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Not really prepping, however I’m nearing almost complete self sufficiency.
Have food from:
chickens - meat & eggs & compost
ducks - meat & eggs & slug control in the veg garden
goats & sheep - meat & milk
Rabbits that we occasionally shoot for dinner (pest control with free food!)
Potatoes selected and planted for year round stock
Orchard with ~ 40 trees providing year round fruit (staggered planting for biennial crops / harvest from Summer - Winter)
Fluids from the bore hole / milk / water butts
Herbal medicine garden is up and running along with several beehives (helps pollinate the fruit trees).
Also planted a small woodland that will provide all the firewood we need on a rotational basis.
We’ve also joined a cooperative of small farms in the area, to share produce for consumption or to sell on behalf of each other. Some of the big farms are interested in joining too as a sideline.
It’s a simple life but I love it
Have food from:
chickens - meat & eggs & compost
ducks - meat & eggs & slug control in the veg garden
goats & sheep - meat & milk
Rabbits that we occasionally shoot for dinner (pest control with free food!)
Potatoes selected and planted for year round stock
Orchard with ~ 40 trees providing year round fruit (staggered planting for biennial crops / harvest from Summer - Winter)
Fluids from the bore hole / milk / water butts
Herbal medicine garden is up and running along with several beehives (helps pollinate the fruit trees).
Also planted a small woodland that will provide all the firewood we need on a rotational basis.
We’ve also joined a cooperative of small farms in the area, to share produce for consumption or to sell on behalf of each other. Some of the big farms are interested in joining too as a sideline.
It’s a simple life but I love it
BabySharkDD said:
Not really prepping, however I’m nearing almost complete self sufficiency.
Have food from:
chickens - meat & eggs & compost
ducks - meat & eggs & slug control in the veg garden
goats & sheep - meat & milk
Rabbits that we occasionally shoot for dinner (pest control with free food!)
Potatoes selected and planted for year round stock
Orchard with ~ 40 trees providing year round fruit (staggered planting for biennial crops / harvest from Summer - Winter)
Fluids from the bore hole / milk / water butts
Herbal medicine garden is up and running along with several beehives (helps pollinate the fruit trees).
Also planted a small woodland that will provide all the firewood we need on a rotational basis.
We’ve also joined a cooperative of small farms in the area, to share produce for consumption or to sell on behalf of each other. Some of the big farms are interested in joining too as a sideline.
It’s a simple life but I love it
Apart from the herbal garden and the ducks, that's pretty much us. Plus roe deer, pheasants and grouse if required to increase the protein. We have a stream and a number of wells on our land too which is useful.Have food from:
chickens - meat & eggs & compost
ducks - meat & eggs & slug control in the veg garden
goats & sheep - meat & milk
Rabbits that we occasionally shoot for dinner (pest control with free food!)
Potatoes selected and planted for year round stock
Orchard with ~ 40 trees providing year round fruit (staggered planting for biennial crops / harvest from Summer - Winter)
Fluids from the bore hole / milk / water butts
Herbal medicine garden is up and running along with several beehives (helps pollinate the fruit trees).
Also planted a small woodland that will provide all the firewood we need on a rotational basis.
We’ve also joined a cooperative of small farms in the area, to share produce for consumption or to sell on behalf of each other. Some of the big farms are interested in joining too as a sideline.
It’s a simple life but I love it
LimaDelta said:
BabySharkDD said:
Not really prepping, however I’m nearing almost complete self sufficiency.
Have food from:
chickens - meat & eggs & compost
ducks - meat & eggs & slug control in the veg garden
goats & sheep - meat & milk
Rabbits that we occasionally shoot for dinner (pest control with free food!)
Potatoes selected and planted for year round stock
Orchard with ~ 40 trees providing year round fruit (staggered planting for biennial crops / harvest from Summer - Winter)
Fluids from the bore hole / milk / water butts
Herbal medicine garden is up and running along with several beehives (helps pollinate the fruit trees).
Also planted a small woodland that will provide all the firewood we need on a rotational basis.
We’ve also joined a cooperative of small farms in the area, to share produce for consumption or to sell on behalf of each other. Some of the big farms are interested in joining too as a sideline.
It’s a simple life but I love it
Apart from the herbal garden and the ducks, that's pretty much us. Plus roe deer, pheasants and grouse if required to increase the protein. We have a stream and a number of wells on our land too which is useful.Have food from:
chickens - meat & eggs & compost
ducks - meat & eggs & slug control in the veg garden
goats & sheep - meat & milk
Rabbits that we occasionally shoot for dinner (pest control with free food!)
Potatoes selected and planted for year round stock
Orchard with ~ 40 trees providing year round fruit (staggered planting for biennial crops / harvest from Summer - Winter)
Fluids from the bore hole / milk / water butts
Herbal medicine garden is up and running along with several beehives (helps pollinate the fruit trees).
Also planted a small woodland that will provide all the firewood we need on a rotational basis.
We’ve also joined a cooperative of small farms in the area, to share produce for consumption or to sell on behalf of each other. Some of the big farms are interested in joining too as a sideline.
