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u/dave9199 · 11 pointsr/preppers

u/nillotampoco · 3 pointsr/Frugal

A family of four. Plus he would also carry a wagon into to town once or twice a week to sell the excess he said he would normally make a couple of dollars and that one time he made 20, which is a lot for then.

Here's a great book on farming for yourself, wonderful info. or you can find a pdf of it online if you're feeling tricky ;)

u/justprettymuchdone · 3 pointsr/blogsnark

Also, if you find yourself thinking you want to see if you could push for self-sufficiency, this book is amazing for that: https://www.amazon.com/Mini-Farming-Self-Sufficiency-Brett-Markham/dp/1602399840/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1496610942&amp;sr=8-2&amp;keywords=quarter+acre+farm

u/jd906esc · 2 pointsr/SelfSufficiency

Some good books for reference.

http://www.amazon.com/Mini-Farming-Self-Sufficiency-Brett-Markham/dp/1602399840/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1333634510&amp;sr=8-1

http://www.amazon.com/Back-Basics-Complete-Traditional-Edition/dp/1602392331/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1333634541&amp;sr=8-1

u/drowgirl · 2 pointsr/Random_Acts_Of_Amazon

This would be awesome or anything you picked. :)

Also, not only do you look smashing today, but you make my Wednesdays awesome by making my mornings go faster and with fun by your Waldo contests. :D

u/CodenameWalrus · 2 pointsr/gardening

Well, four that I can think of off the top of my head would have to be:

The Four Season Farm Gardener's Cookbook
Mini Farming: Self-Sufficiency on 1/4 Acre
All New Square Foot Gardening
The Vegetable Gardener's Bible

Also, here's a channel on YouTube that has an ENDLESS amount of organic gardening information. GrowingYourGreens

u/OtisB · 1 pointr/homestead

This book: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1602399840/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=1602399840&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=theprescat-20

covers that subject in good detail. It's not perfect, but it is a good start for someone just starting out.

I will say that if you're looking to 100% self sufficiency, you're going to need approx 1/4 to 1/2 acre (around 10 to 20 thousand square feet) of land. Your entire space is 1200 square feet. Planted intensively with an eye to crops that produce a lot of food per area planted, you could provide a very large harvest that would feed you for a good part of the year, but I don't think you're going to get to full self sufficiency in that space unless you become a true expert at it.

At first, I would suggest 6-12 laying hens and a rooster. Choose a dual purpose breed that can also be a meat bird. Consider hatching eggs periodically, keep whatever hens you deem necessary to maintain your flock, and butcher the rest. You'll need a decent sized coop and run (unless you can free range) and you'll need a quarantine area to keep young birds so they aren't beat up by older birds in the run. I'd guess you'll never have more than 25 birds at a time (12 hens 1 rooster and 12 birds to butcher when mature), and if I was doing it that would mean about a 150 sq foot coop with a run about 4 times that size. All food and garden scraps are chicken food. Compost is made in the chicken run, need to feed the chickens and whatever is left over is compost covered in chicken manure.

Focus on calorie dense foods, especially root crops and things that can do a second or third planting in a year. Potatoes, carrots, etc are great, they store well and provide a lot of calories per square foot of space.

Some thoughts anyway. It's really a matter of fine tuning efficiency. I've been working towards similar goals for 4 years now and I'm nowhere near where I wish I was.

u/ForestCop · 1 pointr/farming

Get off your ass, read some books, and learn through trial and error. Check out:
http://www.amazon.com/Mini-Farming-Self-Sufficiency-Brett-Markham/dp/1602399840/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1346892792&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=homesteading+on+2+acres

u/[deleted] · 1 pointr/homestead

Everyone has made some excellent points on size. You don't need a whole lot of land if you're just looking at wanting a plot for yourself. There are a million authors out there, but here is one which is really good in my opinion

http://www.amazon.com/Mini-Farming-Self-Sufficiency-Brett-Markham/dp/1602399840

Another big question that comes up with homesteading is how exactly you want to live. Obviously climate plays a big part into this, but how attached are you to the grid? Electricity? City Water? Septic?

The entire landsofamerica.com site has been a great tool for me to look at land and keep daydreaming. I also like http://www.landwatch.com/

u/Qwertstormer · 1 pointr/gardening

Mini Farming: Self-Sufficiency on 1/4 Acre covers the basics and more.

u/texasrigger · 1 pointr/homestead

Mini farming has a lot of good info on making the most of a tiny spot.

u/f0rgotten · 1 pointr/theydidthemath

http://www.amazon.com/Mini-Farming-Self-Sufficiency-Brett-Markham/dp/1602399840

u/FaeryLynne · 1 pointr/Random_Acts_Of_Amazon

If you're short on space, there's a really good book called
Mini Farming: Self-Sufficiency on 1/4 Acre. I've found it to be really useful, since I live just inside city limits and we really don't have much space.