Well we live in the city. We have a corner lot and two raised beds for our vegetable. We also started growing potatoes in barrels this year. We are pretty much self sufficient when it comes to veggies. We put up alot of salsa and tomatoes each year. Our onions last in the fridge for a long time. We haven't had enough green beans to put up...as we eat them all during the summer and early fall.
We are growing more herbs in pots and planters this year. Planting them at staggered intervals gives up fresh herbs until late fall.
Some of our neighbors keep chickens...but we aren't that ready yet. It is nice getting fresh eggs now and again.

I do collect more seeds and hope to plant them in the spring.

We're working on becoming as self sufficient as possible. We were lucky to find a flat 1/4 acre lot in city limits. Fortunately it's mild enough here where we can grow crops all year. We have a small orchard now (about 18 different fruit trees not old enough to produce much yet though). We have three 4' wide X 75' long beds for veggies and plan to put in three more. We have 11 chickens right now. 5 of which are too young to be laying yet and 2 of which are too old now to be consistent layers.

We make all of our own bread, tortillas, crackers, preserves, pickles, canned veggies, preserves, yogurt, beer, hard cider, etc. from scratch. I'm hoping to soon start making my own vinegar as well.

Right now we basically just buy meat and supplemental veggies. We had an issue this year with our well, so our crops didn't do so well.

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If i didn't grow it, i get it from the CSA. (I work for one CSA and by from another- which i deliver for so i get a discount) - so Veggies, fruit, eggs, meat, bread, and sometimes pasta, some condiments, honey- all come from that)

and if its not in season, i just don't eat it. (of course- trader joes dumpster in Nashville has supplemented with out of season stuff once in a while. thank you trader joes nashville.) - so for example right now- apples and muskidines are my main fruit. (and maybe some frozen blueberries from earlier in the year.)

I think this keeps me pretty self sufficient. the list of what I Don't provide is shorter and easier to work on. - like peanut butter, cow's milk (which next year will be local) - i want to figure out this winter how to make mayo, mustard, ketchup.

The exciting thing- i'm learning to make and will be a franchise for Booya Cacao here in middle TN soon! Basically the best chocolate i've ever had. The cacao is from Nicaragua co-ops- but... we are going to try and sail it up here, and use bio diesel the rest of the way - and we keep it local as it can get. so soon i can provide chocolate (and trade for stuff with it or sell it) to people locally.

I mastered my own ferments this year! that was huge for me. So that cabbage, carrots, beets, raddishes, etc. you name it- i can have it- in January! thats pretty exciting to me.

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as for other non food items-
my partner has been mastering making his own wool, knitting etc. I've been organizing and decluttering for people- so i get a lot of hand me downs. I have only bought 7 new things in the last 3 years. :) - i made this committment not to buy anything NEW. been working great so far.

And my big goal is to work towards not entering back into the generic work force. To be self employed- have a couple of shoe string businesses, and have some freedom with my time. I've been doing it a year and so far so good. :)

I have a big list of other stuff i want to master this winter- Cheese! Herbal medicine knowledge- which i'll work more on in Spring, and making furniture. :)

raised beds are awesome things, i usethem even tho ive plenty of land, they thaw out earlier and stay useable longer in the fall
but, be sure your bedframing is not toxic
treated wood leaches heavy toxins into your soil and your veggies pick them up
and guess where they go when you eat them........
if you want wood framing use white oak, white ash, cypress or red cedar
stone or concrete last much longer
also watch PVC's and plastics, they leach toxins as the deteriorate