oh i've delt with my fair share of laundry and baby wipes. I raised my daughter as single daddy, that was a learning experience. spend all my time trying to get her to walk and talk now i spend all my time trying to get her to sit down and shut up LOL
have a goal to gather and store items that your family could use in an emergency situation, especially if you live in danger prone areas like hurricane zones. heres a suggested list
January
Suggested items:
25 Ibs. Rice
10 bars soap
72 Hour Kit:
Back pack or tote bag
1 bar of soap
1 box...
I know southern28chick has one of thses going too but hers is a little girly LOL...
heres some additional suggestions, you may want these when gas hits $4 a gallon this summer...and even more after the sheeple vote for another 100 yrs in iraq, but i digress....
Save on your grocery bill...
No, this is the system I'm eventually going to build..
see one tank for freshwater prawns..one for tilapia and one for crawfish. thne you see behind those tanks are 3 growbeds for the veggies..
the system in that other pic belongs to a woman in australia...nice huh?
Tilapias inhabit a...
instead of a pond you can get one of those 200-300 gallon rubbermaid troughs and put it in a greenhouse, garage etc...
as far as fish I want tilapia, right up there with catfish. You can use any kind of fish. several warm-water and cold-water fish species are adapted to AP systems, including...
already have a garden and compost bin you say? ok take a step up and build an aquaponic garden. Aquaponics is the marriage of hydroponics (growing plants without soil) and aquaculture (growing fish for food)
How does it work? Plants remove nutrients from the water. These nutrients generated...
As requested....ways of becoming self sufficient:
if you own chickens then you have already started on the path to self sufficiency. If not, it's never too late to stop relying on others to supply your household.
The first thing you can do is start a veggie garden...you dont need alot of room...