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Title: Gulching - Any Experience Here?
Source: Lonsome Self
URL Source: http://None
Published: Apr 23, 2006
Author: ...
Post Date: 2006-04-23 00:31:48 by ...
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Views: 2632
Comments: 67

I am playing with the idea of surviving with very little money. The way my dad did back in the great depression.

We've put in 100 tomato plants and are planning to can spaghetti sauce and a form of vedgitarian chili for the winter. I've also got a buch of peppers going in and several varieties of squash. The squash will keep through the winter.

A woman down the road raises chickens and she was giving me tips on setting this up. It seems like an amazing amount of work. Buried fences faced with sheet metal to keep out foxes and coyotes. She said she lost 20 of her 50 free range hens to foxes last year in broad daylight. I was going to start with ten chickens just to get the feel of it, but I might shine this one. Still thinking it over. One problem is that is sometimes gets to 50 below here in the winter and this makes even more problems for livestock. She was telling me how a thick paste of chicken shit and sawdust on the floor helps keep the coop warm - bleeech.

Last year I tried out some fish traps in the rivers and they worked great. Illegal as hell, but really effective.

Anybody got any other ideas on crops? I am looking for things that grow and produce all summer and, hopefully, could be sold at a produce stand. Corn and wheat take too much land. Truck farming stuff seems best.

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#20. To: ... (#0)

This is one of my favorite topics. 50 below zero? Do you have a greenhouse, or are you in a position to add a small sunroom to your home? If so, you can use an earth box to help extend your growing season. I use these in short-season New England, and these things produce AMAZING amounts of vegetables...click on the link and read up. They run about $30 a piece, so many 'thrifty' types build their own out of those 18-gallon Rubbermaid tubs you see at China...er, I mean Wal-Mart. I have a relative making some more for me, and I just might buy another dozen just for the hell of it. We use them for tomatoes and hot peppers, because my wife makes a bitchin' hot salsa. To extend the season, we put them on our enclosed porch in October, and kept picking fresh veggies for another month or so, until the plants just 'wore out'. Make sure you are using non-hybrid seeds, so you can save them for the following garden season. Two GREAT sources are heirloom seeds and seed savers . Geri Guidetti's Ark Institute has a smaller seed selection, but her site is packed with lots of info on gardening, along with info on water and bird flu. Personally; I don't buy into a lot of this 'bird flu' stuff, but I don't believe in throwing the baby out with the bath water, either. I've used her seeds in the past, and they 'save' very well. Hope this helps.

who knows what evil  posted on  2006-04-23   11:34:48 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#28. To: who knows what evil (#20)

how do you think asparagus would do in one of these?

christine  posted on  2006-04-23   11:43:35 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#31. To: christine (#28)

They appear to be re-designing their website, as their 'planting schematic' is not on there at the moment, nor are all the pictures of the giant plants these things produce. But I did find one of my schematics from a few years back, and asparagus is NOT one of the plants listed. I imagine that is because that particular veggie requires an established bed, and that is not what the box is designed for. That doesn't mean you can't...drop them an e-mail, and ask. (Shame, because my wife makes a 'Roasted Asparagus' that I could eat seven days a week. Simple, but tasty.)

who knows what evil  posted on  2006-04-23   11:58:33 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#36. To: who knows what evil (#31)

roasted asparagus

yum! can you post the recipe? i steam mine, then saute in a little butter, then sprinkle liberally with shredded imported romano cheese. delicious.

christine  posted on  2006-04-23   12:22:27 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#39. To: christine (#36)

yum! can you post the recipe? i steam mine, then saute in a little butter, then sprinkle liberally with shredded imported romano cheese. delicious.

Very similar to what you are doing...1.5 pounds of asparagus, 1 tablespoon olive oil, 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese. Preheat over to 450. Wash asparagus and cut off ends (opposite end from tips). Coat baking dish with cooking spray. Place asparagus in baking dish, drizzle with olive oil, and sprinkle with parmesan cheese. Bake 15 minutes. Simple, but tasty as hell.

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#42. To: who knows what evil, christine (#39)

I was thinking the same thing :)

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