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That's one of the reasons I wanted to be sure we have an area for a garden at our house. I'd like to be as self sufficient as possible, so that we're less impacted by all of the shortages we've seen over the last few years. The shortages will become more common in the future.
Solid thinking. But how big a garden does a family need? And will you always be allowed enough water for it?
My lawn is pretty much gone after the drought we've had for a couple years now. Not sure I'm going to re-plant grass if this is the new normal. And not sure how to know what the new normal is.
I'm in the PNW, and we're on a well, so water is no issue. We'd definitely need a larger garden than we're willing to maintain to be completely self-sufficient, but we can heavily subsidize our fruits and veggies with not a lot of work. My best friend has an area in his backyard that is about 25 feet, by 10 feet, and almost all of his vegetables come from his garden. His parents live on a couple acres and have a garden twice that size, and they're completely self-sufficient, with a bunch of excess. They also have some fruit trees though, about 10 orange trees, some lemon trees, and various other fruits.
I've been looking into hunting too, to harvest my own meat. I've tried being a vegetarian, and I hated it. But I also hate contributing to the industrial meat complex. I figured that if I'm going to continue eating meat, I need to be willing to do what's necessary to harvest it. My wife isn't really on-board with that idea though, so it's something I'm slowly trying to convince her to agree to. Once she does then I'm going to try deer hunting. I figure 1 deer probably has enough meat to last the two of us for the whole year, or most of the year.
Typing all of this out is making me feel like some sort of doomer/prepper. I don't think I'm those things, I just like the idea of being as self-sufficient as possible, and getting our own quality, organic food. I'd raise chickens too if we could, but our HOA says no chickens. I did see a chicken coupe in a neighbor's backyard, so maybe we can get away with it. We're new to this neighborhood, so I'll feel it out first.
I have eaten venison before, but it was when I was a little kid. My friend's dad was an avid hunter, and they always had venison jerky in a jar on the counter. I remember it being the best tasting jerky I've ever eaten. I would like to taste it as a cooked meat in a dish though. Good idea about sourcing some somewhere. I'm going to do that to be sure we actually even enjoy it. I think I will enjoy elk based on what I've read, but I have been a little worried about the potential gamingness of venison.
I already have a .308 that I use for target shooting, and it's more than adequate for deer hunting. My son and I went scouting for deer last summer, and it wasn't looking very promising. But I recently gained access to some amazing hunting territory, so I'm sure I can be successful if I follow through with it.
Thanks for the recommendation and information.