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A very thorough list! Am definitely bookmarking this video!
Here's a quick reference to the main categories:
1:15 - Food acquisition
4:25 - Water acquisition & purification
6:04 - Heat
6:37 - Using tools
7:10 - Construction & Repairs
8:42 - Engine mechanics
9:05 - First Aid / Disease
9:50 - Tying knots
10:29 - Knife skills
11:02 - Animal husbandry & medicine
12:06 - Food preservation
12:35 - Personal security & homestead protection
Thank you so much
Thank you!!
That's a good list just to start with!
What state (zone) are you in? Thanks
Personal safety: was that a rubber band gun? Do those really work against coyotes
Homesteading 101:
1. Food Acquisition
2. Water Acquisition
3. Water Purification
4. Fire
5. Construction
6. First Aid & Safety
7. Roping
8. Knifing
9. Animal Husbandry
10. Food Preservation
11. Safety
I can't believe you did not include your "dog". Your friend, your pet can sound the first alarm when trouble appears. He/she is used for herding, guarding livestock, tracking and watching the hen house. A constant companion, don't leave home without your him/her.
Absolutely
Our RHODESIAN RIDGEBACK is the first line of defense!!
They hear and see before we do, and nobody I know wants to be eaten by a 80lb RHODESIAN RIDGEBACK. He has protected us many times during his life !!
RHODESIAN and a M1911
@@annmariemichael1928 yes werent those lion killers? I've heard many stories of dogs protecting single women in their house. Dogs are a great gift from God(after His Son, Jesus, The Holy Spirit and His Word, The Bible). I love dogs sm, my dogs are my babies. They run the house🤣
Best security ever
I agree 100% that dogs are a necessity for companionship and security but the one draw back is they are a liability when stealth is required... dogs do what dogs do and barking is what they do, even when they shouldn't.
Yeah also but if you're homesteading your dog can become a huge weight on your shoulders. Especially as your dog gets older and you are less and less able to take care of it because of your activities. It's also another mouth to feed.
Knife sharpening is an important skill to learn when off grid or homesteading.
Learning how to sharpen all your garden equipment also.
Absolutely! We just did a video on that recently here....ruclips.net/video/A6garjw2g6g/видео.html
I stopped watching TV since last year and I've been educating myself on all these things you've mentioned.
I've also bought hard copy books on all these areas mentioned, for us it's gardening, preserving, chickens, rabbits and goats..... so I don't rely on my brain.
This is a great list....thank you.
You're welcome.
That is awesome! So glad you are learning about those important skills.
Please comment to remind me to rewatch this.
Any recommendations as far as books go?
@@MrDeanmfitz there’s so many to mention (I should do a video myself on my books, follow along… I might do that soonish)
That's some substantial progress right there. Many blessings all.
This video should have 1 million views and 100,000 comments! I just started this exact path of life. Loved seeing this video.
I appreciate the kind words brother!
I know right. I wish more people would see this but also at the same time knowing our government I feel like they would start making certain processes more difficult or more expensive. That's why im trying to learn and save now before they outlaw homesteading or something 😅
A well thought out and articulated list of necessary skills, going beyond water, shelter, food and security of prepping to maintenance and sustainability of the homesteader. Thanks for putting this together, it serves as a great checklist for us as we begin our homesteading journey.
You’re welcome. Glad it was helpful!
And these skills are good for bartering with neighbors / community
Absolutely
Absolutely fantastic video. This is exactly what I need in my back pocket to make sure I understand all aspects of what I'm signing up for by starting a homestead. Thank you!!!!
Thank you. Always glad to help.
Great video. Having children have changed me for the better in being more cognitive of our environment and the world we live in. I’m all about personal protection and acquiring skills more now than I have ever been. I hope to teach my children the same early on and to be grateful for what we have and are able to produce ourselves. Thanks for what you do.
Thank you so much. I appreciate it.
Teaching kids early may be the key. I have a wonderful daughter who is always willing to help with anything we have going on here. She understands the necessity and gives her best to project but doesn't always take initiative because she would rather be with her books.
Her interests and skill set isn't a natural fit for the homesteading lifestyle. We found that the best way to get her involved was to let her use her research skills to design projects and then implement them.
Great video! To the point but with good vibes and a sprinkle of fun. Thanks for making this!
Thanks so much!
