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I am curious how much you think your Homestead produces of your daily needs. For example, I would say 80% of our family food comes from OUR Homestead, 10% through barter and the rest through purchase. Our H2O is ours ( a spring and a well), we are unfortunatly totally dependant on the grid (for the moment) for our power needs as our transitional mobile home is completely electric and we had to haul out the wood stove to qualify for insurance. We do have a portable propane heater and camp stove for emergencies. We have tons of wood on our property and in the new house, things will be different. We raise gardens year round with the help of a green house, have fruit trees,and berry bushes, bees, chickens, ducks and goats that all pay their way in meat sales, brush clearing, egg production and for barter goods. I know we are in no way close to being self-sufficient, but it gives me a good feeling knowing that we have managed to come this far in the 5 years we have been at this. Would love to hear you you are doing!
Darlene
Darlene