Book Review
Here is a book that somebody very kindly bought for Joolian. I think using the sub title of the book that this was a purchase for dreamers as opposed to realists but it makes a rather fun read. Just by flicking through, I now know how to skin a rabbit, what acreage is neccessary to be completely self sufficient, whether to have a cow or 6 sheep on one acre of land and many other incredibly necessary facts and figures.Now I'm off to my very comfortable bed to dream on...
Labels: book, self sufficiency
posted by Helsalata @ 10:21 pm
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We have about 1/5 of an acre - how much of a cow can we successfully rear? And does it mention those pygmy sheep you can now get?
I can just imagine the joints and steaks you could fit on 1/5 acre! But he recommends that one acre is the minimum you can consider in beggining to be self sufficient. And to choose a cow over several sheep or pigs. At 2 acres you can then have the cow and then start having sheep/pigs. I'll have to re-read the section on pigs but it was originally written in the 70's so I'm not sure whether all these rare breeds were so much of a feature then.
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