them into [...] 1. Your own fruit and vegetables taste better than shop bought produce. They really do! Maybe it’s because they are fresher, but I find my own produce has a much “stronger” taste than the plastic wrapped produce from the shop, or even that sold at farmers markets. 2. Your home produced food has not [...] Today we conclude our series on practical things you can do to increase your level of self sufficiency. As before, work through from the beginning and build slowly. The important thing is to review your vision of what self sufficiency looks like for you, and to build a cohesive plan to take you there. At the [...] Continuing our series on practical things you can do to increase your level of self sufficiency. I haven’t had the opportunity to write as much as I’d like over the last few weeks, however from your feedback I know you find the practical articles useful, so here goes with ten MORE practical steps. If you [...] I thought it was time for a series of articles that give you some practical things you can do to increase your level of self sufficiency. Remember, when we talk about Self Sufficiency we are talking about a change of mindset, taking responsibility for our own, and our family’s needs. To that end here are [...] We’ve covered a variety of subjects with the posts so far and I wanted to begin to put some context around them for you so you can see where everything fits in. Let’s start with a “back to basics” question: What do you really need to be self sufficient? Shelter That’s it! Self Sufficiency boils down to those [...] |
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