tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5847491402442204726.post816330046246467404..comments2023-09-05T21:33:40.537+08:00Comments on Barb'sBackyard: Self Sufficiency in Food.Barb.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11383714327462070532noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5847491402442204726.post-65720033765927153972012-01-24T17:31:03.994+08:002012-01-24T17:31:03.994+08:00I don't know if anyone can be fully self suffi...I don't know if anyone can be fully self sufficient and I don't think we are meant to go it alone. Bartering has been around for ages and perhaps that's what our society needs more of. I think that it's wonderful that you are giving it a go and my hat goes off to you for trying if only for a few days. I though I'd be able to give it a try to eat only what we produce but couldn't even make it through one day. Oh well!Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08295890728434904710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5847491402442204726.post-34868392985711344892012-01-24T14:28:49.671+08:002012-01-24T14:28:49.671+08:00Barb i think you have been doing a wonderful job i...Barb i think you have been doing a wonderful job i really do , and is it really achivable to be self sufficent/ i think it could be if bartering was appart of it , i think we all want a more simple life style and live of the land as much as we can ....but hey i love my coffee lol and i dont think we can even grow coffee bushes in Tasmania ..so i will have to unfortunly get mine from the supermarket!!!<br /><br />Blessings Heidi :-)primitive ole frugal mummahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05152153857791974645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5847491402442204726.post-8256515217085594102012-01-24T12:27:41.122+08:002012-01-24T12:27:41.122+08:00I could clean fish under one circumstance, maybe d...I could clean fish under one circumstance, maybe dress a hen--if my children were starving or would starve. Eggs would have to be my protein source now since I am relieved of the burden of my children starving. I always worried about that!<br /><br />None of us can be totally self-sufficient in food production as long as we depend on seeds, gasoline, and machinery from someone else. I know this is not where you are trying to be. <br /><br />Do you or would you count yourself as self-sufficient if you traded for what you could not produce or do yourself? For example: If you raised hens and someone else killed them for a portion of the hens, would you count that as self-sufficient? If you traded your tomatoes for someone else's cleaned fish, would you count that as self-sufficient? Just curious. <br /><br />Raising a coffee and wheat crop sufficient for your needs would really be difficult, I think. I forgot how much land you have, but what would small scale be to you? <br /><br />This experiment/challenge of yours is interesting.Practical Parsimonyhttp://www.practical-parsimony.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com