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I finally have my husband on board with wanting to live in the country and have a farm. My dream is to own a farm and grow/raise/hunt my own food and try to live as simply as possible. Electricty would be a must though, but only to keep the house warm enough to keep my snakes and run their...

I figured since there was such a huge gap between the last time I was here and now, I might as well make a new journal. I am slowly changing things to become more self sufficient. I took a look at where our money goes and we have come to the conclusion that our animals (which are basically our...

I have never shot a living thing in my life. I'm a 22 year old female living in Richmond, Va and I think hunting could help me. We have a lot of critters that eat a raw diet. We'd love to get our cats and dog on a 100% raw diet but for now they eat what the ferrets don't. So how do you go...

I would like to start composting so I can reduce the amount of trash we throw out. What is the correct ratio of green material to brown material? Also, I keep rodents. I use wood pellets as bedding. I change it out once a week. Can I use the used bedding in the compost pile?

I have carnivorous pets like ferrets, dogs, and cats. The best kind of diet is one that consists of raw meat, meaty bones, and whole prey. My ferrets go through 1lb a day and if I were to switch my dog and cats over, then I'd be going through 30lbs a week! I don't like buying meat from the...

I want to have goats, but everywhere I look, they talk about de-horning the goats. Is it possible to safely keep goats and not have them de-horned? The whole process of de-horning looks painful and almost cruel to me. I have seen people keep goats with horns before but I have not talked to them...

I am allergic to bees and this makes it hard to be outside and garden. I want to do an overhaul on my yard and get the weeds out and turn the ground up a bit. Basically I have a little list. - Pull up/destroy weeds - Pull up/destroy all plant life in yard - Sweep concrete patio - Fix gate -...

Ok, so I'm far from self sufficient and you'd laugh if you saw what I'm trying to turn into a self sufficient home. My name is Jay and I am 21 years old. I live in a two bedroom townhouse in Virginia with my husband, Zachary. We share our home with 3 cats, 1 dachshund, 12 snakes, a rat colony...

I live in Richmond, Va. I live in a two bedroom town house. We share our home with 1 dachshund, 3 cats, 3 ferrets, 12 snakes, a rat colony, mice, and a sugar glider. We are taking small steps towards becoming more eco-friendly and becoming self sufficient. I don't think we'll ever be able to be...