Being self sufficient not only requires growing your own food but also providing your own seeds collected from the previous years crops. These techniques have become a bit of a lost art to most people today who aren’t farmers because seeds can just be repurchased every year from the store.
Storing food is a great way to save money and ensure a ready supply of food in cases of emergency. Dehydrating is a great way of preserving fresh foods while adding something tasty and nutritious to your food stocks.
Raising rabbits can be a fun, rewarding experience that anyone can do with a little time and patience. Its main benefit is that it guarantees a safe steady supply of healthy meat that doesn’t taste too bad either.
Organic farming promotes sustainability in an environmentally responsible way, focusing on water conservation, soil regeneration and biodiversity. Organic farmers use quality compost and rotate crops regularly nourishing the soil naturally.
Composting has more advantages than the obvious one of providing organic fertilizer for your garden. Adding compost to your garden soil can result in long term benefits, such as reducing incidences of plant disease by cutting down the absorption of contaminants by plants and degrading toxic organic compounds such as hydrocarbons.
Growing your own food is one of the most important things that a survivalist needs to do to be self sufficient. The source of this food will all start from the seeds you plant in the soil. What type of seeds you use to start your garden can have a huge impact on the quality of food you produce as well as its abundance.
The art of food preservation has been practiced by people for ages. The first people to preserve food were primarily doing so to secure their food supply during periods of drought and winter seasons when hunting, foraging and growing food was difficult.
