The Reality of Food Self-Sufficiency

We are living the reality of food self-sufficiency and it’s not what you would think.

0:00 New farm animal additions, turkey tractor
1:39 How we remove cover crops in the garden
3:42 Planting over 100 tomatoes and peppers
6:06 I’ve never trellised this before!
7:59 Planting a year’s supply of sweet corn
11:39 Canning strawberry jam
14:02 Completely devastated
17:29 Freeze drying strawberries
17:53 Update on losses and steps I’m taking to remedy the problem
21:45 Finished strawberries and how I store them
23:01 Following through on solutions 🙂

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~The BEST freeze dryer (we have a medium size with oil pump):

~Lemony Strawberry Jam RECIPE comes from this book:

~Vacuum Sealer:

~Canning Jar Sealer (used with a vacuum sealer):

~Tomato Trellis String:

~Egg incubator:

~I buy my cover crop seeds here:

~Garden hat:

~Shop my favorite things:

~Earthway Seeder (not my favorite but it’s budget friendly and easier than planting by hand):

~Overalls:

~Music:

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