Jess172
Lovin' The Homestead
Ok so I've wanted to start becoming self sufficient for years but just in this last year have I got the time and land to start. Now that I've gotten started I want to do it all! Grow my own food, make my own products (soaps, cleaners ect) try alt energy sources, canning, cooking from scratch, raise chickens, ducks, turkeys, rabbits and well pretty much everything else. I know of course that I need to start slow and I will but I can still keep dreaming and maybe try one thing new on the list every year. I'm going to try share all my adventures (the good, the bad, and the ugly) as I start my journey to becoming self sufficient 
1. What state/province/country are you in and what is your climate like? Kentucky zone 6a
2. How many people are in your family? Marital status?married with two kids
3. How would you define self sufficiency? Being able to rely on yourself for all needs
4. What would you do with your spare time if you had any resources you needed? Probably own a huge farm
5. Have you ever built a house , or other types of building? Do you want to? I've never built a house but I've done several remodels and my hubby has built several houses.
6. Can you weld? Steel, aluminum, MiG, TiG, stick, Oxy-Acet? No but of like to learn one day.
7. Who or what inspired you to become more self sufficient? Growing up hearing all the stories of how my grandparents used to live.
8 Cloth or paper?
9. In what ways are you self sufficient now and in what ways would you like to learn more? I have a pond stock full of catfish and we hunt for a lot of our meat. If like to learn soooo many other ways.
10. In what way(s) will you never choose to become self sufficient? I will always have indoor plumbing and hot water.
11. Are you interested in stocking up for future needs? I would like to can so I can eat food from my garden year round but I'm not planning on major stock piling.
12. Where do you end up when you sink into yourself, away from the outside world? I dream of my future plans
13. Can you drive a farm tractor or a semi? A small farm tractor
14. Do you make crafts or useful items? Would you want to teach others how to do these? I can quilt and have taught others before.
15. Can you have legally livestock where you are at? Do you have any? What kinds? Yes. Any kind.
16. Can you operate a lathe? Metal, wood? N/a
17. Do you like to garden? If so, what do you enjoy growing? Yes. Tomatoes so far but I'm going to try a little of everything this year.
18. Do you fish? Bait or explosives? Yes. Bait
19. How much space/land do you have or rent? City? Country? Country. 5 acres
20. Are you a Novice, Technician, General, Advanced? ARRL? N/a
21. What is your self sufficient specialty? Dont have one yet Or what one would you like to learn? Everything!
22. If you could create a degree and curriculum, what would you major in and what classes would you take? Homesteading 101
23. Do you do wood work? framing, finish, cabinet? Cabinets
24. Are you interested in herbal medicine? Yes
25. If you could live any place you chose, where would it be? Right where I am
26. Do you use a wood stove for heating or cooking? No
27. What would your ideal super hero/villain be? N/a
28. Are your family or friends also interested in self sufficiency? Yes
29. Do you like to cook? Are you interested in whole foods and natural foods? raw milk? farm fresh eggs?yes to it all
30. What was your MOS? N/a
31. Do you forage or hunt for part of your food needs? Hunt deer, rabbit, turkey and go fishing
32. What skills do you have that help you be more self sufficient? Carpentry from the hubby
33. In which fictional universe would you most like to live?
34. Do you have solar panels? Plans to use solar energy? No but maybe?
35 What is the mass/weight ratio of a European swallow carrying a coconut from the tropics to England?
36. Have you ever lived completely off grid? Would you like to? No
37. In what do you trust? God
38. Do you make things yourself to save money? Yes
39. Has trying to be more self-sufficient changed your attitude or habits about money/spending? Yes!!
1. What state/province/country are you in and what is your climate like? Kentucky zone 6a
2. How many people are in your family? Marital status?married with two kids
3. How would you define self sufficiency? Being able to rely on yourself for all needs
4. What would you do with your spare time if you had any resources you needed? Probably own a huge farm
5. Have you ever built a house , or other types of building? Do you want to? I've never built a house but I've done several remodels and my hubby has built several houses.
6. Can you weld? Steel, aluminum, MiG, TiG, stick, Oxy-Acet? No but of like to learn one day.
7. Who or what inspired you to become more self sufficient? Growing up hearing all the stories of how my grandparents used to live.
8 Cloth or paper?
9. In what ways are you self sufficient now and in what ways would you like to learn more? I have a pond stock full of catfish and we hunt for a lot of our meat. If like to learn soooo many other ways.
10. In what way(s) will you never choose to become self sufficient? I will always have indoor plumbing and hot water.
11. Are you interested in stocking up for future needs? I would like to can so I can eat food from my garden year round but I'm not planning on major stock piling.
12. Where do you end up when you sink into yourself, away from the outside world? I dream of my future plans
13. Can you drive a farm tractor or a semi? A small farm tractor
14. Do you make crafts or useful items? Would you want to teach others how to do these? I can quilt and have taught others before.
15. Can you have legally livestock where you are at? Do you have any? What kinds? Yes. Any kind.
16. Can you operate a lathe? Metal, wood? N/a
17. Do you like to garden? If so, what do you enjoy growing? Yes. Tomatoes so far but I'm going to try a little of everything this year.
18. Do you fish? Bait or explosives? Yes. Bait
19. How much space/land do you have or rent? City? Country? Country. 5 acres
20. Are you a Novice, Technician, General, Advanced? ARRL? N/a
21. What is your self sufficient specialty? Dont have one yet Or what one would you like to learn? Everything!
22. If you could create a degree and curriculum, what would you major in and what classes would you take? Homesteading 101
23. Do you do wood work? framing, finish, cabinet? Cabinets
24. Are you interested in herbal medicine? Yes
25. If you could live any place you chose, where would it be? Right where I am
26. Do you use a wood stove for heating or cooking? No
27. What would your ideal super hero/villain be? N/a
28. Are your family or friends also interested in self sufficiency? Yes
29. Do you like to cook? Are you interested in whole foods and natural foods? raw milk? farm fresh eggs?yes to it all
30. What was your MOS? N/a
31. Do you forage or hunt for part of your food needs? Hunt deer, rabbit, turkey and go fishing
32. What skills do you have that help you be more self sufficient? Carpentry from the hubby
33. In which fictional universe would you most like to live?
34. Do you have solar panels? Plans to use solar energy? No but maybe?
35 What is the mass/weight ratio of a European swallow carrying a coconut from the tropics to England?
36. Have you ever lived completely off grid? Would you like to? No
37. In what do you trust? God
38. Do you make things yourself to save money? Yes
39. Has trying to be more self-sufficient changed your attitude or habits about money/spending? Yes!!
Looking forward to reading about your adventures!