Thank you for this video. Writing all this down so I can start reading and doing workshops 💚
You’re welcome
This is why a community is so important. You can't know, have, do it all all the time.
I am busy making every gardening mistake known to man, and the cool part is that generally…..gardening gets better, or you learn something, over time.
Same here.
Thank you for the helpful tips! You do very well with explaining everything☺
You’re welcome
Shlum,
Loved this video, there are so any things I didn't realize that need to be learned. We do know some of what you shared. This video helps alot thanks.
Thank you. Glad it was helpful.
Awesome stuff buddy. Thanks!!
No problem 👍
GREAT VIDEO!!! I'll watch this again just to take notes.
Thank you
Thanks for the detailed info and doing what you can to help promote true survival knowledge. We all may be in this situation a lot sooner than we think. Again you are much appreciated buddy.
I appreciate the kind comment Ernie!
But it is definitely good to know if I were stuck out there in wilderness.
👍🏼 you’re a blessing. Thank you .
Thank you
machete' is a MUST HAVE. And I have a small edged blade used for gardening that is practically my go-to for many reasons.
Cool
A plan c for water well. Para cord. Pvc pipe with end cap. Drill hole in end cap. Rubber ball. This allows you to drop down your well and manually draw water.
Great idea!
Great list! Thanks for sharing!
You're welcome
Today has its own problems, without adding more to it. I have been homesteading since I was 14, am now 63. Now living in S. Mo. 7 acres off grid. No water, no power, no sewer. On the side of a mountain!. All my neighbors hate me because I don't keep up with the Joneses. Just do my own thing when I want too! Been here a yr. still don't have my cabin roofed. Pump my water from a local creek. Do most of my shopping online.
That is awesome. Southern Mo. is very nice. Glad you have the skills to do it.
Looking out that way. Any good spots available?
Great information! Thank you for sharing.
That being said, new drinking game: take a shot every time he says “acquire”
You're welcome.
One! I hope we “all” learn some of this. Also focus on community.
There's not a lot of videos I find beneficial but this was definitely one of them
I appreciate that.
Great video. Just found your RUclips video site. Wish I had seen this sooner. It was a big help. God bless! Have a good day.
Thank you Jimmy. Glad it was helpful.
This is a great list!
Thank you
Back to Eden gardening is the best method. Let nature do it’s thing. Nature and it’s wild plants thrive without humans messing with its system. But as soon as humans try to take control and do things themselves. We fail more often times or don’t see great growth or end up tilling the ground too much or putting things in our soil we just don’t really need to put. Nature does it all by itself. What makes you think you need to do all kinds extra work when it naturally can occur. Just my opinion. The the produce will be so amazing. And yes without pesticides and chemicals there will be bugs but guess what the damaged greens or produce that’s beyond harvesting can just be used for good compost ! Adding more to your soil. Or give to the chickens etc. It’s just all around the best bet
fantastic video! cheers from Australia. 😊
Thank you
Loved the video, thanks! ✌️♥️
Thank you
Thanks for the insight.
You're welcome
Great vid
Thank you
Thank you!
You're welcome!
So glad I came across this video! So informative. I finally found a home in Tennessee I'll be closing early next month. I moved from Arizona so I could try and get away from the rat race. I was able to get a 2 bedroom 1 bath with 10 acres a barn and 3 out buildings. The information in your video will definitely help me on my way to being self-sufficient! Thank you! 😊
Glad it was helpful. So glad you got out of the city!
New sub! Enjoyed your vlog. Look forward to more content!
Thank you
All this stuff is major important to know without a doubt. God willing I can learn everything, it’s still a little overwhelming for me. I’ve been doing in for a year now and have chickens, a garden, bees, and have been canning but there’s still so much more to learn. Blessings!
Sounds like you have gotten a great start. Keep it up, you can do it.
What do you plant? I’m new to all this and I want to start a garden but have no idea where to start.
@@sdl5731 we started with onions and potatoes,than carrots,potatoes,onions,pumpkins and melons
Thank you!!!!!
You're welcome friend.
Thank you 😊
You’re welcome
Such a valuable video!! I’m shocked it doesn’t have thousands of likes. I’m still trying to figure out how to make land ownership and growing my own food my reality. As far as animal protein is concerned, I can’t be around our feathered friends and I mostly eat fish, so I better study farming and preserving fish. I think for those of us in the dreaming/saving/planning phase, we can use this time to learn as much as we can!
