Frugal and Energy Efficient Living

Kaleva

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13. I find this fascinating because it ties up many of my interests together.

Mon Aug 20, 2018, 08:36 PM

Aug 2018

I enjoy gardening as a hobby.

I enjoy learning new skills such as canning which I did for the first time a couple of years ago.

I enjoy working on home projects such as building shelves in the basement for storage or building a water less, composting toilet in the basement.

Being frugal, I want to stretch out the food budget and one way to do that that is to maximize the garden production.

And I'm kind of a prepper but only so far as what I do in a normal course of events allows me to be prepared for an emergency. I don't garden just to have an emergency food supply. I do that because I enjoy it.

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How big a garden does one need for frugal times? [View all] Kaleva Aug 2018 OP

Traditional Native American clusters of the 'three sisters' pack a lot of nutrition in a small space htuttle Aug 2018 #1

From what I gather, one will need about a 40' row of dried pole beans to produce 26lbs Kaleva Aug 2018 #9

In the event of the zombie apocalypse matt819 Aug 2018 #2

K&R lunasun Aug 2018 #3

Tubers RainCaster Aug 2018 #4

Parsnips can be stored much like carrots Kaleva Aug 2018 #8

We produce a lot in 4 small beds Thekaspervote Aug 2018 #5

Do you know about growing foods in hay bales? Grasswire2 Aug 2018 #6

I'm filling my freezer space from the farmers market. Grasswire2 Aug 2018 #7

OR you can do it in the space of a single outdoor swimming pool: ret5hd Aug 2018 #10

I find the Kratky method of hydroponics to be quite interesting and I might give it a try Kaleva Aug 2018 #12

Bookmarking to rewatch tomorrow ret5hd Aug 2018 #14

That sounds like some excellent research to start, Kaleva. Hortensis Aug 2018 #11

I find this fascinating because it ties up many of my interests together. Kaleva Aug 2018 #13

The very best reason. My gardening was almost Hortensis Aug 2018 #15