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"When there is no life in the soil it is just dirt."
"MagicDave"
Dave Bennett wrote:
I average 300 lbs. of dressed whole rabbit per year. That is enough to feed me and then some. I eat a dozen eggs per week. That is 6 eggs in my weekly loaf of bread that I make with the nut meat left over from making my coffee creamer and I eat 6 eggs usually over easy.My diet is very regimented because I have severe "insulin resistance." I cannot eat tomatoes so I always sun dry enough to last until next season and sell the rest. I do grow lots and lots of red peppers that gets turned into a red sauce that is so close to "spaghetti" sauce that it is difficult to tell that there is only one tablespoon of pureed sun dried tomato in it. I grow enough sweet potatoes to last for a year. What is left over gets sprouted and becomes next years crop. I grow the three sisters too. I plan to add Amaranth and a few other food sources as long as they don't make my blood glucose rise rapidly. I also grow enough Bitter Melon to control my blood sugar. I plan to add several varieties of mushrooms too but I digress.......
I use 52 dozen eggs a year. Three good hens can do that.
Kathleen Sanderson wrote:
Dave, would you mind sharing your red sauce recipe? I love spaghetti and such, but like you, have serious issues with eating tomatoes.
Kathleen
"When there is no life in the soil it is just dirt."
"MagicDave"
Marissa
Sand Holler Farm
Dale TX
It's called Red Sauce in the recipe section.Kathleen Sanderson wrote:
Dave, I have the book! And have read it! I just didn't go through the recipes very thoroughly, I guess. Will have to look for it -- it's packed in a box in the garage, as the house is for sale and we are getting ready to move clear across the country as soon as this place is sold!
As much as I really don't want to move back to New England, in some ways I think it will be good. We won't have the water worries that we have here, and maybe some of the things I plant will actually grow!
Kathleen
"When there is no life in the soil it is just dirt."
"MagicDave"
Besides the unreal quantities of chemicals used in the San Joaquin Valley it was also the lack of water that brought me back east. I may even be moving back to upstate NY in September after 25 years here in Virginia. I am not sure yet but am seriously considering relearning to deal with snow up to my ass again. LOLKathleen Sanderson wrote:
Dave, I have the book! And have read it! I just didn't go through the recipes very thoroughly, I guess. Will have to look for it -- it's packed in a box in the garage, as the house is for sale and we are getting ready to move clear across the country as soon as this place is sold!
As much as I really don't want to move back to New England, in some ways I think it will be good. We won't have the water worries that we have here, and maybe some of the things I plant will actually grow!
Kathleen
"When there is no life in the soil it is just dirt."
"MagicDave"
sandhollerfarm wrote:
How much food does it take to feed a person for a year? I've asked myself this question a lot as I plan garden, orchard and animal numbers for my family as well as our CSA customers. I've found several books/resources that quote numbers and by looking at the different numbers they give for the same item, I can see that things are extremely variable.
For example, a 1960 Home Economics college text book (Food for the Family) says it takes 300 lbs of potatoes per person per year. Uh...that's almost a pound of potatoes a day. I might eat potatoes 3 or 4 times a MONTH. Another resource said 100 lbs a year. I aim to grow 50 lbs for my whole family.
Since I make a lot of food from scratch, that means more eggs than a person who only eats eggs as omelets, etc. My family of 2 adults and a one year old can go through 2 dozen eggs a week. Or only use 6. In general, when planning CSA shares, we want 3 chickens per share (which is one dozen a week). That's 62 dozen a year if all goes right (we use the number 250/yr)...which it never does. So we should be happy to get the 52 dozen. That's only for eggs, not meat.
One goat could easily keep several people in enough dairy products. We have 4 milk goats and provide for 10 families plus our own extended family (15 people). We use goat products almost exclusively but I'm sure some of the other families also use plenty of cow products.
For fruit/nut trees, one tree will produce far more than a person can eat for most varieties. So if you are planning for your family, that's all you need.
Grains, etc it get more complicated. Wheat is anywhere from 50-200 lbs a year for us. On the lower end if corn and oats make up some of the diet, on the higher end if they don't. I'm not sure why we vary so much on this one and I haven't been keeping track long enough to find a pattern!
And vegetables are a huge matter of personal preference and local weather conditions. For fresh tomatoes here, probably 3 plants per person. For putting up for winter, double that. Carrots is about 50 lbs a year per person in my family - the national average is 10! We never grow enough carrots. Or onions, garlic or lettuce for that matter.
I have loads of numbers/guesses/refined guesses for various vegetables according to what we can grow in our garden and what we want to provide in a CSA box. Too much to detail here!
"When there is no life in the soil it is just dirt."
"MagicDave"
Marissa
Sand Holler Farm
Dale TX
"When there is no life in the soil it is just dirt."
"MagicDave"
"When there is no life in the soil it is just dirt."
"MagicDave"
"When there is no life in the soil it is just dirt."
"MagicDave"
"When there is no life in the soil it is just dirt."
"MagicDave"
"When there is no life in the soil it is just dirt."
"MagicDave"
"When there is no life in the soil it is just dirt."
"MagicDave"
"When there is no life in the soil it is just dirt."
"MagicDave"
"When there is no life in the soil it is just dirt."
"MagicDave"
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