Thank you for the kind words. I am glad the video was helpful for you.
Also start watching how to suture wounds all the different knots on deep wounds or slight cuts.
Good suggestion
It really hard work living that life !!
Hard but fulfilling.
Thank you
You're welcome
I really like the tools part and the safety part. How to use tools
Regarding growing food, if you have the space and funds, a double wall high tunnel greenhouse with an aquaponics system can grow food year round and raise fish using only 5% of the required water. Once the nitrifying bacteria are established, the only input into the system is fish food.
Fish eat food
Fish make poop
Poop goes to plants
Plants filter the water
Water goes back to fish
It's all close circuit. No fertilizers. No large tracts of land.
For sure. Good points.
Question I would grow the fish food is it possible?
@@peaceandlove1265 Yes. Fish eat lots of things. Bugs, duckweed, grains, seeds. You can even make your fish food pellets. Plenty of videos on RUclips on how to do that.
@@saureco hi thank you I'm trying this on a much larger scale I have four natural springs on my property two feed a six acre pond I own it's a natural pond! I have it stocked and I am building floating docks to make a floating garden of one acre of it! I live in a area were snow is extremely rare! It's hot even in winter is not cold lowest I've seen is around 30s! So next to the pond I'm building a 30x30 unground pool with cider block walls! I'm plumbing the walls and using solar electricity to power the pumps along with pipes that feed the water from the pond! From the walls there are large pipes that will hold plants and the water will feed them the water from the gravity goes down and waters the lover shelves\pipes! Back to the fish in the center is a walk way over the pool to collect the vegetables! A ram pump is also being used to store water in a tower and gravity feed it! The solar power is for only a time setting and has a float if it get low the sensor turns on the pumps! The bottom will be used to raise fish! The roof is a glass roof and glass doors!
@@saureco I am learning and just dove into it!
That’s such an overwhelming video, and I’m not a total dunce in most of these topics.
It is a lot to take in for sure.
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Hello, I'm really late to this video and really liked it a lot, but I saw 2 omissions. The first was the opening scene with your dog: one must have a good dog/puppy! (How can you forget to mention mankind's best friend?) The 2nd is that you didn't mention fishing! Other than those two, I think you covered most everything.
Excellent video. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸%
Thank you
I have just gotten my well water checked. I don't need to filter it. It's perfectly safe. I just drink it straight fro the tap. I have lived othis property for a decade. I have always lived in the country. I got this.
Probably THE best beginner guide I have ever seen. Good job! some of us that have lived this life for years are to lazy to put something like this out, and even if we did it would not be this well done. Again could job, and good luck in your journey!
Thank you Rick! I appreciate that.
I was always amazed when I watched the show "Survivor" ...these people signed up for a survival show with the potential of being picked to be on the show, and you mean to tell me that the majority of them never even learned any actual survival skills? I mean, come on people! I recall an episode with 4 or 5 people sitting around trying to figure out how to start a fire. Meanwhile 3 of the 5 people sitting there were wearing glasses that could have been used as a magnifying glass to start the fire. Good tips! Thank you sir! Happy New Year!
Lol. I know. Those people are handpicked to create to most drama and interest. They would all be bear food in the real world. Happy new year!
@@CountryLivingExperience EXACTY! LOL
How to start a fire.
Step 1 turn on stove..
Step 2.....
Just kidding these are good things to learn
We just acquired ten acres. We want that type of life,not because we have to but because we want to. We have the means to live in a city with room service but we feel the need to live the country lifestyle to feel completed.
Very cool. Have fun building your homestead.
Sitting here at holmes hall dreaming about owning a big property and horses one day, go green!
That is awesome! Go White! I lived in Wonders for 2 years.
yup
We're in Ireland, rural, we own our cottage and small acre of land and are making that food productive, plus breeding meat and egg hens. So I was going through your list and saying to myself "Check, got it"! til I reached the home protection bit at the end...here, we aren't allowed any kind of...boomsticks or freedom seeds, I think preppers call them? We're allowed nothing. And folks are beginning to move away from Ireland's cities and into the countryside just as elsewhere. Most of them are good people but not all are, of course. I'd really love a prepper or two to make a good video on how to do homestead protection without the same...equipment...most Americans can use. It'd be really helpful. Just a thought.
