What to Grow There's something very special about planting fruit and nut trees that you know will provide produce for generations to come. Make a Solar Dryer Solar drying is an ancient cooking method. Sunlight is converted to heat in the solar collector—an insulating box with a glass front—and the hot air rises into the dryer or cooking chamber. Hard Cider Before you crush your ripe apples, leave them in a heap for 2-3 days to soften, or pick up your windfalls, which will already be very juicy. Generally, most apples will be usable, and even if they don't look perfect they can still be turned into hard cider. Keeping Ducks and Geese Flowing water and a pond are ideal for keeping ducks, but if you don't have this, then you must ensure that you can provide them with a deep container of regularly changed water as ducks need to be able to periodically submerge their heads to clean their eyes and nostrils. The Small Farm Growing crops under cover on a large scale, combined with successional sowing and crop-storage systems, will let you grow and eat your own food nearly all year round. Keeping Pigs Most of the equipment that you will need to keep pigs is easily available from agricultural suppliers, but some equipment, such as feeders and electric fencing, can be expensive to buy new, so look for it at farm auctions. If you are buying second-hand equipment, make sure you disinfect it first and scour it with a wire brush. Foraging for Wild Plants Foraging was once vital for the survival of hunter-gatherers. We recognize veggies in a supermarket but have lost the skills needed to scan a fencerow for edible treats. Before picking and eating any wild plants, be certain that you've correctly identified them. Baking Bread There is an amazing variety of breads you can make in the comfort of your own kitchen, and whatever kind you decide on, and whichever type of grain you use, the process is simple. So experiment, be inventive, and have fun. Craft Skills When you make something from scratch, you will find that you take care of it in a different way because of the effort you have invested in it.
✔ Author(s): Dick and James Strawbridge
✔ Title: Self Sufficiency for the 21st Century, Revised & Updated
✔ Rating : 4.8 out of 5 base on (282 reviews)
✔ ISBN-10: 1465456996
✔ ISBN-13: 9781465456991
✔ Language: English
✔ Format ebook: PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Audio, HTML and MOBI
✔ Device compatibles: Android, iOS, PC and Amazon Kindle
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