Yes it is but I spent many years in the California high desert and I have a son in Mesa and our family has grown successful gardens both places. The gardening season is different and fall and winter gardens tend to do better. Also raised bed or lasagna gardens work well there when combined with drip irrigation. There are few pests which is a huge bonus.
We grow and raise everything we eat with few exceptions. Right now I have 2 upright and one chest freezer packed with meat; beef, venison, lamb, cabrito, chicken, turkey, duck, goose... I grow a big garden and can, freeze, dehydrate. I milk cows and goats and gather eggs. I believe that we could feed ourselves for a year if there was no grocery. We could feed our entire family (five kids, their spouses and five grands) for months which would allow us to grow fresh food. I buy grains in bulk. Our grocery bill last year was $680.
I only go to the store once a month. Buy toilet paper, detergent, etc. in bulk. Don gets 2 new pars of Carhart overalls a year, I buy a jean skirt or two, we buy under clothes and work boots when they wear out, other than that we have enough clothes to last for the rest of our lives left over from when I was mall shopper. Once I gave up shopping I froze getting rid of stuff and now we wear it out and then I make quilts, rag rugs and craft stuff out of what can no longer be mended. Our total clothing bill last year was $145.
I know our situation may be a little different than many... but I think everyone can do some of what we do... I have several friends who have started edible landscape and now grow all their own veggies in their tiny suburban yards.
I think that's pretty cool. We do a fair amount of our own food. My husband hunts and we eat venison and I grow a garden. Beyond that I use coupons etc.
I like your lifestyle I just wonder what your plans are for when you are older and can't do all that work?
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We grow and raise everything we eat with few exceptions. Right now I have 2 upright and one chest freezer packed with meat; beef, venison, lamb, cabrito, chicken, turkey, duck, goose... I grow a big garden and can, freeze, dehydrate. I milk cows and goats and gather eggs. I believe that we could feed ourselves for a year if there was no grocery. We could feed our entire family (five kids, their spouses and five grands) for months which would allow us to grow fresh food. I buy grains in bulk. Our grocery bill last year was $680.
I only go to the store once a month. Buy toilet paper, detergent, etc. in bulk. Don gets 2 new pars of Carhart overalls a year, I buy a jean skirt or two, we buy under clothes and work boots when they wear out, other than that we have enough clothes to last for the rest of our lives left over from when I was mall shopper. Once I gave up shopping I froze getting rid of stuff and now we wear it out and then I make quilts, rag rugs and craft stuff out of what can no longer be mended. Our total clothing bill last year was $145.
I know our situation may be a little different than many... but I think everyone can do some of what we do... I have several friends who have started edible landscape and now grow all their own veggies in their tiny suburban yards.
So, you are doing what I'm working on getting around to doing!
They don't say their origin but my guess is no. Apparently the Jack Daniel barrels are used for another famous brand of spirits after they are done making whiskey. (Just watched this on TLC or History, or one of those stations...)
They don't say their origin but my guess is no. Apparently the Jack Daniel barrels are used for another famous brand of spirits after they are done making whiskey. (Just watched this on TLC or History, or one of those stations...)
That's OK. I'll wait till everyone's done with them.
Actually, JD barrels used to be available at stores around here (Austin), but not anymore. A store in Lynchburg, TN, sells them, though.
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I think that's pretty cool. We do a fair amount of our own food. My husband hunts and we eat venison and I grow a garden. Beyond that I use coupons etc.
I like your lifestyle I just wonder what your plans are for when you are older and can't do all that work?
We are already old, lol!
My Aunt Dollie cans everything and she is 86, Joann milks cows and she is 84.
Hopefully I'll just have the big one while out picking my garden one day and not have to worry about it... but if not maybe one of our five boys or one of the grands will live here and let us have a small piece or maybe we'll sell and move to a retirement community... or... or... Usually I am just so thankful to be living the life I have now I don't spend much time worrying about how it may end.
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