5 Acres & A Dream The Sequel
F. Ch. 6. Food Self-Sufficiency: Feeding Ourselves
1. Production
a. garden
1) downsizing garden
2) year-round
a) fewer annuals
b) more perennials (permaculture hedgerows)
3) soil building - never enough compost and mulch
a) chipper - mulch
4) permanent no-till (but not raised) beds
5) hugelkulture swale beds
6) continue diversity with companion group planting
7) planting by soil temperature
8) cover crops for resting beds
9) hoop house
10) greenhouse (future)
b. orchard
1) pectin
c. field crops
1) wheat
2) corn
3) other: cowpeas, cushaws, mangels, sugar beets (shared with critters)
4) goal - try rice
5) challenges
a) not pushing the soil
b) soil building (discuss in ch 10, "Resource Self-Sufficiency")
i. cover crops
ii. carbon
6) no-till
d. perennial foods
1) herb garden
2) permaculture hedgerows
e. eggs, milk, meat
1) eating seasonally
2) challenges with eggs
a) storage
i. dehydrating
ii. water glassing
iii. liming
iv. see Prepper's Livestock Handbook for more
3) challenges with milk
a) year-round milk for kefir
b) cheesemaking in a hot climate
c) brine and oil packed cheeses
4) challenges with meat
f. honeybees (fail)
g. mushrooms
h. miscellanious
1) smoke flavoring
i. hay (discuss in ch 7, "Food Self-Sufficiency: Feeding Our Animals")
2. Preservation
a. less preservation / more year-round growing
b. canning / freezing / dehydrating / lacto-fermentation
c. dry pack vacuum canning
3. Storage
a. challenges - heat, humidity, insects
b. eat more fresh (year-round garden)
c. rethinking storage goals
d. root cellar
e. solar powered pantry (discuss in ch 8. "Energy Self-Sufficiency")
4. Miscellaneous
a. apple pectin
b. smoke flavoring (canned or frozen)
c. hops for homemade yeast
d. leftovers frozen soup mix
e. foraged foods
1) greens
5. Challenges
a. diet fatigue
b. diet diversity with limited foods
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