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I have bought the seeds ….growing my veggies and herbs …..

Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (11307) • United Kingdom 25 Mar

So, this morning I got the seeds for some of the things I plan on growing. Not sure that they will all be planted ….time and space etc , will play their parts ….. So I have ….. Leeks Courgette Spring...

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First Real Job Experience?

J.N.R Dutton @jnrdutton (3450) • United States 19 Jan 21

I am curious friends, what do you consider the first real job experience of your life? I don't mean household chores, I mean employment. To me, a real job is a job w/some stability, a steady gig as it were, that provides you with...

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What Are You Obsessed With?

Leiann Lynn Rose Spontaneo @Spontaneo (14699) • United States 9 Aug 19

Are you obsessed? With what? Myself? I grew up being very dependent upon my family. So, I decided to move out on my own. I then went through some rough times. Very rough times. But, now I have my own house. I have food on...

obsession

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Coping on your own

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382019) • Rockingham, Australia 12 Feb 18

Andria Perry (@andriaperry) wrote a post asking whether women drivers do any of their own small car repairs like maybe checking the air pressures in the tyres, changing a windscreen wiper blade or even changing a tyre. You can...

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Social worker,helps or not ??

Francine @beenice2 (2967) • Sackville, New Brunswick 8 Sep 16

Before I was thinking, social worker, were helping us. But you know when you see that control as much as the government does, you won't appreciate them as much. I am on my guard on what their next move can be. We've been burnt...

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Building our current abode

koopharper @koopharper (7599) • Canada 10 Jul 16

Thought I'd test out my skills in making a slideshow on YouTube of the building of our family home. It starts with us in the bush deciding where we want to build. Then it goes to me starting to clear the site by hand. One of the...

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MyTiny House Obsession

Kya Cooper @KyaCooper (9) • Acworth, Georgia 9 Jun 16

I have recently become completely immersed in the world of tiny houses. From watching every HGTV tiny house show, to researching exactly what it would cost to have every single thing I want in a self sufficient, off the grid tiny...

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Do you think "farming" should be a part of school curriculum?

The Horse @TheHorse (238298) • Walnut Creek, California 2 Oct 15

One of my fondest memories of elementary school is the little gardens we had in fifth or sixth grade. Each of us had a little plot, and we grew--I can't remember what--probably lettuce, green beans and other fairly hearty...

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Allotments? Do you have them in your country?

urbandekay @urbandekay (18278) 25 Nov 12

Here in dear old blighty we have the allotment system, whereby a person can apply and rent for a pittance a small packet of land for cultivation of food. The area of such allotments is 10 poles, for all you modern people that's...

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Local Economy vs Corporations and Working for WalMart

N4life @N4life (851) • United States 6 Jul 09

One thing that I believe strongly in is that we as Americans and citizens of the world need to take back responsibility for being able to take care of ourselves. To me this entails learning and in many cases re-learing some of the...

government for the people

i will not work for walmart

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Wrote an ebook, expanding to a published book

castlemum @castlemum (5) • United States 22 Jan 09

I wrote an ebook called "Cooking Different Types of Rices", which is on sale at my website. Now I have a publisher who wants to publish it into a book. So I am expanding the information about the rices and adding many more...

I canned some peaches and they turn out.....

Shellyann36 @Shellyann36 (11383) • United States 1 Oct 08

Terrific! Walmart had a sale a few months back on peaches and I got about 25 pounds of them. I brought them home, sliced them up and made a light syrup and canned them. We opened the first jar last night and they turned out great!...

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Have you ever...built a wind generator to offset your electricity bill?

xParanoiax @xParanoiax (6987) • United States 30 Sep 08

I'm just curious! I know that anyone can build them out of spare parts, but the reading materials on doing just that is just a tiny bit scarce. So, I'm wondering if anyone's done that and what their favorite designs are...do...

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The Unsinkable Ship

Jess @JJ4Ever (4693) • United States 15 Jul 08

Do you believe there was a deeper meaning to the sinking of the Titanic? Do you think the massive ship was allowed to sink because of man’s pride and self sufficiency in thinking the ship would never sink? Share your thoughts as...

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Are there any Mylot friends here who are into self sufficiency concepts?

suria5231 @suria5231 (147) • Malaysia 13 Jul 08

With so much focus on rising oils prices and the need to grow more food, I was wondering if there are others here who are into self sufficiency. Emergency situations can happen at any time and being prepared can be a very...

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Is being self sufficient more relevant now because of global food shortage ?

suria5231 @suria5231 (147) • Malaysia 24 Jun 08

I always believed that it is always very important to be prepared for the worst. As a young boy, we were taught as boy scouts to "BE PREPARED". Perhaps now, more than ever it is very relevant to embrace the concepts of self...

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What are the easiest ways of growing food at home?

Citizen_Stuart @Citizen_Stuart (2016) 15 May 08

Partly out of financial need, and partly out of a desire to try something new, I'd like to have a crack at supplementing my diet by growing food at home. There are a couple of problems with this: First, I have little experience...

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are u for or against self sufficiency?

jeya100 @jeya100 (67) • India 7 Feb 07

are u for or against self sufficiency?

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Do you make your own cheese?

nancygibson @nancygibson (3736) • France 7 Feb 07

We are trying to make a lot more of our own cheese, its so expensive to buy and not that difficult to make if you stick to the simpler ones. So far we have made cream cheese, a wensleydale type and a halloumi (though we havent...

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