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More great information for preppers, homesteaders, and others who have a goal to work toward food self-sufficiency! Find out what you'll need and how much, to produce and store your own food! Read great tips from my own experiences. A great deal, for only .99 on Amazon!
http://www.amazon.com/Food-Self-Sufficiency-Reality-Check-ebook/dp/B0097G797U/ref=sr_1_14?ie=UTF8&qid=1347456082&sr=8-14&keywords=susan+gregersen
Here's a list of the chapters in the book, so you can see if there's a subject of particular interest to you:
Chapter 2 Jars
Chapter 3 Chickens
Chapter 4 Other Domestic Meat Animals
Chapter 5 Grains
Chapter 6 Foraging
Chapter 7 Hunting
Chapter 8 Fishing
Chapter 9 Conclusion
And here's the Introduction, copied and pasted from the book file. It'll might help you decide whether to buy the book.
Introduction
http://www.amazon.com/Food-Self-Sufficiency-Reality-Check-ebook/dp/B0097G797U/ref=sr_1_14?ie=UTF8&qid=1347456082&sr=8-14&keywords=susan+gregersen
Here's a list of the chapters in the book, so you can see if there's a subject of particular interest to you:
Table of
Contents
Chapter 2 Jars
Chapter 3 Chickens
Chapter 4 Other Domestic Meat Animals
Chapter 5 Grains
Chapter 6 Foraging
Chapter 7 Hunting
Chapter 8 Fishing
Chapter 9 Conclusion
And here's the Introduction, copied and pasted from the book file. It'll might help you decide whether to buy the book.
Introduction
Often
in conversations the subject comes up about growing or producing our
own food. Some people want to move to the country and get into
small-time farming, and some just want to have a garden. Others want
to have a few meat animals around, such as chickens or rabbits.
There
are also those who want to work toward producing most or all of their
own food. Some like the independence and some worry about future
hardships, either from natural disasters or man-made events.
But
if you're going to grow a garden or crops, what do you need to do
that? How much land? What type of land? How will you preserve and
store the food you grow?
Animals
need shelter and food. Do you have a place to put your chickens,
rabbits, goats, calves, or other animals? What will you feed them if
times are hard? How will you feed them now, if your goal is
self-sufficiency? Will your plan include buying feed, or growing it
yourself?
In
addition to gardening and raising animals, other sources for food
self-sufficiency include foraging, hunting, and fishing. What
supplies or equipment will you need to do these things? What laws
will you have to follow, and do they allow you enough plants or
animals to meet your needs.
This
books is about the numbers. It's not a how-to book, it's about what
you need for the “how to”. We'll look at how to figure out how
much space you need for gardens or animals, how many jars you'll need
if you plan to get into canning, and what other options there are for
storing food.
I'll
talk about animals and their needs, and suggest ways to feed and
shelter them that won't break your bank account. I'll try to point
you the right direction to find out what you need to know about
foraging, hunting, and fishing, plus share some tips from my own
experiences.
This
book is geared toward those with limited funds, but will also be
helpful to more prosperous readers who are considering growing or
otherwise providing for most or all of their own food. The 'how-to'
may vary but the numbers are the same, whether you're rich or poor.
Some
people are 'preppers' and have been buying and storing food in case
of hard times. It's a great plan, but knowing how to produce your
own food is real security. Hand in hand with that is knowing what
you'll need to produce, preserve, and store that food. That is what
this book is about.
This book kind of snuck it's way from my mind and out my fingers on the computer keyboard. It's not the second book I'd planned to write, and still plan to write. But now that one will be Poverty Prepping, Volume 3, and whatever subtitle I give it.
So keep those stories and comments coming. The winners of our prep items contest will be in the third book...the one that was meant to be the second book!
Susan
Hi Susan
ReplyDeleteJust read the book and really enjoyed getting some great new ideas and very sound and practical ideas. I'll be referring to it over and over.
I wanted to throw out the idea of raising earthworms as composers for scraps that chickens won't eat, as food for the chickens themselves, fishing bait, and barter tools!
It's as easy as digging them up from your garden ( or purchase is desired) and keeping them in a plastic tote in a corner somewhere. Shredded newspaper is a bedding starter with just a handful of dirt thrown in and some kitchen scraps every few days. In addition to all the things above, you will have the best soil amendment ever- worm castings!
What a great idea! Thanks, Deb! If you got enough worms in there you'd have a source of protein for the chickens. That reminds me of another tip I heard, about putting meat scraps in a bag and letting maggots grow on it, and shaking the maggots into the chicken pen as a food supplement.
DeleteHow do you know when the dirt/worm castings are ready for "harvest"? Do you just scoop it all out, sift through and remove the worms and put them back in the plastic tote, and add more shredded paper and dirt?
I'm glad you enjoyed the book. Thanks for writing!
Susan
Maggots! Eeeuuu...but the girls would definitely love them!
ReplyDeleteHere's a link to one of many websites about earthworm farming.
Worms4earth.com/Raiseworms.htm
An old tote with holes drilled or pinched along the top for ventilation will work fine. There are more complicated set ups but thatll do. Caution: don't let standing water build up in the bottom. For this reason some folks drill drain holes in the bottom and then use something to put under there to catch any leaks.
When the bedding has all turned to castings and there's no recognizable paper or scraps to speak of, then you can dump it out, separate your worms and start over.