Deliberate Lifestyle Changes...

Today I have been convicted about making some very deliberate changes in lifestyle for my family. I'm going through all my homestead-type books and magazines, articles (even some I wrote) and have come up with quite a list.

We need to get to a place where we are simple, and waaaay more self-reliant.

Here's what I have done today:

started another sourdough starter

Made a list of what to buy in bulk (most I alrady do, but I'm wanting to double or triple these)

beans

lentils

rice

corn

our favorite grains (soft white, spelt, buckwheat)

oatmeal

canned food

dried fruit

oils/fats

sea salt

I also decided to breed one of my dairy goats to a Boer buck, so I can keep "meat -on-the-hoof" around. I'll get two piglets next spring, and I'm hoping at least one calf.

I also want a grain grinder powerful enough to do beans, but non-electric. Everytime I grind grain I think, "what would I do without electricity?" Maybe I'll find out!

I'm going to get more cast iron pans and at least one, but hopefully two cast iron dutch ovens.

I WILL learn to garden. I will. I will.

Somebody help me!

I'm going to get busy with my milkers next year to ensure my family has good, healthy raw milk again.

I'm grateful for my chickens and other poultry...but I have to figure a way to get electricity to the henhouse so I can keep egg production up this winter.