Are there any Mylot friends here who are into self sufficiency concepts?

Self sufficiency means different things to different people, depending on their circumstances. I think it's wise to be prepared for any disaster, natural or not. Our world is to chaotic to depend on everything staying the same throughout our lives. Current economic and social problems just make it more important to be prepared.

Hi suria, it’s rather difficult to get into self sufficiency. What I could do is to try my best to reduce the daily consumption of oil and gasoline, electricity and other fuel or chemicals that will produce harmful material to the environment. As we know the population know nowadays is increasing tremendously, many areas in the world are facing shortage of food. One of the reasons is the farming lands are destroyed by the natural disasters like tsunamis, earthquakes and storms. These of course couldn’t be avoided. What we can do is to grow our food as far as possible. In our place we can grow food all year round. The surplus could be given to neighbors or friends or those who need them. The problem is that though most of us have got lands and fertilizers, we are lazy to grow and to take care of crops. Yeah, it's wise to be conscious of the food crisis which becomes the most serious problem to be faced by the over whelming population nowadays. and have a nice day.

It's basically my entire goal for the future. To me self sufficiency is the bottom line for freedom. If I can take care of myself, then I can pretty much have the freedom to do whatever else I wish to -- because my life is not defined by the limitations of others through reliance on them. The other thing I love about it, is that if crisis hits...is you're more or less as prepared as you can get. Being prepared can be highly important in a crisis situation. I think the food crisis, oil sending the global economy all topsy turvy just puts this into emphasis for alot of people. For me, it just reminds me how much I really can't try to live like everyone else does -- reliant on the way things are.

Hello, my family lives in an RV in Florida. My daughter, 5 years, is home schooled, my husband, 56 and I, 46 go to college online. I have been searching for information on this topic and am conducting my own research. We grow a garden in a small flower bed and in pots where we live now plus have acquired several rabbits we use for meat. After we pull the motor, tranny, drive shaft and one gas tank from our motor home we will use the area where the motor was to house 10 bantam laying hens. The back will get a extended shelf and a pigeon coop that will hold 2 pairs of birds to produce squab. The other side will house 30 courtix quail to raise for meat. Additionally we have build a 12 by 20 deck on the front that will house 2 nigerian dwarf nannies that will produce milk and young every year. All this is in stealth mode, although it is legal the campgrounds may or may not like the goat idea! The front of the motor home will have a hitch bolted and welded to it to transform it into a trailer that we can pull with out one ton dually if we need to move. The idea is stealth because although our numbers fall within the category of "pets" not all campgrounds would approve. Ideas? Advice? I came across your forum by an internet search and have bookmarked it to check back later. Eventually I want to add solar and wind generators to our camper in case we need to boon dock where electricity is not available. Our current monthly expenses including rent, internet, cell phones, insurance, animal feed, etc runs less than $700 a month and this counts gas for our beast of a truck that drinks gas at the tune of 4 mpg!