RE: OT: Starting a mini-farm

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organichomesteadinggardening/ I like

this - it would be a good place to start (as any wishing you the

best, elizabath

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> Does anyone know any good books/resources for this? We are house-

> hunting and trying to become more self-sufficient.

>

[Guest guest]

My sister and her husband own and run a 33-acre organic CSA in WI. If you're

interested I'll put you in touch with her.

S S

OT: Starting a mini-farm

Posted by: " " elizabethsoliday@... homewithb

Sat Jan 10, 2009 9:29 am (PST)

Does anyone know any good books/resources for this? We are house-

hunting and trying to become more self-sufficient.

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If you want to email me offlist and ask specific questions, perhaps I can answer

them. I was raised on a small, self-sustaining farm as a child.

@...: elizabethsoliday@...: Sat, 10

Jan 2009 17:29:50 +0000Subject: [ ] OT: Starting a mini-farm

Does anyone know any good books/resources for this? We are house-hunting and

trying to become more self-sufficient.

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This might appeal to you, too

Lost-Arts

(lost-arts/?yguid=174199233)

" ...The old ways that are referred to are things such as making

vinegar, soap, candles, sour cream, yogurt, breads, sourdough, cheese,

sewing, quilting, clothes, woodworking, gardening, self sufficiency

and self reliance, homesteading, giving birth without medical

assistance (ie - UC/unassisted childbirth), taking responsibility for

our own alternative medical care through the use of plants and prayer

(all welcome, we are non- denominational but please no religion

slamming. Everyone is entitled to what they believe), etc. etc.

What is my goal for creating this mailing list? My goal is for all of

us to help each other learn more and more so that we may become

partially or totally self-sufficient or self reliant.

Whether it's your dream to just learn a few " neato " things to show off

for your friends or to eventually live " off the grid " (ie - using

alternative energy and water sources and not being beholden to anyone

for anything), then you've come to the right place!

Come join us "

[Guest guest]

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> Does anyone know any good books/resources for this? We are house-

> hunting and trying to become more self-sufficient.

>

I used to see these books in the bookstore about doing self sufficient

stuff " the old way " , eons ago when I was growing up with my pet

dinosaur and rotary phone. The books were called Foxfire. This being

the digital age, they now have a website:

http://www.foxfire.org/

I never bought any of the books. But I often flipped through them. I

was intrigued. So I remember them.

You can also look up your local cooperative extension office:

http://www.csrees.usda.gov/Extension/

My sister used to work the county extension office, probably around

the same time I had a pet dinosaur since she's older than I am. :-) I

remember helping her set up a display on making soap at home and I

know she did had a container garden on her porch at her apartment that

was part of some research she was doing for an article she was writing

for one of their publications.

My daddy grew up on a farm. I'm from the 'burbs but we had a garden

and dad hunted squirrel and deer and mom knew how to prep them. I can

remember playing with the squirrel tails while my daddy skinned them.

I was probably 3 or 4 years old.

Yep. I'm a hick. ;-)

Michele

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