Okay, here goes my first blog. I am a little nervous....
My topic is self-sustenance with food. By no means am I going to completely sustain myself by the end of this year, but I sure should know a lot more on how to.
So far my goals are: plant a (successful) garden, learn to hunt, and learn how to can/preserve food.
This summer I planted some cantaloupes (my inspiration for this project). Well, they died. Oops! Darn that hot Alabama sun! So now I am starting to think on my winter garden. I know it is a little early, but I am not planting pumpkins. So far, the only winter veggies I can think of is cabbage, collards, and fava beans. I guess I will be needing to plant those pretty soon, but it is just so hot! I am afraid all my plants will burn up (again).
Next on the agenda is learning to hunt. Well, I need to talk to some family friends about that... I do actually have a plan, I just need to set it into action. I am sure I will need some shooting practice so I don't scare all the deer away. One good thing is that I already know how to clean deer, so by the rare chance that I am successful I will actually be able to do all the gutting and cleaning.
Canning and preserving are probably the thing I am most excited about. I am going to buy some fresh vegetables from the farmer's market and take them up to Ms. Patty's house probably the weekend after next. If I wait any longer, thee won't be anything good to buy. Hopefully by te end of it all I will be canning my own vegetables.
I am looking forward to learning so many new things as well as writing about them!
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