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Homesteading, farming, food, homemade ingenuity thread
Anonymous
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No.6395
6396
How do you grow enough food to feed a white man and his white wife and his family of ten white kids?
Anonymous
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No.6396
>>6395
A good question. I guess it will take a fair bit to feed a family of 12. But root vegetables like potatoes and carrots is a good safe bet I guess for basic agricultural crops. If possible some wheat for grains but not sure how much space that would take. Supplementing that with fish and other game, and top that of with some hens to lay eggs and a few sheep for meat (and make your own yarn) and a cow for milk and I think you should be fairly set.
Anonymous
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No.6397
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How high can you stack chickens vertically in a coop before problems and risks start to arise?
Anonymous
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No.6400
>>6397
I don't have an answer for this question specifically, but if space is an issue, then you could expand horizontally or just use a chicken tractor. A simple set of roosts should be more than enough for a half dozen hens.
Anonymous
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No.7664
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I'm about to own a homestead in the desert. Anyone have any advice?
Anonymous
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No.7665
7685
>>7664
Before you sign anything, make sure you have a dependable source of water that doesn't involve trucking it in from somewhere.
Anonymous
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No.7685
7686
>>7665
I was thinking rain barrels. There are no aquifers in the area.
Anonymous
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No.7686
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>>7685
If you have rain, you have water for housecleaning and laundry for sure. Drinking water is different, especially with chemtrails making rainwater estrogenetic. I've gone years with no drinking water on tap. In fact I think most of my country has boil orders. As long as you're not exerting himself and going ham on salty foods, 2 liters a day would be enough to stay hydrated.

Even the most wasteful way to get drinking water isn't at all a struggle. Let's be conservative and say you need 2L of drinking water each day of the year PLUS an extra 2L for cooking and cleaning. 24ct of 500ml water bottles is about $2. So 6L, or 3 days of drinking water, is $1. That's $250~ annually for your water intake needs. That would be 120 cases at a whopping 3+ tons, but cheaper than any state's annual minimum water bill. If you have the closet space and do need to truck it in, then stocking up on a year of guaranteed clean water this way is at least cheap. Best of all the water is all separately contained so there's no "all eggs in one basket" risk when it comes to bacteria or a tornado ripping through your house.

Oh yeah, check for tornado frequency before signing off.
Anonymous
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No.7687
>>7686
No tornadoes in the area.