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It depends on the year. This year we have exceeded the rain fall all summer and fall so I am expecting above average snow fall as well. Stormwise that could mean 2 or 3 feet at a time or more. The biggest we have had recently was 4 feet of snowfall in one storm. That one took about 3 days to dig...

It's a small metal frame greenhouse with plastic hood over the top. I found it through one of my local stores and since it was getting towards winter they had marked it 75% off so I got it for 10 bucks. It holds about 10 flats of seeds but gets really full by the time I am ready to plant. I...

Thank you all I hope to learn a lot from all the experience I see here.

Britesea You sound as if you are already quite self sufficient. It amazes me that you can do so much when you both have jobs outside the farm as well! It's not easy and some days I want to just sleep the day away but it's all worth it in the end. I work in the school system so I am off...

I think I am a like minded soul. I compost whatever I can and recycle locally what I can't. My father was Native American and taught us about using everything that the animal or plant gives us when we take it's life. Then we give back to the earth so it is an even exchange. Because of my Native...

1. What state/province/country are you in and what is your climate like? We live in Vermont and the climate here changes by the minute. Right now we are having the wettest year on history since 1938 which is making life interesting. Yearly we have from about May until September for our...

Thank you hoping I can learn a lot from everyone who has been doing this a lot longer than me.

Just thought I would introduce myself. My name is Lily Davis and I live in Vermont. I am new to the forum and found it by chance through BYC which I haunt a lot. I have started being self sufficient since I moved to this house and am getting better at it each year. We grow our own animals (pigs...

I would love to be added I live in Addison County Vermont. :)

Oh I definitely will I was perusing the forums to see what was here and sometimes I can't resist posting when I see something I like :D

1. What state/province/country are you in and what is your climate like? We live in Vermont and the climate here changes by the minute. Right now we are having the wettest year on history since 1938 which is making life interesting. Yearly we have from about May until September for our...

Samhain is my favorite holiday. I am not a practicing Wiccan but love a lot of the aspects of the religion and I have read a lot about it on the internet. I try to do an altar of sorts on my buffet table to honor the holiday and those who have passed but other than that I haven't done much. I...