Baggywrinkle
11-13-2008, 05:44 AM
A Measure of Your Food Self-sufficiency
See how your ability to feed yourself and your family measures up by the old-timers’ standards. There are no right or wrong answers to this “test.” Its purpose is just to help you evaluate where you are right now --- and think about what direction you might want to expand in.:
Do you grow your own vegetables?
Yes_____ No_____Percent_____
Do you grow your own dairy foods?
Yes_____ No_____Percent_____
Do you grow your own Meat?
Yes_____ No_____Percent_____
Do you grow your own fruit, berries, honey, and sorghum syrup or maple syrup and use them for the sweets in your diet?
Yes_____ No_____Percent_____
Do you grow your own cereal and bread grains?
Yes_____ No_____Percent_____
Do you save your own seed from garden and grain patch?
Yes_____ No_____Percent_____
Do you have males for dairy and meat breeding or easy neighborly access to them?
Yes_____ No_____Percent_____
Do your orchard and nut and berry patches include young plants?
Yes_____ No_____Percent_____
Do you replace every tree you harvest?
Yes_____ No_____Percent_____
Is the land on which you grow your food:
Borrowed?_____ Rented?_____Being bought on contract?_____ Paid for?_____
Do you preserve vegetables for year-round use?
Yes_____ No_____Percent_____
Do you make cheese from your extra milk?
Yes_____ No_____Percent_____
Do you preserve you family’s food supply by salting?
Yes_____ No_____Percent_____
By drying?
Yes_____ No_____Percent_____
By freezing?
Yes_____ No_____Percent_____
By canning?
Yes_____ No_____Percent_____
By root cellar storage?
Yes_____ No_____Percent_____
Do you use cloches, a cold frame, or a greenhouse to prolong your growing season?
Yes_____ No_____Percent_____
Do you have enough food on hand to feed the family
1 week?_____ 2 weeks?_____ 1 month?_____ 3 months?_____ 6 months?_____
9 months?_____ 1 year?_____ Longer?_____ How long?_____
Do you have enough seeds on hand to grow your food supply next year?
Yes_____ No_____Percent_____
Carla Emory, "The Encyclopedia of Country Living"
See how your ability to feed yourself and your family measures up by the old-timers’ standards. There are no right or wrong answers to this “test.” Its purpose is just to help you evaluate where you are right now --- and think about what direction you might want to expand in.:
Do you grow your own vegetables?
Yes_____ No_____Percent_____
Do you grow your own dairy foods?
Yes_____ No_____Percent_____
Do you grow your own Meat?
Yes_____ No_____Percent_____
Do you grow your own fruit, berries, honey, and sorghum syrup or maple syrup and use them for the sweets in your diet?
Yes_____ No_____Percent_____
Do you grow your own cereal and bread grains?
Yes_____ No_____Percent_____
Do you save your own seed from garden and grain patch?
Yes_____ No_____Percent_____
Do you have males for dairy and meat breeding or easy neighborly access to them?
Yes_____ No_____Percent_____
Do your orchard and nut and berry patches include young plants?
Yes_____ No_____Percent_____
Do you replace every tree you harvest?
Yes_____ No_____Percent_____
Is the land on which you grow your food:
Borrowed?_____ Rented?_____Being bought on contract?_____ Paid for?_____
Do you preserve vegetables for year-round use?
Yes_____ No_____Percent_____
Do you make cheese from your extra milk?
Yes_____ No_____Percent_____
Do you preserve you family’s food supply by salting?
Yes_____ No_____Percent_____
By drying?
Yes_____ No_____Percent_____
By freezing?
Yes_____ No_____Percent_____
By canning?
Yes_____ No_____Percent_____
By root cellar storage?
Yes_____ No_____Percent_____
Do you use cloches, a cold frame, or a greenhouse to prolong your growing season?
Yes_____ No_____Percent_____
Do you have enough food on hand to feed the family
1 week?_____ 2 weeks?_____ 1 month?_____ 3 months?_____ 6 months?_____
9 months?_____ 1 year?_____ Longer?_____ How long?_____
Do you have enough seeds on hand to grow your food supply next year?
Yes_____ No_____Percent_____
Carla Emory, "The Encyclopedia of Country Living"