BarredRockMomma
Sustainable Newbie
- Joined
- Apr 24, 2012
- Messages
- 2
- Reaction score
- 0
- Points
- 7
1. What state/province/country are you in and what is your climate like?
I am in northern Utah. We normally have cold winters with snow and hot summers.
2. How many people are in your family? Marital status?
There are 7 people in my house. Myself, my two kids, my parents and my Aunt and Uncle
3. How would you define self sufficiency?
Producing as much as possible for my family.
4. What would you do with your spare time if you had any resources you needed?
I love to read and do needle art, knit, crochet, and cross stitch. I would love to be able to grow and process my own yarn.
5. Have you ever built a house , or other types of building? Do you want to?
The only housing I have built is for goats and chickens
6. Can you weld? Steel, aluminum, MiG, TiG, stick, Oxy-Acet?
None of the above
7. Who or what inspired you to become more self sufficient?
The rising cost of everything
8 Cloth or paper?
Cloth
9. In what ways are you self sufficient now and in what ways would you like to learn more?
I am only self sufficient in eggs. I want to produce most of my familys food myself
10. In what way(s) will you never choose to become self sufficient?
None that I can think of
11. Are you interested in stocking up for future needs?
Yes, just starting
12. Where do you end up when you sink into yourself, away from the outside world?
In a book or out with the goats and chickens
13. Can you drive a farm tractor or a semi?
Never tried
14. Do you make crafts or useful items? Would you want to teach others how to do these?
Right now I am making blankets and rugs for everyone.
15. Can you have legally livestock where you are at? Do you have any? What kinds?
No answer, I do have goats
16. Can you operate a lathe? Metal, wood?
Never tried
17. Do you like to garden? If so, what do you enjoy growing?
Just starting my first real garden this year
18. Do you fish? Bait or explosives?
Nope
19. How much space/land do you have or rent? City? Country?
About an acre
20. Are you a Novice, Technician, General, Advanced? ARRL?
Novice
21. What is your self sufficient specialty? Or what one would you like to learn?
I am learning it all right now
22. If you could create a degree and curriculum, what would you major in and what classes would you take?
Not sure
23. Do you do wood work? framing, finish, cabinet?
No but my father does
24. Are you interested in herbal medicine?
Yes for both people and animals
25. If you could live any place you chose, where would it be?
Away from people
26. Do you use a wood stove for heating or cooking?
No all electric right now
27. What would your ideal super hero/villain be?
28. Are your family or friends also interested in self sufficiency?
This journey is a partenership with my mom, aunt and uncle
29. Do you like to cook? Are you interested in whole foods and natural foods? raw milk? farm fresh eggs?
I enjoy cooking but not cleaning. I only use eggs from my chickens, and soon I will be able to milk the goats
30. What was your MOS?
6152 (CH 46 Hydraulics and Airframe)
31. Do you forage or hunt for part of your food needs?
Not at this point
32. What skills do you have that help you be more self sufficient?
Being stubborn
33. In which fictional universe would you most like to live?
The one where I can live where and how I want with out someone (the government) saying you cant do that
34. Do you have solar panels? Plans to use solar energy?
No I would if I could afford it
35 What is the mass/weight ratio of a European swallow carrying a coconut from the tropics to England?
Yes
36. Have you ever lived completely off grid? Would you like to?
Yes and I would do it again if it was on my terms
37. In what do you trust?
Myself, my family and my God
38. Do you make things yourself to save money?
Some but mostly I dont have time (I still work full time)
39. Has trying to be more self-sufficient changed your attitude or habits about money/spending?
The opposite for me the price of things has turned me towards being more self sufficient.
I will post more as time and work allow.
I am in northern Utah. We normally have cold winters with snow and hot summers.
2. How many people are in your family? Marital status?
There are 7 people in my house. Myself, my two kids, my parents and my Aunt and Uncle
3. How would you define self sufficiency?
Producing as much as possible for my family.
4. What would you do with your spare time if you had any resources you needed?
I love to read and do needle art, knit, crochet, and cross stitch. I would love to be able to grow and process my own yarn.
5. Have you ever built a house , or other types of building? Do you want to?
The only housing I have built is for goats and chickens
6. Can you weld? Steel, aluminum, MiG, TiG, stick, Oxy-Acet?
None of the above
7. Who or what inspired you to become more self sufficient?
The rising cost of everything
8 Cloth or paper?
Cloth
9. In what ways are you self sufficient now and in what ways would you like to learn more?
I am only self sufficient in eggs. I want to produce most of my familys food myself
10. In what way(s) will you never choose to become self sufficient?
None that I can think of
11. Are you interested in stocking up for future needs?
Yes, just starting
12. Where do you end up when you sink into yourself, away from the outside world?
In a book or out with the goats and chickens
13. Can you drive a farm tractor or a semi?
Never tried
14. Do you make crafts or useful items? Would you want to teach others how to do these?
Right now I am making blankets and rugs for everyone.
15. Can you have legally livestock where you are at? Do you have any? What kinds?
No answer, I do have goats
16. Can you operate a lathe? Metal, wood?
Never tried
17. Do you like to garden? If so, what do you enjoy growing?
Just starting my first real garden this year
18. Do you fish? Bait or explosives?
Nope
19. How much space/land do you have or rent? City? Country?
About an acre
20. Are you a Novice, Technician, General, Advanced? ARRL?
Novice
21. What is your self sufficient specialty? Or what one would you like to learn?
I am learning it all right now
22. If you could create a degree and curriculum, what would you major in and what classes would you take?
Not sure
23. Do you do wood work? framing, finish, cabinet?
No but my father does
24. Are you interested in herbal medicine?
Yes for both people and animals
25. If you could live any place you chose, where would it be?
Away from people
26. Do you use a wood stove for heating or cooking?
No all electric right now
27. What would your ideal super hero/villain be?
28. Are your family or friends also interested in self sufficiency?
This journey is a partenership with my mom, aunt and uncle
29. Do you like to cook? Are you interested in whole foods and natural foods? raw milk? farm fresh eggs?
I enjoy cooking but not cleaning. I only use eggs from my chickens, and soon I will be able to milk the goats
30. What was your MOS?
6152 (CH 46 Hydraulics and Airframe)
31. Do you forage or hunt for part of your food needs?
Not at this point
32. What skills do you have that help you be more self sufficient?
Being stubborn
33. In which fictional universe would you most like to live?
The one where I can live where and how I want with out someone (the government) saying you cant do that
34. Do you have solar panels? Plans to use solar energy?
No I would if I could afford it
35 What is the mass/weight ratio of a European swallow carrying a coconut from the tropics to England?
Yes
36. Have you ever lived completely off grid? Would you like to?
Yes and I would do it again if it was on my terms
37. In what do you trust?
Myself, my family and my God
38. Do you make things yourself to save money?
Some but mostly I dont have time (I still work full time)
39. Has trying to be more self-sufficient changed your attitude or habits about money/spending?
The opposite for me the price of things has turned me towards being more self sufficient.
I will post more as time and work allow.
