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That's my dream. Do you grow anything?
Yep! This year we're growing sheep, goats, chickens, tomato, potato, corn, beans, chickpea, snap peas, apples, peaches, mushrooms, and probably 20 more things I can't remember.
We're on 50 acres, half wooded, so lots of foraging too... dandelion, lamb's quarter, thistle, ladies thumb, lots of berries, apples, mushrooms, walnuts, dock.
Usually some volunteer kale and squash, but not so much this year. We stopped growing greens since there's so much edible green stuff that just pops up around the yard and beds for free.
That's amazing, what huge chunk of land! You are practically self sufficient in terms of food, congratulations! Do you do all the work alone?
We tried to see how close to food self-sufficiency we could get last year. We hovered about 90% from May - Jan 1, that was all just myself and my partner. Mostly what we bought was sugar, flour, coffee, oat milk, and spices.
This year we're taking it a little easier, and have had 4 different helpers come through for 1-4 weeks at a time. They've been a huge help, and report that what they learn and get from the experience feels just as valuable to them. We also got our maple sap boiling system set up, so next year we can probably get off of sugar as well.
Self-sufficiency isn't really the goal, though. We just want the skills so we can help teach folks when community sufficiency becomes necessary. It's impossible to do everything yourself, but together we can go a long ways.
Very cool! Thank you for sharing!