Glad to have you here. I feel bad for you that you are not able to defend yourself with any boomsticks. The new commie administration in the US is trying to take that away from us as well. I am sure there are some channels out there that have some protection strategies that don't involve any freedom seeds. I would say fencing is #1 and maybe traps #2. Look for channels with ex-special forces military guys. They are usually very well versed in those tactics. Good luck sister!
@@CountryLivingExperience Thanks for responding and for the tips, I'll definitely have a look around! Everyone here is wishing America all the very best. Take care and good luck to you guys too.
There are some high powered air rifles that don’t count as fire arms even though they can be used to hunt deer they are so powerful. Cross bows and compound bows are also effective for hunting and defense. Most people won’t want to mess around with an arrow to the chest.
A good wasp spray can spray 25-30 ft. Works on 2 legged pests as well. 😉
A big mean dog!! Or two. Plus form protection groups with neighbors you trust.
9:08 I didn't see a link to learn about the first aid -- I'd like to know where to get the Israeli style bandages and quick clot. And, btw, your dog is the star of this video!!! :-)
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Cayenne pepper for quick blood clotting. Although to avoid tetanus you want to let it bleed for a bit. It oxygenates the wound (kills anaerobic bacteria) and helps clean the wound a bit. Then when its clean, cayenne pepper works wonderfully.
Such a well-crafted piece. I’ve encountered a book with similar material that was very impactful. "A Life Unplugged: Reclaiming Reality in a Digital Age" by Theodore Blaze
Thank you
I'm learning a lot of these rn. I'm not on a homestead yet, but I don't have a real job so.
Gardening - fruit trees,trees, berries, etc.
Fire - using wood and twine
Construction/repairs- been into this and learning with my dad all my life(still have a lot to learn)
Using tools
Researching and learning about medical -just started recently
Knife skills
Personal protection/homestead security
But I'm still working to hunting, and water purification, food preservation, mechanics, tying knots, animal husbandry-(ik chickens). And things like plumbing and electrical and building I can always improve at.
Also I forgot to add that flowering plants and ornamental plants are important to attract bees so they help the other fruits and berries and some veggies
Awesome! Keep moving forward and lean all you can.
@@CountryLivingExperience thank you for the encouragement. Sometimes it seems so overwhelming but ik it's the most rewarding and safe life, and I want it deep down in my soul for other reasons too
I’ve never really tried homesteading. Mostly because I never thought I had the resources to do it and survive. Secondly once I had the money I didn’t want to take the risk of being broke again. I love the idea of it and l like animals but as they say it was never in my cards. Now that I’m old I think of things I should have thought about doing. I of course romanticize the benefits of those doing it but almost never think of the hardships only those who have taken the plunge know about. These days with the internet information is more readily available which I think is a good thing. It also give those interested another source of income by vlogging, selling and networking.
Be VERY careful with the the tourniquet and be sure to learn about it before attempting. Not all bleeding wounds require it, there are other ways to address bleeding and tourniquets of course do a lot of downstream tissue damage, so they are good in a very limited set of circumstances. One medic in the Russian military was quoted as estimating that about a third of amputations he saw were due too over-enthusiastic or incorrect tourniquet use.
Absolutely
Mushrooms and berries still scare me to eat in the wild .
Wish I had a really really good book I could be sure of
Mushrooms are scary. I am confident with the berries.
Yeah right. The ones who didn't bother to prepare will just take from the ones who can't fight back.
While that is a legitimate concern, it is a terrible attitude.
@@CountryLivingExperience yeah, better the false hope that this isn't what the real people are going to let happen. I love God and I truly love all people. But I know what my life is like now. And I am almost absolutely certain worsening conditions are not going to open up more or better options for me.
Thank you for the video , I’m planning on moving down there to start a homestead , how many acres do you recommend for minimum of a homestead ? I heard 5 acres minimum of wood land if you plain on heating you’re house by wood , ducts , a cow or 2 ?
You're welcome. 2 acres is perfect for a homestead with 4 people. 5 acres if burning wood, correct.
Hey there, we are starting something similar I'm with you on every thing, but I have a question what do you think is going to happen to us once we can't pay our property tax once we can't use money ?
Awesome.
In some places you can prepay your property taxes. Beyond that, I will rely on God to provide. His bank account is endless.
Do you filter flouride with your berkey ?
We didn’t. We have a rural water system that is not fluoridated.
