I hunt, fish, and hand harvest wild rice. We have a nice garden. We're definitely trying to live a life as "hunter-gatherers" as much as possible.
We don't buy much from the grocery store, but when we buy meat or eggs we buy from a farmer friend. I am NOT going to get into chickens, but I sure thought about it. I think if I didn't travel away in the winter that I would make that my next step.
I used to make all my own bread but went low carb about two years ago so I don't do that.
I make wine from chokecherries, apples, etc- whatever we can find.
I also have been into soapmaking for about two years now. I make shampoo bars, laundry soap, and bath soap. Since I have the oils, I've also been making my own lip balm, body butters, salves, lotions, and so on. I make bath salts, and stuff like that too.
I had fun the other day making marinara sauce. Now, that's not really that impressive I know. Until I mention that EVERYTHING came directly out of my garden. The tomatoes, onion, garlic, parsley, basil, and carrots. We picked the veggies and herbs, and then washed them and cut them up. That was cooked down, and blended with my immersion blender. Then the meat was added, made from venison I shot with my bow last year. It was pretty time consuming, but it really is gratifying. (plus it tasted awesome!)
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