rodeogirl's journey to being self-sufficient
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rodeogirl
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I will after this weekend. We will finally be back to regular weeks. Its been a week of early mornings and late nights.
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rodeogirl
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It always surprises me how fast plants come back to life when you water them. With how busy it was this last week I may have neglected watering my garden. Well my poor lettuce and peppers where looking vary sad today at about 1:30 when I went out to check on my plants. I got them watered and when I checked back on them around 4:50 it didn't look like I forgot about my garden for a week.
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rodeogirl
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Whenever I try to take a nap someone ether shows up at my house, I get a phone call, or my little man decides that's the perfect time to ask for a snack. (Normally right after he ate lunch. He's a bottomless pit.)
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rodeogirl
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So I'm going to start making bread again. I have missed making bread growing up we always had 2 to 3 loaves being made a week. One for us and 2 for people that had a standing request for our bread. (The funny thing was that the recipe was a basic bread machine recipe nothing special but people raved about it.) I told my boyfriend that I'm going to start making bread to save money but, he doesn't think that it will save us much money. Now i just have to convince him that it will. (I've done the math I'm looking at spending about $1.45 for 2 loaves and we spend about $3.00 a loaf at the store and we buy 3 a shopping trip.) I also would love to try my hand at sourdough bread but it scares me.
My garden is doing amazing my tomatoes are thriving and I should be getting some bosoms soon. My peppers are coming along nicely and we can't wait till we get some jalapenos off of them. My corn is on its way to be knee high by the 4th of July. The beans and peas are a couple of weeks from producing. Broccoli is doing as good as can be expected. My Basil and cilantro has some growing to do but it smells amazing. I will beadle to harvest some lettuces and radishes soon, and carrots not long after. I have my lemon time that I got from the green house to help my boyfriend broaden his knowledge of herbs. (Next year I'm going to add more verity.) Then we have my strawberries that my friend talked me into getting that are doing a whole lot better then i was expecting. My chives that came with my strawberries (a vary nice surprise) are coming along. Lastly are my garlic that I planted from store cloves just to see if it would work have some nice green stocks coming up.
My garden is doing amazing my tomatoes are thriving and I should be getting some bosoms soon. My peppers are coming along nicely and we can't wait till we get some jalapenos off of them. My corn is on its way to be knee high by the 4th of July. The beans and peas are a couple of weeks from producing. Broccoli is doing as good as can be expected. My Basil and cilantro has some growing to do but it smells amazing. I will beadle to harvest some lettuces and radishes soon, and carrots not long after. I have my lemon time that I got from the green house to help my boyfriend broaden his knowledge of herbs. (Next year I'm going to add more verity.) Then we have my strawberries that my friend talked me into getting that are doing a whole lot better then i was expecting. My chives that came with my strawberries (a vary nice surprise) are coming along. Lastly are my garlic that I planted from store cloves just to see if it would work have some nice green stocks coming up.
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rodeogirl
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Well I have a list of things I need to convince my boyfriend I need. Although most of it wont happen till we are in our own house.
One of the things is a clothesline I love the smell of clothes dried outside. In this house if I can get one it will most likely be a removable one from the house to ether the fence or the shed. But that is if i can get my boyfriend to go for it. We don't need to dry clothes out side to save on electric cost with my boyfriend being native his tribe pays for our electric and gas (which relay helps out). Now when we get our own place I'm going to have to convince him that I need a large clothesline.
Another thing that i want is a herb drying rack but that will be an easy on to do because they are going to be small and vary easy to make. This one is something I have been begging for one for a few years.
One of the things is a clothesline I love the smell of clothes dried outside. In this house if I can get one it will most likely be a removable one from the house to ether the fence or the shed. But that is if i can get my boyfriend to go for it. We don't need to dry clothes out side to save on electric cost with my boyfriend being native his tribe pays for our electric and gas (which relay helps out). Now when we get our own place I'm going to have to convince him that I need a large clothesline.
Another thing that i want is a herb drying rack but that will be an easy on to do because they are going to be small and vary easy to make. This one is something I have been begging for one for a few years.
Lazy Gardener
Super Self-Sufficient
Bread is expensive here. Cheap, (what I call styrofoam) bread is $2.50. I go to the discount thrift store to pick up my bread products. A GOOD loaf of bread is $1.89. Occasionally... Rarely... I make bread.
sumi
Rest in Peace 1980-2020
That's nuts! I pay around €1.35 to €1.75 per loaf, depending on the shop and brand. If I get to a cheap supermarket like Aldi, I can pick up a loaf for under €1...
I used to bake and sell bread, years ago. Haven't baked any in a long, long time though.
I used to bake and sell bread, years ago. Haven't baked any in a long, long time though.
Mini Horses
Sustainability Master
I like the heavy seeded types. Dick's Killer bread is almost $5 a loaf but so good, healthy, organic -- and I buy at the discount store for under $2. Actually, when I buy a "rack" for the chickens & goats, I get a truck bed full of mixed breads & always some the ones above. Stick couple in freezer -- at 10-15 cent a loaf for all, in bulk. 
A few loaves a day to chickens, then more to goats...lasts, a week? $10
Of course, an individual would not want 100 loaves at a time.
A few loaves a day to chickens, then more to goats...lasts, a week? $10Of course, an individual would not want 100 loaves at a time.