It’s a simple life but I love it
I keep a look out for small holdings and places with potential but they are expensive unless remote and doubt the other half would want to.
BabySharkDD said:
Not really prepping, however I’m nearing almost complete self sufficiency.
Have food from:
chickens - meat & eggs & compost
ducks - meat & eggs & slug control in the veg garden
goats & sheep - meat & milk
Rabbits that we occasionally shoot for dinner (pest control with free food!)
Potatoes selected and planted for year round stock
Orchard with ~ 40 trees providing year round fruit (staggered planting for biennial crops / harvest from Summer - Winter)
Fluids from the bore hole / milk / water butts
Herbal medicine garden is up and running along with several beehives (helps pollinate the fruit trees).
Also planted a small woodland that will provide all the firewood we need on a rotational basis.
We’ve also joined a cooperative of small farms in the area, to share produce for consumption or to sell on behalf of each other. Some of the big farms are interested in joining too as a sideline.
It’s a simple life but I love it
Sounds lovely, is it a full time job to keep everything alive and maintained?Have food from:
chickens - meat & eggs & compost
ducks - meat & eggs & slug control in the veg garden
goats & sheep - meat & milk
Rabbits that we occasionally shoot for dinner (pest control with free food!)
Potatoes selected and planted for year round stock
Orchard with ~ 40 trees providing year round fruit (staggered planting for biennial crops / harvest from Summer - Winter)
Fluids from the bore hole / milk / water butts
Herbal medicine garden is up and running along with several beehives (helps pollinate the fruit trees).
Also planted a small woodland that will provide all the firewood we need on a rotational basis.
We’ve also joined a cooperative of small farms in the area, to share produce for consumption or to sell on behalf of each other. Some of the big farms are interested in joining too as a sideline.
It’s a simple life but I love it
BabySharkDD said:
Not really prepping, however I’m nearing almost complete self sufficiency.
Have food from:
chickens - meat & eggs & compost
ducks - meat & eggs & slug control in the veg garden
goats & sheep - meat & milk
Rabbits that we occasionally shoot for dinner (pest control with free food!)
Potatoes selected and planted for year round stock
Orchard with ~ 40 trees providing year round fruit (staggered planting for biennial crops / harvest from Summer - Winter)
Fluids from the bore hole / milk / water butts
Herbal medicine garden is up and running along with several beehives (helps pollinate the fruit trees).
Also planted a small woodland that will provide all the firewood we need on a rotational basis.
We’ve also joined a cooperative of small farms in the area, to share produce for consumption or to sell on behalf of each other. Some of the big farms are interested in joining too as a sideline.
It’s a simple life but I love it
Sounds lovely. Obviously, the last thing you'd want is some major event that inspired more people to want or need that lifestyle. It can only work in a benign and healthy society where the majority have no need of it. So it can't be classed as any form of prepping in reality so you're completely safe. Have food from:
chickens - meat & eggs & compost
ducks - meat & eggs & slug control in the veg garden
goats & sheep - meat & milk
Rabbits that we occasionally shoot for dinner (pest control with free food!)
Potatoes selected and planted for year round stock
Orchard with ~ 40 trees providing year round fruit (staggered planting for biennial crops / harvest from Summer - Winter)
Fluids from the bore hole / milk / water butts
Herbal medicine garden is up and running along with several beehives (helps pollinate the fruit trees).
Also planted a small woodland that will provide all the firewood we need on a rotational basis.
We’ve also joined a cooperative of small farms in the area, to share produce for consumption or to sell on behalf of each other. Some of the big farms are interested in joining too as a sideline.
It’s a simple life but I love it
Kwackersaki said:
Jammy gits. I would love to have somewhere like this. Did you just decide to go off and do it one day or have you always been involved in this lifestyle or farming?
I keep a look out for small holdings and places with potential but they are expensive unless remote and doubt the other half would want to.
I always wanted to live like this, and always spent lots of time in the countryside as a kid, even though we lived in town. Fortunately I've been lucky enough to be able to make it happen.I keep a look out for small holdings and places with potential but they are expensive unless remote and doubt the other half would want to.
We aren't too remote either, about half a mile out of our village, only 15-20 minutes drive from the nearest town, and 30-40 from the nearest city, but I guess 'remote' is a relative term.
All fine and dandy when things are reasonably OK, you'd probably not even notice small scale problems like covid but if we are talking complete societal breakdown\zombie apocalypse, how will you defend your lovely farm from the thousands of displaced refugees from the cities? The UK is a relatively small island, your "safe haven" will eventually be found so unless you are planning to live in an underground bunker or move to a remote part of New Zealand, you are only delaying the inevitable.
This is why I don't get prepping, small scale problems can be dealt with by just staying put and letting the government sort it out. A massive worldwide issue would mean you are either constantly having to defend yourself from other rabid humans or you are living in a world were most of the population are dead or even undead, neither of which has any appeal tbh.
This is why I don't get prepping, small scale problems can be dealt with by just staying put and letting the government sort it out. A massive worldwide issue would mean you are either constantly having to defend yourself from other rabid humans or you are living in a world were most of the population are dead or even undead, neither of which has any appeal tbh.
