Thread: Homesteading / Sustainable Living

Something I saw on social media paralleled a theme I have been reviewing recently: how can I reduce consumerism in my life and become a producer, becoming more self-reliant? The first thing that comes to mind is practicing or doing better at the three "R"s-Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. I already do well okay some of these. For example, we have a recycling bin and have the city just added glass recycling, so we bought the special bin for that. We also compost kitchen scraps that eventually are used in the garden or flower beds. I also walk to work 90% of the time and eat lunch at home.

One thing I have been working on is buying less coffee at work three times a week at $3 a cup and consuming less soda. New endeavors are to produce enough food in the garden to have enough surplus to preserve and to actually teach myself some woodworking and actually make something.

Does anybody else have any desire or plans to become more self-sufficient in the coming year?

Here is the social media post I referenced at the start.