Combining Wild Foraging and Homesteading in an Ecovillage

Living more self sufficiently isn’t always just about growing your own food, it’s about foraging as much of your food as possible, too. Foraged food is the easiest to get and the least work to produce. In fact it only requires the work of gathering.

In this video I combine wild foraging fish from our pond with homemade homestead raised raw ingredients to make a fish dip. I also give an update on early season tasks and the effort to grow as much of my own food as I can.

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How I Prep for a Season of Homesteading

Sometimes the most vital part of the season is prepping for it. If you don’t plan well and line up everything just right you won’t have much to show for it at the end of the season.

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How Close Am I to 100% Food Self-Sufficiency?

My goal has always been to grow as much of my food as possible and make as much of my food from scratch using simple ingredients. Not only is this more sustainable, but I know exactly where my food comes from and what went into producing it. In this video, I give an overview of what portion of my food I’m able to produce myself and what I have to buy from the wider economy. I can’t say I know exactly what percentage of my food I grow, but it’s a lot, and I try to increase the percentage with every new season. #FoodSelfSufficiency #LocalFood #SustainableLiving #SelfSufficiency

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This New Addition in My Homestead Vineyard Was a Game Changer

My homestead vineyard has been struggling in recent years. I’ve gotten less and less of a harvest to the point where I didn’t see a point in continuing to put the work in to maintain it every year. It takes a lot to keep the vineyard maintained in terms of pruning, mowing, thinning, deleafing, putting up bird netting, and harvesting. But I thought I’d try one last idea to increase my yield and make all that work a little more worthwhile.

In this video I talk about a bunch of things going on the vineyard, one of which is this new game changing addition.

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This Cheap, Easy Solar Power System Cut My Electric Bill A LOT

I recently decided to expand my solar power system because I’ve begun implementing more electric appliances in my house to get me off of propane, the only fossil fuel I use in the home. The system I used was super easy and incorporated a microinverter, which allows a connection without a charge controller and some of the expensive components required for a traditional power system. For about $500 I was able to add 810W to my system. As of the posting of this video I’d already made back about $100 of that investment in utility bill savings.

I have a tiny power system compared to most, but that’s because I live simply and sustainably in a small house in an ecovillage. But this system can be upscaled for any application anywhere. The benefits are that all you need to buy is the panels, a microinverter, wiring, and fuses. It’s basically plug and play, as I demonstrate in this video.

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Radical Self Suffiency on the Homestead

Last year I captured a swarm of bees and set myself up a new hive. I’ve never done beekeeping so this was a learning experience. But considering how little effort it’s required so far, I’m in for the long haul. Maybe I’m naive, but so far I haven’t had any problems and all I’ve gotten was a huge harvest of delicious natural local sugar.

In this vlog we head out to my vineyard to check on the hive and do some stuff with the grapes. I’ll also explain some of the ways I’m making use of the honey I harvested this season.

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