Posted on 01/06/2012 9:53:54 AM PST by JustaDumbBlonde
Depends. Lousy answer, I know. Tell me more about what you want to do ... do you want to financial support a family of 4, or are you looking just to feed a family of 4. Were you thinking row crops or more of a gardening venture? Do you want to totally live "off the land"?
It must be a regional thing as I find my body has added a new Tuck N Roll at least once a month...
ROFLMBO ... have mercy!
Don’t get me started or you will have to set up a Chapel in the equipment shed...
Gator tail? It it solid meat? Sounds like a butcher we need in this part of the world.
Thank you, I’ve seen something like that. It’s interesting.
People grow a lot of corn around here...I think I’ll check and see if they have “left over” cobs. When the corn is harvested, the cob is then just left on the ground? See, I’m just ignorant about some farm stuff, actually quite a lot. Life is a learning experience.
What time is dinner tonight?
The corn stove burns the corn kernels, not the cob. Holds about 75 lbs. in the hopper and augers the corn in as needed to keep the heat setting you've selected. A full hopper will last us nearly 3 days.
I was thinking in a bug-out scenario after TSHTF.
I’m not sure what the best arrangement would be, but we’d need fruits and vegetables and meat. I was thinking chickens, sheep (for wool, too). And in that situation it would only be enough to feed a family of 4 and perhaps have a bit for barter.
I was thinking of a hydroponic system, but the BOL would probably be in New England, and I don’t know how I’d maintain a stable temperature in a greenhouse through the winter months.
Got to Guillory’s this afternoon. Picked up a smoked rabbit, 10 lbs. of boudin, 5 lbs. andouille, a london broil, couple of stuffed pork chops and quail. OMG, it is so hard to stop!!!
Might be helpful.
I can’t wait to go in Guillory’s to see what they have. Never know, but I have never been disappointed. We clean out their freezer of the packaged boudin. Stuffed pork roast, stuffed chops and take it back to the hotel to stick in the freezer so it will make the 800 mile trip home to Missouri. Next trip down will be Mardi Gras.
working on my frame design and material list. This has been a dream for years having a greenhouse.
Oh, ok, the corn stove is similar to the stoves my family in the Northwest uses. They use wood pellets and the pellets are augered into the stove, very clean burning.
I’ve wondered about gators. I’ll eat most everything from the sea, blow fish, seal, whale, and everything else that won’t get me first. It’s some of the “new” land stuff that’s new to me, ie, gator and nutrea.
OK. Thanks for the lead.
aquaponics is the way to garden with fish on the side, I started with goldfish but you can use Talipia, bluegil and others
Below is a list of Good Gardening Sites too I’ve came up with:
http://www.onlineplantnursery.com
More of a retail-wholesale Outlet
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http://www.lowes.com
Retail For Sure
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http://www.tennesseewholesalenursery.com
Killer prices on bulk
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