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My In-laws have hundreds and hundreds of acres in Porterville. Nut farm. We got a lot of tax breaks and special financing (Hero Program) for energy our efficient improvements. We got breaks for the Coolwall paint, Cool roof system and the solar panels. I think my wife also mentioned that we got...

haha.. great idea about battery banks.. I have some cabinets and equipment to hook up battery bank but I dont have batteries... very expensive to buy new...

I dont have generator but I do have solar... I think a generator would be good investment but see many draw backs, like noise and limited fuel, but I am sure it would be priceless to me on a cloudy day.

Wow both of those are crazy stories. I am sorry about the bird :( That seems almost like a panic that was caused by unsubstantiated information (false alarm). Conspiracy theorists would go crazy over something like that. I dont think conspiracy, but it is almost good that it was a false alarm...

I live in rural town that is surrounded by cities/suburban areas. I am worried that the populations of the surrounding cities (including Los Angeles) will come plundering our rural town. My town is very old school rural population that is a lot more prepared (livestock, farm equipment...

Thats okay I am used to chicken talk... That cool about all your breeds, you obviously have a lot of experience raising / butchering chickens. I really need to start eating mine, I have too many, but I have stronger parental attachment to mine. I have always been interested in the thought...

http://www.reuters.com/news/picture/venezuelans-turn-to-city-farming?articleId=USRTSL1AU Venezuelan economy is crashing and they are going through food crisis.

yea I have never butchered any of my chickens ( I am wuss lol)... but I eat their eggs which are sometimes hard to find. They tend to lay in new spots if I take their eggs away. They often go to neighbors yards to lay... and then 21 days later they come back with chicks

They are pretty much the closest thing to a wild chicken.. They are fast, fly well, alert and are just great survivors. The hens lay a lot of eggs during breeding season and a known to be the best broods and mothers/protectors. So they reproduce really fast, which I experience every year to my...

@sumi By the way I probably listen to more Irish music than most Irish people.

Yep thats me. Thanks I take pride in my games. Best self-sufficient chickens you can own! :)

I am not a pessimistic person and I would like populations of the world to become wiser, modest and sustainable but.... There is a good chance the economy could collapse, it has fallen many times throughout history in every civilization that I know of. Ultimately humanity has survived through...

Oh yeah I am Solar powered too... sell power back to power company

I feed the little floating duck weed plants to my chickens as super healthy green stuff. It has little snails in it too for extra protein :) It multiplies at an amazing rate.

Still a work in progress. Right now I have 300 Gal acrylic tank (8ft x 2.5ft x 2ft) and 3 random pumps I've collected. I have it filled about 1/4 with water and just circulating water, fish and aquatic plants right now. Used play sand on the bottom and volcanic rock in the overflow chambers. I...

No not from seed. I left a few shoots from last to grow out, but they havent seeded yet. I dont really buy seeds, I just take advantage of free seeds from foods that i bought. I think starting from cuttings gives the cane a headstart because of the nutrients/moisture stored in the cane.

New to SS but long time member of Backyard Chickens. Needless to say I have tons of chickens... new to gardens. I need to take pictures of my garden (still small)... all I have is chicken photos right now. I dont eat my chickens but I do eat plenty of eggs. Got some tomatoes, pumpkins...

That is amazing. talented artist. I ride a HD Sportster Iron (girl's bike I know)... but I am skinny so it looks proportional. :)

Anything that my free range chickens dont eat. lol jk I actually just started gardening. I have some tomatoes, pumpkins, onions. Tons of Nopale cactus, a few fig trees, a few citrus trees and a pomegranate. I have some Spinach trees (Chaya Mansa) and few other random edible plants.

Moisture is sugar cane's friend. Full sun and warmth is ideal. I started all my sugar cane cuttings in a big outdoor aquarium tank (set in shallow water on sand, in a sealed acrylic tank with high humidity and heat), greenhouse should provide similar conditions.