Does anyone else practice sustainable living?
We have been living on a farm for seven years. These are just some of the things we do: We grow most of our own vegetables and fruits. We sometimes slaughter animals for eating, or we eat wild caught game. We heat our home with wood from our own trees. We have a winter garden and eat fresh greens from it during the winter. We have a worm bin that produces castings which we use for starting plants in the spring, instead of buying potting soil. Our chickens live on deep letter which also makes soil for the garden. We compost all our scraps and garden waste. We produce hay right here for the animals to eat. We buy organic grains for our animals. We milk our goats and make cheese and other things from the milk. We do no-till gardening, so as not to upset the upper layers of the soil. We raise sheep for wool. Preserving food is a way of life for us, and this includes drying and salting meats in the old style, and also a few non-conventional preservation methods. We bake our won bread from w