Guvernator said:
All fine and dandy when things are reasonably OK, you'd probably not even notice small scale problems like covid but if we are talking complete societal breakdown\zombie apocalypse, how will you defend your lovely farm from the thousands of displaced refugees from the cities? The UK is a relatively small island, your "safe haven" will eventually be found so unless you are planning to live in an underground bunker or move to a remote part of New Zealand, you are only delaying the inevitable.
This is why I don't get prepping, small scale problems can be dealt with by just staying put and letting the government sort it out. A massive worldwide issue would mean you are either constantly having to defend yourself from other rabid humans or you are living in a world were most of the population are dead or even undead, neither of which has any appeal tbh.
I think most peepers believe that if they can keep their heads down and hidden for the first 6 to 8 weeks of a true meltdown most of the others will be dead or moved away…the bunker does not need to be forever, just 2 months whilst the chaos subsides. Most of the petrol will be gone and starvation will have set in etc….plus the zombies or the virus will have killed a lot by then.This is why I don't get prepping, small scale problems can be dealt with by just staying put and letting the government sort it out. A massive worldwide issue would mean you are either constantly having to defend yourself from other rabid humans or you are living in a world were most of the population are dead or even undead, neither of which has any appeal tbh.
BabySharkDD said:
Not really prepping, however I’m nearing almost complete self sufficiency.
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Also planted a small woodland that will provide all the firewood we need on a rotational basis.
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It’s a simple life but I love it
Your profile says Swansea. I'm surprised you bother growing your own firewood. When there the other day, I was astounded at the sheer amount of wood washed up on the beaches....................
Also planted a small woodland that will provide all the firewood we need on a rotational basis.
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It’s a simple life but I love it
egor110 said:
Thing is learning to shoot and actually shooting someone are entirety different things.
There are people out there who exist purely by taking whatever they want off others sometimes by force.
Pretty much everyone on here isn't that sort of person and isn't going to change overnight.
Exactly , most on here wouldn’t dare confront an ignorant parker face to face let alone point a gun at someone and pull the trigger . There are people out there who exist purely by taking whatever they want off others sometimes by force.
Pretty much everyone on here isn't that sort of person and isn't going to change overnight.
Even the few people , myself included who have admitted to a face to face argument with a bad parker , find themselves being mocked by the “ wouldn’t say boo to a goose brigade “ from behind the safety of the same keyboard they send strongly worded email to the aforementioned parker.
Kwackersaki said:
Jammy gits. I would love to have somewhere like this. Did you just decide to go off and do it one day or have you always been involved in this lifestyle or farming?
I keep a look out for small holdings and places with potential but they are expensive unless remote and doubt the other half would want to.
We had been saving to move to Australia and start a farm / airfield. Unfortunately Oz went a bit insane, and our opportunity for a visa expired (age plus the ban on ‘unvaccinated’ healthcare workers). I’ve always preferred the countryside and had a strong desire to live off the land, so we moved to the Welsh countryside where it was affordable I keep a look out for small holdings and places with potential but they are expensive unless remote and doubt the other half would want to.
I think we did it at the right time as the smallholdings are bought up very quickly, or have shot up in price. We are a bit off the main paths which is a pain, however it gives us the lifestyle we want.
Tim Cognito said:
Sounds lovely, is it a full time job to keep everything alive and maintained?
To start with it was. However now everything is mostly setup it sort of runs itself apart from collecting eggs / milking daily, the biweekly clean out of stables, and the sowing / harvesting season. extraT said:
Sounds great!
I’d be interested in reading abit more about your herbal medicinal garden, I’m assuming it’s normal herbs and nots not ‘erbs(!)
Types grown and what they are for?
I’ll have to write it up for you. All normal herbs / flowers / weeds (not that weed! ). I generally use them for pain relief, cold remedies etc. I’d be interested in reading abit more about your herbal medicinal garden, I’m assuming it’s normal herbs and nots not ‘erbs(!)
Types grown and what they are for?
It’s more of a fun thing that’s interesting to do as well as keep the knowledge going.
DonkeyApple said:
Sounds lovely. Obviously, the last thing you'd want is some major event that inspired more people to want or need that lifestyle. It can only work in a benign and healthy society where the majority have no need of it. So it can't be classed as any form of prepping in reality so you're completely safe.
Seeing the local farmers’ gun cabinets… I think we’re safe 
BabySharkDD said:
Seeing the local farmers’ gun cabinets… I think we’re safe
I had a great uncle who had been in banking before the war. He spent the war in India with the Gurkhas and ended up in the jungle with the Chindits. When he came home he decided he was going to buy a farm where you could see for miles clearly and no one could be hiding in the foliage to leap out on him. He ended up in Wales. One evening the local Nationalists had been tucking in at the village pub and decided it was time to go and instruct the Englishman to go home so they went to his farm. Their plan was to start with the barn.
Inside the barn were some Gurkhas on leave. They often stayed with him as they didn't have anywhere else to go. The end result was a surprise attack on the surprise attack, a race across the fields in the dark back to the pub and the attack pressing on inside the pub with a lot of damage done. Strangely after that night he never heard from the Nationalists again and became properly embedded into the community.
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