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Our intentions are to share vital information about self sufficient living.

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This site is about: Producing your own food, building your own homestead and maintaining a frugal life style.

We would love to hear how you use self sufficient living in your daily lives. Feel free to use the contact us page.

Today's economy is becoming more and more difficult and complicated. The cost of living has sky rocketed and has put a tremendous strain on many households.

Many people find themselves working eighty hours a week just to maintain their lifestyles. They feel trapped by the demands of society and don't see true happiness.

If you live in urban or rural communities, you too can have self sufficient living. You can grow a garden in your backyard, build a greenhouse, raise chickens for eggs and meat, milk your own cow(that might be hard if your urban)! lol... It's not hard. and it's actually quite enjoyable.

This website is designed to help families become more self-reliant.

Wouldn't it be great to grow tomatoes that taste good, or bake bread that does not have additives, and enjoy holidays that are not commercialized?

With today's economy, we tend to opt for the quickest solution for our day to day needs. We rely on store bought goods to get us through.

Don't get me wrong, buying what we need is sometimes essential and convenient. But reaping the fruits of our labor is a reward in itself.

Self sufficient living provides practical, useful information on just about every skill and handicraft under the sun.

On this site, you will learn how to practice:

1. alternative energy strategies

2. grow your own vegetable garden

3. preserving your own food

4. raise your own chickens

5. harvesting your own honey

6. and much more!

You will be able to try your hand at blacksmithing, broom making and stone masonry. You will discover how to make soap, even tan a hide!

Some projects are complicated and trying, construction of a log cabin or installing a solar water heating structure are tasks for someone with experience, skill, and a strong back, but most of the jobs are well within the capability of the average person, and many are appropriate for family involvement, specially for the kids. I will also share with you how to make a good living on the farm and how technology can work in your favor.

Just a little about myself. My name is Steve and I have been a history teacher for 20 years. One of my most favorite era's is the colonial period.

With intensive research and practice, I am sharing my knowledge of self sufficient living. I grew up in the foothills of the Ozark Mountains.

I did what my parents expected. I graduated from high school, went to college, became a teacher and later received my masters degree in Educational Administration.

I did everything that I was taught to do, yet I always dreamt of returning to the mountains. I wanted to live a peaceful, self reliant life, as much as possible.

My grandparents and great grandparents had done just that. They did not have the privileges and conveniences that we have today.

Their lives were simplistic and they actually survived to live a long happy life! They not only survived, but they were more appreciative of the fruits of

I'm very honored to be a published author for EzineArticles.com; You can find my article by going to their "pets" category and then the subtitle "farm/ranch," My article is entitled "Monetizing Your Small Farm."

Ok! Ok! so, you want to see my ranch. Go to Oak Springs Mountain Ranch. Here you will find information about my ranch, pictures and the story of the infamous Harve Bruce whom homesteaded here before the civil war.

Do you want to know how I built this website?

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Shop Country Shop country has information and items for the self sufficient family.

Land buy and build With careful planning and a modest investment almost anyone can turn the dream of buying a small farm or a few acres of country land and building a home into a reality.

Renewable Energy All Across the Nation The energy joyride came to a sudden stop in 1973 and again in today's economy. Renewable Energy is making the best of the crisis.

Raising Livestock Raising Livestock provides meat, milk, eggs and heavy work too.

Do it Yourself Greenhouse A do it yourself greenhouse is basically a giant cold fram designed to hold large numbers of plants, including ones of considerable size.

Vegetable Garden Raising you own vegetable garden shows you how to keep your land healthy while reaping bumper crops each year

Garden Favorites Garden favorites provides the basic information needed to selct, grow, and harvest your favorite vegetables.

Preserve Produce A survey of ways to preserve produce, fruits, and vegetables

pressure canning Pressure canning has been one of the most popular methos of preserving food since 1809, when the technique was first developed by the Frenchman Nicolas Appert.

Fruits and Nuts By raising your own fruits and nuts, you gain freshness and a range of flavor that cannot be matched by store bought fruit.

Herbal Medicine Growing your own herbs is the best way to obtain ingredients for herbal medicine, since the effectiveness of most herbs is highest when the leaves are fresh. you can collect herbs in the wild,

Baking Bread Nothing smells quite so good as the aroma of baking bread in the oven.

Homemade Beverages All about making homemade beverages from old fashioned lemonade to making your own beer and wine.

Beekeeping Beekeeping is a hobby that yields so much satisfacting in return for such a small investment in money and labor.

Natural Pest Control One of the easiest ways to use natural pest control in your garden is to protect and encourage such natural allies as birds, toads, spiders, nonpoisonous snakes that feed on other insects.

Fence Styles Fence styles have evolved throughout the centuries into a panorama of varieties designed to suit specific needs.

Country Crafts and Skills Homesteaders depended on country crafts and skills for comfort and enjoyment. Handicrafts were once part of every day living.

Colonial Soapmaking From Colonial times to the present the traditional way to make lye has been to leach it from wood ashes. Colonial soapmaking is an easy process once you have the necessary ingredients.

Candlemaking Candlemaking time in early America was in the autumn. People spent hours boiling down the fat of newly slaughtered beef and sheep into tallow.

Great Resources A listing of Great Resources that I hope will help my visitors find what they are looking for.

Farms R Us Farms R Us is a place where you can tell the world about your farm and share methods of self sufficient farm living.

Self Sufficient Farm Living Newsletter Self Sufficient Farm Living Newsletter gives update on new articles monthly

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