Self Sufficiency: Part One

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Follow Mike around his rural Pennsylvania property as he describes the various flora and fauna utilized to help bring him closer to self-sufficiency. Part 1.

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  • Great to see the calves and goates... we have Jersey cows after having goats and sheep for a few years, we now prefer the cows. Like the chat between you two mikes :)

  • @ndudman8 We're brothers from different mothers!

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  • @Uberman30001 i envy you

  • Just a thought... we had trouble with two buck rabbits that we thought was sterile, but reading in a rabbit breeding guide from county co-op extension I realized that we had the bucks too close to the does. After we moved them away from the does they no longer were shooting blanks. Sometimes this makes a difference, other times it doesn't but if you have a great looking buck and want to use him for breeding, try moving him first before you stew him (although rabbit stew is darned good).

  • WOW! I love your set up and your son is so cute. He was back there eating greens. My kids would never eat greens at that age!

  • What bottle lids for the waterers did you find that fit the 2 liter bottles?

  • @Uberman30001

    Don't you wonder how Gauronline has lived the past 40 years without meat... without protein???

    -Obviously dark leafy greens have SOME protein.

  • @Uberman30001 I think it would be expensive to start up self sufficiency, buy once it gets going you will save a lot of money.

  • @N8mont4 I make no money right now, the wife is an RN so we ain't rich. I am going to school full time, (debt free) I graduate in May 2012 and hope to make a bit of money. You must do this smart to get ahead, for instance the calves in this video cost me $100 for 3, I sold one to my neighbor for $100. When I butchered the remaining 2 I got 1100 lbs of beef. I grow most of the animals feed, because if you save money buying human food and spend it on animal feed you have gotten nowhere.

  • @Metal8Lover I am doing something other than a garden, I am doing permaculture. Permaculture applies to all things not only food production, it is systems feeding systems. I do-do work but study nature to work with nature instead of against her. I think some would be surprised as to the amount of work I don't put into this. I am going to school full time so don't have a lot of extra time.

  • @TheBgcheez I only have 1.1 acres you can even do this on a small city lot or patio/balcony. Check out Geoff Lawton's New video on permaculture in small city lots.

  • @henchman99942 Good info. I have raised batches of rabbits in hare tractors from weaning to butcher on my field, with no commercial feed. My field isn't very flat so I have at times been out chasing rabbits. I will try Joel Salatin's slats on the bottom and see how that works.

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