Quail_Antwerp
Cold is on the Right, Hot is on The Left
I saw this book for the first time today, and I definitely must have it!!!!!!!!!
I just skimmed through it today, and after seeing the diagrams in this book on just how much food one can raise on 1/2 an acre, I feel a desperate need to re-organize my seven acres! I've never realized how wasteful I'm being with my land until I saw this book!
I'm on a new SS mission...to utilize as much of my property for food as possible...it's my new goal for this year....
I've decided to build a check list of things to have accomplished for my 7 acres...granted, these won't all happen this year, but I'm off to a good start....so I am going to have to sit myself down and lay out a plan....
The book showed layouts for meat, vegetables, honey, etc....
Soooo....
Chickens for meat and eggs....check....
Rabbits for meat....check
Cows for beef...check
Goats for Meat and dairy......check
Raised beds....have one...would like to build more....
Bee Hives....definitely going to look into this!
Herb garden....not yet
Vegetables....some planted, more to go
Nuts....black walnuts, but that's it.
Fruit....have cherry, apple, pear, plum, and peach....check
Would like to build a pond, stock it with fish...there's another food source! Wouldn't mind if cattails grew up either, as you can grind cattails into flour for cooking...
I'm really ready to own this book and start utilizing my property as much as possible!! I noticed that the diagrams didn't give a "play area" for children, so I'll have to modify to keep the swing set fit into the yard LOL!
If you can grow all the food your family needs to survive, including meats, on just 1/2 an acre, imagine what we could be growing on 7 acres!!!!!!!!!!!
edited for typo.
I just skimmed through it today, and after seeing the diagrams in this book on just how much food one can raise on 1/2 an acre, I feel a desperate need to re-organize my seven acres! I've never realized how wasteful I'm being with my land until I saw this book!
I'm on a new SS mission...to utilize as much of my property for food as possible...it's my new goal for this year....
I've decided to build a check list of things to have accomplished for my 7 acres...granted, these won't all happen this year, but I'm off to a good start....so I am going to have to sit myself down and lay out a plan....
The book showed layouts for meat, vegetables, honey, etc....
Soooo....
Chickens for meat and eggs....check....
Rabbits for meat....check
Cows for beef...check
Goats for Meat and dairy......check
Raised beds....have one...would like to build more....
Bee Hives....definitely going to look into this!
Herb garden....not yet
Vegetables....some planted, more to go
Nuts....black walnuts, but that's it.
Fruit....have cherry, apple, pear, plum, and peach....check
Would like to build a pond, stock it with fish...there's another food source! Wouldn't mind if cattails grew up either, as you can grind cattails into flour for cooking...
I'm really ready to own this book and start utilizing my property as much as possible!! I noticed that the diagrams didn't give a "play area" for children, so I'll have to modify to keep the swing set fit into the yard LOL!
If you can grow all the food your family needs to survive, including meats, on just 1/2 an acre, imagine what we could be growing on 7 acres!!!!!!!!!!!
edited for typo.