For the greywater, does that mean it is ok to use water with laundry detergent to water the garden?
We use an eco-friendly biodegradable laundry detergent.
😊
I have one question that I cannot seem to get answered. Unless I have a massive paying job, how can I get the resources I need to become a homesteader and how do I fund being a homesteader without a massive paycheck? I have 22K left to go on my tiny house with not enough space/yard to do anything I need. I need a larger plot of land which requires massive capital...how do I do that one thing? If I had the space the skills would be much easier to acquire.
Since I don't know what you do now or what your financial situation is, it will be hard to answer this question. I don't know where you live or what your definition of massive capital is. I don't know if you can move to a less expensive state or cannot leave family.
We left our city home and jobs. Made money on the sale of our house. Bought a country home which was less expensive. Before we moved, we saved for a few years, paid off debt, etc. When we moved we did take a 50% pay cut. We still were able to make it. I started working on the homestead and finding side work online and my wife is a nurse. We didn't have much but we were happy.
You can acquire skills anywhere.
@@CountryLivingExperience My goal is to move to the country one day. Currently I'm in Ohio and I make roughly 32K/year so my finances are very limited. I love your plan. I'm hoping to be able to sell the house when it's paid off and use that sale to buy a nice plot of land. I don't need much in the way of comfort. I see that you were able to make it and you're doing great! I plan on watching the rest of your videos so hopefully I can follow in your footsteps.
Just clicked on and noticed that you are using cinder blocks for your beds. I was under the impression from many of the homesteaders that it’s a toxic material to use in beds?
I don't subscribe to that theory. It does not bother me to have them there.
I wish you knew that your videos are watched the world over, not just the US
I do know that. I see my analytics. Why?
We been stockpiling our resources for a while now.
My husband is a veteran, so he stays in the "heightened awareness" state.
We have a RHODESIAN RIDGEBACK who will hunt for us. He enjoys cats especially 🤭 but if he can thinks he can ... he will!
Great video 👍
We have secured ourselves in the Appalachian Mountains!!
Glad you are preparing. Heightened awareness fur sure!
Love Rhodesian Ridgbacks! I own a Boerboel & know exactly what you have!! Relentless hunters the Ridgebacks are. Good Luck!
I wish I had a man like you.
You'll find one
Solar is good, but even studying all the aspects it can be misleading in it’s time to return your investment.
I have had solar in Sydney Australia in a home for over two years, it’s nice to have, but it’s what the catches, like returning excess solar power to the grid, currently I get 14 c per kw, some only get 8c, we pay 25 cents for the power we use off the grid.
At first I thought you’d subtract, the amount off your usage and pay the difference, but no,they don’t spell that out.
Obviously we save during most days unless cloudy or during winter when UV rays are only 3 but during summer sunny days UV can get to 15, but obviously using air conditioning-.
My current bill will be about $30 for the last 3 months.
I did a video on the topic of solar payoff here: ruclips.net/video/bNBcpQ64izo/видео.html. We are off-grid so it is a bit different from what you are trying to say.
@@CountryLivingExperience yes I watched that video, I understand a bit better, the tax credits is great.
6kw battery sounds good, batteries are expensive in Australia, waiting for them to be more affordable than $10k.
My roof system is smaller 3.5kw with 3kw inverter. We don’t have the floor option.
So your completely off grid with propane back up.😀🇦🇺
My last bill 3 months I used less energy than I produced we just started summer, this is where the battery would be handy.
@@rickthelian2215 Yes, off grid with propane back up and gas generator back up. I like redundant systems. Hopefully your prices will drop soon.
