My friend makes soap, so I rendered her some tallow when I butchered my steer last winter.1yr ⋅ iowan ⋅ r/selfreliance
Roasted my excess tomatoes in olive oil and fresh herbs for preservation. They taste amazing! Chocolate sprinkles, cherry, and yellow pear tomatoes.1mo ⋅ Elle0h ⋅ r/selfreliance
We raised 6 chickens from pullets and they laid their first perfect little egg today. We're pretty chuffed about it as they represents one more step to full on self reliance from the commercial food industry.1yr ⋅ antagonizerz ⋅ r/selfreliance
Guide Know Your Knives: Type of Knives Their Function & Taking Care of Them1yr ⋅ LIS1050010 ⋅ r/selfreliance
Guide: How Much to Plant Per Person in the Vegetable Garden To Grow a Year's Worth of Food7mo ⋅ LIS1050010 ⋅ r/selfreliance
Guide: 50 Cognitive Biases To Be Aware (so you can be the very best version of you)2mo ⋅ LIS1050010 ⋅ r/selfreliance
It's snowing outside, but the pantry is snug & dry. Each year I try to preserve a little more from the garden than I did the year prior. I still have a long ways to go toward total food self-sufficiency... but it's a start!1yr ⋅ Growfully-Jenna ⋅ r/selfreliance
Never have to buy sponges again. This is not even half my harvest from 3 plants.10mo ⋅ trippinallovermyself ⋅ r/selfreliance
I get 1-2 requests like this every month, sometimes it's chickens other times it's goats or sheep, last month it was a donkey. People irresponsibly breed animals, they have no exit strategy, and then they expect other people to fix it for them.1mo ⋅ thefreedomfarm ⋅ r/selfreliance
Birch bark and balsam tree resin make a lovely natural Band-Aid!1yr ⋅ Circ3TheEnchantress ⋅ r/selfreliance
The food will get more and more expensive. Your zone may be not perfect for banana planting but it will be something you can grow.6mo ⋅ LaiSaLong ⋅ r/selfreliance
I know bug season's almost over, but it's never too early to buy the seeds2yr ⋅ IamBecomeBobbyB ⋅ r/selfreliance
Guide: Lost At Sea Survival Guide - 7 Tips and Tricks for Ocean Navigation1yr ⋅ LIS1050010 ⋅ r/selfreliance
