Live Self Sufficient

When most of us think about what we eat in any given day it can range from some vegetables, some fruits, some bread and pastas and probably some kind of meat generally chicken or steak for dinner potentially eggs for breakfast. We wash this down with some milk and maybe some wine maybe even some Orange juice. Lets think about this for a second. Could you provide all of that for yourself. Maybe, maybe not of course depending on where you live. Bottom line is that you can provide most of that for yourself right now I bet.

For breakfast you had eggs, some bacon and orange juice. If you want to live self sufficient try to think about your eating and how it can be made self sufficient. Eggs. Build a chicken coup out back and get some chickens. You can spend a few dollars for chickens and have years worth of eggs for next to nothing. Orange juice. Do you live in a climate that would support oranges? If not still no worries. Buy oranges themselves not orange juice. Making your own orange juice from fresh oranges is much better for you and helps you take one more step to living self sufficiently. Now if you have room, get some pigs. Once a year have one slaughtered and have some bacon provided. Don’t have room for pigs? Go to a butcher shop and buy half a pig and have it cut up the way you want it. This will be much fresher and cheaper than buying at the grocery store.

The same concept I just applied to breakfast can be applied to any of your meals. If you want to eat self sufficiently you need to break down what you eat in any given today and think about where it comes from. Think if you could provide the entire thing yourself and if not, figure out how you can get closer to the root of anything. Keep trying to cut out the middle man and get to the source until you are able to create the source yourself.

One of the best advantages of solar outdoor lights is that you can place them most anywhere and not worry about a plug or extension cord. Solar outdoor lights also helps you remain a little less on the grid and work toward living self sufficiently. The solar lights give you the freedom to do some creative landscaping around your house which will make your home look attractive, provide safety and best of all since you are using solar outdoor lights, it will cost you nothing on a monthly basis.

The only cost you will face with solar outdoor lights is the upfront initial purchase but even this you can find many cheap options. The best time of the year of course is fall going into winter when most places are looking to dump their inventory for summer and moving into winter supplies. Usually you can find great deals on packages for solar lights. Last year I picked up six packages of four light sets for under fifteen dollars. Like I said, sometimes you can find really good deals.

Once you have the lights you are expense free with the only exception is that you might need to replace the battery that holds the solar charge now and again but this is not often. So now that you have your solar outdoor lights what do you do with them?

Walkways: I like to use my solar outdoor lights around walkways both in the front and backyard. They are easy to drop in the dirt and usually the walkways do not get a good deal of lighting from the driveway. Since they are cordless they can be run away from the house and even down the driveway to the road and create a nice looking well lit look for your home.

Gardens: Gardens always look well lit up at night and nothing makes it easier than solar outdoor lights. If you are like me you have small and large gardens scattered about your property to round out the corners of your yard and to add appeal here and there. It would be a nightmare to try and run traditional lighting to all of these gardens but as long as your gardens get some daylight it is easy enough to plant a solar outdoor light and walk away.

When I say bread I don’t mean money, I literally mean bread. Have you ever made your own home made bread? If you have made your own bread you would know that after two days maybe three, it goes stale. Have you ever bought bread from the store? Do you know how long store bought bread is good for? It can last for two weeks or longer. Isn’t that just a little disconcerting?

Same basic ingredients are used to make bread be it at home or by a large company accept when made for mass production and sold at your grocery store, it last two weeks thanks to the addition of preservatives and chemicals. These preservatives introduced to the bread do nothing good for you as far as nutrition or health but are applied help the bottom line of the company. Bread that lasts longer on the shelf of the store make more money for bakers as less waste and products going pass their must sell date.

This is why you should do it yourself, especially if you have a family who will go through a loaf of bread in a few days anyways. You won’t have to worry about the short time to go stale and in the end you will save money and be healthier for it. If you think it is a long time consuming process and do not want to get involved buy a bread machine. Bread machines will take you little time, just set it in motion and come back when it is done. Still better then the store bought bread.