I think gardening all my life since I've been a baby well ask you my parents started it and as I was growing up I learned My parents are gone now I know this brother owns the farm there's no more animals there but my brother has another friend that he bought that we built the house on for he is my oldest brother I used to have three older brothers but one died I have four younger sisters I no longer live on the farm but I still have a garden I had to make it when I bought my place I really don't have any animals for that I don't know if I can have any animals here for that but I grow most of my food every summer and I seem to grow more food than I use or my family uses but I still have to go to the store and buy food or go to the Friends of the families to get food or go to my oldest brother get meats from him when we put your his animals I have never ridden in any of his horses but he does have ducks chickens and geese and turkeys didn't have any rabbits like we did when we were growing up but when we were growing up we all said cheap goats cows pigs and that's where Eric got his chicken and ducks and geese turkeys from we even had peacocks they're called the Blue peacocks but we also bought black pickaxe and white peacocks which the blue pickaxe my grandpa had we just added a mixture I think we kind of created a new kind of peacock. For at least for a short while before the animals in the wild started eating them. We did go hunting we did trap but it was all live trap no injuries we didn't believe in cruelty and we won't do cruelty to animals cuz that's just way too mean cuz animals are a good thing I mean they did become good food and they're always nice deers maybe not so much but but they weren't really me now I was ran away but they're listening they were listeners too so those sit around and listen as well but they never stuck around nobody expected in a while the animal they didn't really cause any harm ready to corn and other fields not all of it still that's enough for the animals we also milk butter cheese milk and ice cream so yeah we pasteurized our milk as well maybe way different to the milk companies did we didn't add water to it like they do I really miss real milk from the cow but maybe I'll get back into it shortly from now if I ever get enough solar to sell enough to like company I don't think I will though cuz I don't think I ever make that kind of money you better buy a friend to buy the animals to raise them to talk to him to feed them to water them the fields you can have gardens in I just got back yard where I plan on garden not the whole backyard but a good portion of it and I also give it to fruits and vegetables to the neighbors but not the tree fruits because the birds don't leave any of the cherries behind for us we might get one or two but the birds to get the rest but that's life at least we get a taste I think I need to find some more cherry trees I also got other trees too that bear fruit but the deer like those but they can't get them all. So yeah I do know how to live if there was no store if you had to defend for yourself if we had to protect ourselves I know how to survive but we don't have to do that it probably never will if we do the cops to take care of it for us.
My vegetarian pacifist husband took training and got a firearms license for the purpose of small holding defense here in Canada. I was very honoured as a wife.
Awesome!
Need to know how to trap small animals with snares. Not always going to see/get large game. Not going to live on vegetables alone and be healthy.
I appreciate the thoughts. I respectfully disagree. If you are a Christian, what was Adam and Eve's original diet?
Deer
@@CountryLivingExperience Meat good. Veggies bad.
See...when you say things like "do not click off," it just makes me want to hit the back button.
Ok
Might be time to break the power grid, no electricity no government, no cameras
Egg counting, Meadow mowing, digging a hole to nowhere is vital if you want to be a homesteader...........3 Eggs🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚
You made this 3 years ago!!! Wonder how you feel now.
The same
@@CountryLivingExperience yeah it's pretty mind boggling out there
What zone are you in?
We are in 8b
@@CountryLivingExperience I am in zone 4/5 so makes things a little more difficult, but I love a challenge. We bought a camper toast year and are saving money to buy a Chun of land to build a homestead/primitive survival school on. We can not wait!!!
Hey you know Eric maybe you should also learn how to can food if you learn how to canned food you get canned enough fruit and vegetables to last you 20 years if you have a good enough garden but of course you probably want me to go with that I know I do I guess that belongs with hunting and trapping but I don't suggest trapping you might actually hurt an animal and I don't want to see the animals suffer.
I do can and preserve my own food from the garden.
I would skip the garden myself. Not a lot of calories there and takes up space. I would stick to raising small animals and hunting.
Common misconception. 1 acre of potatoes, corn, or sunchokes yields 12 to 15 million calories. 1 cow need at least 1 acre of pasture land and yields 500k to 700k calories.
@@CountryLivingExperience true, but meat calories offer far more nutrition, so not all calories are created equal.
So happy to hear you don’t raise chickens and cows for food. We are going to be moving within the next year and will be growing fruits and vegetables along with chickens for eggs, manure, etc.
Awesome! Glad to know there are others like us.
Meat for health reasons?
Yes
Composting composting composting
Absolutely. We have numerous videos on composting
To sum up the video...you need to learn skills.
Can you also gotten how to make your own fertilizer as well oh wait you don't know how to do that sorry.
Gave up meat for health reasons... suspect.
is that a MSU hat? come on man!! how's anyone gonna take you serious wearing crap like that? Go Blue!!
Hahahaha! Go Green!
By giving up meat, you've diminished your health considerably. Meat is by far the healthiest and most nutrient-dense food available. You've gotten some very bad health advise. You might want to do some research on phytotoxins and plant anti-nutrients.
You are 100% incorrect sir. I follow a biblical diet. The diet God gave to his creation.